适合大人读的童话书:《小王子》第30章

小说简介

《小王子》是作家安东尼·德·圣埃克苏佩里于1942写成的著名法国儿童文学短篇小说。本书的主人公是来自外星球的小王子。书中以一位飞行员作为故事叙述者,讲述了小王子从自己星球出发前往地球的过程中,所经历的各种历险。作者以小王子的孩子式的眼光,透视出成人的空虚、盲目和愚妄,用浅显天真的语言写出了人类的孤独寂寞、没有根基随风流浪的命运。同时,也表达出作者对金钱关系的批判,对真善美的讴歌。

 

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Millions of what?

几百万什么?

The businessman suddenly realized that there was no hope of being left in peace until he answered this question. Millions of those little objects, he said, which one sometimes sees in the sky.

这位实业家知道要想安宁是无望的了,就说道:几百万个小东西,这些小东西有时出现在天空中。

Flies?

苍蝇吗?

Oh, no. Little glittering objects.

不是,是些闪闪发亮的小东西。

Bees?

是蜜蜂吗?

Oh, no. Little golden objects that set lazy men to idle dreaming. As for me, I am concerned with matters of consequence. There is no time for idle dreaming in my life.

不是,是金黄色的小东西,这些小东西叫那些懒汉们胡思乱想。我是个严肃的人。我没有时间胡思乱想。我没有时间胡思乱想。

Ah! You mean the stars?

啊,是星星吗?

Yes, that's it. The stars.

对了,就是星星。

And what do you do with Five-hundred millions of stars?

你要拿这五亿星星做什么?

Five-hundred-and-one million, six-hundred-twenty-two thousand, seven-hundred-thirty-one. I am concerned with matters of consequence: I am accurate.

五亿一百六十二万七百三十一颗星星。我是严肃的人,我是非常精确的

And what do you do with these stars? What do I do with them?

你拿这些星星做什么?我要它做什么?

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