I have serious reason tobelieve that the planet from which the little prince cameis the asteroid known asB612. This asteroid has only once been seen through the telescope. That was by a Turkishastronomer, in 1909.
On making his discovery, the astronomer had presentedit to the International Astronomical Congress, in a great demonstration. But he was in Turkish costume, and so nobody would believe what he said.
Grown-ups are like that...
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known as 被稱作
Turkish /?t?:k??/ adj.土耳其的;土耳其人的
present /'prez(?)nt/ vt.呈現(xiàn)臼氨；介紹术辐；提出
International Astronomical Congress 國際天文學(xué)大會
demonstration /dem?n'stre??(?)n/ n.表明;證明;
costume /'k?stju?m/ n.服裝
Fortunately, however, for the reputationof Asteroid B612, a Turkish dictatormade a law that his subjects, under pain of death, should change to Europeancostume. So in 1920 the astronomer gave his demonstration all over again, dressed with impressivestyle and elegance. And this time everybody accepted his report.
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fortunately [?f??t??n?tli] adv.幸運地
reputation /repj?'te??(?)n/ n.名氣, 名聲, 名譽
dictator /d?k'te?t?/ n.獨裁者
subject /'s?bd?ekt/ n.(通常指君主制國家的)國民，臣民
under pain of 違者則受(某種)處罰
European /j??r?'pi??n/ adj.歐洲的竞阐；歐洲人的
all over again 再一次僚害，又一次
impressive /?m'pres?v/ adj.給人印象深刻的
elegance /'el?g(?)ns/ n. 典雅硫椰；高雅
accept /?k'sept/ v.接受, 領(lǐng)受, 收受
