当然选小王子（当然原著是法语的）啦，惊人地浅显易懂，很合适学习的

　　网上很容易搜到。此外还有鲁迅先生翻译的小约翰也很好。随风而来的玛丽阿姨是英文的原著，网上也很容易找到资料

　　先来一段小王子：

　　OncewhenIwassixyearsoldIsawamagnificentpictureinabook,calledTrueStoriesfromNature,abouttheprimevalforest.Itwasapictureofaboaconstrictorintheactofswallowingananimal.Hereisacopyofthedrawing.

　　Inthebookitsaid:"Boaconstrictorsswallowtheirpreywhole,withoutchewingit.Afterthattheyarenotabletomove,andtheysleepthroughthesixmonthsthattheyneedfordigestion."

　　Ipondereddeeply,then,overtheadventuresofthejungle.AndaftersomeworkwithacoloredpencilIsucceededinmakingmyfirstdrawing.MyDrawingNumberOne.Itlookedlikethis:

　　Ishowedmymasterpiecetothegrown-ups,andaskedthemwhetherthedrawingfrightenedthem.

　　Buttheyanswered:"Frighten?Whyshouldanyonebefrightenedbyahat?"

　　Mydrawingwasnotapictureofahat.Itwasapictureofaboaconstrictordigestinganelephant.Butsincethegrown-upswerenotabletounderstandit,Imadeanotherdrawing:Idrewtheinsideoftheboaconstrictor,sothatthegrown-upscouldseeitclearly.Theyalwaysneedtohavethingsexplained.MyDrawingNumberTwolookedlikethis:

　　Thegrown-ups'response,thistime,wastoadvisemetolayasidemydrawingsofboaconstrictors,whetherfromtheinsideortheoutside,anddevotemyselfinsteadtogeography,history,arithmeticandgrammar.Thatiswhy,attheageofsix,Igaveupwhatmighthavebeenamagnificentcareerasapainter.IhadbeendisheartenedbythefailureofmyDrawingNumberOneandmyDrawingNumberTwo.Grown-upsneverunderstandanythingbythemselves,anditistiresomeforchildrentobealwaysandforeverexplainingthingstothem.

　　SothenIchoseanotherprofession,andlearnedtopilotairplanes.Ihaveflownalittleoverallpartsoftheworld;anditistruethatgeographyhasbeenveryusefultome.AtaglanceIcandistinguishChinafromArizona.Ifonegetslostinthenight,suchknowledgeisvaluable.

　　InthecourseofthislifeIhavehadagreatmanyencounterswithagreatmanypeoplewhohavebeenconcernedwithmattersofconsequence.Ihavelivedagreatdealamonggrown-ups.Ihaveseenthemintimately,closeathand.Andthathasn'tmuchimprovedmyopinionofthem.

　　WheneverImetoneofthemwhoseemedtomeatallclear-sighted,ItriedtheexperimentofshowinghimmyDrawingNumberOne,whichIhavealwayskept.Iwouldtrytofindout,so,ifthiswasapersonoftrueunderstanding.But,whoeveritwas,he,orshe,wouldalwayssay:

　　"Thatisahat."

　　ThenIwouldnevertalktothatpersonaboutboaconstrictors,orprimevalforests,orstars.Iwouldbringmyselfdowntohislevel.Iwouldtalktohimaboutbridge,andgolf,andpolitics,andneckties.Andthegrown-upwouldbegreatlypleasedtohavemetsuchasensibleman.

　　当我六岁的时候，有一次我在一本叙述有关原始森林名叫「往日真实故事集」

　　的书上看到一张美丽奇特的画。它上面画有一只蟒蛇在吞吃一只野兽。这里就是那

　　张画的复写。

　　那本书上说：「那些蟒蛇连一口都没有咀嚼，就把它们猎获的动物整个儿吞吃

　　掉，然后就一动也不动的长眠六个月，来消化肚子里的东西。」

　　那时候我对这类丛林中发生的奇怪事情想了又想，之后轮到我动手，我拿了一

　　只彩色铅笔完成了我生平第一张画。我的第一号画就像这样。

　　我把我的杰作拿给大人看，我问他们是不是我的画很可怕。

　　他们回答我说；「一顶帽子怎麼会很可怕？」

　　我画的并不是一顶帽子。它表示一只蟒蛇正在消化一只象。为了使大人暸解我

　　的意思我就把蟒蛇的内部也画出来。大人们经常需要很多的解释。我的第二号画就

　　像这样。

　　那些大人们劝我放下那些看得见内部或看不见内部的