The little prince
有一些人,
世俗是关不住的,
因为他们用心在看世界。
凭借一本《小王子》,安东尼·德·圣埃克佩苏里上了50元面值的法郎,因为它的全球阅读率仅次于《圣经》。一个热爱飞翔的人,用一颗大人的童心勾勒出法国、乃至世界文学史上的著名形象——系着围巾的小王子。 《小王子》是一个哲理童话,但它与说教无关。在一个许多人认为“上帝已死”的时代,《小王子》试图用爱和责任作为世界的出路。
如果你是一个孩子,愿你感受到爱意满满的世界。
如果你已长大成人,愿你学会如何肩负一种责任。
接下来的20周,我们一起用心看这一本被无数人喜爱的《小王子》
CHAPTER 1
①
Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent(壮观的) picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval(原始的) forest.
It was a picture of a boa constrictor(巨蟒) in the act of swallowing(吞下) an animal.
Here is a copy of the drawing.
In the book it said: “Boa constrictors(巨蟒) swallow(吞下) their prey(猎物) whole, without chewing(嚼) it.
After that they are not able to move, and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion(消化).”
I pondered(思索) deeply, then, over the adventures(冒险) of the jungle(丛林).
词汇表
【magnificent】mæɡˈnɪfɪsənt
If you say that something or someone is magnificent, you mean that you think they are extremely good, beautiful, or impressive. 出色的; 壮丽的
【primeval】praɪˈmiːvəl
And from inside, where something wild, primeval, uncivilized, some vestige of nobody-but-yourself, tells you to just be more authentically human, to fly, to be free.
也来自内部,那些野生的、原始的、不文明的地方和那些只有你自己的遗迹的地方告诉你做更真实的人类去自由飞翔就好。
【boa constrictor】bəʊə kənˈstrɪktə
A boa constrictor is a large snake that kills animals by wrapping itself round their bodies and squeezing them to death. Boa constrictors are found mainly in South and Central America and the West Indies. 蟒蛇
【swallow】ˈswɒləʊ
If you swallow something, you cause it to go from your mouth down into your stomach. 吞咽
【prey】preɪ
A creature's prey are the creatures that it hunts and eats in order to live. 猎物
【chew】tʃuː
When you chew food, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth so that it becomes easier to swallow. 咀嚼
【digestion】dɪˈdʒɛstʃən
Digestion is the process of digesting food. 消化
【ponder】ˈpɒndə
If you ponder something, you think about it carefully. 仔细思考
【adventure】ədˈvɛntʃə
If someone has an adventure, they become involved in an unusual, exciting, and somewhat dangerous trip or series of events. 冒险经历
【jungle】ˈdʒʌŋɡəl
A jungle is a forest in a tropical country where large numbers of tall trees and plants grow very close together. 丛林