37. 地理学家（讲解）

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The sixth planet was ten times larger than the last one. It was inhabited by an old gentleman who wrote voluminous books.

"Oh, look! Here is an explorer!" he exclaimed to himself when he saw the little prince coming.

The little prince sat down on the table and panted a little. He had already traveled so much and so far!

"Where do you come from?" the old gentleman said to him.

"What is that big book?" said the little prince. "What are you doing?"

"I am a geographer," said the old gentleman.

"What is a geographer?" asked the little prince.

"A geographer is a scholar who knows the location of all the seas, rivers, towns, mountains, and deserts."

"That is very interesting," said the little prince. "Here at last is a man who has a real profession!" And he cast a look around him at the planet of the geographer. It was the most magnificent and stately planet that he had ever seen.

"Your planet is very beautiful," he said. "Has it any oceans?"

"I couldn't tell you," said the geographer.

"Ah!" The little prince was disappointed. "Has it any mountains?"

"I couldn't tell you," said the geographer.

"And towns, and rivers, and deserts?"

"I couldn't tell you that, either."

语言点

- voluminous：adj. 长篇的
- volume: n. 册 / 容积 / 音量 / 量；例：volume of work 工作量
- explorer：n. 探险家
- pant：v. 气喘；例：He was panting for breath after the run. 他跑完步后上气不接下气。
- geographer：n. 地理学家
- geography: n. 地理
- scholar：n. 学者
- scholarship: n. 奖学金
- cast：v. 投射；例：to cast a look 看一眼 / She cast her fragrance over me. 她为我散发芬芳。
- stately：adj. 壮观的，高贵优雅的；例：a stately castle 一座庄严的城堡