And he was overcome with sadness. His flower had told him that she was the only one of her kind in all the universe. And here were five thousand of them， all alike， in one single garden!
“It is just as it is with the flower. If you love a flower that lives on a star， it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are abloom with flowers...
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.”
I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no use to me. The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the colour of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me!
THE LITTLE PRINCE 小王子Antoine de Saint-Exupery 安托万·德·圣·埃克苏佩里CHAPTER 1I was six years old when I spotted a magnificent picture in a book about
如果一个人在黑夜里迷失了方向，这些知识是非常宝贵的。“Maybe there are five thousand roses in the world and you the same flower，but only you are my unique rose.”
“That is so. And if you are good I will give you a string， too， so that you can tie him during the day， and a post to tie him to.”
“And what should one do to make the hat come down?”But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.
在大学里，很多同学都花了不少时间用在学英语上。而看英文原版的小说，则是学习英语的一种比较有效而且有趣的手段。但不少同学去尝试阅读这些英文小说时，却往往因为选错了难度，选错了风格，选错了打开方式而乘兴而来，败兴而归。最后读了几页就看不下去，入金山而空手而出。让人感到非常可惜。
