小王子英文小说英语学习素材 精读一本原版英文小说，可以快速提升你的英文水平。只要坚持，每天把一个章节的单词、句子、语法搞明白了，长此以往我们的英文水平一定能可以像美国人那样。但最关键的是，一定要坚持哦！ I had thus learned a second fact of great importance： this was that the planet the little prince came from was scarcely any larger than a house！But that did not really surprise me much. I knew very well that in addition to the great planets-- such as the Earth， Jupiter， Mars， Venus-- to which we have given names， there are also hundreds of others， some of which are so small that one has a hard time seeing them through the telescope. When an astronomer discovers one of these he does not give it a name， but only a number. He might call it， for example， "Asteroid 325."I have serious reason to believe that the planet from which the little prince came is the asteroid known as B-612.This asteroid has only once been seen through the telescope. That was by a Turkish astronomer， in 1909.On making his discovery， the astronomer had presented it 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...Fortunately， however， for the reputation of Asteroid B-612， a Turkish dictator made a law that his subjects， under pain of death， should change to European costume. So in 1920 the astronomer gave his demonstration all over again， dressed with impressive style and elegance. And this time everybody accepted his report.If I have told you these details about the asteroid， and made a note of its number for you， it is on account of the grown-ups and their ways. When you tell them that you have made a new friend， they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you， "What does his voice sound like？ What games does he love best？ Does he collect butterflies？" Instead， they demand： "How old is he？ How many brothers has he？ How much does he weigh？ How much money does his father make？" Only from these figures do they think they have learned