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Chapter 16 ↵ So then the planet was the

Earth. ↵ The Earth is not just an ordinary

planet! One can count, there 111 kings (not

forgetting, to be sure, the kings among

them), 7000 , 900, 000 businessmen, 7,

500, 000 , 311, 000, 000 men—

that is to say, about 2, 000, 000, 000 grown-ups.

↵ To give you an idea of the size of the Earth,

I will tell you that before the of

electricity it was necessary to maintain, over

the whole of the six continents, a army

of 462, 511 for the . ↵

Seen from a slight distance, that would make a

splendid . The movements of this army

would be regulated like those of the in

. First would come the turn of the

of and Australia. Having

set their lamps , these would go off to

sleep. Next, the of China and

would enter for their steps in the dance,

and then they too would be waved back into the

wings. After that would come the turn of the

of Russia and the ; then those

of Africa and Europe, then those of South

America; then those of North America. And never

would they make a mistake in the order of their

entry upon the stage. It would be magnificent. ↵

Only the man who was in charge of the

at , and his colleague who was

responsible for the at —

only these two would live free from and

care: they would twice a year. ↵

知识点

重点词汇
seventh [ˈsevnθ] n. 第七；七分之一 adj. 第七的；七分之一的 adv. 居第七位地 {zk gk :4110}

ballet [ˈbæleɪ] n. 芭蕾舞剧；芭蕾舞乐曲 n. (Ballet)人名；(西)巴列特；(法)巴莱 {gk cet6 ky toefl ielts :4421}

invention [ɪnˈvenʃn] n. 发明；发明物；虚构；发明才能 {zk gk cet4 cet6 ky :4752}

spectacle [ˈspektəkl] n. 景象；场面；奇观；壮观；公开展示；表相，假相 n.（复）眼镜 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :5014}

indies ['indiz] n. 印度地方, 西印度群岛 { :6196}


难点词汇
siberia [sai'biәriә] n. 西伯利亚 { :10626}

alight [əˈlaɪt] adj. 烧着的；点亮着的 vi. 下来；飞落 {toefl :11463}

geographers [dʒiˈɔgrəfəz] n. 地理学家( geographer的名词复数 ) { :12741}

toil [tɔɪl] n. 辛苦；苦工；网；圈套 vt. 费力地做；使…过度劳累 vi. 辛苦工作；艰难地行进 {ielts gre :13009}

veritable [ˈverɪtəbl] adj. 真正的，名副其实的 {gre :13248}

negro ['ni:grәu] n. 黑人 adj. 黑人的 {cet4 cet6 ky :15831}

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

lamplighters [ ] na. (已往街灯的)点灯者 [网络] 点路灯的；点路灯组 { :41469}


生僻词
grown-ups [ɡ'rəʊn'ʌps] n. 成人

tipplers [ ] (tippler 的复数) n. 酒鬼, 酒量大的人


词组
be busy [bi: ˈbizi] 不遑宁处；忙碌；忙活；赶趁

New Zealand [nju: 'zi:lәnd] n. 【国】新西兰 [网络] 纽西兰；奥克兰；区新西兰

north pole [ ] na. 北极 [网络] 北极点；北极极点；南极

single lamp [ˈsiŋɡl læmp] [网络] 单灯

South Pole [ ] n. 南极 [网络] 南极点；北极；南磁极

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

the North Pole [ ] na. 北极 [网络] 之北极；北极点；北极镇

the opera [ ] 杂剧

the South Pole [ ] na. 南极 [网络] 南极点；南极生态；在南极



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