25. 国王殿下（讲解）

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He found himself in the neighborhood of the asteroids 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, and 330. He began, therefore, by visiting them, in order to add to his knowledge.

The first of them was inhabited by a king. Clad in royal purple and ermine, he was seated upon a throne which was at the same time both simple and majestic.

"Ah! Here is a subject," exclaimed the king, when he saw the little prince coming.

And the little prince asked himself:

"How could he recognize me when he had never seen me before?"

He did not know how the world is simplified for kings. To them, all men are subjects.

"Approach, so that I may see you better," said the king, who felt consumingly proud of being at last a king over somebody.

The little prince looked everywhere to find a place to sit down; but the entire planet was crammed and obstructed by the king's magnificent ermine robe. So he remained standing upright, and, since he was tired, he yawned.

"It is contrary to etiquette to yawn in the presence of a king," the monarch said to him. "I forbid you to do so."

"I can't help it. I can't stop myself," replied the little prince, thoroughly embarrassed. "I have come on a long journey, and I have had no sleep . . ."

"Ah, then," the king said. "I order you to yawn. It is years since I have seen anyone yawning. Yawns, to me, are objects of curiosity. Come, now! Yawn again! It is an order."

"That frightens me . . . I cannot, any more . . ." murmured the little prince, now completely abashed.

"Hum! Hum!" replied the king. "Then I--I order you sometimes to yawn and sometimes to--"

He sputtered a little, and seemed vexed.

语言点

- in the neighborhood of：在……附近；例：in the neighborhood of two million Yuan 大概两百万人民币

- clad：adj. 穿……衣服的

- royal：adj. 王室的，皇家的

- ermine：n. 白鼬，白鼬毛皮

- throne：n. 宝座，王权；例：Game of Thrones 权力的游戏

- majestic：adj. 雄伟的，壮观的；例：majestic mountains/view 雄伟的山脉/壮观的景色

- consumingly：adv. 强烈地；consume：v. 消耗，充满；例：to be consumed with pride 满心骄傲

- cram：v. 把……塞进；例：The little boy crammed the cake in his mouth. 小男孩把蛋糕塞进了嘴里。

- obstruct：v. 阻挡，堵塞

- upright：adj./adv. 垂直的，挺直的；例：keep upright 请勿倒置

- yawn：v. 打哈欠

- contrary：adj. 相反的 / n. 相反；例：on the contrary 恰恰相反

- etiquette：n. 礼节；例：workplace etiquette 职场礼仪

- monarch：n. 君主

- thoroughly：adv. 彻底地；though 尽管 / through 通过 / thorough 彻底

- murmur：v. 低声说；例：He murmured in his sleep. 他轻声说着梦话。

- abashed：adj. 羞愧的

- sputter/splutter：v. 慌张地说话；例：to sputter with rage 愤怒得说话颠三倒四

- vexed：adj. 恼火的