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一起读《小王子》 | The Little Prince Chapter 23

• This was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quench thirst.

quench 解(渴)；止(渴)

• Because they save a tremendous amount of time,

tremendous 巨大的；极大的；大量的

• Computations have been made by experts.

computation 计算

• if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water.

spring 泉