小王子简记之第二章第1节

So I lived my life alone, without anyone that I could really talk to, until I had an accident with my plane in the Desert of Sahara, six years ago. Something was broken in my engine. And was I had with me neither a mechanic nor any passengers, I set myself to attempt the difficult repairs all alone. It was a question of life or death for me: I had scarcely enough drinking water to last a week.

The first night, then, I went to sleep on the sand, a thousand miles from any human habitation, I was more isolated than a shipwrecked sailor on a raft in the middle of the ocean. Thus you can imagine my amazement, at sunrise, when I was awakened by an odd little voice. It said.

"If you please-- draw me a sheep!"

"What!"

"Draw me a sheep!"

Translation

于是我一个人生活,没有任何人可以(与其)说话。直到六年前我的飞机在撒哈拉沙漠发生了故障,我的(飞机)引擎零件坏掉了。我既没有修理工也没有任何乘客(来修理飞机),我只好独自一个人尝试去修理飞机, 活下去或者死亡对我来说确实是一个问题:我几乎没有足够持续一个星期的饮用水。

第一天晚上, 当时,我沙滩上,远离人类居住区一千千米。我就比那些在大海中木筏上失事的船员还要孤独的多。因此你可以想象我的惊讶, 太阳升起时,我被一个低沉的声音吵醒了,它说:

“如果可以--请给我画一只绵羊!”

“什么!”

“给我画一只绵羊!”

Unfamiliar Word

isolated

adj.隔离的;孤独的;单独的;偏远的。v.使隔离(isolate的过去式和过去分词);使孤立;使绝缘;脱离

Men can feel isolated at work.人们工作时可能感到孤立无助。

shipwrecked

海难, 事故, 失事

Amazement

n.惊奇,惊愕,诧异;[废语] 迷惑,困惑

I stared at her in amazement.我惊愕地瞪眼看着她

imagine

vt.想像;想,设想;料想,猜想;误认为.vi.想象;猜想,推测

He could not imagine a more peaceful scene.他想象不出比这更祥和的景象。

odd

adj.古怪的;奇数的;剩余的;临时的.n.奇特的事物;怪人;[高尔夫球]多于对方的一次击球

He had various odd cleaning jobs around the place.他在这附近干过各种零碎的保洁工作。

The odd numbers are on the left as you walk up the street.沿这条街走,在左边的是单号。

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