1. I had thus learned a second fact of great importance: 由此，我还了解到了另一件重要的事， （thus：adv. 因此，从而）（of great importance 介词短语，后置修饰fact） 2 . this was that the planet the little prince came from was scarcely any larger than a house! 就是小王子老家所在的那个星球比一座房子大不了多少。(scarcely: 几乎不，仅仅） 3. But that did not really surprise me much. 这倒并没有使我感到太奇怪。 4. I knew very well that in addition to the great planets–such as the Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Venus–to which we have given names, 我知道除地球、木星、火星、金星这几个有名称的大行星以外，{除...之外（还有，也）} 5. there are also hundreds of others, some of which are so small that,one has a hard time seeing them through the telescope. 还有成百上千颗别的星球，它们有的小得很，就算用望远镜也很难看见。（so…that…意为“如此……以至于……”，so是副词，常常用来修饰形容词和副词，that引导结果状语从句）（have a hard time doing （做某事有困难）相当于：have trouble doing sth.） 6. When an astronomer discovers one of these/ he does not give it a name, but only a number. 当一个天文学者发现了其中一个星星，他就给它编上一个号码。 7. He might call it, for example, "Asteroid 325." 例如把它称作“325小行星”。 8. I have serious reason/ to believe that the planet /from which the little prince came/ is the asteroid known as B-612. 我有正当的理由相信：小王子所来自的那个星球是小行星B612。 9. This asteroid has only once been seen through the telescope. That was by a Turkish astronomer, in 1909. 这颗小行星仅仅在1909年被一个土耳其天文学家用望远镜看见过一次。 10. On making his discovery, the astronomer had presented it to the International Astronomical Congress, in a great demonstration. 这个天文学家一有了这个发现，就在国际天文学大会上对此做了强有力的论证。 {1.on doing：刚一做某事（就）} demonstration：示范，证明 11. But he was in Turkish costume, and so nobody would believe what he said. 但由于他所穿土耳其服装的缘故，那时没有人相信他说的话。 12. Grown-ups are like that... 大人们就是那样... 13. Fortunately, however, for the reputation of Asteroid B-612, 幸好，土耳其的一个独裁者，为了小行星B612的名誉， 14. a Turkish dictator made a law/ that his subjects, under pain of death, should change to European costume. 迫使他的臣民都要穿欧式服装，否则就处以死刑。 (注意subject在这里是臣民；国民的意思） 15. So in 1920 the astronomer gave his demonstration all over again, dressed with impressive style and elegance. 1920年，这位天文学家穿了一身气派而高雅的服装，重新作了一次论证。 16. And this time everybody accepted his report. 这一次所有的人都同意他的报告。 17. If I have told you these details about the asteroid, and made a note of its number for you, it is on account of the grown-ups and their ways. 我给你们讲关于这颗小行星（）B612）的这些细节，并记下它的编号，是由于大人们和他们的行为方式的缘故。 on account of （for the reason）由于；因为；为了…的缘故 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/63ce53e25afafab069dc5022aaea998fcd22400c.html