听书打卡 | Little Prince 《小王子》- Chapter 16
昨天小王子完成了他星际旅行的下半部
今天小王子来到了地球，
又将有怎样的故事发生呢？
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So then the seventh planet was the Earth.
所以，第七颗行星就是地球了。
The Earth is not just an ordinary planet! One can count, there 111 kings (not forgetting, to be sure, the Negro kings among them), 7000 geographers, 900,000 businessmen, 7,500,000 tipplers, 311,000,000 conceited men-- that is to say, about 2,000,000,000 grown-ups.
地球可不是普普通通的行星！它上面有一百十一个国王（当然，黑人国王也包括在内），七千万个地理学家，九十万个商人，七百五十万个酒鬼，三亿一千一百个爱虚荣的人，总共大约有二十亿个大人。
To give you an idea of the size of the Earth, I will tell you that before the invention of electricity it was necessary to maintain, over the whole of the six continents, a veritable army of 462,511 lamplighters for the street lamps.
为了让你们对地球的大小有个概念，我就这么对你们说吧，在发明电以前，地球的六大洲上，需要维持一支四十六万二千五百十一人的浩浩荡荡的点灯人大军。
Seen from a slight distance, that would make a splendid spectacle. The movements of this army would be regulated like those of the ballet in the opera. First would come the turn of the lamplighters of New Zealand and Australia. Having set their lamps alight, these would go off to sleep. Next, the lamplighters of China and Siberia would enter for their steps in the dance, and then they too would be waved back into the wings. After that would come the turn of the lamplighters of Russia and the Indies; then those of Africa and Europe, then those of South America; then those of South America; then those of North America. And never would they make a mistake in the order of their entry upon the stage. It would be magnificent.
从稍远些的地方看去，这是一幅壮丽的景观。这支大军行动起来，就像在歌剧院里跳芭蕾舞那样有条不紊。最先上场的是新西兰和澳大利亚的点灯人。点着了灯，他们就退下去睡觉。接着是中国和西伯利亚的点灯人上场，随后他们也退到幕后。下面轮到了俄罗斯和印度的点灯人。接下去是非洲和欧洲的，而后是南美的。再后来是北美的。所有这些点灯人从来不会搞乱上场的次序。这场面真是蔚为壮观。
Only the man who was in charge of the single lamp at the North Pole, and his colleague who was responsible for the single lamp at the South Pole-- only these two would live free from toil and care: they would be busy twice a year.
只有北极（那儿只有唯一一盏路灯）的点灯人和南极（那儿也只有唯一一盏路灯）的那个同行，过着悠闲懒散的生活：他俩一年干两回活儿。
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