《小王子英文版》精读笔记 Chapter 3-1

It took me a long time to learn where he came from. The little prince, who asked me so many questions, never seemed to hear the ones I asked him. It was from words dropped by chance that, little by little, everything was revealed to me.

The first time he saw my airplane, for instance (I shall not draw my airplane; that would be much too complicated for me), he asked me:“What is that object?”

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◆It takes sb. some time to do sth. 某人花费多少时间做某事

◆who asked me so many questions 非限制性定语从句

◆seem to do sth. “好像,似乎”

◆ones 可用来代替复数可数名词（替代同一类人/物时，其前面必须有the，some，all等限定词），此处代替questions

◆dropped by chance 过去分词短语做后置定语，“意外落下的”

◆by chance 偶然; 碰巧

◆little by little 逐渐地; 一点一点地

◆reveal /rɪ'viːl/ vt. 揭露;使显露

◆airplane /'eəpleɪn/ n. 飞机

◆for instance 例如

◆shall 情态动词(通常与 I 和 we 连用)，“将要，将会”

◆would 情态动词，“肯定，一定，应该”

◆complicated /'kɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/ adj.复杂的

◆object /'ɒbdʒɪkt/ n.[C]物体；东西（动词发音：/əb'dʒekt/ 反对）