07. 我们都从天上来（讲解）

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It took me a long time to learn where he came from. The little prince, who asked me so many questions, never seemed to hear the ones I asked him. It was from words dropped by chance that, little by little, everything was revealed to me.

The first time he saw my airplane, for instance (I shall not draw my airplane; that would be much too complicated for me), he asked me:

“What is that object?”

“That is not an object. It flies. It is an airplane. It is my airplane.”

And I was proud to have him learn that I could fly.

He cried out, then:

“What! You dropped down from the sky?”

“Yes,” I answered, modestly.

“Oh! That is funny!”

And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.

Then he added:

“So you, too, come from the sky! Which is your planet?”

At that moment I caught a gleam of light in the impenetrable mystery of his presence; and I demanded, abruptly:

“Do you come from another planet?”

But he did not reply. He tossed his head gently, without taking his eyes from my plane:

“It is true that on that you can’t have come from very far away . . .”

And he sank into a reverie, which lasted a long time. Then, taking my sheep out of his pocket, he buried himself in the contemplation of his treasure.

语言点

- drop：v. 随后说出，无意中透露；例：to drop the news on someone 说出让人猝不及防的消息
- reveal：v. 披露，展现；例：to reveal a secret 披露秘密
- for instance：例如
- object：n. 物品；例：everyday object 日常用品
- to have sb do sth.：让某人做某事；例：She always has me do all the hard work. 她总是把困难的事情给我做。
- cry：v. 大声叫
- break into：突然发出；例：She broke into a song. 她突然唱起歌来。
- peal：响亮的声音；例：a peal of laughter/thunder 一阵笑声/雷响
- irritate：v. 使恼怒，刺激；例：He was irritated by the noise. 噪音让他心烦。例：The new T-shirt irritates my skin. 新的T恤衫刺激我的皮肤。 
- misfortune：n. 厄运
- planet：n. 行星
- gleam：n. 微光，一丝；例：a gleam of hope 一线希望
- impenetrable：adj. 无法穿透的；例：impenetrable darkness 漆黑
- demand：v. 强烈要求；例：I demand to know the truth. 我一定要知道真相。例：The customer demanded a refund. 顾客强烈要求退款。
- abruptly：adv. 突然的 / 唐突的；例：The music ended abruptly. 音乐突然停止了。
- toss：v. 扔 / 甩
- sink into：下沉；例：The boat sank into the lake. 小船沉到了湖里。陷入；例：He sank into a reverie. 他陷入了沉思。咬进；例：The dog’s teeth sank into the boy’s arm. 狗咬住了小男孩的胳膊。
- reverie：n. 遐想
- bury：v. 埋葬；例：to bury a body 把尸体埋起来；v. 沉浸于某事物；例：He is buried in his books. 他在埋头读书。
- contemplation：n. 沉思
- treasure：n. 珍宝

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