《小王子》精读Chapter1 讲义-2023届高三英语一轮复习

The Little Prince [ Chapter 1] we are introduced to the narrator, a pilot, and his ideas about grown ups. 【词汇】 ①narrator:/nəˈreɪtə(r)/叙述者,叙事人 【句型】 ①be introduced to:被动语态的结构,表示“被介绍给......” Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest. It was a picture of a boa constrictor in the act of swallowing an animal. Here is a copy of the drawing. 【词汇】 ①magnificent:/mæɡˈnɪfɪs(ə)nt/ adj.宏伟的,壮丽的;令人印象深刻的,出色的;高尚的,高贵的 ②primeval:/praɪˈmi:v(ə)l/ adj.原始的;初期的 ③swallow:/ˈswɒləʊ/ v.吞下,咽下 【译文】 我六岁的时候,在一本名为《真实的故事》的描写原始 森林的书上,看到过一幅非常精彩的插图,上面画着一条蟒蛇正在吞吃一头猛兽的情景。 In the book it said:"Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, without chewing it. After that they are not able to move, and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion." 【词汇】 ①prey:/preɪ/ n.猎物,捕获物;受害者,受骗者 v.捕食;欺凌,坑害 ②chew:/tʃuː/ v.咀嚼,嚼碎; ③digestion:/daɪˈdʒestʃən/ n.消化;消化能力 【句型】 be able to...有能力做某事 【译文】 我记得书上写着:“蟒蛇嚼都不嚼就把猎物整个吞下,然后它就无法动弹,躺上大半年来消化它们。” I pondered deeply, then, over the adventures of the jungle. And after some work with a colored pencil I succeeded in making my first drawing. My Drawing Number One. It looked like this: 【词汇】 ①ponder /ˈpɒndə(r)/ v.仔细考虑,琢磨,沉思 ②adventure /ədˈventʃə(r)/ n.冒险(经历),奇遇;冒险的刺激,冒险欲 ③jungle /ˈdʒʌŋɡ(ə)l/ n.(热带)丛林;弱肉强食的地方; 【句型】 succeed in doing sth.:成功做成某事 【译文】 那时,对于丛林里的奇妙景象,我幻想了好多画面。于是我用彩色铅笔画了我人生的第一幅画,即作品一号,就是下面这幅画。 I showed my masterpiece to the grown ups, and asked them whether the drawing frightened them . 【词汇】 ①masterpiece /ˈmɑːstəpiːs/ n.代表作,杰作;极好的例证; ②grow-ups 成年人 ③frighten /ˈfraɪt(ə)n/ v.使惊吓,使惊恐 【译文】 我拿着这幅画给我的家人看,问他们我的画吓不吓人。 But they answered: "Frighten? Why should any one be frightened by a hat?" 【句型】 be frightened by:被……吓到 【译文】 他们回答:“一顶帽子怎么可能吓人呢? ” My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. But since the grown ups were not able to understand it, I made another drawing: I drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so that the grown ups coul