51. 扳道工（讲解）

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"Good morning," said the little prince.

"Good morning," said the railway switchman.

"What do you do here?" the little prince asked.

"I sort out travelers, in bundles of a thousand," said the switchman. "I send off the trains that carry them: now to the right, now to the left."

And a brilliantly lighted express train shook the switchman's cabin as it rushed by with a roar like thunder.

"They are in a great hurry," said the little prince. "What are 
they looking for?"

"Not even the locomotive engineer knows that," said the switchman.

And a second brilliantly lighted express thundered by, in the opposite direction. 

"Are they coming back already?" demanded the little prince.

"These are not the same ones," said the switchman. "It is an exchange."

"Were they not satisfied where they were?" asked the little prince.

"No one is ever satisfied where he is," said the switchman.

And they heard the roaring thunder of a third brilliantly lighted express.

"Are they pursuing the first travelers?" demanded the little prince.

"They are pursuing nothing at all," said the switchman. "They are asleep in there, or if they are not asleep they are yawning. Only the children are flattening their noses against the windowpanes."

"Only the children know what they are looking for," said the little prince. "They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry . . ."

"They are lucky," the switchman said.

语言点

- switchman：n. 扳道工
- sort out：挑出，整理，安排，纠正；例：She sorted out the clothes, some to be kept, some to be thrown away. 她把衣服整理出来，留一些，扔一些。例：We’ve got it all sorted out now. 我们目前把一切都搞定了。
- bundle：n. 捆；例：a bundle of colored pencils 一捆彩色铅笔
- rush：v. 急促移动；例：to rush down/up the stairs 冲下/冲上楼梯
- roar：n. 咆哮，轰鸣声；例：The audience gave a roar of applause. 观众报以雷鸣般的掌声。
- locomotive：n. 火车头
- thunder：v. 怒吼，轰隆隆地移动；n. 雷声，隆隆声
- exchange：n. 交换，互访；例：He is teaching her French in exchange for her teaching him English. 她教他英语，作为交换他教她法语。
- pursue：v. 追逐，从事；例：to pursue a career in medicine 从事医疗行业
- pursuit: n. 追逐；例：The Pursuit of Happiness 当幸福来敲门
- flatten：v. 把……压倒/压平；例：That hat will flatten my hair. 那顶帽子会把我的发型压扁。
- windowpane：n. 窗玻璃
- rag doll：n. 布娃娃