"Good morning," said the little prince.
“早上好,”小王子说。
"Good morning," said the merchant.
“早上好,”商人说。
This was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quench thirst.You need only swallow one pill a week, and you would feel no need of anything to drink.
这是一个出售药丸商人,这些药丸是为发明的。你每周只需要吞下一颗药丸,你就不会感到需要喝任何东西。
"Why are you selling those?" asked the little prince.
“你为什么要卖那些东西?”小王子问道。
"Because they save a tremendous amount of time," said the merchant. "Computations have been made by experts.
“因为它们节省大量的时间,”商人说。“专家们已经做出了计算
With these pills, you save fifty-three minutes in every week."
有了这些药丸,你每周可以节省五十三分钟。”
"And what do I do with those fifty-three minutes?"
“那我用这五十三分钟做什么呢?”
"Anything you like . . ."
“任何你喜欢的事情……”
"As for me," said the little prince to himself, "if I had fifty- three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water."
“至于我,”小王子对自己说,“如果我有五十三分钟可以随意支配,我应该悠闲地走向一眼。”
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