《小王子英文版》精读笔记Chapter 10-10

“Exactly. One must require from each one the duty which each one can perform,” the king went on. “Accepted authority rests first of all on reason. If you ordered your people to go and throw themselves into the sea, they would rise up in revolution. I have the right to require obediencebecause my orders are reasonable.”

“Then my sunset?” the little prince reminded him, for he never forgot a question once he had asked it.

〖精读笔记〗

◆exactly [ɪɡˈzæktli] adv. 恰好；正是如此

◆require [rɪˈkwaɪə(r)] vt. 需要；要求；命令

◆perform [pəˈfɔːm] vt. 执行；完成

◆accepted [əkˈseptɪd] adj.公认的; 被普遍接受的

◆rest on停留在；依靠

◆first of all 首先

◆reason [ˈriːzn] n. 理由；理性

◆people [ˈpiːpl] n. 人；人民；公民

◆throw [θrəʊ] vt. 投；抛；掷

◆rise up上升；起义

◆revolution [ˌrevəˈluːʃn] n. 革命

◆obedience [əˈbiːdiəns] n. 顺从；服从；遵守（反义词disobedience不服从；违反）

◆remind [rɪˈmaɪnd] vt. 提醒；使想起

◆once 用作连词，此处引导条件状语从句，意为“一旦”“一...就”，它常常表示从句中的动作已完成，所以once从句常使用现在完成时。