《2025年情景导学高中英语选择性必修第二册外研版》

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小王子来自 B612 号小行星。一天,小王子和飞行员聊起了他星球上的一种奇特的植物——猴面包树。
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我告诉小王子,猴面包树不是灌木,而是像教堂那么高的树,即使他领一群大象去他的星球,它们也吃不完一棵猴面包树呢。
The idea of the herd of elephants made the little prince laugh.
领一群大象去的想法惹得小王子笑了起来。
“We'd have to pile them on top of one another.”
“那得让它们叠罗汉了。”
But he observed perceptively, “Before they grow big, baobabs start out by being little.”
不过他观察敏锐,接着又说：“猴面包树在长大以前,起初也是小小的。”
“True enough! But why do you want your sheep to eat little baobabs?”
“没错！可你为什么想让绵羊去吃小猴面包树呢?”
He answered, “Oh, come on! You know!”, as if we were talking about something quite obvious. And I was forced to make a great mental effort to understand this problem all by myself.
他回答说：“咦！这还不明白吗！”就像这是件不言而喻的事情。可是我自己要弄懂这个问题,还着实得动一番脑筋哩。
And, in fact, on the little prince's planet there were — as on all planets — good plants and bad plants. In consequence, there were good seeds from good plants, and bad seeds from bad plants. But the seeds are invisible. They sleep in the secrecy of the ground until one of them decides to wake up. Then it stretches and begins to sprout, quite timidly at first, a charming, harmless little twig reaching toward the sun. If it's only a sprout of radish, or the sprig of a rosebush, you can let it grow wherever it might wish. But if it's a bad plant, you must pull the plant up right away, as soon as you can recognize it. As it happens, there were terrible seeds on the little prince's planet... baobab seeds. The planet's soil was infested with them. Now if you attend to a baobab too late, you can never get rid of it again. It overgrows the whole planet. It bores clear through it with its roots. And if the planet is too small, and if there are too many baobabs, they make it burst into pieces.
原来和所有星球相同,在小王子的星球上,有好植物和坏植物。所以那里就有好植物的好种子和坏植物的坏种子。而种子是看不见的。它们悄悄地睡在地底下,直到其中有一颗想起要醒了。于是它舒展身子,最先羞答答地朝太阳伸出一枝迷人的、无害的嫩枝。假如那只是萝卜或玫瑰的嫩枝,可以任它生长。不过,假如那是一株坏植物,一认出就得拔掉它。碰巧在小王子的星球上有一种可怕的种子……就是猴面包树的种子。这颗星球的土壤里有好多猴面包树的种子。假如动手稍稍一慢,就甭想再除掉它了。它会占满整个星球,根茎钻来钻去,四处蔓延。要是这颗星球太小,而猴面包树太多,它们就会把星球撑裂。
——Selected from The Little Prince
——节选自《小王子》
词句积累
1. 重要词汇
① finish off 吃完
② perceptively /pə'septɪvli/ adv. 观察敏锐地
③ sprout /spraʊt/ v. 发芽,抽芽；开始长出(叶子)
④ be infested with 到处是
2. 重要句式
I pointed out to the little prince that baobabs are not bushes but trees as tall as churches, and that even if he took a whole herd of elephants back to his planet, that herd couldn't finish off a single baobab. 我告诉小王子,猴面包树不是灌木,而是像教堂那么高的树,即使他领一群大象去他的星球,它们也吃不完一棵猴面包树呢。
本句是复合句。point out to sb that... 意为“向某人指出……”。and 连接两个宾语从句,第二个宾语从句中又含有由 even if 引导的让步状语从句。
读书笔记
What can we learn about baobabs?Baobabs are not bushes but very tall trees. They start out small before growing big. They are bad plants with invisible seeds that infest the soil. If not pulled up in time, they will overgrow the whole planet, spread roots, and make a small planet burst if there are too many.

答案： Baobabs are not bushes but very tall trees. They start out small before growing big. They are bad plants with invisible seeds that infest the soil. If not pulled up in time, they will overgrow the whole planet, spread roots, and make a small planet burst if there are too many.