在第七天的结尾,叙述者(飞行员)正忙着修理飞机引擎,而小王子却一直站在他身边喋喋不休。作者心中万分烦躁,脱口而出斥责道:“Don't you see, I am very busy with matters of consequence.”(难道你没看到我正忙着做重要的事情吗?)
听到这句话,小王子震惊地盯着作者(“He stared at me, astounded.”)。在小王子的眼中,眼前的场景既滑稽又刺眼:作者手里紧握着铁锤(hammer),手指被黑乎乎的飞机引擎润滑油(engine grease)弄得漆黑一片,整个人正弯下腰(bending down)对着一个在小王子看来丑陋至极的金属怪物(“an object which seemed to him extremely ugly”)。小王子极度失望地批判道:“You talk just like the grown-ups.”(你说话就像个大人一样。)
这句话让作者感到有些羞愧与不好意思(“That made me a little ashamed.”)。然而小王子并没有轻易放过他,而是不屈不挠、毫不留情地继续追问(“he went on relentlessly”):
> “You mix everything up together, you confuse everything.”(你把所有东西都混在一起了,你把所有事情都弄混淆了。)
小王子认为作者彻底分不清轻重,把冰冷的机械零件、生命中的绵羊以及珍贵的玫瑰花全都混为一谈。小王子彻底被激怒了,在微风中愤怒地甩动着他金色的卷发(“He tossed his golden curls in the breeze”)。他随即举了一个让他鄙视至极的例子:
> “I know a planet where there is a certain red-faced gentleman. He has never smelled a flower, he has never looked at a star, he has never loved anyone, he has never done anything in his life but add up figures, and all day he says over and over, just like you, 'I am busy with matters of consequence!' And that makes him swell up with pride. But he is not a man, he is a mushroom!”
小王子痛斥那个红脸先生一辈子只知道计算账目数字(add up figures),自命不凡地四处宣称自己在做“正经事”,因傲慢而膨胀,但其实根本不配算作一个人,充其量只是一朵没有头脑的“蘑菇”(mushroom)。作者听得一头雾水,追问了一句“A what?”,小王子再次强调“A mushroom!”,此时小王子已经气得面色发白(“white with rage”)。主讲人在此感慨,这正是对现实中成人的讽刺:大人们成天沉迷于计算视频的播放量、点赞量或是银行存款,自以为在忙碌重要的大事,却从未停下脚步去闻一闻花香,或抬头看看浩瀚的星空。
小王子面色煞白,情绪激动地对作者发出了一连串灵魂拷问:花朵长刺已经有数百万年了(millions of years),而羊吃花朵同样也有数百万年;既然如此,花朵费尽周折长出那些根本保护不了自己的刺,难道弄清这背后的原因不是一件重要的大事吗?羊与花朵之间旷日持久的“战争”(warfare),难道比不上一个胖乎乎的红脸先生算账加数字来得重要?
> “And if I know, I myself, one flower which is unique in the world, which grows nowhere but on my planet, but which one little sheep can destroy in a single bite some morning, without even noticing what he is doing, oh, you think that is not important?”
随着这番话吐露出来,小王子的脸色由惨白转为愤怒的涨红(“His face turned from white to red as he continued”)。接着,小王子道出了全书最为深情而动人的独白:
> “If someone loves a flower of which just one single blossom grows in all the millions and millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars. He can say to himself, 'Somewhere, my flower is there.' But if the sheep eats the flower, in one moment, all his stars will be darkened. And you think that is not important!”
说到这里,小王子再也说不下去了。他所有的言语都被哽咽与泣不成声彻底阻塞(“His words were choked by sobbing”)。夜幕悄然降临(The night had fallen),作者受到极大的震撼,手中的工具不知不觉间从掌心滑落;面对眼前泪流满面的小王子,所谓的锤子、螺栓、干渴甚至近在咫尺的死亡威胁,在一瞬间全都变得微不足道。在地球这个广袤的星球上,此时此刻唯有一件事至关重要:有一个小人儿需要他去抚慰。
- 关键考问:羊与花朵数百万年以来的战争(warfare),到底算不算严肃的正经事(matter of consequence)。
- 情感逻辑:漫天繁星之所以具备意义,全因某颗不知名的星球上存在着一朵独一无二的玫瑰花。
> “The flower that you love is not in danger. I will draw you a muzzle for your sheep. I will draw you a railing to put around your flower. I will...”
作者答应给小王子的绵羊画一个口罩(muzzle)套住它的嘴,给心爱的玫瑰花画一圈坚固的防护栏杆(railing)。然而话说到一半,作者却词穷了。他感到自己笨拙万分(“I felt awkward and blundering”),完全不知道该用怎样的语言才能触及小王子那颗细腻柔弱的心灵,不知道该如何在那个幽深的角落追赶上他,重新与他手拉着手并肩前行。作者在内心由衷地发出感慨:
> “It is such a secret place, the land of tears.”(泪水的国度,真是一个神秘莫测的地方。)
作者在第八章开始深入探寻那朵花的身世:“I should learn to know this flower better.”(我应该去更好地了解这朵花)。在小王子的星球上,以往的花朵一直都非常朴实无华(simple)。它们通常只有单层的一圈花瓣(“they had only one ring of petals”),几乎完全不占空间(“they took up no room at all”),也从来不会给任何人带来麻烦。它们宛如朝露一般,清晨静悄悄地出现在草丛中,待到夜幕降临时,便平静安详地凋零消逝(“by night they would have faded peacefully away”)。这种朴素与后续那朵娇艳、繁复且充满个性的独特玫瑰形成了鲜明的对比。
- 治愈承诺:画一个绵羊口罩(muzzle)与一圈花卉围栏(railing)。
- 星球原本的花卉特征:仅有一圈花瓣(one ring of petals)、不占空间(took up no room at all)、朝生夜落和平凋谢(faded peacefully away)。
- 阅读打卡:全天共完成了580个英文单词的精读解析。
## Notable quotes
> [05:00](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV14dxt6fEbf?t=300s) If someone loves a flower of which just one single blossom grows in all the millions and millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars. — 小王子
> [10:00](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV14dxt6fEbf?t=600s) It is such a secret place, the land of tears. — 飞行员
## Mentioned
The Little Prince, 小王子, 飞行员, 红脸先生, 逃离平庸
节目通过解读《小王子》第七章高潮与第八章序幕,深刻剖析了成人功利实用主义与纯真情感价值之间的剧烈冲突,揭示出因独一无二的情感羁绊,浩瀚星空才真正拥有了存在的意义。
功利理性与纯真价值的激烈碰撞 (0:00)
在第七章尾声,飞行员正满头大汗地弯腰修理飞机引擎,手中紧握铁锤,十指被机油染得漆黑。面对身旁喋喋不休追问的小王子,烦躁的作者斥责自己正忙于“重要的大事”(matters of consequence)。这一幕在小王子眼中既滑稽又丑陋,他震惊且极度失望地批判作者说话完全像个大人,把冰冷的机械零件、生命中的绵羊以及珍贵的玫瑰花完全混淆在一起,根本分不清孰轻孰重。
小王子愤怒至极,举出某个星球上一位成天只知道算账加数字(add up figures)的红脸先生为例。该先生一生从未闻过花香、看过星空或爱过任何人,却整日膨胀傲慢地宣称自己在忙正经事;小王子痛斥他根本不是人,充其量只是一朵没有思想的“蘑菇”(mushroom)。主讲人指出,这正是对现实成人的深刻讽刺:大人们沉湎于播放量、点赞或存款等数字,自以为在从事正经大事,却彻底丧失了感受自然与美的心灵能力。
羊与花朵之战赋予星空的意义 (5:00)
小王子面色由惨白转为涨红,向作者发出一连串直击心灵的拷问:花朵长刺已有数百万年,羊吃花朵同样有数百万年,弄清花朵为何费尽周折长出保护不了自己的刺,难道不比红脸先生算账重要得多?小王子质问,宇宙中若存在一朵只在自己星球盛开的独一无二之花,而懵懂的小羊清晨漫不经心的一口就能将其毁灭,这难道不是一件关乎存亡的大事。
随后小王子倾吐了全书最深情的独白:若一个人深爱着千百万颗繁星中唯一盛开的花朵,仰望星空便足以让他感到无尽幸福,因为他心中明了爱花就在星空的某一处摇曳;但如果花被羊吃掉,漫天星辰便会在一瞬间全数陷入黑暗。说到此处,小王子被哽咽与抽泣完全阻塞。这番直击灵魂的言语令作者震颤不已,手中的工具悄然滑落,在面对小王子泪流满面的那一刻,螺栓、干渴乃至死亡威胁瞬间变得微不足道,唯有安抚眼前的小人儿才至关重要。
神秘的眼泪国度与朴素花卉的序曲 (10:00)
面对崩溃抽泣的小王子,作者轻柔地将他抱在怀中摇晃抚慰,郑重承诺会给绵羊画一个口罩(muzzle)以套住它的嘴,并给玫瑰花画一圈坚固的防护栏杆(railing)。然而,作者随即陷入了词穷与笨拙,深感不知该用何种语言才能触碰到小王子细腻柔弱的心灵,更不知该如何在幽深之处追赶并重新与他并肩前行,从而在心底由衷感叹泪水的国度(the land of tears)真是一个神秘莫测的地方。
随着情感冲突的消解,文本正式迈入第八章的序幕。作者决心深入了解这朵花的身世。在小王子的星球上,以往的花朵极为朴素(simple),它们仅有一圈单层的花瓣(one ring of petals),几乎完全不占空间,清晨悄然出现于草丛之中,入夜便平静安详地凋零消逝(faded peacefully away),从不给任何人添麻烦。这种与世无争的质朴特性,为后文那朵娇艳、繁复且极具个性的独特玫瑰埋下了鲜明的对比伏笔。
本讲通过梳理580个英文单词的精读内容,完成了从机械功利向深层情感共鸣的转折;遗留的核心悬念在于,那朵彻底颠覆小王子星球平静生活且令人牵肠挂肚的独特玫瑰,究竟拥有怎样的身世与性格。
Source quotes
[5:00] 小王子: If someone loves a flower of which just one single blossom grows in all the millions and millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars.
[10:00] 飞行员: It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
Original transcript
[0:00] 大家好,今天我们接着阅读The Little Prince 小王子第八天的内容,今天有580个单词我们开始阅读吧在第七天的结尾,作者在修理飞机引擎的时候,小王子就站在他旁边,一直喋喋不休的。作者就感觉很烦,所以他就对小王子说:Don't you see, I am very busy with matters of consequence.他说难道你没有看到吗我正在非常忙碌我重要的事情呢He stared at me, sounded like. 这个单词是非常惊愕的,被惊呆了这个意思。所以,小王子就看着我,惊呆了看着我。他说Matters of consequence,重要的事情。He looked at me there with my hammer in my hand,My fingers blank with engine grease,Bunding down over an object which seemed to him extremely ugly。他在那里看着我,看着我怎么样呢?With my hammer,hammer 是锤子的意思,就是我手你拿着锤子,My fingers blank with engine grease,我的手指被这个引擎的润滑油搞得漆黑的,有エンジン这个飞机的引擎,所以就是发动机的润滑油puntin dan over an object弯着腰对着一个东西,bending down是弯着腰,我们来看一下,它是一个短语。就是指 lower the top half of your body,所以就是弯着腰对着一个东西,什么东西呢? which seem to him extremely ugly,这个东西对于他来说是非常非常奇怪的东西,就是引擎对他们来说是一个非常奇怪的东西。学王子对我说,You talk just like the grown-ups,你说话就像个大人一样Zatimeremie anitoashamed.But he went on relentlessly这让我有点害羞,有一点不好意思但是小王子并没有饶过我,他接着说: "Relentlessness" 是指不屈不挠的,就是不停的。他继续又追问我: "You mix everything up together, you confuse everything."他说: "你把所有东西都混在一起了,你把所有的事情都弄混淆了。"意思就是作者把引擎、羊、把玫瑰花全部都混到了一起。He was really very angry. He tossed his golden cross in the breeze.这里有个单词叫"cross"是卷发的意思而Golden Cross就是它是金色的卷发Breeze 是微风,所以这句话整体的意思是,他是真的真的非常的生气,他甩动着他的头发在这个微风中。他说:I know a planet where there is a certain red-faced gentleman.He has never smiled a flower,He has never looked at a star, he has never loved anyone, he has never done anything in his life but add up fingers,and all day he says over and over, just like you, I am busy with matters of consequence.他说我知道在有一个星球上面有某一个人这个人是一个红脸的先生,他从来没有去闻过一朵花,他也从来没有抬头去看天上的星星他也从来没有去爱过任何一个人他也从来没有完成过任何一件事情,在他的生命中,除了干什么呢?除了 add up figures,就是除了在加他的数字。这里有一点讽刺我们这些大人永远在计算数字,比如说像我计算这个视频的播放量,点赞量,我们在看银行的存款,就一直围扰着这些重要的事情,觉得我们重要的事情,但是我们没有闻一闻身边的花朵,没有没有看一下天上的星星,就这些非常美好的事物。And all day he says over and over,但是一整天他总是一直在说,说什么呢?就像你一样,I am busy with matters of consequence.我是在为我的这种非常重要的事情正在忙碌,正在奋斗之类的。and that makes him swell up with pride,这里有个单词叫swale,swale是指膨胀,所以swale up就是膨胀起来。Pride 是自豪、骄傲,所以就是,这就让他变得因为骄傲而非常的膨胀but he is not a man, he is a mushroom.Mushroom是蘑菇的意思,为什么说它是蘑菇呢?因为蘑菇是一个没有头脑的生物,他就说这个红脸先生不是一个人,他是一个没有头脑的东西然后作者就很奇怪说:A what?然后他说 a mushroom,这个时候小王子就有一点非常生气了,他说 the little prince was now white with rage.Rage这个单词的意思是愤怒而小王子现在气的脸色已经变得发白了White是白色的意思接着小王子又说了一连串的话这里我们来读一下我们看这里这么长的话我们应该怎么去看呢The flowers have been growing stones
[5:00] For millions of years, for millions of years, the sheep have been eating them just the same. And is it not a matter of consequence to try to understand why the flowers go to so much trouble to grow stones which are never of any use to them? Is the warfare between the sheep and the flowers not important? Is this not of more consequences than a fat red-faced gentleman's thumbs? And if I know, I myself, one flower which is unique in the world, which grows nowhere but on my planet, but which one leadership can destroy in a single bit some morning, without even noticing what he is doing, Oh, you think that is not important? 小严子这里非常生气地说, 他说这些花朵已经长着刺, 已经有数百万年了, millions of years,数百万年了, In the last few hundred years, the young people are still eating the玫瑰花. 难道这不是一个重要的事情去理解为什么这些花去如此麻烦地长出这些刺,而这些刺对它们来说从来又没什么作用呢? 难道在小绵羊和这些花朵之间的war法 war法是战争的意思 就是说在羊和花朵之间的战争难道不重要吗 This is the only one which grows nowhere. It will not be in any place to grow, but on my planet. It will only be in my world. But this is the small green one can destroy it, only one bite will be eaten in a day. without even noticing what he is doing, even this little girl doesn't know what she is doing. Oh, you think that is not important. Oh, that you think it's not important, right? His face turned from white to red as he continued. This time, he became really angry. His face turned from white to red as he continued. He turned from white to red as he continued. He turned from white to red as he continued. He turned from white to red as he continued. If someone loves flowers or which just one single blossom grows in all the millions and millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars. He can say to him, Somewhere, my flower is there. But if the sheep is the flower, in one moment, all his stars will be darkened. And you think that is not important. This one, the young man said is very深情, very sad. He said, if there was a person who was a flower, this flower, single blossom, is the only one of the flower. Blossom is the meaning of the flower. He said, this is the only one of the flower, in this千百万颗星球, of the flower. It is enough to make him happy, just to look at the stars. He said, this is enough to make him happy, just to look at the stars. He said, this is enough to make him happy, just to look at the stars. He said, this is enough to make him happy, just to look at the stars. He said, this is enough to make him happy, just to look at the stars. 有一朵花是他深爱着的,那他就看着那些星球,他就足够的让他快乐了。 He can say to himself,他可以对自己说, somewhere,在某个地方, my flower is there,我的一朵花,我深爱的那朵花是在那儿的。但是呢,如果有一个羊把他的花给吃掉了, At that moment, the whole world of the星星 is all clear. Why? Because the星星 is no one of the most important ones. It's not the one of the most important ones. 所以这里是非常非常深情的。 它说,and you think that is not important? 它说,难道你认为这也不重要吗? He could not say anything more. 它不能再说任何事情了。 His words were choked by sobbing. There are two terms: a called chalked. Chalked is called "主色". 而 Sorbing 是哽咽的 就是他因为这种哭泣的声音、哽咽的声音 而阻塞了他的话语,他不能再说话了 The night had fallen,夜幕已经降临了。 I had let my toes drop from my hands. 我把我的工具从手上给放下来了。 Of what moment now was my hammer, my boat, or thirst, or death? 这里of what moment now What is the problem? What is it? I'm going to use the needle, my rod and my rod and my fingers, or I'm going to be more hungry, or I'm going to face the death of my death. What are the problems that are important? 它说,on one star,one planet,my planet,the earth,there was a little prince to be comforted. 它说在一个星星上面,在一个星球上面,在我的星球,在地球上面,这里正有一个小小小的星星。
[10:00] 需要被安慰呢?也就是说所有的事情都不重要了因为这个小王子需要我去安慰他I took him in my armsand looked at himI said to him,我把他拥进了我的怀里,然后轻轻地摇晃着他。然后我对他说The flower that you love is not in danger,你所深爱的那朵花并不在危险里面,是没有危险的。I will draw you a muscle for your sheep,Muzzle 这个单词是口罩的意思,就是你看给这个狗加了一个口罩他说我将会为你的小绵羊去画一个口罩,然后就把小绵羊的嘴给造起来。I will draw you a reeling to put around your flower.Reeling这里是栏杆的意思,他说我将会给你画一个栏杆去给你的这些花给围起来。I will,我将会,作者说到这里已经说不下去了。他说,I did not know what to say to him.他说,我不知道再对他说什么了。I felt awkward and blundering.这里两个单词,一个叫 awkward,是指非常笨拙的。Blundering在这里是字,也是非常笨拙的。就是,他说我现在嘴巴非常的笨,我不知道我应该说什么了。I did not know how I could reach him.我不知道我应该如何触达他。你可以理解为,我不知道现在应该如何触达他,他那个柔软的内心。Where I could overtake him.在那个地方,我可以再次的追赶上他。and go on hand in hand,并且继续和他手牵着手,with him once more,再次和他手牵着手。这句话的意思就是,我不知道现在如何触到他柔软的内心,在那里我可以赶上他。再一次的和他手牵着手,就和他达成非常好的关系。It is such a secret place, the land of tears.这真是一个神秘的地方啊,这个泪水的国度,真是一个神秘的地方。到这里第七章,这个小王子和作者之间的这种冲突的爆发,然后这种非常动情的这种描述,就已经讲完了,然后我们就来到了第八章。今天第八章,我们简单的开个头。Chapter 8,I should learn to know this flower better.On a little prince's planet, the flowers had always been very simple.他说我很快就知道了,知道什么呢?这个花更多的知道了这朵花的事情。在小王子的星球,这些花是总是非常非常简单的。怎么个简单法呢?they had only one ring of petals,这里两个单词一个叫ring是一个圆环而另外一个单词叫Pedalus是花瓣,他说这些花只有一圈花瓣,就像下面这样,这个花只有一圈花瓣,没有很多的花瓣。所以,they took up no room at all,他们不占用任何的空间。在这里,took up是一个短语,是占据的意思。所以他说这朵花是不占据任何地方的。 There were a trouble to nobody,它对任何人来说都不是一个问题。one morning they would appear in the grass。他说在某一天的早上,这些花就会出现在这个草上面。and by night they would have faded peacefully away。这里"peacefully"在这里是平静的。也就是说到了夜晚,这些花朵又会平静地消失了。faded是消失了。到这里呢我们第8天的Needle Prince第8天580个单词就已经读完了如果你也想读一下这个小王子这本书那你就可以现在访问我的网站books-club.cn 在这个网站你可以免费的阅读这本书也可以像我这样去翻译那今天的视频就到这里,我们下期次见,拜拜!