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Chapter 24 ↵ It was now the eighth day since I

had had my accident in the desert, and I had

listened to the story of the merchant as I was

drinking the last drop of my water supply. ↵

Ah, ” I said to the little prince, “these

memories of yours are very charming; but I have

not yet succeeded in repairing my plane; I have

nothing more to drink; and I, too, should be very

happy if I could walk at my leisure toward a

spring of fresh water! ↵ My friend the fox—” the

little prince said to me. ↵ My dear little man,

this is no longer a matter that has anything to

do with the fox! ↵ Why not? ↵ Because I am

about to die of thirst. . . ↵ He did not follow

my reasoning, and he answered me: ↵ It is a good

thing to have had a friend, even if one is about

to die. I, for instance, am very glad to h ave

had a fox as a friend. . . ↵ He has no way of

guessing the danger, ” I said to myself. He has

never been either hungry or thirsty. A little

sunshine is all he needs. . . ↵ But he looked at

me steadily, and replied to my thought: ↵ I am

thirsty, too. Let us look for a well. . . ↵ I

made a gesture of weariness. It is absurd to look

for a well, at random, in the immensity of the

desert. But nevertheless we started walking. ↵

When we had trudged along for several hours, in

silence, the darkness fell, and the stars began

to come out. Thirst had made me a little

feverish, and I looked at them as if I were in a

dream. The little prince's last words came

reeling back into my memory. ↵ Then you are

thirsty, too? I demanded. ↵ But he did not reply

to my question. He merely said to me: ↵ Water

may also be good for the heart. . . ↵ I did not

understand this answer, but I said nothing. I

knew very well that it was impossible to

cross-examine him. ↵ He was tired. He sat down.

I sat down beside him. And, after a little

silence, he spoke again: ↵ The stars are

beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be

seen. ↵ I replied, “Yes, that is so. And,

without saying anything more, I looked across the

ridges of sand that were stretched out before us

in the moonlight. ↵ The desert is beautiful, ”

the little prince added. ↵ And that was true. I

have always loved the desert. One sits down on a

desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing.

Yet through the silence something throbs, and

gleams. . . ↵ What makes the desert beautiful, ”

said the little prince, “is that somewhere it

hides a well. . . ↵ I was astonished by a sudden

understanding of that mysterious radiation of the

sands. When I was a little boy I lived in an old

house, and legend told us that a treasure was

buried there. To be sure, no one had ever known

how to find it; perhaps no one had ever even

looked for it. But it cast an enchantment over

that house. My home was hiding a secret in the

depths of its heart. . . ↵ Yes, ” I said to the

little prince. The house, the stars, the desert—

what gives them their beauty is something that is

invisible! ↵ I am glad, ” he said, “that you

agree with my fox. ↵ As the little prince

dropped off to sleep, I took him in my arms and

set out walking once more. I felt deeply moved,

and stirred. It seemed to me that I was carrying

a very fragile treasure. It seemed to me, even,

that there was nothing more fragile on all Earth.

In the moonlight I looked at his pale forehead,

his closed eyes, his locks of hair that trembled

in the wind, and I said to myself: “What I see

here is nothing but a shell. What is most

important is invisible. . . ↵ As his lips opened

slightly with the suspicious of a half-smile, I

said to myself, again: “What moves me so deeply,

about this little prince who is sleeping here, is

his loyalty to a flower—the image of a rose that

shines through his whole being like the flame of

a lamp, even when he is asleep. . . And I felt

him to be more fragile still. I felt the need of

protecting him, as if he himself were a flame

that might be extinguished by a little puff of

wind. . . ↵ And, as I walked on so, I found the

well, at daybreak. ↵


知识点

重点词汇
ridges [rɪdʒɪz] n. 带钢单向皱纹 n. (Ridges)人名；(英)里奇斯 { :4003}

treasure [ˈtreʒə(r)] n. 财富，财产；财宝；珍品 vt. 珍爱；珍藏 n. (Treasure)人名；(英)特雷热 {zk gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl :4074}

mysterious [mɪˈstɪəriəs] adj. 神秘的；不可思议的；难解的 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl :4093}

charming [ˈtʃɑ:mɪŋ] adj. 迷人的；可爱的 v. 使陶醉（charm的现在分词） {cet4 cet6 :4348}

eighth [eɪtθ] num. 第八；八分之一 adj. 第八的；八分之一的 {zk gk :4425}

trembled [ˈtrembld] 震颤 { :4432}

suspicious [səˈspɪʃəs] adj. 可疑的；怀疑的；多疑的 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :4462}

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}

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}

fragile [ˈfrædʒaɪl] adj. 脆的；易碎的 {gk cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :4733}

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

dune [dju:n] n. （由风吹积而成的）沙丘 {gre :7022}

reeling ['ri:lɪŋ] n. 卷取；摇纱；矫直；轧管机均整 v. 卷；蹒跚；倒退；眩晕（reel的ing形式） adj. 蹒跚的；卷起的 { :7527}

astonished [əˈstɒnɪʃt] adj. 吃惊的 {toefl :7595}

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

puff [pʌf] n. 粉扑；泡芙；蓬松；一阵喷烟；肿块；吹嘘，宣传广告 vt. 喷出，张开；使膨胀；夸张；使骄傲自满 vi. 膨胀；张开；鼓吹；夸张 n. (Puff)人名；(德)普夫 {cet4 cet6 ky :8283}

gleams [ɡli:mz] n. 闪光( gleam的名词复数 ); 闪现; 流露 v. （使）闪烁， （使）闪亮( gleam的第三人称单数 ) { :9332}

thirsty [ˈθɜ:sti] adj. 口渴的，口干的；渴望的，热望的 {zk gk :10308}

trudged [ ] vt.& vi. 跋涉，吃力地走（trudge的过去式与过去分词形式） { :10705}

thirst [θɜ:st] n. 渴望；口渴；热望 vi. 渴望；口渴 {gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts :10813}

extinguished [ɪks'tɪŋwɪʃt] v. 熄灭；灭绝（extinguish的过去分词） adj. 熄灭的；灭绝的 { :11132}


难点词汇
feverish [ˈfi:vərɪʃ] adj. 发热的；极度兴奋的 {toefl :14591}

throbs [θrɔbz] n. 体内的跳动( throb的名词复数 ) v. 抽痛( throb的第三人称单数 ); （心脏、脉搏等）跳动 { :14799}

weariness ['wɪərɪnəs] n. 疲倦，疲劳；厌倦 {toefl :16129}

enchantment [ɪnˈtʃɑ:ntmənt] n. 魅力；魔法；着迷；妖术 { :16471}

daybreak [ˈdeɪbreɪk] n. 黎明；破晓 { :18833}

immensity [ɪˈmensəti] n. 巨大；无限；广大 {gre :21339}

ave [ˈɑ:vi] abbr. 途径；林荫大道；大街（avenue） { :26490}


复习词汇
desert [ˈdezət] n. 沙漠；荒原；应得的赏罚 vt. 遗弃；放弃；逃跑 adj. 沙漠的；荒凉的；不毛的 vi. 遗弃；开小差；逃掉 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :2196}


生僻词
cross-examine [ˌkrɔ:sɪgˈzæmɪn, ˌkrɔs-] vt. 盘诘；反复询问 vi. 盘问

half-smile [ ] 微微一笑


词组
a flame [ ] [网络] 火焰；一团火；一支火焰

a fox [ ] [网络] 狐狸；一只狐狸；狐理

a sudden [ ] [网络] 暴洪；一个突然

at daybreak [ ] adv. 破晓 [网络] 天亮；日出时；在黎明

at my leisure [ ] adv. 当有空的时候(在认为方便的时候)

at random [æt ˈrændəm] na. 碰运气地；无目标地 [网络] 随便地；随机地；随意地

desert sand [ ] [网络] 沙漠黄；沙漠沙；沙漠砂

die of thirst [ ] [网络] 干渴而死；口渴死；死于饥渴

for instance [fɔ: ˈinstəns] na. 例如 [网络] 比如；举例说；举例来说

in repair [ ] 维修良好

loyalty to [ ] [网络] 对---的忠诚；对……忠心；忠诚于

make a gesture [ ] [网络] 摆出姿态；做一个手势；做手势

of yours [ ] 你(们)的；属于你(们)的

reel back [ ] vt.踉跄,向后蹒跚

sand dune [sænd du:n] un. 沙丘；砂丘；沙垄 [网络] 沙丘图片；金色砂丘；大沙丘

shine through [ ] [网络] 表现出来；透过效应；闪耀

stretch out [stretʃ aut] na. 伸手；开始大踏步走；同“stretch” [网络] 伸展；伸出；充分伸展

succeed in [səkˈsi:d in] v. 成功于 [网络] 在…成功；成功地做；取得成功

suspicious of [ ] [网络] 怀疑；猜疑；对…有怀疑

the fox [ ] [网络] 狐狸；女狐；沙狐



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