TheLittlePrince小王子 第十一章

But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.
"Do you really admire me very much?" he demanded of the little prince.
"What does that mean-- 'admire'?"
"To admire mean that you regard me as the handsomest, the best-dressed, the richest, and the most intelligent man on this planet."
"But you are the only man on your planet!"
"Do me this kindness. Admire me just the same."
"I admire you," said the little prince, shrugging his shoulders slightly, "but what is there in that to interest you so much?"
And the little prince went away.
"The grown-ups are certainly very odd," he said to himself, as he continued on his journey.

Conceited people never hear anything but praise.
自大的人除了赞美听不到任何东西。

第二个星球，
哈哈，
又是一个人的星球。
孤独，
还是孤独，
其实不奇怪，
喧嚣繁华过后，
我们又何尝不是这样呢。

转:
exclaim 呼喊，惊叫
acclaim 称赞，为……欢呼，为……喝彩

我对这两个易混词的记忆方法：
后面都是claim（ 提出要求，声称），两个词一起记。
ex-, 超出，ex-claim，超出一般的claim，引申为“呼喊，惊叫”。
ac-, 发音与演出结束后要求返场时观众喊的encore （中文音译：安可）相近，联想记忆，引申为“称赞，欢呼，喝彩”。

TheLittlePrince小王子 第十一章