重點(diǎn)詞匯&短語 vocabulary

we are warned as to the dangers of the baobabs

As each day passed I would learn, in our talk, something about the little prince's planet, his** departure from** it, his journey. The information would come very slowly, as it might ** chance ** to fall from his thoughts. It was in this way that I heard, on the third day, about the catastrophe of the baobabs.
This time, once more, I had the sheep to thank for it. For the little prince asked me abruptly-- as if seized by a grave doubt……
…”Then it follows that they also eat baobabs?”…
…The idea of the herd of 一群elephants made the little prince laugh.
"We would have to put them one on top of the other," he said.

• departure from : leaving, violation, breach, infringement
• catastrophe : disaster an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage 超級大的災(zāi)難
• chance to：：v.偶然發(fā)生
• fall from：1??落下；2??從某人口中說出
• have sth. to do
• grave : 1?? adj. event is very serious, important, and worrying.重大的
• it follows that ：由此斷定…，由此得出結(jié)論…
• ** one on top of the other**：疊羅漢

"Before they grow so big, the baobabs start out by being little."

Before 倒裝句，表示強(qiáng)調(diào)這一部分

He answered me at once, "Oh, come, come!", as if he were speaking of something that was self-evident. And I **was obliged to **make a great mental effort to solve this problem, without any assistance.

• self-evident：顯而易見的
• **be obliged to **：不得不，被迫做
• ** make a great mental effort to do**：需要思考很久

Indeed, as I learned, there were on the planet where the little prince lived--as on all planets--good seeds from good plants, and bad seeds from bad plants.

• there were on the planet(where the little prince lived)-as on all planet-good plants …

They sleep** deep** in the heart of the earth's darkness, until some one among them is seized with the desire to awaken. Then this little seed will** stretch itself and begin--timidly** at first--to push a charming little sprig inoffensively upward toward the sun.

• be seized with：被（強(qiáng)烈的情感、愿望等）影響
• stretch oneself：伸懶腰；伸展身體；盡最大的努力
• timidly : adv. sheepishly, coyly in a shy or timid or bashful manner
• inoffensive：adj. offenseless，harmlessnot unpleasant or unacceptable in any way, but are perhaps rather dull

When you've finished your own toilet in the morning, then it is time to
**attend to **the toilet of your planet, just so, with the greatest care.

• toilet：vt. 給…梳妝打扮，the act of dressing and preparing yourself
• attend to：pay attention to

there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day. But when it is a matter of baobabs, that always means a catastrophe.

• there is no harm in：無害
• a matter of：關(guān)于...的問題, 大約

I do not much like to take the tone of a moralist. But the danger of the baobabs is so little understood, and such considerable risks would be run by anyone who might get lost on an asteroid, that for once I am breaking through my reserve.

• moralist：[[n.] philosopher]in morals and moral problems
• take the tone of a moralist：說教的語氣
• run considerable risks：冒著巨大風(fēng)險(xiǎn)

My friends, like myself, have been **skirting **this danger for a long time, without ever knowing it;

• skirt：1???? 2??[avoid]_vt. 處在...的邊緣 _3??繞開走

When I made the drawing of the baobabs I was carried beyond myself by the inspiring force of urgent necessity.

• _ I was carried by the force_ 是主干句
• inspiring force: 鼓舞人心的力量