58. 周年纪念（讲解）

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"You are not fair, little prince," I said. "I don't know how to draw anything except boa constrictors from the outside and boa constrictors from the inside."

"Oh, that will be all right," he said, "children understand."

So then I made a pencil sketch of a muzzle. And as I gave it to him my heart was torn.

"You have plans that I do not know about," I said.

But he did not answer me. He said to me, instead:

"You know--my descent to the earth . . . Tomorrow will be its anniversary."

Then, after a silence, he went on:

"I came down very near here."

And he flushed.

And once again, without understanding why, I had a queer sense of sorrow. One question, however, occurred to me:

"Then it was not by chance that on the morning when I first met you--a week ago--you were strolling along like that, all alone, a thousand miles from any inhabited region? You were on your way back to the place where you landed?"

The little prince flushed again.

And I added, with some hesitancy:

"Perhaps it was because of the anniversary?"

The little prince flushed once more. He never answered questions--but when one flushes does that not mean "Yes"?

"Ah," I said to him, "I am a little frightened--"

But he interrupted me.

"Now you must work. You must return to your engine. I will be waiting for you here. Come back tomorrow evening . . ."

But I was not reassured. I remembered the fox. One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed . . .

语言点

- fair：adj. 公正的 / 美丽的；例：Oh you are so fair! 你真漂亮啊！
- sketch：n. 素描；例：a rough sketch 草图
- descent：n. 下降；例：There is a steep descent going down the hill. 这个小山丘下坡很陡。
- decent: adj. 正派的，得体的；例：He is a decent man. 他这人不错。
- anniversary：n. 周年纪念日；例：a wedding anniversary 结婚周年纪念日
- sorrow：n. 悲伤；例：Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen; nobody knows my sorrow. 没人知道我的苦难，没人懂的我的悲伤。
- stroll：v. 溜达；例：to stroll along the beach 在海滩上漫步
- hesitancy：n. 不愿，迟疑
- hesitate：v. 犹豫；例：He jumped in without hesitating. 他毫不犹豫地跳了进去。
- run the risk of：冒着……的风险；例：You’re running the risk of losing your job! 你这是在拿自己的工作开玩笑！
- weep：v. 哭泣；例：Tricia wept with relief after learning that her mom will be fine. 翠花知道她妈妈不会有事之后欣慰地哭了。