Chapter 4
这一章讲了小王子星球的来历。
I knew very well that in addition to the great planets--such as the Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Venus--to which we have given names, there are also hundreds of others, some of which are so small that one has a hard time seeing them through the telescope.
in addition to:除了，另外。相当于一个介词, to的后面+宾语
这里有些行星名称Jupiter 木星，Mars火星，Venus金星。
电影火星救援为The Martian (Martian是adj.火星的，也可n.火星人)
金星和女神维纳斯的名字拼写一样，(传说中从海中升起，美神维纳斯。不要与Muses艺术女神搞混)
When an astronomer discovers one of these he does not give it a name, but only a number. He might call it, for example, "Asteroid 325."
astronomer n.天文学家，astronaut表示宇航员。后文还出现了the International Astronomical Congress，Astronomical表示天文学的
属于表达一类的词。
前一段日子有条小行星擦身而过地球的新闻，豹豹找着贴一点
Astronomers are tracking an asteroid about the size of an aircraft carrier that on Tuesday will pass by Earth, within the moon's orbit, in the closest approach of such an object in a generation.
天文学家正在跟踪一颗航空母舰大小的小行星。本周二，该小行星将与地球擦肩而过，穿过月球轨道，这是30多年来首次有此类天体如此近距离接近地球。
(新闻来自网络)
it is on account of the grown-ups and their ways. 出于大人的考虑方式
on account of 因为...由于... 语气较正式
Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him.
大人们在这本书中描绘得就是不关注生命鲜活的东西，而是在意数字，或者说活得很现实。
If you were to say to the grown-ups: "I saw a beautiful house made of rosy brick, with geraniums in the windows and doves on the roof," they would not be able to get any idea of that house at all.
geranium n.天竺葵，在芒果街有出现此生词
eg.Earl lives next door in Edna’s basement, behind the flower boxes Edna paints green each year, behind the dusty geraniums.
They are like that. One must not hold it against them. Children should always show great forbearance toward grown-up people.
其实也说了一些现实现象。家长对孩子还是要以尊重平等，有时候听一听孩子的表达。有的时候与其说大人在忍耐孩子，不如说孩子也在忍耐大人。
hold sth against sb 对(某人)有看法, 歧视
forbearance 生词 n 忍耐，与开篇的indulgence照应。
To those who understand life, that would have given a much greater air of truth to my story.
这一段很生动，对于理解生命的人来说，这就会显得很真实。great air很喜欢这个搭配
And if I forget him, I may become like the grown-ups who are no longer interested in anything but figures . . .
摘抄句
So I fumble along as best I can, now good, now bad, and I hope generally fair-to-middling.
fair-to-middling 还行，过得去的 (reasonably good or reasonably well)(连字符可省)
eg. So you're going to Paris? How's your French? Oh, fair to middling.
这么说你打算去巴黎了？你的法语怎样？哦，还马马虎虎吧。
注释出自必应词典网络
在哈利波特中大量出现过一个形容词，也是这种结构matter-of-fact
"I think I'd better do the actual stealing," Hermione continued in a matter-of-fact tone. "You two will be expelled if you get into any more trouble, and I've got a clean record."
“我认为最好由我着手去偷，”赫敏用公事公办的口吻接着说，“你们俩如果再惹麻烦，就要被开除了，而我没有前科记录。"
Chapter 5
这一章主要讲了面包树baobabs
The information would come very slowly, as it might chance to fall from his thoughts. It was in this way that I heard, on the third day, about the catastrophe of the baobabs.
这句话与第三章中It was from words dropped by chance that, little by little, everything was revealed to me.很相似
catastrophe n.灾难
这些信息是偶然从他各种反应中慢慢得出的。
This time, once more, I had the sheep to thank for it.
多亏了那只羊。
第七章中也出现了多亏那只羊，不过用的是thanks to,thanks to是较常用法
On the fifth day again, as always, it was thanks to the sheep,the secret of the little prince's life was revaled to me.
...and that even if he took a whole herd of elephants away with him, the herd would not eat up one single baobab.
a herd of一群
在盖茨比中曾出现过一群羊，是这么写的We drove over to Fifth Avenue, so warm and soft, almost pastoral, on the summer Sunday afternoon that I wouldn't have been surprised to see a great flock of white sheep turn the corner.
And I was obliged to make a great mental effort to solve this problem, without any assistance.
be obliged to do与feel obliged to do 均指 “不得不,只能去做某件事.”(也有责任义务在里面)
But seeds are invisible. They sleep deep in the heart of the earth's darkness, until some one among them is seized with the desire to awaken. Then this little seed will stretch itself and begin--timidly at first--to push a charming little sprig inoffensively upward toward the sun.
这一段描写很生动。
there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day. But when it is a matter of baobabs, that always means a catastrophe.
所以你要处理的面包树是什么？
今天小王子就先出两章。就这样。
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