The first season of this channel will feature a bilingual exploration of the book “The Little Prince.” In addition to discussing the literary imagery and metaphorical content of “The Little Prince,” the program will also incorporate other works by the author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It aims to guide the audience in a clear and captivating manner, enabling them to discern the profound messages Saint-Exupéry intended to convey through the abstract beauty of literature.
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” For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.”
In the works of Saint-Exupéry, many recurring literary images, such as sheep, wheat fields, and springs, all have their own special religious connotations. In his memoir of World War II, Flight to Arras, Saint-Exupéry frequently reflects on the significance of faith for both the individual and the collective human experience.
In this episode, we will specifically explore the biblical references behind the little prince’s mention of needing a sheep rather than a goat.
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I saw a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. 我看到一隻大蟒蛇正在生吞一隻大象
2. grown-up 成人
由長大的動詞，grow up 變來。 Adult也是成人的意思，是更常見的用法。
3. Pilot 飛行員
這個字可以當名詞也可以當動詞， 動詞是駕駛飛機的意思，
你可以說 I want to know how to pilot the airplane.
chapter 1
ONCE WHEN I WAS six, I saw a magnificent picture in a book about the jungle, called True Stories. It showed a boa constrictor swallowing a wild beast. Here is a copy of the picture.
In the book it said: “Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, without chewing. Afterward they are no longer able to move, and they sleep during the six months of their digestion.”
In those days, I thought a lot about jungle adventures, and eventually managed to make my first drawing, using a colored pencil. My drawing Number One looked like this:
I showed the grown-ups my masterpiece, and I asked them if my drawing scared them. They answered, “Why be scared of a hat?”
My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. Then I drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so the grown-ups could understand. They always need explanations. My drawing Number Two looked like this:
The grown-ups advised me to put away my drawings of boa constrictors, outside or inside, and apply myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic, and grammar. That is why I abandoned, at the age of six, a magnificent career as an artist. I had been discouraged by the failure of my drawing Number One and of my drawing Number Two. Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is exhausting for children to have to provide explanations over and over again. So then I had to choose another career, and I learned to pilot airplanes. I have flown almost everywhere in the world. And, as a matter of fact, geography has been a big help to me. I could tell China from Arizona at first glance, which is very useful if you get lost during the night. So I have had, in the course of my life, lots of encounters with lots of serious people. I have spent lots of time with grown-ups. I have seen them at close range … which hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.
Whenever I encountered a grown-up who seemed to me at all enlightened, I would experiment on him with my drawing Number One, which I have always kept. I wanted to see if he really understood anything. But he would always answer, “That’s a hat.” Then I wouldn’t talk about boa constrictors or jungles or stars. I would put my, self on his level and talk about bridge and golf and politics and neckties. And my grown-up was glad to know such a reasonable person.
Questions
What was the first drawing of the author?
A. an airplane and a pilot
B. a pilot swallowing a wild beast.
C. a boa constrictor swallowing an elephant.
Which subject turned out to be very useful afterwards in the author’s career?
A. geography
B. calligraphy
C. astrology
Which words may describe the grown-ups in the story?
