“一点不错,”地理学家说,“但是我不是探察家。我手下一个探察家都没有。地理学家是不去计算城市、河流、山脉、海洋、沙漠的。地理学家很重要,不能到处跑。他不能离开他的办公室。但他可以在办公室里接见探察家。他询问探察家,把他们的回忆记录下来。如果他认为其中有个探察家的回忆是有意思的,那么地理学家就对这个探察家的品德做一番调查。”
"Why is that?"
“这是为什么呢?”
"Because an explorer who told lies would bring disaster on the books of the geographer. So would an explorer who drank too much."
“因为一个说假话的探察家会给地理书带来灾难性的后果。同样,一个太爱喝酒的探察家也是如此。”
"Why is that?" asked the little prince.
“这又是为什么?”小王子说。
"Because intoxicated men see double. Then the geographer would note down two mountains in a place where there was only one."
“因为喝醉了酒的人把一个看成两个,那么,地理学家就会把只有一座山的地方写成两座山。”
"I know some one," said the little prince, "who would make a bad explorer."
“我认识一个人,他要是搞探察的话,就很可能是个不好的探察员。”小王子说。
"That is possible. Then, when the moral character of the explorer is shown to be good, an inquiry is ordered into his discovery."
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