虚荣的人与酒鬼

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On the second planet lived a very vain man. 在第二颗星球上住着一个非常虚荣的人。

As soon as he saw the prince, he cried, Ah, someone has come to admire me. 他一看到小王子，就喊道：“啊，有人来崇拜我了！”

He wore a big hat. 他戴着一顶大帽子。

Clack your hands, he told the prince. “拍手吧！”他对小王子说。

When the prince clapped, the vain man lifted his hat and bowed. 小王子一拍手，那个虚荣的人就摘下帽子鞠躬。

The prince clapped for a while, and the man bowed again and again, 小王子拍了一会儿手，那个男人就一次又一次地鞠躬，

but soon it grew boring. 但很快这就变得无聊了。

The vain man could only hear one thing, 那个虚荣的人只听得进一件事，

praise. He did not care about the prince at all, only about himself. 那就是赞美。他根本不在乎小王子，只在乎他自己。

Grown-ups are certainly very strange, the prince said, and he left. “大人们真是太奇怪了！”小王子说，然后他就离开了。

On the next planet lived a drunkard, 在下一颗星球上住着一个酒鬼，

sitting alone with many empty bottles in front of him. 独自坐着，面前摆着许多空酒瓶。

Why do you drink? “你为什么喝酒？”

the prince asked. 小王子问道。

To forget, the man answered sadly. “为了忘记。”那个男人悲伤地回答。

To forget what? “忘记什么？”

To forget that I am ashamed. “忘记我感到羞耻。”

Ashamed of what? “羞耻什么？”

Ashamed of drinking, “羞耻自己喝酒。”

the man said, and he fell silent. 那个男人说，然后他沉默了。

The prince could not understand this at all. 小王子完全不明白这一点。

The man drank because he was ashamed, and he was ashamed because he drank. 那个男人喝酒是因为他感到羞耻，而他感到羞耻是因为他喝酒。

He left, more confused than ever. 他离开了，比以往任何时候都更加困惑。

The world of grown-ups made no sense. 大人的世界毫无道理。