So I lived my life alone, without anyone that I could really talk to, until I had an accident with my plane in the Desert of Sahara, six years ago. Something was broken in my engine. And was I had with me neither a mechanic nor any passengers, I set myself to attempt the difficult repairs all alone. It was a question of life or death for me: I had scarcely enough drinking water to last a week.
The first night, then, I went to sleep on the sand, a thousand miles from any human habitation, I was more isolated than a shipwrecked sailor on a raft in the middle of the ocean. Thus you can imagine my amazement, at sunrise, when I was awakened by an odd little voice. It said.
"If you please-- draw me a sheep!"
"What!"
"Draw me a sheep!"
Translation
于是我一個(gè)人生活，沒有任何人可以(與其)說話。直到六年前我的飛機(jī)在撒哈拉沙漠發(fā)生了故障，我的(飛機(jī))引擎零件壞掉了。我既沒有修理工也沒有任何乘客(來修理飛機(jī))，我只好獨(dú)自一個(gè)人嘗試去修理飛機(jī)， 活下去或者死亡對我來說確實(shí)是一個(gè)問題：我?guī)缀鯖]有足夠持續(xù)一個(gè)星期的飲用水。
第一天晚上， 當(dāng)時(shí)，我沙灘上，遠(yuǎn)離人類居住區(qū)一千千米。我就比那些在大海中木筏上失事的船員還要孤獨(dú)的多。因此你可以想象我的驚訝, 太陽升起時(shí)，我被一個(gè)低沉的聲音吵醒了，它說：
“如果可以--請給我畫一只綿羊！”
“什么！”
“給我畫一只綿羊！”
Unfamiliar Word
isolated
adj.隔離的;孤獨(dú)的;單獨(dú)的;偏遠(yuǎn)的。v.使隔離(isolate的過去式和過去分詞);使孤立;使絕緣;脫離
Men can feel isolated at work.人們工作時(shí)可能感到孤立無助。
shipwrecked
海難, 事故, 失事
Amazement
n.驚奇，驚愕，詫異;[廢語] 迷惑，困惑
I stared at her in amazement.我驚愕地瞪眼看著她
imagine
vt.想像;想，設(shè)想;料想，猜想;誤認(rèn)為.vi.想象;猜想，推測
He could not imagine a more peaceful scene.他想象不出比這更祥和的景象。
odd
adj.古怪的;奇數(shù)的;剩余的;臨時(shí)的.n.奇特的事物;怪人;[高爾夫球]多于對方的一次擊球
He had various odd cleaning jobs around the place.他在這附近干過各種零碎的保潔工作。
The odd numbers are on the left as you walk up the street.沿這條街走，在左邊的是單號。
