A Christmas Carol · chapter 2 of 5
The Ghost of Christmas Past
过去的圣诞节
A glowing ghost takes Scrooge to a happy party and a sad goodbye from his past. He begs her to stop as a deep voice calls from the next room.
Read what you hear
- Ghost of Christmas Past 斯克鲁奇，起来吧。我是过去圣诞节的幽灵。
Sīkèlǔqí, qǐlái ba. Wǒ shì guòqù Shèngdànjié de yōulíng.
Scrooge, wake up. I am the Ghost of Christmas Past.
- Scrooge 过去？你是很久以前的人吗？你的头上为什么有光？
Guòqù? Nǐ shì hěn jiǔ yǐqián de rén ma? Nǐ de tóu shàng wèishénme yǒu guāng?
Past? Are you someone from long ago? Why is there light on your head?
- Ghost of Christmas Past 我是你的过去。来，拉着我的手。
Wǒ shì nǐ de guòqù. Lái, lāzhe wǒ de shǒu.
I am your past. Come, hold my hand.
Chapter 2 is part of SayMei Stories ($2.99 a month) and SayMei Premium. Chapter 1 of A Christmas Carol is free, and so are The Second Cup of Tea, Mulan, The Butterfly Lovers, Journey to the West: The Monkey King, Cinderella, The Night of the Nian, Chang'e and the Moon, The Great Race: The Twelve Animals, Aesop's Fables, Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, The Ugly Duckling, Pangu and Nüwa: How the World Began, Beauty and the Beast, The Magic Lotus Lantern, Alice in Wonderland, Zhong Kui the Demon Queller, The Odyssey, Robin Hood, Jiang Ziya Goes Fishing, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The Hound of the Baskervilles from start to finish.
- Scrooge 从窗户出去？我会掉下去的！这里是三楼！
Cóng chuānghu chūqù? Wǒ huì diào xiàqù de! Zhèlǐ shì sān lóu!
Out of the window? I'll fall! We're on the third floor!
- Ghost of Christmas Past 别怕。看，这是你小时候的路。
Bié pà. Kàn, zhè shì nǐ xiǎoshíhou de lù.
Don't be afraid. Look, this is the road from when you were small.
- Scrooge 这里……我认识这里！我家在那边！
Zhèlǐ... wǒ rènshi zhèlǐ! Wǒ jiā zài nàbiān!
This place... I know this place! My home is over there!
- Ghost of Christmas Past 你看见那个小男孩了吗？
Nǐ kànjiàn nà ge xiǎo nánhái le ma?
Do you see that little boy?
- Scrooge 他一个人在学校里看书……他是我。
Tā yí gè rén zài xuéxiào lǐ kàn shū... Tā shì wǒ.
He's reading alone at school... He is me.
- Scrooge 那个时候，我常常一个人过圣诞节，没有人来看我。
Nà ge shíhou, wǒ chángcháng yí gè rén guò Shèngdànjié, méiyǒu rén lái kàn wǒ.
Back then, I often spent Christmas alone. No one came to see me.
- Ghost of Christmas Past 别难过。再看一个地方。
Bié nánguò. Zài kàn yí gè dìfang.
Don't be sad. Look at one more place.
- Mr. Fezziwig 来，来，孩子们！今天是圣诞节，不工作了！
Lái, lái, háizimen! Jīntiān shì Shèngdànjié, bù gōngzuò le!
Come, come, my boys and girls! It's Christmas. No more work today!
- Scrooge 费老板！我年轻的时候，在他这儿工作！
Fèi lǎobǎn! Wǒ niánqīng de shíhou, zài tā zhèr gōngzuò!
Old Fezziwig! I worked for him when I was young!
- Scrooge 大家都在笑！他们跳得多开心啊！你看那个小女孩，转得多快！
Dàjiā dōu zài xiào! Tāmen tiào de duō kāixīn a! Nǐ kàn nà ge xiǎo nǚhái, zhuàn de duō kuài!
Everyone is laughing! How happily they dance! Look at that little girl spin!
- Ghost of Christmas Past 他只花了一点点钱，可是大家都很快乐，回家的时候还在笑。
Tā zhǐ huā le yìdiǎndiǎn qián, kěshì dàjiā dōu hěn kuàilè, huíjiā de shíhou hái zài xiào.
He spent only a little money, yet everyone was happy and still smiling on the way home.
- Scrooge 一点点钱……真的吗？就这么简单？
Yìdiǎndiǎn qián... zhēn de ma? Jiù zhème jiǎndān?
A little money... Really? It's that simple?
- Ghost of Christmas Past 你为什么忽然不说话了？
Nǐ wèishénme hūrán bù shuōhuà le?
Why did you suddenly go quiet?
- Scrooge 我想起了鲍勃。我今天对他不好。
Wǒ xiǎngqǐ le Bàobó. Wǒ jīntiān duì tā bù hǎo.
I thought of Bob. I was unkind to him today.
- Scrooge 我也可以让他高兴一下的……
Wǒ yě kěyǐ ràng tā gāoxìng yíxià de...
I could have made him happy for a moment...
- Narrator 雪地里，年轻的斯克鲁奇和贝儿站在灯下。
Xuě dì lǐ, niánqīng de Sīkèlǔqí hé Bèi'ér zhàn zài dēng xià.
In the snow, young Scrooge and Belle stood under a lamp.
- Belle 斯克鲁奇，你现在最爱的不是我，我已经看出来了。
Sīkèlǔqí, nǐ xiànzài zuì ài de bú shì wǒ, wǒ yǐjīng kàn chūlái le.
Scrooge, what you love most now is not me. I can see it now.
- Belle 你最爱的是钱。
Nǐ zuì ài de shì qián.
What you love most is money.
- Scrooge 不对！我要有很多钱，给你好日子！你等我！
Bú duì! Wǒ yào yǒu hěn duō qián, gěi nǐ hǎo rìzi! Nǐ děng wǒ!
No! I want lots of money, to give you a good life! Wait for me!
- Belle 我不要很多钱。我要你的心。
Wǒ bú yào hěn duō qián. Wǒ yào nǐ de xīn.
I don't want lots of money. I want your heart.
- Belle 再见了，斯克鲁奇。希望你以后快乐。
Zàijiàn le, Sīkèlǔqí. Xīwàng nǐ yǐhòu kuàilè.
Goodbye, Scrooge. I hope you'll be happy someday.
- Scrooge 别走，贝儿！别走……
Bié zǒu, Bèi'ér! Bié zǒu...
Don't go, Belle! Don't go...
- Scrooge 幽灵，我不想看了！带我回去！
Yōulíng, wǒ bù xiǎng kàn le! Dài wǒ huíqù!
Ghost, I don't want to see any more! Take me back!
- Ghost of Christmas Past 这些都是真的。你的过去，就在这里。
Zhèxiē dōu shì zhēn de. Nǐ de guòqù, jiù zài zhèlǐ.
All of this is true. Your past is right here.
- Scrooge 够了！够了！请你别再让我看了！我不想再想了！
Gòu le! Gòu le! Qǐng nǐ bié zài ràng wǒ kàn le! Wǒ bù xiǎng zài xiǎng le!
Enough! Enough! Please don't make me look any more! I don't want to think about it!
- Ghost of Christmas Present 斯克鲁奇！进来吧！我等你很久了！
Sīkèlǔqí! Jìnlái ba! Wǒ děng nǐ hěn jiǔ le!
Scrooge! Come in! I've been waiting a long time for you!
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What changed in the story?
- Where does the ghost take Scrooge first?
“这是你小时候的路。”……“他一个人在学校里看书……他是我。”
- What does Fezziwig say on Christmas?
“今天是圣诞节，不工作了！”
- Why is Scrooge quiet after the party?
“我想起了鲍勃。我今天对他不好。”
- Why does Belle say goodbye?
“你最爱的是钱。”
- How does the chapter end?
“斯克鲁奇！进来吧！我等你很久了！”