Chapter 20-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《小王子The Little Prince》

20 But it happened that after walking for a long time through sand, and rocks, and snow, the little prince at last came upon{①} a road. And all roads lead to the abodes② of men "Good morning,"he said. He was standing before a garden, all abloom with roses "Good morning,"said the roses. The little prince gazed at them. They all looked like his flower “Who are you?" he demanded, thunderstruck. “We are roses," the roses said. And he was overcome{③with sadness. His flower had told him that she was the only one of her kind in all the universe. And here were five thousand of them, all alike, in one single garden "She would be very much annoyed④," he said to himself, "if she should see that... She would cough most dreadfully, and she would pretend that she was dying, to avoid being laughed{} at. And I should be obliged{} to pretend that I was nursing her back to life-for if I did not do that, to humble{③myself also, she would really allow herself to die ,. 114 20 走了好长一段路,穿越沙漠、岩石及冰雪,小 王子终干踏上了一条道路,而所有道路都可以通往 ①come upon突然产生,达 到 人们居住的地方 ② abode /'baodn. 住所,住 “早上好。”他说。 处 他仁立在开满玫瑰的花园前 “早上好。”玫瑰花们说道。 小王子凝视着它们。它们的模样和他那朵花非 常相似。 “你们是谁?”他惊讶地问 ③ overcome /oova'kAm/ v: 压 “我们是玫瑰花。”玫瑰花们说。 倒,制服 他难受极了。他的花朵曾经告诉他,自己是宇 ④ annoy /'now/ v. 使苦恼,骚 扰 宙间仅有的一种花。可是仅仅在这座花园里,就有 dreadfully /'dredfol/ ad. 可 怕地,庄严地 五千朵和她一模一样的花 laugh /la:f/v. 笑,讥笑 “她肯定会十分恼怒,”他自语,“假如她看到这 oblige /a'blaid3/ v. 迫使. 情形.....她一定会咳得更厉害,而且还会装死,免 责成 ③ humble /hAmbl/ v. 使..... 得被旁人讥笑。而我必须假装照料她,让她死而复 变得卑微,降低......的地 生--因为我若不这样委屈自己的话,她真的会放 位 弃自己的生命......” ·115· The fittfe Prince Then he went on with his reflections①, "I thought that I was rich, with a flower that was unique in all the world: and all I had was a common②} rose. A common rose, and three volcanoes that come up to my knees-and one of them perhaps extinct forever... That doesn't make me a very great prince..." And he lay down in the grass and cried 116. 小王子) ① reflection /rr'flekfan/ n. 反 他继续思忖着:“我总认为自己很富有,拥有一 射,反省,沉思 朵世上独一无二的花;实际上,我所拥有的不过是 ②common/kpman/ a. 共同 一朵普通的玫瑰而已。一朵普通的玫瑰,加上三座 的,普通的 高及膝盖的火山-一而目其中一座可能就此沉睡不 醒.....这些不会让我变成一个伟大的王子......” 于是,他倒在草地上,哭了起来 117·