《小王子》原著英漢對(duì)照chapter1

1、小王子Chapterl第一章OncewhenIwassixyearsoldIsawamagnificentpictureinabook,calledTrueStoriesfromNature,abouttheprimevalforest.itwasapictureofaboaconstrictorintheactofswallowingananimal.Hereisacopyofthedrawing:我六歲那年，有一次，在一本書里看見(jiàn)一幅很棒的圖畫，那本書叫親身經(jīng)歷的故事，寫原始森林。那幅圖畫上，一條大蟒蛇正在吞吃一頭猛獸。我把它描了下來(lái)。Inthebookitsaid:“Boaconstri

2、ctorsswallowtheirpreywhole,withoutchewingit.Afterthattheyarenotabletomove,andtheysleepthroughthesixmonthsthattheyneedfordigestion.”書里寫著：“大蟒蛇把獵物整個(gè)吞下，嚼都不嚼。然后，它動(dòng)彈不了，它得睡上整整六個(gè)月，才能消化肚子里的東西?！盜pondered（沉思）deeply,then,overtheadventuresofthejungleAndaftersomeworkwithacolouredpencilIsucceededinmakingmyfirstdra

3、wing.MyDrawingNumberOne.Itlookedlikethis:對(duì)原始森林的探險(xiǎn)，我當(dāng)時(shí)想得很多。于是，我也用一支彩色鉛筆，畫出了我的第一張畫。畫作第1號(hào)。就像這樣：Ishowedmymasterpiecetothegrown-ups,andaskedthemwhetherthedrawingfrightenedthem.我把我的杰作拿給大人們看，問(wèn)他們：“我的畫是不是讓你們很害怕？”Buttheyanswered:“Frighten?Whyshouldanyonebefrightenedbyahat?”他們回答：“一頂帽子有什么好怕的？”Mydrawingwasnotapi

4、ctureofahat.Itwasapictureofaboaconstrictordigestinganelephant.Butsincethegrown-upswerenotabletounderstandit,Imadeanotherdrawing.Idrewtheinsideoftheboaconstrictor,sothatthegrown-upscouldseeitclearly.Theyalwaysneedtohavethingsexplained.MyDrawingNumberTwolookedlikethis:可我畫的不是帽子呀。我畫的是一條大蟒蛇，正在消化一頭大象。于是我把

5、大蟒蛇的肚子里面也畫了出來(lái)，好讓大人們看個(gè)明白。大人們老是要人解釋。這是畫作第2號(hào)：boaconstrictors,whetherfromtheinsideortheoutside,anddevotemyselfinsteadtogeography,history,arithmeticandgrammar.Thatiswhy,attheageofsix,Igaveupwhatmighthavebeenamagnificentcareerasapainter.IhadbeendisheartenedbythefailureofmyDrawingNumberOneandmyDrawingNumbe

6、rTwo.Grown-upsneverunderstandanythingbythemselves,anditistiresomeforchildrentobealwaysandforeverexplainingthingstothem.大人們勸我不要再畫大蟒蛇了，還是專心學(xué)地理、歷史、算術(shù)和語(yǔ)法吧。就這樣，我六歲時(shí)放棄了畫家生涯。畫作第1號(hào)和第2號(hào)的挫折，讓我泄了氣。大人們自己什么也弄不懂，卻要孩子們一遍一遍地解釋，真夠累人的SothenIchoseanotherprofession,andlearnedtopilotaeroplanes.Ihaveflownalittleoverallpa

7、rtsoftheworld;anditistruethatgeographyhasbeenveryusefultome.AtaglanceIcandistinguishChinafromArizona.Ifonegetslostinthenight,suchknowledgeisvaluable.我只好另選職業(yè)。我學(xué)會(huì)了駕駛飛機(jī)。世界各地，我差不多都去過(guò)。的確，地理對(duì)我很有用。只要看一眼，我就能認(rèn)出，哪里是中國(guó)，哪里是亞利桑那。如果夜里迷航了，這很管用。InthecourseofthislifeIhavehadagreatmanyencounterswithagreatmanypeoplewh

8、ohavebeenconcernedwithmattersofconsequence（重要的）Ihavelivedagreatdealamonggrown-ups.Ihaveseenthemintimately,closeathand.Andthathasntmuchimprovedmyopinionofthem.在我的生活中，我同很多嚴(yán)肅的人打過(guò)很多的交道。在大人們中間，我經(jīng)歷了很多。我就近觀察他們。不過(guò)，我對(duì)他們的印象，沒(méi)有多大改變。WheneverImetoneofthemwhoseemedtomeatallclear-sighted,Itriedtheexperimentofshowi

9、nghimmyDrawingNumberOne,whichIhavealwayskept.Iwouldtrytofindout,so,ifthiswasapersonoftrueunderstanding.But,whoeveritwas,he,orshe,wouldalwayssay:“Thatisahat.”碰到稍微聰明一點(diǎn)的大人，我會(huì)拿出一直保存著的畫作第1號(hào)給他看。我想知道他能不能看懂。但大人總是這么回答我：“這是一頂帽子?！盩henIwouldnevertalktothatpersonaboutboaconstrictors,orprimevalforests,orstars.Iwouldbringmyselfdowntohislevel.Iwouldtalktohimaboutbridge,andgolf,andpolitic