上文说到,小王子画第一副蟒蛇吞象图时,被大人误以为画了一顶帽子,于是他画了第二幅图,那这一次大人们能不能够看出来呢?往下看
Thegrown-upsresponse,thistime,wastoadvisemetolayasideMydrawingsofboaconstrictors,whetherfromtheinsideortheoutside,Anddevotemyselfinsteadtogeography,history,arithmeticAndgrammar.Thatiswhy,attheageofsix,IgaveupwhatmighthavebeenamagnificentbythefailureofMyDrawingNumberOneAndMyDrawingNumberTwo.Grown-upsneverunderstandanythingbythemselves,AndItistiresomeforchildrentobealwaysAndforeverexplainingthingstothem.
SothenIchoseanotherprofesssion,Andleaenedtopilotairplance.Ihaveflownalittleoverallpartsoftheworld;AndItistruethatgeographyhasbeenveryusefultome.AtaglanceIcandistinguishChinafromArizona.IfOnegetslostInthenight,suchknowledgeisvaluable.
layaside把…放在一边搁置
devote致力于把(时间精力)专致于
geography地理学
arithmetic算术
magnificent崇高的高尚的
tiresome使人厌倦的讨厌的
professsion职业
pilot驾驶(飞机船等)
distinguish辨别区别
Arizona亚利桑那州
valuable有价值的有用的
今天在正文里就不给大家更新中文版的内容大了,重点词语已经给大家列出来了,不妨自己试着翻译一下,稍晚我会在底下评论里更新内容大概。大家快试着翻译一下吧!这样能更好的帮助你们学习英文呦!