小王子:Sally
老年飞行员 / 国王 / 酒鬼 / 地理学家:雄叔
虚荣的人 / 商人 / 点灯人:永清
老年飞行员:After the little prince left his own planet, he found himself in the neighborhood of the asteroids(小行星) 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, and 330. He began, therefore, by visiting them, in order to add to his knowledge.
小王子:Sire, I beg that you will excuse my asking you a question--
国王:I order you to ask me a question.
小王子:Sire-- over what do you rule?
国王:Over everything.
虚荣的人:Ah! Ah! I am about to receive a visit from an admirer! Do you really admire me very much?
小王子:What does that mean-- 'admire'?
虚荣的人:To admire mean that you regard me as the handsomest, the best-dressed, the richest, and the most intelligent man on this planet.
小王子:But you are the only man on your planet!
小王子:What are you doing there?
酒鬼:I am drinking.
小王子:Why are you drinking?
酒鬼:So that I may forget.
小王子:Forget what?
酒鬼:Forget that I am ashamed.
小王子:Ashamed of what?
酒鬼:Ashamed of drinking!
商人:Three and two make five. Five and seven make twelve. Twelve and three make fifteen. Good morning. Fifteen and seven make twenty-two. Twenty-two and six make twenty-eight. I haven't time to light it again. Twenty-six and five make thirty-one. Phew! Then that makes five-hundred-and-one-million, six-hundred-twenty-two-thousand, seven-hundred-thirty-one.
小王子:Five hundred million what?
商人:Eh? Five-hundred-and-one million-- I can't stop... I have so much to do! I am concerned with matters of consequence. I don't amuse myself with balderdash. Two and five make seven...
小王子:Good morning. Why have you just put out your lamp?
点灯人:Those are the orders. Good morning.
小王子:What are the orders?
点灯人:The orders are that I put out my lamp. Good evening.
小王子:But why have you just lighted it again?
点灯人:Those are the orders.
小王子: Your planet is very beautiful, has it any oceans?
地理学家:I couldn't tell you.
小王子:Ah! Has it any mountains?
地理学家:I couldn't tell you.
小王子:And towns, and rivers, and deserts?
地理学家:I couldn't tell you that, either.
小王子:But you are a geographer!
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