内容正文:
《The Little Princess--Chapter5 Part2》
"It is a question of discipline," the little prince said to me later on. "When you’ve finished your own toilet in the morning, then it is time to attend to the toilet of your planet, just so, with the greatest care. You must see to it that you pull up regularly all the baobabs, at the very first moment when they can be distinguished from the rose bushes which they resemble so closely in their earliest youth.It is very tedious work," the little prince added, "but very easy."
【词汇】
1 discipline /ˈdɪsəplɪn/ n.纪律,风纪;惩罚,处分
2 regularly /ˈreɡjələli/ adv.定期地,有规律地;频繁地,经常地
3 resemble /rɪˈzemb(ə)l/ v.像,与……相似
4 tedious /ˈtiːdiəs/ adj.冗长的,单调乏味的
【短语】
1 later on adv.后来;稍后;过些时候
2 attend to 注意;照料;致力于;帮助(某人);处理(某事)
3 pull up 拔起;停下来;阻止
4 at the very first moment 在第一瞬间
【句型】
1 ...must see to it that...注意保证务必确保……
2 be distinguished from 与……区分开
3 ...the rose bushes which they resemble...:此句中,which引导定语从句用来前面的名词rose bushes。意思为猴面包树小时候和玫瑰幼苗长得很相似。
【译文】
“这时就要有一个严格的约束了。"后来小王子告诉我早晨梳洗好以后,你就要认认真真地给星球梳洗了。猴面包树小时候跟玫瑰幼苗一模一样,你得给自己立个规矩,只要分清哪个是玫瑰,哪个是猴面包树,就立刻把猴面包树拔掉。这个工作虽然很单调,但是很重要。”
And one day he said to me: "You ought to make a beautiful drawing, so that the children where you live can see exactly how all this is. That would be very useful to them if they were to travel some day. Sometimes," he added, "there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day. But when it is a matter of baobabs, that always means a catastrophe. I knew a planet that was inhabited by a lazy man. He neglected three little bushes..."
【词汇】
1 catastrophe /kəˈtæstrəfi/ n.灾难,灾祸;麻烦,困境;惨败
2 inhabit /ɪnˈhæbɪt/ v.居住于,栖居在
3 neglect /nɪˈɡlekt/ v.疏于照顾,未予看管
【短语】
1 put off 推迟;扔掉;阻止
2 a piece of work 难事;一件作品;一项工作
3 a matter of 大约;……的问题
【句型】
1 ought to do...应该做某事应该做什么
2 so that...以便于……
3 there is no harm in...不妨做……
【译文】
有一天,小王子劝我好好画一幅好看的画,让我那儿的孩子都知道这回事。"如果他们出门旅行,"他对我说,“说不定会用得上。有时,你把一件该做的事稍稍耽搁一下,没什么大不了的。若是碰到猴面包树,你就要捅大篓子了。据我所知,一个星球上住着一个懒人,有三棵幼苗他没有在意。
So, as the little prince described it to