《小王子》：永恒的童真與想象力

安徽 梁姍姍

About the author

圣?埃克蘇佩里（法語：Antoine de Saint?Exupéry，1900 年6 月29 日—1944 年7 月31 日）。他是法國作家、飛行家，出生在法國里昂，1941 年僑居紐約，埋頭從事文學創作。其作品主要描述飛行員的生活，代表作有《夜航》《人的大地》《空軍飛行員》《小王子》等。

About the novel

《小王子》這本童話小說以飛行員與一個來自另一個星球的神秘小王子的相遇為故事的開端。小王子的冒險之旅帶領讀者穿越離奇而美麗的星球，與各種獨特的人物互動。通過這些互動，這本童話小說展現了關于人類的生活、友誼和純真的深刻見解。

《小王子》包含著豐富的哲學思考。作者通過對幻想元素和哲學問題的探討，呼吁讀者超越物質世界的表面，去認識內心情感以及人與人之間的聯系。無論讀者的年齡如何，《小王子》都能夠引發思考和感悟。它提醒人們保持童真，培養真摯的人際關系，并重新發現生活的真正意義。

About the excerpt

小王子遇到了狐貍，他邀請狐貍跟他玩，但是狐貍拒絕了，因為狐貍還沒有被小王子馴化。狐貍請小王子馴化自己，小王子答應了。小王子在看了一大片玫瑰后，感悟到自己的玫瑰花之所以與眾不同，是因為自己花費了時間、精力去呵護它，這才使其成為世界上獨一無二的那朵玫瑰花。小王子這時才明白自己早已經被玫瑰花馴化。在即將分別的時候，狐貍哭了。它給小王子講了個秘密——世界上最珍貴的東西都是用心才能感受到的，而且人要為自己馴化的事物負責。

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小王子對“愛與責任”感到很迷茫，但在受到小狐貍的點撥，再拜訪那些普通的玫瑰花之后，小王子豁然開朗。在這個變化的過程中，小王子的心路歷程是怎樣的呢？他的心情又是怎樣變化的呢？我們一起來看看吧！

And then he added,“Go and look again at the roses.You will understand now that yours is unique in all the world.Then come back to say goodbye to me,and I will make you a present of a secret.”

The little prince went away, to look again at the roses.

“You are not at all like my rose,”he said.“As yet you are nothing.No one has tamed you, and you have tamed no one.You are like my fox when I first knew him.He was only a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes.But I have made him my friend,and now he is unique in all the world.”

And the roses were very much embarrassed.

“You are beautiful,but you are empty,”he went on.“One could not die for you.To be sure,an ordinary passer?by would think that my rose looked just like you—the rose that be?longs to me.But in herself alone she is more important than all the hundreds of you other roses;because it is she that I have watered;because it is she that I have put under the glass globe; because it is she that I have sheltered behind the screen; because it is for her that I have killed the caterpillars (except the two or three that we saved to become butterflies);because it is she that I have listened to,when she grumbled,or boasted,or even sometimes when she said nothing.Because she is my rose.”

And he went back to meet the fox.“Goodbye,”he said.“Goodbye,”said the fox.“And now here is my secret,a very simple secret:It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.What is essential is invisible to the eye.”

“What is essential is invisible to the eye,”the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.

“It is the time you have wasted on your rose that makes your rose so important.”

“It is the time I have wasted on my rose,”said the little prince, so that he would be sure to remember.

“Men have forgotten this truth,”said the fox.“But you must not forget it.You become responsible,forever,for what you have tamed.You are responsible for your rose...

“I am responsible for my rose,”the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.

Read for plots

1.Fill in the blanks

Stages First meeting_____________________________________________________________________Second meeting Courses____________________________Results_____________The fox asked the prince to look again at the roses.（1）____________________________.The prince understood that he should be responsible for the rose he loved.Departure （2）_______________________________.

2.Discussion

（1）Why were the roses not like the prince's rose?

（2）What did the prince do when he felt confused about“uniqueness”of his rose?（3）Read the excerpt and think about why the prince considered his rose more impor?tant than others and find out the supporting sentences.

Read for figures

1.Fill in the blanks

Clues The fox_______Go and look again at the roses._____You are beautiful,but you are empty.____What is essential is invisible to the eye.________I am responsible for my rose.________________Emotions The little prince（1）___________________（2）（5）______________（3）___________________（4）______________________________________

2.Discussion

（1）What does“the roses”mean?What is“my rose”?

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（2）Why“the rose”is unique to the little prince?

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Deep understanding

1.What does“tame”mean?

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2.Why is love significant in your understanding after reading the excerpt?

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3.What is the secret of love in the excerpt?

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4.A summary

Love is an everlasting theme,complex and packed with emotion,providing for people's（1）________and giving them hope of（2）________.The fox exemplifies the point of“tame”to the little prince and highlights the importance of mutual company.The fox is like a（3）________, leading the little prince to a whole new real man and giving him remark?able insights into（4）________.Through the fox and the little prince, it dawns on us that we will meet love only by（5）________with our heart.

Post-reading activity

1.Reading response

Write something on the book or the excerpt.

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2.Voice your evaluation

From“You are beautiful,but you are empty.”to“I am responsible for my rose.”,what change did the little prince make? And how did this change occur? Would you make your comments on the excerpt?

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