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Chapter 7 ↵ On the fifth day—again, as always, it

was thanks to the sheep—the secret of the little

prince's life was revealed to me. Abruptly,

without anything to lead up to it, and as if the

question had been born of long and silent

meditation on his problem, he demanded: ↵ A

sheep—if it eats little bushes, does it eat

flowers, too? ↵ A sheep, ” I answered, “eats

anything it finds in its reach. ↵ Even flowers

that have thorns? ↵ Yes, even flowers that have

thorns. ↵ Then the thorns—what use are they? ↵

I did not know. At that moment I was very busy

trying to unscrew a bolt that had got stuck in my

engine. I was very much worried, for it was

becoming clear to me that the breakdown of my

plane was extremely serious. And I had so little

drinking-water left that I had to fear for the

worst. ↵ The thorns—what use are they? ↵ The

little prince never let go of a question, once he

had asked it. As for me, I was upset over that

bolt. And I answered with the first thing that

came into my head: ↵ The thorns are of no use at

all. Flowers have thorns just for spite! ↵ Oh!

↵ There was a moment of complete silence. Then

the little prince flashed back at me, with a kind

of resentfulness: ↵ I don't believe you! Flowers

are weak creatures. They are naïve. They reassure

themselves as best they can. They believe that

their thorns are terrible weapons. . . ↵ I did

not answer. At that instant I was saying to

myself: “If this bolt still won't turn, I am

going to knock it out with the hammer. Again the

little prince disturbed my thoughts. ↵ And you

actually believe that the flowers —” ↵ Oh, no! I

cried. No, no no! I don't believe anything. I

answered you with the first thing that came into

my head. Don't you see—I am very busy with

matters of consequence! ↵ He stared at me,

thunderstruck. ↵ Matters of consequence! ↵ He

looked at me there, with my hammer in my hand, my

fingers black with engine-grease, bending down

over an object which seemed to him extremely

ugly. . . ↵ You talk just like the grown-ups! ↵

That made me a little ashamed. But he went on,

relentlessly: ↵ You mix everything up

together. . . You confuse everything. . . ↵ He

was really very angry. He tossed his golden curls

in the breeze. ↵ I know a planet where there is

a certain red-faced gentleman. He has never

smelled a flower. He has never looked at a star.

He has never loved anyone. He has never done

anything in his life but add up figures. And all

day he says over and over, just like you:'I am

busy with matters of consequence! And that makes

him swell up with pride. But he is not a man—he

is a mushroom! ↵ A what? ↵ A mushroom! ↵ The

little prince was now white with rage. ↵ The

flowers have been growing thorns for millions of

years. For millions of years the sheep have been

eating them just the same. And is it not a matter

of consequence to try to understand why the

flowers go to so much trouble to grow thorns

which are never of any use to them? Is the

warfare between the sheep and the flowers not

important? Is this not of more consequence than a

fat red-faced gentleman's sums? And if I know—I,

myself—one flower which is unique in the world,

which grows nowhere but on my planet, but which

one little sheep can destroy in a single bite

some morning, without even noticing what he is

doing —Oh! You think that is not important! ↵

His face turned from white to red as he

continued: ↵ If some one loves a flower, of

which just one single blossom grows in all the

millions and millions of stars, it is enough to

make him happy just to look at the stars. He can

say to himself,'Somewhere, my flower is

there. . . But if the sheep eats the flower, in

one moment all his stars will be darkened. . .

And you think that is not important! ↵ He could

not say anything more. His words were choked by

sobbing. ↵ The night had fallen. I had let my

tools drop from my hands. Of what moment now was

my hammer, my bolt, or thirst, or death? On one

star, one planet, my planet, the Earth, there was

a little prince to be comforted. I took him in my

arms, and rocked him. I said to him: ↵ The

flower that you love is not in danger. I will

draw you a muzzle for your sheep. I will draw you

a railing to put around your flower. I will—” ↵ I

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

and blundering. I did not know how I could reach

him, where I could overtake him and go on hand in

hand with him once more. ↵ It is such a secret

place, the land of tears. ↵


知识点

重点词汇
breakdown [ˈbreɪkdaʊn] n. 故障；崩溃；分解；分类；衰弱；跺脚曳步舞 {cet6 ky toefl ielts :4096}

awkward [ˈɔ:kwəd] adj. 尴尬的；笨拙的；棘手的；不合适的 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :4097}

spite [spaɪt] n. 不顾；恶意；怨恨 vt. 刁难；使恼怒 {cet4 cet6 ky gre :4179}

mushroom [ˈmʌʃrʊm] n. 蘑菇，伞菌；蘑菇形物体；暴发户 adj. 蘑菇的；蘑菇形的；迅速生长的 vi. 迅速增加；采蘑菇；迅速生长 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :4256}

breeze [bri:z] n. 微风；轻而易举的事；煤屑；焦炭渣；小风波 vi. 吹微风；逃走 n. (Breeze)人名；(法)布雷兹 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :4284}

instant [ˈɪnstənt] n. 瞬间；立即；片刻 adj. 立即的；紧急的；紧迫的 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl :4453}

reassure [ˌri:əˈʃʊə(r)] vt. 使…安心，使消除疑虑 {cet6 ky toefl ielts :4529}

swell [swel] n. 肿胀；隆起 vt. 使膨胀；使隆起 adj. 漂亮的；一流的 vi. 膨胀；肿胀；隆起 n. (Swell)人名；(英)斯韦尔 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :4867}

bolt [bəʊlt] n. 螺栓，螺钉；闪电，雷电；门闩；弩箭;（布的）一匹，一卷 vt. 筛选；囫囵吞下；（把门、窗等）闩上；突然说出，脱口说出 vi. （门窗等）闩上，拴住；冲出，跳出；（马等的）脱缰；囫囵吞下 adv. 突然地；像箭似地；直立地 {cet4 cet6 ky ielts gre :4899}

hammer [ˈhæmə(r)] n. 铁锤；链球；[解剖] 锤骨；音锤 vi. 锤击；敲打；重复 vt. 锤击；锤打 n. (Hammer)人名；(法)阿梅；(德、英、芬、捷、瑞典、荷、丹、挪)哈默 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl gre :4955}

warfare [ˈwɔ:feə(r)] n. 战争；冲突 {cet6 ky toefl :5066}

curls [kə:lz] n. 卷发（curl的复数） v. 弄卷（curl的第三人称单数形式） { :5141}

abruptly [ə'brʌptlɪ] adv. 突然地；唐突地 { :5144}

choked [tʃəʊkt] v. 使窒息（choke的过去式） adj. 堵塞的；生气的，恼怒的 { :5223}

ashamed [əˈʃeɪmd] adj. 惭愧的，感到难为情的；耻于……的 {gk cet4 ky ielts :5292}

overtake [ˌəʊvəˈteɪk] vt. 赶上；压倒；突然来袭 vi. 超车 {cet4 cet6 ky ielts :5931}

meditation [ˌmedɪˈteɪʃn] n. 冥想；沉思，深思 {ky gre :6196}

blossom [ˈblɒsəm] n. 花；开花期；兴旺期；花开的状态 vi. 开花；兴旺；发展成 n. (Blossom)人名；(英)布洛瑟姆 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :6437}

sobbing ['sɒbɪŋ] v. 啜泣；哭诉（sob的ing形式） adj. 湿透的 { :7230}

railing [ˈreɪlɪŋ] n. 栏杆；扶手 n. (Railing)人名；(英)雷林 { :7653}

darkened ['da:kənd] adj. 变黑的，没有灯光的 { :8464}


难点词汇
thorns [θɔ:nz] n. [植] 刺，刺尖（thorn的复数形式）；[植] 荆棘 { :9881}

relentlessly [rɪ'lentləslɪ] adv. 残酷地，无情地 { :10511}

thirst [θɜ:st] n. 渴望；口渴；热望 vi. 渴望；口渴 {gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts :10813}

blundering ['blʌndərɪŋ] adj. 浮躁的；粗笨的 { :12081}

muzzle [ˈmʌzl] n. 枪口，炮口；口套，口络；动物的鼻口 vt. 使…缄默；给…戴口套；封锁…的言论 { :12452}

unscrew [ˌʌnˈskru:] vt. 旋开；旋松；从...旋出螺丝 { :18059}

thunderstruck [ˈθʌndəstrʌk] adj. 遭雷击的；惊愕的；吓坏了的 { :32310}


复习词汇
sheep [ʃi:p] n. 羊，绵羊；胆小鬼 {zk gk ielts :2697}


生僻词
drinking-water [d'rɪŋkɪŋw'ɔ:tər] [建] 饮用水

grown-ups [ɡ'rəʊn'ʌps] n. 成人

red-faced [ˈredˈfeɪst] adj. 面红耳赤的

resentfulness [ ] n. resentful的变形


词组
a sheep [ ] [网络] 一只羊；绵羊；一只绵羊

at that instant [ ] adv.在那个时候,在那一瞬间

bend down [ ] na. 弯下身来 [网络] 弯腰；弯下腰；俯身

busy with [ ] v. 忙于；忙着 [网络] 忙於；忙于做；忙碌的

fifth day [ ] [网络] 第五天；初五；第五日

flash back [flæʃ bæk] n. 闪回 [网络] 倒叙，回叙；逆火；回火

hammer in [ˈhæmə in] 用锤敲击; 用力敲击; 用力敲入; <非正>反复灌输

I am very busy [ ] 我很忙

knock it [ ] [网络] 敲它

knock it out [ ] [网络] 更快把事情搞定；的英文怎麽说

little prince [ ] [网络] 小王子；小王子作曲；小王子小故事

swell up [swel ʌp] v. 隆起 [网络] 膨胀；肿胀；肿起

that instant [ ] [网络] 即刻

the fifth [ ] [网络] 第五；五号；五度

the hammer [ ] [网络] 重锤；锤子；铁锤

the secret [ ] [网络] 秘密；疯劫；心想事成的秘密

to knock [ ] 发出撞击声

very busy [ˈveri ˈbizi] [网络] 很忙；非常忙；忙进忙出

with pride [ ] 自豪地 骄傲地



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