双语童话故事小王子(4)

2016-10-27 |

　　So then I chose another profession， and learned to pilot airplanes。 I have flown a little over all parts of the world； and it is true that geography has been very useful to me。 At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona。 If one gets lost in the night， such knowledge is valuable。

　　所以后来，我选择了另外一个职业，我学会了开飞机。我几乎飞遍了世界各地。的确，地理学帮了我很大的忙。我一眼就能分辨出中国和（美国）亚里桑那。要是在夜里迷失了航向，这些知识很有用的。

　　In the course of this life I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence。 I have lived a great deal among grown-ups。 I have seen them intimately， close at hand。 And that hasn‘t much improved my opinion of them。

　　在我的生活中，我跟许多严肃认真的人有过很多的接触。我在大人们中间生活过很长时间。我仔细地观看过他们，但这并没有改变我对他们的看法。

　　Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted， I tried the experiment of showing him my Drawing Number One， which I have always kept。 I would try to find out， so， if this was a person of true understanding。 But， whoever it was， he， or she， would always say：

　　当我遇到一个头脑看来稍微清楚的大人时，我就拿出一直保存着的第一号作品来测试他。我想知道他是否真的能理解这幅画。可是，他或者她，给我的回答总是：

　　“That is a hat。”

　　“这是顶帽子。”

　　Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors， or primeval forests， or stars。 I would bring myself down to his level。 I would talk to him about bridge， and golf， and politics， and neckties。 And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man。

　　然后，我就不和他讨论巨蟒、原始森林、或者星星之类的事。我只得迁就他/她的水平，和他们谈谈桥牌、高尔夫球、政治、领带这些东西。于是大人们就十分高兴能认识我这样一个通情达理的人。

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