The little prince
有一些人,
世俗是關不住的,
因為他們用心在看世界。
憑借一本《小王子》,安東尼·德·圣埃克佩蘇里上了50元面值的法郎,因為它的全球閱讀率僅次于《圣經》。一個熱愛飛翔的人,用一顆大人的童心勾勒出法國、乃至世界文學史上的著名形象——系著圍巾的小王子。 《小王子》是一個哲理童話,但它與說教無關。在一個許多人認為“上帝已死”的時代,《小王子》試圖用愛和責任作為世界的出路。
如果你是一個孩子,愿你感受到愛意滿滿的世界。
如果你已長大成人,愿你學會如何肩負一種責任。
接下來的20周,我們一起用心看這一本被無數人喜愛的《小王子》
CHAPTER 1
①
Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent(壯觀的) picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval(原始的) forest.
It was a picture of a boa constrictor(巨蟒) in the act of swallowing(吞下) an animal.
Here is a copy of the drawing.
In the book it said: “Boa constrictors(巨蟒) swallow(吞下) their prey(獵物) whole, without chewing(嚼) it.
After that they are not able to move, and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion(消化).”
I pondered(思索) deeply, then, over the adventures(冒險) of the jungle(叢林).
詞匯表
【magnificent】m?ɡ?n?f?s?nt
If you say that something or someone is magnificent, you mean that you think they are extremely good, beautiful, or impressive. 出色的; 壯麗的
【primeval】pra??mi?v?l
And from inside, where something wild, primeval, uncivilized, some vestige of nobody-but-yourself, tells you to just be more authentically human, to fly, to be free.
也來自內部,那些野生的、原始的、不文明的地方和那些只有你自己的遺跡的地方告訴你做更真實的人類去自由飛翔就好。
【boa constrictor】b??? k?n?str?kt?
A boa constrictor is a large snake that kills animals by wrapping itself round their bodies and squeezing them to death. Boa constrictors are found mainly in South and Central America and the West Indies. 蟒蛇
【swallow】?sw?l??
If you swallow something, you cause it to go from your mouth down into your stomach. 吞咽
【prey】pre?
A creature's prey are the creatures that it hunts and eats in order to live. 獵物
【chew】t?u?
When you chew food, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth so that it becomes easier to swallow. 咀嚼
【digestion】d??d??st??n
Digestion is the process of digesting food. 消化
【ponder】?p?nd?
If you ponder something, you think about it carefully. 仔細思考
【adventure】?d?v?nt??
If someone has an adventure, they become involved in an unusual, exciting, and somewhat dangerous trip or series of events. 冒險經歷
【jungle】?d???ɡ?l
A jungle is a forest in a tropical country where large numbers of tall trees and plants grow very close together. 叢林