工具人gōng jù rén  literally means "tool person," referring to someone who is like a tool—used by others to fulfill tasks or solve problems. However, this term carries a playful or self-deprecating tone rather than a serious accusation.

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然后，在一天的早晨，恰好在太阳升起的时候，她开放了。
Then one morning, exactly at sunrise, she suddenly showed herself.
她已经精细地做了那么长的准备工作，却打着哈欠说道：
And, after working with all this painstaking precision, she yawned and said:
我刚刚睡醒，真对不起，
Ah! I am scarcely awake. I beg that you will excuse me.
瞧我的头发还是乱蓬蓬的…
My petals are still all disarranged.
小王子这时再也控制不住自己的爱慕心情：“你是多么美丽啊！”
But the little prince could not restrain his admiration: "Oh! How beautiful you are!"
花儿悠然自得地说：“是吧，我是与太阳同时出生的…”
"Am I not?" the flower responded, sweetly. "And I was born at the same moment as the sun."
小王子看出了这花儿不太谦虚，可是她确实丽姿动人。
The little prince could guess easily enough that she was not any too modest–but how moving–and exciting–she was!
她随后又说道：“现在该是吃早点的时候了吧，请你也想着给我准备一点…”
"I think it is time for breakfast," she added an instant later. "If you would have the kindness to think of my needs".
小王子很有些不好意思，于是就拿着喷壶，打来了一壶清清的凉水，浇灌着花儿。

And the little prince, completely abashed, went to look for a sprinkling-can of fresh water. So, he tended the flower.
于是，就这样，这朵花儿就以她那有点敏感多疑的虚荣心折磨着小王子。
So, too, she began very quickly to torment him with her vanity– which was, if the truth be known, a little dificult to deal with.
例如，有一天，她向小王子讲起她身上长的四根刺：“老虎，让它张着爪子来吧！”
One day, for instance, when she was speaking of her four thorns, she said to the little prince: "Let the tigers come with their claws!"
小王子顶了她一句：“在我这个星球上没有老虎，而且，老虎是不会吃草的”。
"There are no tigers on my planet," the little prince objected. "And, anyway, tigers do not eat weeds."
花儿轻声说道：“我并不是草。”
"I am not a weed," the flower replied, sweetly.
真对不起。
Please excuse me.
我并不怕什么老虎，可我讨厌穿堂风。
I am not at all afraid of tigers, she went on, but I have a horror of drafts.
你没有屏风？
I suppose you wouldn't have a screen for me?
小王子思忖着：“讨厌穿堂风…这对一株植物来说，真不走运，这朵花儿真不大好伺候…”
"A horror of drafts–that is bad luck, for a plant," remarked the little prince, and added to himself, "This flower is a very complex creature."

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【スクリプト】
こんにちは～！マルハバ！サウジの日本語の先生、佳子です＾＾
みなさんー！元気ですかー？私は元気ですよー！今日は「結婚式のドレス選び」について話します。
結婚式のドレスといってもね、私が結婚するんじゃなくて、サウジの家族が結婚式をするので、ゲスト用のドレスのことです。よく「お呼ばれ結婚式ドレス」と言われますね。12月の初めにその結婚式があるんだけど、今回がサウジの結婚式、初参加！いえい！サウジの結婚式については今度話す予定ですよー！
それでね、サウジの結婚式のお呼ばれドレス、うん、日本人が着るドレスと全然違います。
日本人のお呼ばれドレスは、上品で露出が少なく控えめな感じが多いです。ひざ丈やそれよりちょっと長いくらいが普通です。「結婚式お呼ばれドレス」と検索してみてくださいね。一方、サウジのお呼ばれドレスはきらきらした装飾がある、Aラインのボリューミーなタイプのドレスが人気です。一言でいうと豪華！！日本のドレスを着ていったら完全に浮きます。
サウジには1回人に見せたドレスは、結婚式で同じ人の前で着ないという謎のルールがあるので、結婚式でしか着れないドレスを買うのはちょっともったいないなーと思ったんですよねー。
なので私は日本人のドレスとサウジのドレスの中間くらいの豪華さのドレスを買おうと思いました。みんな知ってるかな？ASOSというイギリスのファッションサイトで探しました。
ネットで私に似合うドレスのタイプを調べたところ、濃い色やキラキラした感じで、直線的なドレスが似合うとのことだったので、その路線で探しました。念のため、3つ注文して、
サウジ人が着るドレスを売っている店もいくつか実際にチェックしました。やっぱりサウジ人が着るドレスは私には似合わなかったｗ
3日前に、注文したドレスが届いて、試着したところ、シルバーのスパンコールがたくさんついたタイトなドレスに一目ぼれ、、、、装飾がついたドレスは扱いが大変だけど、安かったし、かわいすぎて即決。結婚式で着るのが楽しみです。
それではまた！マア　アッサラーマ！


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