Chapter 23-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《小王子The Little Prince》

23 “Good morning,”said the little prince. “Good morning,”said the merchant. This was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quench thirst 3.You need only swallow one pill a week,and you would feel no need of anything to drink. "Why are you selling those?"asked the little prince. “Because they save a tremendous④amount of⑤time,”said the merchant."Computations have been made by experts.With these pills, you save fifty-three minutes in every week." "And what do I do with those fifty-three minutes?" “Anything you like..” “As for me,”said the little prince to himself,.“if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked,I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water." ·134· 23 “早安。”小王子说。 “早安。”商人说。 ①pill /prl/n.药丸：弹丸 这是一个贩卖止渴药丸的商人。只要每个星期 quench/kwent.∫/v.结束 吞下一颗药丸，你就不会感到口渴了。 ③thirst03st/n渴，口渴 “你为什么卖这些东西呢？”小王子问。 “因为它们可以节省许多时间。”商人说，“经过 专家统计，服了这些药丸，一个人一星期可以省下 tremendous/trI'mendas/a. 极大的，巨大的 五十三分钟。” ⑤amount/'maont/m.数量 “这五十三分钟我要做什么？” ⑥computation “随你想做什么…” /kDmpju(:)'terf(o)n/n. 算：估计 “如果是我，”小王子自语道，“要是我有五十三 leisure /le:3a/n.空闲，闲 分钟可以自由运用，那我会优哉游哉地向一道清泉 暇，悠闲 走去。” ⑧spring/spri四/n.春季：泉： 源泉 ·135·