I soon learned to know this flower better. On the little prince’s planet the flowers had always been very simple. They had only one ring of petals; they took up no room at all; they were a trouble to nobody. One morning they would appear in the grass, and by night they would have faded peacefully away. But one day,from a seed blown from no one knew where, a new flower had come up; and the little prince had watched very closely over this small sprout which was not like any other small sprouts on his planet. It might, you see, have been a new kind of baobab. The shrub soon stopped growing, and began to get ready to produce a flower.
〖精读笔记〗
◆ring [rɪŋ] n.戒指；环状物，(人或物围成的) 圈
◆petal [ˈpetl] n.花瓣
◆take up占据(时间,地方)
◆room [ruːm] n.房间；空间
◆appear [əˈpɪə(r)] vi.出现；显现
◆fade [feɪd] vi.褪色；凋谢（fade away 逐渐凋谢）
◆peacefully [ˈpiːsfəli] adv.平静地；安详地 (死去)
◆seed [siːd] n.种子
◆blown [bləʊn] v.（风）吹（blow 的过去分词）
◆come up发生；开始；发芽
◆closely [ˈkləʊsli] adv.紧密地；严密地
◆sprout [spraʊt] n.芽；萌芽；苗芽
◆might have been此处“情态动词＋完成式”，表示对过去的推测
◆baobab[ˈbeɪəʊbæb] n. 猴面包树（非洲产的一种巨树）
◆shrub [ʃrʌb] n.灌木；灌木丛
◆get ready todo sth.准备做某事
◆produce [prəˈdjuːs] vt.生长出; 生育出
