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Chapter 13 ↵ The fourth planet belonged to a

businessman. This man was so much occupied that

he did not even raise his head at the little

prince's arrival. ↵ Good morning, ” the little

prince said to him. Your cigarette has gone out.

↵ Three and two make five. Five and seven make

twelve. Twelve and three make fifteen. Good

morning. Fifteen and seven make twenty-two.

Twenty-two and six make twenty-eight. I haven't

time to light it again. Twenty-six and five make

thirty-one. Phew! Then that makes

five-hundred-and-one-million,

six-hundred-twenty-two-thousand,

seven-hundred-thirty-one. ↵ Five hundred million

what? asked the little prince. ↵ Eh? Are you

still there? Five-hundred-and-one million—I can't

stop. . . I have so much to do! I am concerned

with matters of consequence. I don't amuse myself

with balderdash. Two and five make seven. . . ↵

Five-hundred-and-one million what? repeated the

little prince, who never in his life had let go

of a question once he had asked it. ↵ The

businessman raised his head. ↵ During the

fifty-four years that I have inhabited this

planet, I have been disturbed only three times.

The first time was twenty-two years ago, when

some giddy goose fell from goodness knows where.

He made the most frightful noise that resounded

all over the place, and I made four mistakes in

my addition. The second time, eleven years ago, I

was disturbed by an attack of rheumatism. I don't

get enough exercise. I have no time for loafing.

The third time—well, this is it! I was saying,

then, five-hundred-and-one millions—” ↵ Millions

of what? ↵ 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. ↵ Flies? ↵ Oh, no.

Little glittering objects. ↵ Bees? ↵ 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. ↵ Ah! You mean the stars?

↵ Yes, that's it. The stars. ↵ And what do you

do with five-hundred millions of stars? ↵

Five-hundred-and-one million,

six-hundred-twenty-two thousand,

seven-hundred-thirty-one. I am co ncerned with

matters of consequence: I am accurate. ↵ And

what do you do with these stars? ↵ What do I do

with them? ↵ Yes. ↵ Nothing. I own them. ↵ You

own the stars? ↵ Yes. ↵ But I have already seen

a king who—” ↵ Kings do not own, they reign over.

It is a very different matter. ↵ And what good

does it do you to own the stars? ↵ It does me

the good of making me rich. ↵ And what good does

it do you to be rich? ↵ It makes it possible for

me to buy more stars, if any are ever discovered.

↵ This man, ” the little prince said to

himself, “ reasons a little like my poor

tippler. . . ↵ Nevertheless, he still had some

more questions. ↵ How is it possible for one to

own the stars? ↵ To whom do they belong? the

businessman retorted, peevishly. ↵ I don't know.

To nobody. ↵ Then they belong to me, because I

was the first person to think of it. ↵ Is that

all that is necessary? ↵ Certainly. When you

find a diamond that belongs to nobody, it is

yours. When you discover an island that belongs

to nobody, it is yours. When you get an idea

before anyone else, you take out a patent on it:

it is yours. So with me: I own the stars, because

nobody else before me ever thought of owning

them. ↵ Yes, that is true, ” said the little

prince. And what do you do with them? ↵ I

administer them, ” replied the businessman. I

count them and recount them. It is difficult. But

I am a man who is naturally interested in matters

of consequence. ↵ The little prince was still

not satisfied. ↵ If I owned a silk scarf, ” he

said, “I could put it around my neck and take it

away with me. If I owned a flower, I could pluck

that flower and take it away with me. But you

cannot pluck the stars from heaven. . . ↵ No.

But I can put them in the bank. ↵ Whatever does

that mean? ↵ That means that I write the number

of my stars on a little paper. And then I put

this paper in a drawer and lock it with a key. ↵

And that is all? ↵ That is enough, ” said the

businessman. ↵ It is entertaining, ” thought the

little prince. It is rather poetic. But it is of

no great consequence. ↵ On matters of

consequence, the little prince had ideas which

were very different from those of the grown-ups.

↵ I myself own a flower, ” he continued his

conversation with the businessman, “which I water

every day. I own three volcanoes, which I clean

out every week (for I also clean out the one that

is extinct; one never knows). It is of some use

to my volcanoes, and it is of some use to my

flower, that I own them. But you are of no use to

the stars. . . ↵ The businessman opened his

mouth, but he found nothing to say in answer. And

the little prince went away. ↵ The grown-ups are

certainly altogether extraordi-nary, ” he said

simply, talking to himself as he continued on his

journey. ↵


知识点

重点词汇
drawer [drɔ:(r)] n. 抽屉;开票人;出票人;起草者;酒馆侍 n. n.(德)德拉韦尔(人名) {zk gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :4175}

bees ['bi:z] n. [蜂] 蜜蜂(bee的复数) { :4247}

goodness [ˈgʊdnəs] n. 善良,优秀 ;精华,养分 int. 天哪 {gk cet4 cet6 ky :4367}

patent [ˈpætnt] n. 专利权;执照;专利品 adj. 专利的;新奇的;显然的 vt. 授予专利;取得…的专利权 {gk cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :4405}

entertaining [ˌentəˈteɪnɪŋ] v. 款待(entertain的ing形式) adj. 令人愉快的 { :4478}

recount [rɪ'kaʊnt] n. 重算 vt. 叙述;重新计算 {toefl :5484}

goose [gu:s] n. 鹅;鹅肉;傻瓜;雌鹅 vt. 突然加大油门;嘘骂 n. (Goose)人名;(德)戈泽;(英)古斯 {zk gk cet4 cet6 ky :5529}

inhabited [ɪnˈhæbɪtɪd] v. 占据(inhabit的过去分词);居住于 adj. 有人居住的 { :6052}

scarf [skɑ:f] n. 围巾;嵌接,嵌接处;头巾领巾 n. (Scarf)人名;(英)斯卡夫 vt. 披嵌接;用围巾围 {zk gk cet4 cet6 ky gre :6140}

lazy [ˈleɪzi] adj. 懒惰的;懒洋洋的;怠惰的;慢吞吞的 n. (Lazy)人名;(德)拉齐 {zk gk cet4 ky :6238}

poetic [pəʊˈetɪk] n. 诗学,诗论 adj. 诗的,诗歌的;诗意的;诗人的 { :6703}

pluck [plʌk] n. 勇气;内脏;快而猛的拉 vt. 摘;拔;扯 vi. 拉;拽;扯 {cet4 cet6 toefl gre :6870}

loafing [ ] n. 条,一条面包;块;游荡 vt. 游荡;游手好闲;虚度光阴 vi. 游荡;游手好闲;虚度光阴 { :6892}

idle [ˈaɪdl] adj. 闲置的;懒惰的;停顿的 vt. 虚度;使空转 vi. 无所事事;虚度;空转 {cet4 cet6 ky ielts gre :7526}

retorted [riˈtɔ:tid] v. 反驳( retort的过去式和过去分词 ) { :8199}

amuse [əˈmju:z] vt. 娱乐;消遣;使发笑;使愉快 {gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts gre :8734}

glittering [ˈglɪtərɪŋ] adj. 闪闪发光的 v. 闪闪发光(glitter的ing形式) { :8798}

extinct [ɪkˈstɪŋkt] adj. 灭绝的,绝种的;熄灭的 vt. 使熄灭 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :9357}

giddy [ˈgɪdi] n. (Giddy)人名;(英)吉迪 adj. 头晕的;眼花的;令人眼花缭乱的;轻浮的 vt. 使晕眩;使眼花缭乱 vi. 眼花;眩晕 {gre :11227}


难点词汇
frightful [ˈfraɪtfl] adj. 可怕的;惊人的;非常的 {cet6 :15262}

rheumatism [ˈru:mətɪzəm] n. [内科] 风湿病 { :19014}

resounded [rɪˈzaʊndid] v. (指声音等)回荡于某处( resound的过去式和过去分词 ); 产生回响; (指某处)回荡着声音 { :19086}

phew [fju:] n. (Phew)人名;(东南亚国家华语)标 int. 唷(表示不快、惊讶的声音) vi. 咂舌头 { :20625}

peevishly ['pi:vɪʃlɪ] adv. 急躁地,暴躁地 { :34343}

balderdash [ˈbɔ:ldədæʃ] n. 胡言乱语;梦呓 { :45634}


复习词汇
prince [prɪns] n. 王子,国君;亲王;贵族 n. (Prince)人名;(英、葡)普林斯;(法)普兰斯; {cet4 cet6 ky :1466}


生僻词
fifty-four [ ] 五十四

five-hundred [ ] na. 五百;五百分 [网络] 五百啦;伍佰家;五佰

grown-ups [ɡ'rəʊn'ʌps] n. 成人

thirty-one [ ] num. 三十一

tippler ['tɪplə(r)] n. 酒鬼;倾卸装置;倾卸工

twenty-eight [t'wenti:'eɪt] 二十八

twenty-six [t'wenti:s'ɪks] 二十六

twenty-two [ˌtwentɪ'tu:] num. 二十二

volcanoes [vɔlˈkeinəuz] n. 火山爆发,火山;火山群(volcano复数)


词组
a diamond [ ] [网络] 钻石;一个菱形;切割钻石

belong to [biˈlɔŋ tu:] v. 属于;附属 [网络] 归于;归属;属於

clean out [kli:n aut] na. 扫除干净;〔俚语〕(把钱)花完 [网络] 清除;打扫干净;清扫

disturb by [ ] 因…而感到不安:

goodness knows [ ] 天晓得!谁也不知道;上帝作证

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

lock it [ ] [网络] 锁定的;转身;不要讲话

mistake in [ ] 弄错,看错

of consequence [ ] na. 有势力的;重要的 [网络] 具有重大意义的;有意义

reign over [ ] [网络] 统治;盛行;有权就会管辖

silk scarf [ ] [网络] 丝巾;丝绸围巾;真丝围巾

take out a patent on [ ] 获得…的专利权

the fourth [ ] na. 美国独立纪念日 [网络] 第四;四弦音;第四部分



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