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make the acquaintance of

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The narrator crashes in the desert and makes the acquaintance of the little prince.

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speculate

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the narrator speculates as to which asteroid from which the little prince came.(思索，猜测）

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conceited

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The little prince visits the conceited man.

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converse

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the little prince converses with the snake (交谈）

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console

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the little prince consoles the narrator （安慰）

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Boa constrictors

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ponder deeply

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I pondered deeply, then, over the adventures of the jungle.（深思熟虑）

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arithmetic

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算数

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dishearten

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I had been disheartened by the failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two.

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sensible

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  • And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man.
  • It seems like a sensible method, right.
  • She was more sensible than Emily.
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a lumpy blob

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pragmatic

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Consequently, the narrator knew he could talk with the grown-ups only about boring, pragmatic topics like politics and neckties. (务实的）

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isolated

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I was more isolated than a shipwrecked sailor on a raft in the middle of the ocean.

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thunderstruck

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I jumped to my feet, completely thunderstruck.

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apparition

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Now I stared at this sudden apparition with my eyes fairly starting out of my head in astonishment.

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chap

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I told the little chap (a little crossly, too) that I did not know how to draw.

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cumbersome

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A boa constrictor is a very dangerous creature, and an elephant is very cumbersome.

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indulgently

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My friend smiled gently and indulgently.(毫无顾忌地）

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ram

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This is a ram. It has horns.

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reverie

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And he sank into a reverie, which lasted a long time.(幻想）

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geranium

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If you were to say to the grown-ups: “I saw a beautiful house made of rosy brick, with geraniums in the windows and doves on the roof,” they would not be able to get any idea of that house at all.

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asteroid

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The planet he came from is Asteroid B-612,” then they would be convinced, and leave you in peace from their questions.

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forbearance

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Children should always show great forbearance toward grown-up people.

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resemblance

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One drawing goes along all right, and another has no resemblance to its subject.(相似）

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fumble along

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So I fumble along as best I can, now good, now bad, and I hope generally fair-to-middling.

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baobabs

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27
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self-evident

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He answered me at once, “Oh, come, come!”, as if he were speaking of something that was self-evident.

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sprout

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If it is only a sprout of radish or the sprig of a rosebush, one would let it grow wherever it might wish.

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tedious

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It is very tedious work,” the little prince added, “but very easy.”

30
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catastrophe

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But when it is a matter of baobabs, that always means a catastrophe.

31
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moralist

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I do not much like to take the tone of a moralist.

32
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skrit this danger

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My friends, like myself, have been skirting this danger for a long time, without ever knowing it; and so it is for them that I have worked so hard over this drawing.

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twilight

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You can see the day end and the twilight falling whenever you like…(黎明，黄昏）

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spite

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The thorns are of no use at all. Flowers have thorns just for spite!

35
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resentfulness

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Then the little prince flashed back at me, with a kind of resentfulness（憎恨）

36
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matters of consequence

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I am very busy with matters of consequence!

37
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swell up with pride

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And that makes him swell up with pride.

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sobbing

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His words were choked by sobbing.

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blundering

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I did not know what to say to him. I felt awkward and blundering.

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cradle

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the narrator cradles the little prince in his arms and comforts him by assuring the little prince that his flower will be fine.

41
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coquettish

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She was a coquettish creature!

42
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admiration

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But the little prince could not restrain his admiration:

“Oh! How beautiful you are!”

43
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abashed

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And the little prince, completely abashed, went to look for a sprinkling-can of fresh water. So, he tended the flower.(尴尬）

44
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remorse

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Then she forced her cough a little more so that he shoud suffer from remorse just the same.（自责）

45
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confide to

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“I ought not to have listened to her,” he confided to me one day. (

46
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confidence

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And he continued his confidences.

47
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inconsistent

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Flowers are so inconsistent! But I was too young to know how to love her…(表里不一）

48
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a minor lie

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One day, however, the little prince catches the rose on the verge of making a minor lie.

49
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the sense of dejection

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The little prince also pulled up, with a certain sense of dejection, the last little shoots of the baobabs.

50
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precious

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But on this last morning all these familiar tasks seemed very precious to him.

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reproach

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He was surprised by this absence of reproaches.（责备）

52
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bewilder

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He stood there all bewildered, the glass globe held arrested in mid-air. He did not understand this quiet sweetness.(不知所措）

53
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become acquainted with

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Well, I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.

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ermine

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Clad in royal purple and ermine, he was seated upon a throne which was at the same time both simple and majestic.

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monarch

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“It is contrary to etiquette to yawn in the presence of a king,” the monarch said to him. “I forbid you to do so.”

56
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vexed

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He sputtered a little, and seemed vexed.(生气的）

57
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ermine mantle

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58
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almanc

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a bulky almanac.

59
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acclaim

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“It is to raise in salute when people acclaim me. Unfortunately, nobody at all ever passes this way.”

60
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monotony

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After five minutes of this exercise the little prince grew tired of the game’s monotony.

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lugubrious

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“I am drinking,” replied the tippler, with a lugubrious air.(悲哀的）

62
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tippler

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“Forget that I am ashamed,” the tippler confessed, hanging his head.

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