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You can imagine how my curiosity was aroused by this half-confidence about the “other planets.” I made a great effort, therefore, to find out more on this subject.

“My little man, where do you come from? What is this ‘where I live’ of which you speak? Where do you want to take your sheep?”

你们设身处地想一想吧，这个关于“别的星球”的露了端倪的秘密使我心里多么好奇啊！所以，我要想方设法弄清他的来历。

“你是从哪里来的呀，我的小家伙？‘你的家’在什么地方呀？你想把我的小绵羊带到哪里去呢？”

◆imagine /ɪ'mædʒɪn/ vt.想像, 设想

◆curiosity /kjʊərɪ'ɒsɪtɪ/ n. 好奇心

◆arouse /ə'raʊz/ v.激起

◆half-confidence 半信半疑

◆effort /'efət/ n. 努力, 尽力

◆find out 发现，找出

◆subject /'sʌbdʒekt/ n.主题;问题

After a reflective silence he answered:

“The thing that is so good about the box you have given me is that at night he can use it as his house.”

“That is so. And if you are good I will give you a string, too, so that you can tie him during the day, and a post to tie him to.”

他深思了一会儿，然后回答说：

“好在有你给我的那只箱子，夜里可以给小绵羊当房子。”

“那当然。要是你乖的话，我再给你画一条绳子，画一根小木桩，白天可以把羊拴起来。”

◆reflective /rɪ'flektɪv/ adj.深思熟虑的

◆silence /'saɪləns/ n.寂静;沉默

◆that is so good about the box you have given me 定语从句，修饰先行词the thing

◆you have given me 定语从句，修饰先行词the box

◆that at night .....house 表语从句

◆string /strɪŋ/ n.线, 细绳

◆so that 引导目的状语从句，意为“以便;为了”

◆tie /taɪ/ vt.系, 拴, 绑

◆post /pəʊst/ n.柱；桩；杆

◆tie ... to ... 把...系在...上

◆to tie him to 动词不定式作后置定语修饰a post（动词不定式中介词to的逻辑宾语）

But the little prince seemed shocked by this offer, “Tie him? What a queer idea!”

“But if you don’t tie him,” I said, “he will wander off somewhere, and get lost.”

My friend broke into another peal of laughter, “But where do you think he would go?”

“Anywhere. Straight ahead of him.”

Then the little prince said, earnestly, “That doesn’t matter. Where I live, everything is so small!”

And, with perhaps a hint of sadness, he added,

“Straight ahead of him, nobody can go very far...”

我的建议好像惹起了小王子的反感：

“把羊拴起来？亏你想得出来！”

“要是不拴起来，它就到处乱跑，那么就会跑丢的。”

我的朋友又是一阵爽朗的笑声：

“你要它跑到哪里去呀？”

“哪里都可以，一直往前跑……”

这时，小王子郑重其事地指出：

“那倒没什么关系，反正我那里小得很。”

他仿佛有点忧伤，又补充了一句：

“一直往前跑，也不会跑出多远的……”

◆shocked [ʃɒkt] v.使震惊; 使惊愕; 使气愤

◆offer /'ɒfə/ n.提议

◆queer /kwɪə/ adj.奇怪的；不舒服的

◆wander /'wɒndə/ v.漫步;闲逛;游荡

wander off走失，迷路，无意之中走错路

◆get lost 迷路

◆straight /streɪt/ adv. 直接地; 径直地

◆ahead of（介词）在...前面，在...前方

◆earnestly /'ə:nistli/ adv.认真地;诚挚地

◆perhaps /pə'hæps/ adv.也许；可能

◆hint /hɪnt/ n.少许;微量

a hint of少许，一点点（修饰不可数名词）