小王子简记之第一张第5节

So then I chose another profession, and learned to pilot airplanes, I have flown a little over all parts of the world,and it is true that geography has been very useful to me. At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona. If one gets lost in the night, such knowledge is valuable.

In the course of this life I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequences. I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn't much improved my opinion of them.

Translation

所以后来我选择了另外一个职业，并且学习了驾驶飞机，我已经飞行世界的绝大多数地方，事实是地理学知识对我是非常有用的。我能从亚利桑那州一眼分辨出中国，如果一个人在夜里迷失了(航向)，这样的知识是非常有价值的。

在这个生活中，我一直与相当多的对许多事情的结果忧心的人有一些紧密的接触。我生活在相当多的成年人当中， 我密切的关注他们，近在迟迟， 但(这)并没有提高我对他们的看法。

Unfamiliar Word

pilot

n.飞行员;引航员;向导;[机械学]导向器（或轴）。vt.试点;试验;驾驶;为（船舶）引航（或操舵）。adj.试验性的;导向的;驾驶员的;辅助的。

glance

vi.一瞥;闪微光;掠过，擦过;随便提到，简略地触及。n.浏览;闪光;歪斜，一掠。

He glanced at his watch.他匆匆看了一下手表。

distinguish

vi.区分，辨别，分清;辨别是非。vt.区分，辨别，分清;辨别出，识别;引人注目，有别于;使杰出，使著名。

encounters

n.遭遇战( encounter的名词复数 );[天文学]（向着某一天体的）接近;突然遇到。v.遭遇;遇到( encounter的第三人称单数 );偶然碰到;与（人、部队）冲突。

When a tribe encounters civilization,the first things to get trampled underfoot are the religious beliefs of the tribe.当一个部落遭遇文明，首先被践踏脚下的是该部落的宗教信仰。

concerned

adj.有关（方面），被牵连的;担心的，烦恼的;关心政治的，关心社会的。vt.关心;涉及;参与，卷入;使担忧。vi.有关，利害关系;顾虑;装置。

We are concerned about the future.我们对未来感到担心。

deal

noun,合同,合约,份量。vt.发给，发牌。

He had a deal of work to do.他有许多工作要做。

intimately

adv.亲密地;熟悉地;私下地;谙熟地

I know this feeling all too intimately.我太清楚这种感受了。

Phrase

a little over

多一点的。超过的。

Someone is a little over thirty. 某人三十出头了

close at hand

adv.近在眉睫;就在眼前;近便;火燃眉睫

You send me the gift I will always be close at hand.你送我的这礼物我会一直带在身边。