雙語(yǔ)閱讀《小王子》選文

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雙語(yǔ)閱讀《小王子》選文

　　《小王子》是法國(guó)作家安托萬(wàn)·德·圣·�？颂K佩里于1942年寫(xiě)成的著名兒童文學(xué)短篇小說(shuō)。本書(shū)的主人公是來(lái)自外星球的小王子。書(shū)中以一位飛行員作為故事敘述者，講述了小王子從自己星球出發(fā)前往地球的過(guò)程中，所經(jīng)歷的各種歷險(xiǎn)。作者以小王子的孩子式的眼光，透視出成人的空虛、盲目，愚妄和死板教條，用淺顯天真的語(yǔ)言寫(xiě)出了人類的孤獨(dú)寂寞、沒(méi)有根基隨風(fēng)流浪的命運(yùn)。同時(shí)，也表達(dá)出作者對(duì)金錢(qián)關(guān)系的批判，對(duì)真善美的謳歌。

雙語(yǔ)閱讀《小王子》選文

　　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 color of the moonlight, flashed across the sand.

　　"Good evening," said the little prince courteously1.

　　"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 bracelet2.

　　"Whomever I touch, I send back to the earth from whence he came," the snake spoke3 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 riddles4?"

　　"I solve them all," said the snake.

　　And they were both silent.

　　當(dāng)人們想要說(shuō)得俏皮些的時(shí)候，說(shuō)話就可能會(huì)不大實(shí)在。在給你們講點(diǎn)燈人的時(shí)候，我就不那么忠實(shí)，很可能給不了解我們這個(gè)星球的人們?cè)斐梢粋€(gè)錯(cuò)誤的概念。在地球上，人們所占的位置非常小。如果住在地球上的二十億居民全站著，并且像開(kāi)大會(huì)一樣靠得緊些，那么就可以從容地站在一個(gè)二十海里見(jiàn)方的廣場(chǎng)上。也就是說(shuō)可以把整個(gè)人類集中在太平洋中一個(gè)最小的島嶼上。

　　當(dāng)然，大人們是不會(huì)相信你們的。他們自以為要占很大地方，他們把自己看得象猴面包樹(shù)那樣大得了不起。你們可以建議他們計(jì)算一下。這樣會(huì)使他們很高興，因?yàn)樗麄兎浅Ｏ矚g數(shù)字�？墒悄銈儫o(wú)須浪費(fèi)時(shí)間去做這種乏味的連篇累牘的演算。這沒(méi)有必要。你們可以完全相信我。

　　小王子到了地球上感到非常奇怪，他一個(gè)人也沒(méi)有看到，他正擔(dān)心自己跑錯(cuò)了星球。這時(shí)，在沙地上有一個(gè)月光色的圓環(huán)在蠕動(dòng)。

　　小王子毫無(wú)把握地隨便說(shuō)了聲：“晚安。”

　　“晚安。”蛇說(shuō)道。

　　“我落在什么行星上?”小王子問(wèn)道。

　　“在地球上，在非洲。”蛇回答道。

　　“啊!……怎么，難道說(shuō)地球上沒(méi)有人嗎?”

　　“這里是沙漠，沙漠中沒(méi)有人。地球是很大的。”蛇說(shuō)。

　　小王子坐在一塊石頭上，抬眼望著天空，說(shuō)道：

　　“我捉摸這些星星閃閃發(fā)亮是否為了讓每個(gè)人將來(lái)有一天都能重新找到自己的星球。看，我那顆行星。它恰好在我們頭頂上……可是，它離我們好遠(yuǎn)喲!”

　　“它很美。”蛇說(shuō)，“你到這里來(lái)干什么呢?”

　　“我和一朵花鬧了別扭。”小王子說(shuō)。

　　“啊!”蛇說(shuō)道。