小王子 第43期:雄伟的火山

 After that, the little prince climbed a high mountain.

小王子爬上一座高山。

The only mountains he had ever known were the three volcanoes, which came up to his knees.

过去他所见过的山就是那三座只有他膝盖那么高的火山，

And he used the extinct volcano as a footstool.

并且他把那座熄灭了的火山就当作凳子。

"From a mountain as high as this one,"he said to himself, "I shall be able to see the whole planet at one glance, and all the people... "

小王子自言自语地说道：“从这么高的山上，我一眼可以看到整个星球，以及所有的人。”

But he saw nothing, save peaks of rock that were sharpened like needles.

可是，他所看到的只是一些非常锋利的悬崖峭壁。

"Good morning," he said courteously¹.

“你好。”小王子试探地问道。

"Good morning–Good morning–Good morning," answered the echo.

“你好…你好…你好…”回音在回答道。

"Who are you?" said the little prince.

“你们是什么人？”小王子问。

"Who are you–Who are you–Who are you?" answered the echo.

“你们是什么人…你们是什么人…你们是什么人…”回音又回答道。

"Be my friends. I am all alone," he said.

“请你们做我的朋友吧，我很孤独。”他说。

"I am all alone–all alone–all alone," answered the echo.

“我很孤独…我很孤独…我很孤独…”回音又回答着。

"What a queer planet!" he thought.

小王子想道,这颗行星真奇怪！

It is altogether dry, and altogether pointed², and altogether harsh and forbidding.

它上面全是干巴巴的，而且又尖利又咸涩，

And the people have no imagination. They repeat whatever one says to them...On my planet I had a flower;

人们一点想象力都没有。他们只是重复别人对他们说的话…在我的家乡，我有一朵花。

she always was the first to speak.

她总是自己先说话。

1 courteously   

adv.有礼貌地，亲切地

参考例句：

• He courteously opened the door for me.他谦恭有礼地为我开门。
• Presently he rose courteously and released her.过了一会，他就很客气地站起来，让她走开。

2 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。