《小王子》精读 Chapter7 讲义-2023届高三英语一轮复习

《The Little Princess--Chapter 7A》 On the fifth day­­ again, as always, it was thanks to the sheep­­ the secret of the little prince’s life was revealed to me. Abruptly, without anything to lead up to it, and as if the question had been born of long and silent meditation on his problem, he demanded: "A sheep­­ if it eats little bushes, does it eat flowers, too?" "A sheep," I answered, "eats anything it finds in its reach." "Even flowers that have thorns?" "Yes, even flowers that have thorns." "Then the thorns­­ what use are they?" 【词汇】 1 meditation /ˌmedɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ n.冥想，打坐；沉思，深思 2 demand /dɪˈmɑ:nd/ v.强烈要求；需要，需求 n.坚决的要求；需求，需求量 3 thorn /θɔ:n/ n.（植物茎上的）刺；带刺的灌木，荆棘 4 abruptly /əˈbrʌptli/ adv.突然地；唐突地；陡然 【短语】 1 thanks to 幸亏，多亏了 2 lead up to 导致；作为……的准备 3 as if 犹如，好似 4 in its reach 在它的范围内 【译文】 第五天，还是因为羊的事情，小王子的生活秘密向我揭开了。有个问题他默默地思索了好久，终于得出结论。他突然没头没脑地问道： “绵羊既然吃灌木，那么它也吃花咯。” “它遇到什么就吃什么。” “有刺的花也吃？” “是的，带刺的也吃。” “那刺有什么用呢？ ” I did not know. At that moment I was very busy trying to unscrew a bolt that had got stuck in my engine. I was very much worried, for it was becoming clear to me that the breakdown of my plane was extremely serious. And I had so little drinking­water left that I had to fear for the worst. 【词汇】 1 unscrew /ˌʌnˈskru:/vt.旋开；旋松；从……旋出螺丝 2 bolt /bəʊlt/ n.闪电，霹雳；（门或窗的）金属插销；螺栓 【句型】 1 be busy doing 忙于做某事 2 a bolt that...in my engine：此处that引导定语从句，用来修饰前面的名词bolt，还原之后的句子为：a bolt had got stuck in my engine. 3 for it was...extremely serious.:此处for引导原因状语从句。同时在这个从句中还包含了一个it引导的主语从句。that the breakdown of ...extremely serious是it的具体内容。 4 And I had so...for the worst.：此处为so...that...句型。表示“如此……以至于……” 【译文】 我不知道该如何回答。当时，我正忙着从发动机上卸下一颗螺丝钉。我发现故障有点严重，而饮用水也快喝完了。我担心最坏的情况发生，心里非常着急。 "The thorns­­ what use are they?" The little prince never let go of a question, once he had asked it. As for me, I was upset over that bolt. And I answered with the first thing that came into my head: "The thorns are of no use at all. Flowers have thorns just for spite!" "Oh!" There was a moment of complete silence.