08. 我来自小地方（讲解）

节目文稿

You can imagine how my curiosity was aroused by this half-confidence about the “other planets.” I made a great effort, therefore, to find out more on this subject.

“My little man, where do you come from? What is this ‘where I live,’ of which you speak? Where do you want to take your sheep?”

After a reflective silence he answered:

“The thing that is so good about the box you have given me is that at night he can use it as his house.”

“That is so. And if you are good I will give you a string, too, so that you can tie him during the day, and a post to tie him to.”

But the little prince seemed shocked by this offer:

“Tie him! What a queer idea!”

“But if you don’t tie him,” I said, “he will wander off somewhere, and get lost.”

My friend broke into another peal of laughter:

“But where do you think he would go?”

“Anywhere. Straight ahead of him.”

Then the little prince said, earnestly:

“That doesn’t matter. Where I live, everything is so small!”

And, with perhaps a hint of sadness, he added:

“Straight ahead of him, nobody can go very far . . .”

语言点

- arouse：v. 引起；例：to arouse a feeling 引起某种情感
- confidence：n. 信心；秘密；例：I have confidence in you. 我相信你。例：I told you that in confidence! 我让你保密来着！
- subject：n. 主题
- reflective：adj. 沉思的，反射的；例：reflective material 反光材料
- post：n. 杆；例：lamp post 灯柱
- queer：adj. 古怪的，反常的
- wander：v. 游荡；例：to wander around in the park 在公园里闲逛；例：wander off 走散
- earnestly：adv. 认真地，热切的
- hint：n. 暗示，迹象；例：Some people just can’t take a hint! 有些人就是不会看眼色！例：a hint of trouble 不妙的迹象

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