“Then what?” asked the little prince.
“Then the planet now makes a complete?turn?every minute, and I no longer?have a single second?for repose. Once?every minute I have to light my lamp and put it out!”
“That is very funny! A day lasts?only one minute here,?where you live!”
“It is not funny at all!” said the lamplighter. “While we have been talking?together a month has gone by.”
“A month?”
〖精讀筆記〗
◆complete?[k?m?pli?t] adj.完整的；完全的
◆turn [t??n]v.（使）轉(zhuǎn)動 n.轉(zhuǎn)動
◆no longer不再
◆second?['sek(?)nd] num.第二?n.秒；瞬間
◆repose?[r??p??z] n.休息；睡眠
◆once?[w?ns] adv.（每隔…）一次
表示做某事的頻率
once a +單數(shù)時間表達(dá)（once a month）
once every +復(fù)數(shù)時間表達(dá)（once every two or three weeks）
◆last?[lɑ?st] adj.最后的；最近的v. 持續(xù)
◆have been talking現(xiàn)在完成進(jìn)行時，表示某動作從過去某個時間開始，一直延續(xù)到現(xiàn)在，并且還有可能持續(xù)下去，此處表示，小王子和點燈人的談話到說話時為止，已經(jīng)持續(xù)了一個月（即三十分鐘）
◆go by時間流逝；﹙從…旁邊﹚經(jīng)過，走過
e.g.
go?by the window經(jīng)過窗口
