读小王子英文版Chapter1-1

    Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called TrueStories from Nature, about the primeval forest. It was a picture of a boa constrictor
in the act of swallowing an animal. Here is a copy of the drawing. In the book it said: "Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, without chewing it. After that they are not able to move, and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion."

1. magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfɪsnt/
   英英：extremely attractive and impressive
   英汉：宏伟的；壮丽的；了不起的
2. primeval /praɪˈmiːvl/
   英英：from the earliest period of the history of the world, very ancient
   英汉：原始的；初期的
3. boa constrictor /ˌbəʊə kənˈstrɪktər/
   英英：a large South American snake that kills animals for food by winding its long body tightly around them
   英汉：蟒蛇
4. prey /preɪ/
   英英：an animal, a bird, etc. that is hunted, killed and eaten by another
   英汉：猎物；受害者；牺牲者