23. 告别（讲解）

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I believe that for his escape he took advantage of the migration of a flock of wild birds. On the morning of his departure he put his planet in perfect order. He carefully cleaned out his active volcanoes. He possessed two active volcanoes; and they were very convenient for heating his breakfast in the morning. He also had one volcano that was extinct. But, as he said, "One never knows!" So he cleaned out the extinct volcano, too. If they are well cleaned out, volcanoes burn slowly and steadily, without any eruptions. Volcanic eruptions are like fires in a chimney.

On our earth we are obviously much too small to clean out our volcanoes. That is why they bring no end of trouble upon us.

The little prince also pulled up, with a certain sense of dejection, the last little shoots of the baobabs. He believed that he would never want to return. But on this last morning all these familiar tasks seemed very precious to him. And when he watered the flower for the last time, and prepared to place her under the shelter of her glass globe, he realized that he was very close to tears.

"Goodbye," he said to the flower.

But she made no answer.

"Goodbye," he said again.

The flower coughed. But it was not because she had a cold.

语言点

- take advantage of：利用某事物 / 占便宜；例：to take advantage of the situation 把握形势
- migration：n. 迁徙
- flock：n. 群；例：a flock of sheep 一群羊
- put sth. in order：整理好，安排好；例：to put one’s affairs in order 把事情安排好
- active volcano：活火山
- possess：v. 拥有
- extinct：adj. 灭绝的；extinct volcano：死火山；扩展：dormant volcano 休眠火山
- clean out：清扫干净；例：You need to clean out your ears! 你该掏一下耳朵了！
- steadily：adv. 逐步的，持续的；例：steadily improve/breathe 逐步改善/均匀呼吸
- eruption：n. 喷发；例：an eruption of laughter 全场爆笑
- dejection：n. 沮丧
- shoot：n. 幼芽；例：bamboo shoot 竹笋
- precious：adj. 宝贵的，珍贵的