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Chapter 14 ↵ The fifth planet was very strange.

It was the smallest of all. There was just enough

room on it for a street lamp and a lamplighter.

The little prince was not able to reach any

explanation of the use of a street lamp and a

lamplighter, somewhere in the heavens, on a

planet which had no people, and not one house.

But he said to himself, nevertheless: ↵ It may

well be that this man is absurd. But he is not so

absurd as the king, the conceited man, the

businessman, and the tippler. For at least his

work has some meaning. When he lights his street

lamp, it is as if he brought one more star to

life, or one flower. When he puts out his lamp,

he sends the flower, or the star, to sleep. That

is a beautiful occupation. And since it is

beautiful, it is truly useful. ↵ When he arrived

on the planet he respectfully saluted the

lamplighter. ↵ Good morning. Why have you just

put out your lamp? ↵ Those are the orders, ”

replied the lamplighter. Good morning. ↵ What

are the orders? ↵ The orders are that I put out

my lamp. Good evening. ↵ And he lighted his lamp

again. ↵ But why have you just lighted it again?

↵ Those are the orders, ” replied the

lamplighter. ↵ I do not understand, ” said the

little prince. ↵ There is nothing to

understand, ” said the lamplighter. Orders are

orders. Good morning. ↵ And he put out his lamp.

↵ Then he mopped his forehead with a

handkerchief decorated with red squares. ↵ I

follow a terrible profession. In the old days it

was reasonable. I put the lamp out in the

morning, and in the evening I lighted it again. I

had the rest of the day for relaxation and the

rest of the night for sleep. ↵ And the orders

have been changed since that time? ↵ The orders

have not been changed, ” said the lamplighter.

That is the tragedy! From year to year the planet

has turned more rapidly and the orders have not

been changed! ↵ Then what? asked the little

prince. ↵ Then—the planet now makes a complete

turn every minute, and I no longer have a single

second for repose. Once every minute I have to

light my lamp and put it out! ↵ That is very

funny! A day lasts only one minute, here where

you live! ↵ It is not funny at all! said the

lamplighter. While we have been talking together

a month has gone by. ↵ A month? ↵ Yes, a month.

Thirty minutes. Thirty days. Good evening. ↵ And

he lighted his lamp again. ↵ As the little

prince watched him, he felt that he loved this

lamplighter who was so faithful to his orders. He

remembered the sunsets which he himself had gone

to seek, in other days, merely by pulling up his

chair; and he wanted to help his friend. ↵ You

know, ” he said, “I can tell you a way you can

rest whenever you want to. . . ↵ I always want

to rest, ” said the lamplighter. ↵ For it is

possible for a man to be faithful and lazy at the

same time. ↵ The little prince went on with his

explanation: ↵ Your planet is so small that

three strides will take you all the way around

it. To be always in the sunshine, you need only

walk along rather slowly. When you want to rest,

you will walk—and the day will last as long as

you like. ↵ That doesn't do me much good, ” said

the lamplighter. The one thing I love in life is

to sleep. ↵ Then you're unlucky, ” said the

little prince. ↵ I am unlucky, ” said the

lamplighter. Good morning. ↵ And he put out his

lamp. ↵ That man, ” said the little prince to

himself, as he continued farther on his journey, “

that man would be scorned by all the others: by

the king, by the conceited man, by the tippler,

by the businessman. Nevertheless he is the only

one of them all who does not seem to me

ridiculous. Perhaps that is because he is

thinking of something else besides himself. ↵ He

breathed a sigh of regret, and said to himself,

again: ↵ That man is the only one of them all

whom I could have made my friend. But his planet

is indeed too small. There is no room on it for

two people. . . ↵ What the little prince did not

dare confess was that he was sorry most of all to

leave this planet, because it was blest every day

with 1440 sunsets! ↵


知识点

重点词汇
sunshine [ˈsʌnʃaɪn] n. 阳光;愉快;晴天;快活 n. (Sunshine)人名;(英)森夏恩 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl :4726}

relaxation [ˌri:lækˈseɪʃn] n. 放松;缓和;消遣 {toefl ielts gre :4754}

faithful [ˈfeɪθfl] adj. 忠实的,忠诚的;如实的;准确可靠的 n. (Faithful)人名;(英)费思富尔 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl :5013}

strides [straidz] n. 大步;步幅(stride的复数形式) v. 跨过;迈步(stride的第三人称单数形式) { :5190}

absurd [əbˈsɜ:d] n. 荒诞;荒诞作品 adj. 荒谬的;可笑的 {gk cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :5676}

sunsets [ˈsʌnsets] n. 日落(时),薄暮( sunset的名词复数 ); 晚霞 { :5739}

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}

handkerchief [ˈhæŋkətʃɪf] n. 手帕;头巾,围巾 {gk cet4 cet6 ky :6708}

unlucky [ʌnˈlʌki] adj. 不幸的;倒霉的;不吉利的 {cet4 cet6 :8531}

saluted [səˈlu:tid] v. 赞扬(salute过去式) { :8974}

farther [ˈfɑ:ðə(r)] adj. 进一步的;更远的(far的比较级) adv. 更远地;此外;更进一步地 {cet4 cet6 ky :10052}


难点词汇
mopped [ ] vt. 用拖把拖(mop的过去式与过去分词形式) { :11184}

scorned [skɔ:nd] adj. 鄙视的;轻蔑的 v. 嘲笑(scorn的过去分词);轻蔑 { :11677}

respectfully [rɪ'spektfəlɪ] adv. 尊敬地 { :12404}

lighted [ˈlaɪtɪd] adj. 发光的;燃烧的 v. 点燃(light的过去分词);照亮 { :13079}

repose [rɪˈpəʊz] n. 休息;睡眠;静止 vt. 使休息;寄托于 vi. 休息;座落;长眠;依靠;静卧;建立于 {gre :19187}

conceited [kənˈsi:tɪd] adj. 自负的;狂想的;逞能的 { :24927}

blest [blest] adj. 神圣的,成功的,幸福的 v. 祝圣( bless的过去式和过去分词 ); 称颂上帝; 求神赐福于; (表示惊奇) { :38672}

lamplighter ['læmpˌlaɪtə] n. 点灯用具;点燃街灯的灯夫 { :41469}


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}

planet [ˈplænɪt] n. 行星 n. (Planet)人名;(法)普拉内;(西、葡)普拉内特 {zk gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl gre :1592}

lamp [læmp] n. 灯;照射器 vt. 照亮 vi. 发亮 n. (Lamp)人名;(英、德、匈、瑞典)兰普 {zk gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :3340}


生僻词
tippler ['tɪplə(r)] n. 酒鬼;倾卸装置;倾卸工


词组
decorate with [ ] v. 装饰以 [网络] 以…来装饰;用…装饰;以…装饰

explanation of [ ] [网络] 解释;作为…的说明;王梵志

faithful to [ˈfeiθful tu:] [网络] 忠于;忠实于;忠心于

farther on [ ] na. 再向前;(说明等)在下面;在后面;更远些 [网络] 再往前些

in the sunshine [ ] [网络] 阳光下;阳光里;晒太阳

it is not funny [ ] [网络] 一点都不好笑

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

more rapidly [mɔ: ˈræpɪdlɪ] adj. 很快地,立即,迅速地( rapidly的比较级 )

Red Square [ ] n. 【旅】红场 [网络] 莫斯科红场;红广场;红墙

street lamp [stri:t læmp] [网络] 路灯;街灯;街灯图片

the fifth [ ] [网络] 第五;五号;五度

the heaven [ ] [网络] 天公;天堂;天堂原理正片

the planet [ ] [网络] 星球;地球;行星


惯用语
good morning
said the
said the lamplighter



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