So I lived my life alone, without anyone that I could really talk to, until I had an accident with my plane in the Desert of Sahara, six years ago. Something was broken in my engine. And was I had with me neither a mechanic nor any passengers, I set myself to attempt the difficult repairs all alone. It was a question of life or death for me: I had scarcely enough drinking water to last a week.
The first night, then, I went to sleep on the sand, a thousand miles from any human habitation, I was more isolated than a shipwrecked sailor on a raft in the middle of the ocean. Thus you can imagine my amazement, at sunrise, when I was awakened by an odd little voice. It said.
"If you please-- draw me a sheep!"
"What!"
"Draw me a sheep!"
Translation
于是我一个人生活，没有任何人可以(与其)说话。直到六年前我的飞机在撒哈拉沙漠发生了故障，我的(飞机)引擎零件坏掉了。我既没有修理工也没有任何乘客(来修理飞机)，我只好独自一个人尝试去修理飞机， 活下去或者死亡对我来说确实是一个问题：我几乎没有足够持续一个星期的饮用水。
第一天晚上， 当时，我沙滩上，远离人类居住区一千千米。我就比那些在大海中木筏上失事的船员还要孤独的多。因此你可以想象我的惊讶, 太阳升起时，我被一个低沉的声音吵醒了，它说：
“如果可以--请给我画一只绵羊！”
“什么！”
“给我画一只绵羊！”
Unfamiliar Word
isolated
adj.隔离的;孤独的;单独的;偏远的。v.使隔离(isolate的过去式和过去分词);使孤立;使绝缘;脱离
Men can feel isolated at work.人们工作时可能感到孤立无助。
shipwrecked
海难, 事故, 失事
Amazement
n.惊奇，惊愕，诧异;[废语] 迷惑，困惑
I stared at her in amazement.我惊愕地瞪眼看着她
imagine
vt.想像;想，设想;料想，猜想;误认为.vi.想象;猜想，推测
He could not imagine a more peaceful scene.他想象不出比这更祥和的景象。
odd
adj.古怪的;奇数的;剩余的;临时的.n.奇特的事物;怪人;[高尔夫球]多于对方的一次击球
He had various odd cleaning jobs around the place.他在这附近干过各种零碎的保洁工作。
The odd numbers are on the left as you walk up the street.沿这条街走，在左边的是单号。
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