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Chapter 21 ↵ It was then that the fox appeared.

↵ Good morning, ” said the fox. ↵ Good

morning, ” the little prince responded politely,

although when he turned around he saw nothing. ↵

I am right here, ” the voice said, “under the

apple tree. ↵ Who are you? asked the little

prince, and added, “You are very pretty to look

at. ↵ I am a fox, ” said the fox. ↵ Come and

play with me, ” proposed the little prince. I am

so unhappy. ↵ I cannot play with you, ” the fox

said. I am not tamed. ↵ Ah! Please excuse me, ”

said the little prince. ↵ But, after some

thought, he added: ↵ What does that mean—'tame'?

↵ You do not live here, ” said the fox. What is

it that you are looking for? ↵ I am looking for

men, ” said the little prince. What does that

mean—'tame'? ↵ Men, ” said the fox. They have

guns, and they hunt. It is very disturbing. They

also raise chickens. These are their only

interests. Are you looking for chickens? ↵ No, ”

said the little prince. I am looking for friends.

What does that mean—'tame'? ↵ It is an act too

often neglected, ” said the fox. It means to

establish ties. ↵'To establish ties'? ↵ Just

that, ” said the fox. To me, you are still

nothing more than a little boy who is just like a

hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no

need of you. And you, on your part, have no need

of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like

a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame

me, then we shall need each other. To me, you

will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall

be unique in all the world. . . ↵ I am beginning

to understand, ” said the little prince. There is

a flower. . . I think that she has tamed me. . .

↵ It is possible, ” said the fox. On the Earth

one sees all sorts of things. ↵ Oh, but this is

not on the Earth! said the little prince. ↵ The

fox seemed perplexed, and very curious. ↵ On

another planet? ↵ Yes. ↵ Are there hunters on

this planet? ↵ No. ↵ Ah, that is interesting!

Are there chickens? ↵ No. ↵ Nothing is

perfect, ” sighed the fox. ↵ But he came back to

his idea. ↵ My life is very monotonous, ” the

fox said. I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the

chickens are just alike, and all the men are just

alike. And, in consequence, I am a little bored.

But if you tame me, it will be as if the sun came

to shine on my life. I shall know the sound of a

step that will be different from all the others.

Other steps send me hurrying back underneath the

ground. Yours will call me, like music, out of my

burrow. And then look: you see the grain-fields

down yonder? I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no

use to me. The wheat fields have nothing to say

to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is

the colour of gold. Think how wonderful that will

be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is

also golden, will bring me back the thought of

you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in

the wheat. . . ↵ The fox gazed at the little

prince, for a long time. ↵ Please—tame me! he

said. ↵ I want to, very much, ” the little

prince replied. But I have not much time. I have

friends to discover, and a great many things to

understand. ↵ One only understands the things

that one tames, ” said the fox. Men have no more

time to understand anything. They buy things all

ready made at the shops. But there is no shop

anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men

have no friends any more. If you want a friend,

tame me. . . ↵ What must I do, to tame you?

asked the little prince. ↵ You must be very

patient, ” replied the fox. First you will sit

down at a little distance from me—like that—in

the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner

of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are

the source of misunderstandings. But you will sit

a little closer to me, every day. . . ↵ The next

day the little prince came back. ↵ It would have

been better to come back at the same hour, ” said

the fox. If, for example, you come at four

o'clock in the afternoon, then at three o'clock I

shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and

happier as the hour advances. At four o'clock, I

shall already be worrying and jumping about. I

shall show you how happy I am! But if you come at

just any time, I shall never know at what hour my

heart is to be ready to greet you. . . One must

observe the proper rites. . . ↵ What is a rite?

asked the little prince. ↵ Those also are

actions too often neglected, ” said the fox. They

are what make one day different from other days,

one hour from other hours. There is a rite, for

example, among my hunters. Every Thursday they

dance with the village girls. So Thursday is a

wonderful day for me! I can take a walk as far as

the vineyards. But if the hunters danced at just

any time, every day would be like every other

day, and I should never have any vacation at all.

↵ So the little prince tamed the fox. And when

the hour of his departure drew near — ↵ Ah, ”

said the fox, “I shall cry. ↵ It is your own

fault, ” said the little prince. I never wished

you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame

you. . . ↵ Yes, that is so, ” said the fox. ↵

But now you are going to cry! said the little

prince. ↵ Yes, that is so, ” said the fox. ↵

Then it has done you no good at all! ↵ It has

done me good, ” said the fox, “because of the

color of the wheat fields. ↵ And then he added:

↵ Go and look again at the roses. You will

understand now that yours is unique in all the

world. Then come back to say goodbye to me, and I

will make you a present of a secret. ↵ The

little prince went away, to look again at the

roses. ↵ You are not at all like my rose, ” he

said. As yet you are nothing. No one has tamed

you, and you have tamed no one. You are like my

fox when I first knew him. He was only a fox like

a hundred thousand other foxes. But I have made

him my friend, and now he is unique in all the

world. ↵ And the roses were very much

embarrassed. ↵ You are beautiful, but you are

empty, ” he went on. One could not die for you.

To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that

my rose looked just like you—the rose that

belongs to me. But in herself alone she is more

important than all the hundreds of you other

roses: because it is she that I have watered;

because it is she that I have put under the glass

globe; because it is she that I have sheltered

behind the screen; because it is for her that I

have killed the caterpillars (except the two or

three that we saved to become butterflies);

because it is she that I have listened to, when

she grumbled, or boasted, or even sometimes when

she said nothing. Because she is my rose. ↵ And

he went back to meet the fox. ↵ Goodbye, ” he

said. ↵ Goodbye, ” said the fox. And now here is

my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with

the heart that one can see rightly; what is

essential is invisible to the eye. ↵ What is

essential is invisible to the eye, ” the little

prince repeated, so that he would be sure to

remember. ↵ It is the time you have wasted for

your rose that makes your rose so important. ↵

It is the time I have wasted for my rose—” said

the little prince, so that he would be sure to

remember. ↵ Men have forgotten this truth, ”

said the fox. But you must not forget it. You

become responsible, forever, for what you have

tamed. You are responsible for your rose. . . ↵

I am responsible for my rose, ” the little prince

repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.


知识点

重点词汇
rightly [ˈraɪtli] adv. 正确地;恰当地;公正地;合适地 { :4289}

alike [əˈlaɪk] adj. 相似的;相同的 adv. 以同样的方式;类似于 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl :4389}

neglected [nɪˈglektɪd] adj. 被忽视的;未被好好照管的 v. 忽视;疏忽(neglect的过去分词) { :4477}

wheat [wi:t] n. 小麦;小麦色 n. (Wheat)人名;(英)惠特 {zk gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl :4479}

boasted [bəustid] v. v.有(引以为荣的事物)( boast的过去式和过去分词 ); 扬言 { :4534}

bored [bɔ:d] v. 使厌烦(bore的过去式);烦扰 adj. 无聊的;无趣的;烦人的 {gk :4569}

embarrassed [ɪmˈbærəst] v. 使...困窘;使...局促不安(embarrass的过去分词形式) adj. 尴尬的;窘迫的 { :4601}

fox [fɒks] n. 狐狸;狡猾的人 vt. 欺骗;使变酸 vi. 假装;耍狡猾手段 n. (Fox)人名;(英、法、德、意、西、瑞典)福克斯 {zk gk cet4 cet6 ky :4616}

foxes [fɔksiz] n. 狐( fox的名词复数 ); 狐狸; 狡猾的人; 狐皮 { :4616}

globe [gləʊb] n. 地球;地球仪;球体 vt. 使…成球形 vi. 成球状 {gk cet4 cet6 ky :4735}

butterflies [ˈbʌtəflaiz] n. 蝴蝶(butterfly的复数) { :4923}

underneath [ˌʌndəˈni:θ] prep. 在…的下面;在…的形式下;在…的支配下 n. 下面;底部 adj. 下面的;底层的 adv. 在下面;在底下 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :5554}

goodbye [ˌgʊdˈbaɪ] int. 再见 放弃 告别 {zk :5578}

rites [raɪts] n. 仪式(rite的复数) { :6510}

rite [raɪt] n. 仪式;惯例,习俗;典礼 n. (Rite)人名;(西)里特 {toefl gre :6510}

politely [pə'laɪtlɪ] adv. 有礼貌地;客气地;委婉地;殷勤地 { :6560}

misunderstandings [mɪsʌndəs'tændɪŋz] 误区 { :6869}

grumbled [ˈɡrʌmbld] v. 抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 发牢骚; 咕哝; 发哼声 { :8559}


难点词汇
vineyards [ˈvɪnjədz] n. 葡萄园( vineyard的名词复数 ) { :9056}

caterpillars [kætə'pɪləz] n. 毛虫( caterpillar的名词复数 ); 履带 { :10524}

tames [teimz] v. (使)服从,驯服( tame的第三人称单数 ) { :10816}

tame [teɪm] adj. 驯服的;平淡的;乏味的;顺从的 vt. 驯养;使变得平淡;制服 vi. 变得驯服 n. (Tame)人名;(捷)塔梅 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :10816}

tamed [teimd] adj. 驯服的;平淡的;乏味的;顺从的 vt. 驯养;使变得平淡;制服 vi. 变得驯服 n. (Tame)人名;(捷)塔梅 { :10816}

burrow [ˈbʌrəʊ] n. (兔、狐等的)洞穴,地道;藏身处,住处 vt. 挖掘,挖出;在…挖洞(或通道);使躲入洞穴 vi. 探索,寻找;挖地洞,挖通道;住入地洞,躲藏起来;钻进某处;偎依著 n. (Burrow)人名;(英)伯罗 {toefl ielts gre :10878}

monotonous [məˈnɒtənəs] adj. 单调的,无抑扬顿挫的;无变化的 {ky toefl ielts gre :13743}

perplexed [pəˈplekst] adj. 困惑的;不知所措的 { :15354}

yonder [ˈjɒndə(r)] adj. 那边的,远处的 adv. 在那边;在远处 pron. 那边 { :20586}


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
passerby ['pɑ:sə'baɪ] n. 行人,过路人 {ky :0}


词组
a fox [ ] [网络] 狐狸;一只狐狸;狐理

an ordinary [ ] [网络] 连读

apple tree [ˈæpl tri:] un. 苹果树 [网络] 苹果树图片;两个邻居谈论苹果树;爱心树

be unique [ ] [网络] 独一无二;独一无二的;独特

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

dance at [ ] 一听到(或看到)…就雀跃起来

dance with [ ] [网络] 与……跳舞;与某人共舞;纪梵希之舞

down yonder [ ] =down home

excuse me [ ] un. 请原谅;对不起 [网络] 劳驾;打扰一下;打扰了

gaze at [ ] v. 凝视;注视 [网络] 盯着;盯住;审视

hurry back [ ] na. 赶紧折回 [网络] 快点回来;赶回去;快去快回

invisible to [ ] [网络] 不可见的;看不见的;不成见的

jump about [ ] v. 跳动

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

say goodbye [ ] [网络] 说再见;道别;告别

say goodbye to [sei ˌɡudˈbai tu:] [网络] 告别;和……说再见;向……道别

shine on [ ] v. 照射在…上 [网络] 闪耀;闪耀你的光采;照在…上

the fox [ ] [网络] 狐狸;女狐;沙狐

the grass [ ] [网络] 草;草地;赐给草地

the hunter [ ] [网络] 猎人;猎手;狩猎者

the rose [ ] [网络] 玫瑰;歌声泪痕;蔷薇之恋

to shine [ ] [网络] 照耀;发光;照亮

vacation at [ ] 在…度假

wheat field [ ] [网络] 麦田;小麦田;小麦田野图片

wheat fields [ ] [网络] 麦田;有收割者的麦田;小麦田

wonderful days [ ] [网络] 晴空战士;完美的日子;美妙的日子


惯用语
said the fox
said the little prince
to me
what is



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