The Little Prince(英文版)

Doyoubelievethefairytale?DoyouknowwhichbooksalesaftertheBible（圣经）？“theLittlePrince”iswrittennotonlyforchildren,butalsofortheadults.DoyouknowwhichbooksalesaftertheBible（圣经）？Doyoubelievethefairytale?AntoinedeSaiot-Exupery（安东尼·德·圣·埃克苏佩里）wasaFrenchwriterandpilot.HeisbestrememberedforhisnovellaTheLittlePrince.HewrotethisbookwhenhelivedinNewYorkduringtheWorldWarⅡ.TheoutlineofTheLittlePrinceisnotverycomplex.“I”,thenarratorofthestory,isapilotwhoseplanehassomethingwrongandlandsintheSahara.Inthisoccasion,thepilotmeetsthelittleprince,whichfromtheAsteroid(小行星)B612.B612planet:1.Itisaplanetwherethelittleprincelives.2.Thereareonlyafewthings,suchastwoactivevolcanoes,oneextinctvolcano,baobabs,andarose.3.Itissosmallthatthelittleprincecanseethesunset44timesinaday.1.Itisaplanetwherethelittleprincelives.2.Thereareonlyafewthings,suchastwoactivevolcanoes,oneextinctvolcano,baobabs,andarose.3.Itissosmallthatthelittleprincecanseethesunset44timesinaday.B612planet:Thelittleprincehasescapedfromhistinyplanet,becausehehassomequarrelwitharose,whichgrowsonhisplanet.Inthatcasehelefthisownplanetandtookanexplorationatsomeneighborasteroids.Onhisjourney,thelittleprinceseesdifferentpeoplethroughtravellingsevenplanets,whichincludesaking,aconceited（自负的）man,atippler（酒鬼）,abusinessman,alamplighter（灯夫）andageographer.Fromthesepeoplehegetsaconclusionthattheadultsareverystrange.Inthefirstplanet,thelittleprincemeetsakingwholikesrulingsubjects.Thesecondplanetisinhabitedbyaconceitedman.Exceptforpraise,hecannottolerateanywords.Thelittleprincevisitsatippler（酒鬼）whowantstoforgettheshameofdrinkbydrinkinginthethirdplanet.Afterthat,thelittleprincecomestoabusinessmanwhoisconstantlybusycountingthestarshethinksheowns.Thelittleprincemeetsalamplighter（灯夫）inthefifthplanet.Almostasunriseorasunsetappearseveryminute,sothelamplighterlivesabusylife.MechanizedInthesixthplanet,thelittleprincemeetsageographerwhohasneverhadtoexplore,onlylearningtheworldfromthemouthoftheexplorer.Travelingontheearth,thelittleprince,whoseesagardenoffive-thousandroses,isovercomewithsadness,asheconsidershisroseisuniquebefore.Atthattimeafoxappearsandtellshimaboutthemeaningoftheword“tame（驯养）”.Theybecomefriendssoon.Intheend,thelittleprincemeetstheauthor,agoodfriend,whodrawsapictureofsheepforhim.Oneday,rejectingthepilot’sadvice,hegoesbacktohisownplanetbyabiteofasnake.Hetellsthepilot,hemustberesponsibleforhisrose,sohehastogoback.FamousQuotation”Itisthetimeyouhavewastedforyourrosethatmakesyourrosesoimportant.”“Thestarsarebeautiful,becauseofaflowerthatcannotbeseen.”“Whatmakesthedesertbeautifulisthatsomewhereithidesawell...”“Itdoesn’tmatterthatyouarenothereinperson,aslongasyouarehereinmyheart.”Itisjustasitiswiththeflower.Ifyouloveaflowerthatlivesonastar,itissweettolookattheskyatnight.Allthestarsarea-bloomwithflowers...就像我的花儿一样，如果你爱上了某个星球上的一朵花儿，那么，只要在夜晚仰望星空，就会觉得满天繁星如同一朵朵盛开的花朵……“Andnowhereismysecret,averysimplesecret:Itisonlywiththeheartthatonecanseerightly;whatisessentialisinvisibletotheeye.EachtimeIreadtheLittlePrince,Iamtouched.Becauseofthestory,welivequietly,withhopeandwarmheart!