第十六章[第2页/共2页]

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.

以是，小王子拜候的第七个星球就是地球了。

为了让你们对地球的大小有一个清楚体味，我想要奉告你们，在发明电之前，在六大洲上，为了点路灯，需求有一支为数四十六万二千五百一十一人的雄师。

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.

北极独一一盏路灯，南极也只要一盏，唯独北极的点灯人和他南极的同事，过着散逸、清闲的糊口：他们每年只事情两次。