Chapter 12-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《小王子The Little Prince》

12 The next planet was inhabited by a tippler.This was a very short visit,but it plunged?the little prince into deep dejection. "What are you doing there?"he said to the tippler,whom he found settled down in silence before a collection of empty bottles and also a collection of full bottles. "I am drinking,"replied the tippler,with a lugubrious air. "Why are you drinking?"demanded the little prince. “So that I may forget,.”replied the tippler. "Forget what?"inquired the little prince,who already was sorry for him. "Forget that I am ashamed5,"the tippler confessed,hanging his head. "Ashamed of what?"insisted the little prince,who wanted to help him. "Ashamed of drinking!"The tippler brought his speech to an end, and shut himself up in an impregnable silence. And the little prince went away,puzzled. "The grown-ups are certainly very,very odd,"he said to himself, as he continued on his journey. ·076· 12 ①tippler /'tpl/m.酒鬼，酒 下一个行星上住着一个酒鬼。这回的拜访时间 量大的人 非常短，却让小王子极度沮丧。 2 plunge /plAndz/使投 “你在那儿做什么？”他对酒鬼说，看他一言不 入，使插入，使陷入 empty /empt/a空的，空 发地坐在一堆空酒瓶和一堆有酒的酒瓶之前。 洞的，空虚的 “我在喝酒。”酒鬼可怜兮兮地回答。 ④lugubrious “你为什么要喝酒？”小王子问。 lu'gu:bn3s/a悲哀的，忧 郁的 “为了可以忘记。”酒鬼回答。 “忘记什么？”小王子又问，心中已经为酒鬼感 到难过了。 “要忘记自己是多么的可耻。”酒鬼垂头丧气地 表白。 shamed /a'jemd/a惭愧 的，羞耻的 “什么可耻？”小王子坚持追问，一心只想帮助 confess/kon'fes/g承认， 他。 坦白，杆悔 “可耻的酗酒行为！”说完，酒鬼深陷沉默，不 impregnable 再说任何一句话了。 Mm'pregnab/a难攻破的： 小王子带着疑惑离开了。 毫不动摇的 “大人们真是非常、非常的奇怪。”他自语道， 又继续他的下一段行程了。 ·077