读小王子英文版Chapter1-3

    The grown−ups' response, this time, was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of
boa constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside, and devote myself instead
to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. That is why, at the age of six, I
gave up what might have been a magnificent career as a painter. I had been
disheartened by the failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number
Two. Grown−ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for
children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

1. disheartened /dɪsˈhɑːtnd/
   英英：having lost hope or confidence
   英汉：失望的;气馁的;灰心的
2. tiresome /ˈtaɪəsəm/
   英英：make you feel annoyed
   英汉：烦人的