36. 无奈的掌灯人（讲解）

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The little prince went on with his explanation:

"Your planet is so small that three strides will take you all the way around it. To be always in the sunshine, you need only walk along rather slowly. When you want to rest, you will walk--and the day will last as long as you like."

"That doesn't do me much good," said the lamplighter. "The one thing I love in life is to sleep."

"Then you're unlucky," said the little prince.

"I am unlucky," said the lamplighter. "Good morning."

And he put out his lamp.

"That man," said the little prince to himself, as he continued farther on his journey, "that man would be scorned by all the others: by the king, by the conceited man, by the tippler, by the businessman. Nevertheless he is the only one of them all who does not seem to me ridiculous. Perhaps that is because he is thinking of something else besides himself."

He breathed a sigh of regret, and said to himself, again:

"That man is the only one of them all whom I could have made my friend. But his planet is indeed too small. There is no room on it for two people. . ."

What the little prince did not dare confess was that he was sorry most of all to leave this planet, because it was blest every day with 1440 sunsets!

语言点

- stride：n. 大步，进步；例：We’re making great strides with the new project. 我们新项目进展很顺利。
- scorn：v. 鄙视；例：John was scorned by his friends. 小强被他的朋友们鄙视了。n. 轻蔑；例：John became the scorn of his friends. 小强成为了他朋友们的笑柄。
- ridiculous：adj. 可笑的，荒唐的；例：Don’t be ridiculous. 别犯傻了。
- sigh：n. / v. 叹气；例：Then, with a sigh, he took his leave. 小王子犹豫了片刻，然后叹了口气就动身了。
- dare：v. 敢；例：Don’t you dare (to) talk to me like that! 你竟敢这样和我说话！
- blest：adj. blessed 令人幸福的