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Chapter 17 ↵ When one wishes to play the wit, he

sometimes wanders a little from the truth. I have

not been altogether honest in what I have told

you about the lamplighters. And I realize that I

run the risk of giving a false idea of our planet

to those who do not know it. Men occupy a very

small place upon the Earth. If the two billion

inhabitants who people its surface were all to

stand upright and somewhat crowded together, as

they do for some big public assembly, they could

easily be put into one public square twenty miles

long and twenty miles wide. All humanity could be

piled up on a small Pacific islet. ↵ The

grown-ups, to be sure, will not believe you when

you tell them that. They imagine that they fill a

great deal of space. They fancy themselves as

important as the baobabs. You should advise them,

then, to make their own calculations. They adore

figures, and that will please them. But do not

waste your time on this extra task. It is

unnecessary. You have, I know, confidence in me.

↵ When the little prince arrived on the Earth,

he was very much surprised not to see any people.

He was beginning to be afraid he had come to the

wrong planet, when a coil of gold, the colour of

the moonlight, flashed across the sand. ↵ Good

evening, ” said the little prince courteously. ↵

Good evening, ” said the snake. ↵ What planet is

this on which I have come down? asked the little

prince. ↵ This is the Earth; this is Africa, ”

the snake answered. ↵ Ah! Then there are no

people on the Earth? ↵ This is the desert. There

are no people in the desert. The Earth is

large, ” said the snake. ↵ The little prince sat

down on a stone, and raised his eyes toward the

sky. ↵ I wonder, ” he said, “whether the stars

are set alight in heaven so that one day each one

of us may find his own again. . . Look at my

planet. It is right there above us. But how far

away it is! ↵ It is beautiful, ” the snake said.

What has brought you here? ↵ I have been having

some trouble with a flower, ” said the little

prince. ↵ Ah! said the snake. ↵ And they were

both silent. ↵ Where are the men? the little

prince at last took up the conversation again. It

is a little lonely in the desert. . . ↵ It is

also lonely among men, ” the snake said. ↵ The

little prince gazed at him for a long time. ↵

You are a funny animal, ” he said at last. You

are no thicker than a finger. . . ↵ But I am

more powerful than the finger of a king, ” said

the snake. ↵ The little prince smiled. ↵ You

are not very powerful. You haven't even any feet.

You cannot even travel. . . ↵ I can carry you

farther than any ship could take you, ” said the

snake. ↵ He twined himself around the little

prince's ankle, like a golden bracelet. ↵

Whomever I touch, I send back to the earth from

whence he came, ” the snake spoke again. But you

are innocent and true, and you come from a

star. . . ↵ The little prince made no reply. ↵

You move me to pity—you are so weak on this Earth

made of granite, ” the snake said. I can help

you, some day, if you grow too homesick for your

own planet. I can—” ↵ Oh! I understand you very

well, ” said the little prince. But why do you

always speak in riddles? ↵ I solve them all, ”

said the snake. ↵ And they were both silent. ↵


知识点

重点词汇
inhabitants [ɪn'hæbɪtənts] n. 居民（inhabitant的复数） { :4166}

wit [wɪt] n. 智慧；才智；智力 n. (Wit)人名；(泰)威；(英、德、波)威特 v. <古>知道；即 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :5013}

upright [ˈʌpraɪt] n. 垂直；竖立 adj. 正直的，诚实的；垂直的，直立的；笔直的；合乎正道的 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :6573}

granite [ˈgrænɪt] n. 花岗岩；坚毅；冷酷无情 {cet6 toefl gre :6819}

bracelet [ˈbreɪslət] n. 手镯；手链 {gre :7400}

adore [əˈdɔ:(r)] vt. 崇拜；爱慕；喜爱；极喜欢 vi. 崇拜；爱慕 n. (Adore)人名；(法)阿多尔 {gk cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :7705}

moonlight [ˈmu:nlaɪt] adj. 月夜的；有月光的 n. 月光 v. 兼职，夜袭 { :7941}

coil [kɔɪl] n. 线圈；卷 vt. 盘绕，把…卷成圈 vi. 成圈状 n. (Coil)人名；(英)科伊尔 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :7984}

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}

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

riddles ['rɪdlz] n. 谜语；[矿业] 粗筛；谜一般的人（riddle的复数） v. 猜谜；穿孔；筛；遍及（riddle的三单形式） { :11712}


难点词汇
whence [wens] conj. 由此 n. 根源 pron. 何处 adv. 从何处 { :14175}

twined [twaɪnd] adj. 成双的，搓成的 { :15215}

whomever [ˌhu:mˈevə(r)] pron. whoever的宾格，无论谁 { :15288}

homesick [ˈhəʊmsɪk] adj. 想家的；思乡病的 {toefl :17844}

courteously ['kɜ:tɪəslɪ] adv. 有礼貌地；亲切地 {toefl :19989}

islet [ˈaɪlət] n. 小岛 { :22608}

baobabs [ ] (baobab 的复数) n. 猴面包树 { :36926}

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


复习词汇
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}

snake [sneɪk] n. 蛇；阴险的人 vt. 拉（木材等）；迂回前进 vi. 迂回前进 {zk gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl :3481}


生僻词
grown-ups [ɡ'rəʊn'ʌps] n. 成人


词组
flash across [ ] [网络] 一闪而过；掠过

gaze at [ ] v. 凝视；注视 [网络] 盯着；盯住；审视

in heaven [ ] na. 在天上的；已死的；究竟 [网络] 在天堂；本义在天堂；到底

pile up [pail ʌp] na. 堆积；积聚；(汽车等)挤在一起；(使)(船)搁浅 [网络] 累积；堆起来；积累

public square [ˈpʌblik skwɛə] [网络] 广场；公共广场；公众广场

set alight [ ] na. 使烧着… [网络] 点燃；使燃烧；使着火

stand upright [stænd ˈʌprait] [网络] 直立；笔直挺立；笔直地耸立

the snake [ ] [网络] 蛇；毒蛇；蛇和鸭爸爸

the wit [ ] [网络] 机智；维特酒店


惯用语
said the snake
the snake said



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