小王子 第6期:我的飛機(jī)

It took me a long time to learn where he came from.

我費(fèi)了好長(zhǎng)時(shí)間才弄清楚他是從哪里來(lái)的。

The little prince, who asked me so many questions, never seemed to hear the ones I asked him.

小王子向我提出了很多問(wèn)題，可是，對(duì)我提出的問(wèn)題，他好象壓根沒(méi)有聽(tīng)見(jiàn)似的。

It wasfrom words dropped by chance that, little by little, everything was revealed to me.

他無(wú)意中吐露的一些話逐漸使我搞清了他的來(lái)歷。

The first time he saw my airplane, for instance (I shall not draw my airplane; that would be much too complicated for me), he asked me: "What is that object?"

例如，當(dāng)他第一次瞅見(jiàn)我的飛機(jī)時(shí)(我就不畫出我的飛機(jī)了，因?yàn)檫@種圖畫對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)太復(fù)雜)，他問(wèn)我道： “這是個(gè)啥玩藝?”

That is not an object. It flies.

這不是玩藝兒。它能飛。

It is an airplane. It is my airplane.

這是飛機(jī)。是我的飛機(jī)。

And I was proud to have him learn that I could fly.

我當(dāng)時(shí)很驕傲地告訴他我能飛。

He cried out, then:"What! You dropped down from the sky?"

于是他驚奇地說(shuō)道：“怎么?你是從天上掉下來(lái)的?”

"Yes," I answered, modestly.

“是的”。我謙遜地答道。

Oh! That is funny!

啊?這真滑稽。

And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much.

此時(shí)小王子發(fā)出一陣清脆的笑聲。這使我很不高興。

I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.

我要求別人嚴(yán)肅地對(duì)待我的不幸。

Then he added: "So you, too, come from the sky! Which is your planet?"

然后，他又說(shuō)道：“那么，你也是從天上來(lái)的了!你是哪個(gè)星球上的?”

At that moment I caught a gleam of light in the impenetrable mystery of his presence;

即刻，對(duì)于他是從哪里來(lái)的這個(gè)秘密我隱約發(fā)現(xiàn)到了一點(diǎn)線索;

and I demanded, abruptly: "Do you come from another planet?"

于是，我就突然問(wèn)道：“你是從另一個(gè)星球上來(lái)的嗎?”

But he did not reply.

可是他不回答我的問(wèn)題。

He tossed his head gently, without taking his eyes from my plane:

他一面看著我的飛機(jī)，一面微微地點(diǎn)點(diǎn)頭，接著說(shuō)道：

It is true that on that you can’t have come from very far away

可不是么，乘坐這玩藝兒，你不可能是從很遠(yuǎn)的地方來(lái)的