小王子:听写训练23

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《小王子》中的猴面包树

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Now there were some terrible seeds on the planet that was the home of the little prince and those were the seeds of the baobab. The soil of that planet was infested with them. A baobab is something you will never, never be able to get rid of if you attend to it too late. It spreads over the entire planet. It bores clear through it with its roots. And if the planet is too small and the baobabs are too many, they split it in pieces.
"It is a question of discipline. " the little prince said to me later on. "When you've finished your own toilet in the morning, then it is time to attend to the toilet of your planet, just so, with the greatest care. You must see to it that you pull up regularly all the baobabs, at the very first moment when they can be distinguished from the rosebushes which they resemble so closely in their earliest youth. It is very tedious work." the little prince added, "but very easy."因为在小王子的星球上，有些非常可怕的种子。这就是猴面包树的种子。在那里的泥土里，这种种子 多得成灾。而一棵猴面包树苗，假如你拔得太迟，就再也无法把它清除掉。它就 会盘踞整个星球。它的树根能把星球钻透，如果星球很小，而猴面包树很多，它 就把整个星球搞得支离破碎。
“这是个纪律问题。”小王子后来向我解释道。“当你早上梳洗完毕以后， 必须仔细地给星球梳洗，必须规定自己按时去拔掉猴面包树苗。这种树苗小的时 候与玫瑰苗差不多，一旦可以把它们区别开的时候，就要把它拔掉。这是一件非 常乏味的工作，但很容易。”