A Christmas Carol · chapter 4 of 5
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
以后的圣诞节
A silent ghost in black shows Scrooge a sad, empty future and a grave with his own name. Scrooge begs for one more chance.
Read what you hear
- Scrooge 黑衣服的幽灵，你要带我去哪儿？
Hēi yīfu de yōulíng, nǐ yào dài wǒ qù nǎr?
Ghost in black, where are you taking me?
- Scrooge 你为什么不说话？你要给我看以后的事，对不对？
Nǐ wèishénme bù shuōhuà? Nǐ yào gěi wǒ kàn yǐhòu de shì, duì bú duì?
Why don't you speak? You will show me what is to come, won't you?
- First Merchant 听说了吗？那个有钱的老人，昨晚死了。
Tīngshuō le ma? Nà ge yǒuqián de lǎorén, zuówǎn sǐ le.
Have you heard? That rich old man died last night.
Chapter 4 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.
- Second Merchant 是吗？他的钱给谁了？
Shì ma? Tā de qián gěi shéi le?
Is that so? Who gets his money?
- First Merchant 我不知道。可是我想，没有人会来看他。
Wǒ bù zhīdào. Kěshì wǒ xiǎng, méiyǒu rén huì lái kàn tā.
I don't know. But I think nobody will come to see him.
- Second Merchant 我可以去，如果有吃的。哈哈！
Wǒ kěyǐ qù, rúguǒ yǒu chī de. Hāhā!
I might go, if there is food. Ha ha!
- Scrooge 他们说的是谁？他们为什么笑？
Tāmen shuō de shì shéi? Tāmen wèishénme xiào?
Who are they talking about? Why are they laughing?
- First Merchant 他那么小气，谁会想他？
Tā nàme xiǎoqì, shéi huì xiǎng tā?
He was so stingy. Who would miss him?
- Second Merchant 是啊。好了，我要走了，再见。
Shì a. Hǎo le, wǒ yào zǒu le, zàijiàn.
True. Well, I must go. Goodbye.
- Scrooge 一个人死了，大家都不难过……多可怕啊。
Yí gè rén sǐ le, dàjiā dōu bù nánguò... duō kěpà a.
A man dies and nobody is sad... How terrible.
- Scrooge 幽灵，请让我看一个想念他的人。
Yōulíng, qǐng ràng wǒ kàn yí gè xiǎngniàn tā de rén.
Ghost, please let me see someone who misses him.
- Scrooge 什么，你还是不说话？好吧，我跟你走。
Shénme, nǐ háishi bù shuōhuà? Hǎo ba, wǒ gēn nǐ zǒu.
What, still no word? All right, I'll follow you.
- Narrator 鲍勃的家里很安静。小椅子空着，旁边有一根小拐杖。
Bàobó de jiā lǐ hěn ānjìng. Xiǎo yǐzi kōngzhe, pángbiān yǒu yì gēn xiǎo guǎizhàng.
Bob's home was very quiet. The little chair sat empty, and a small crutch leaned beside it.
- Mrs. Cratchit 鲍勃，你回来了。你去了那个绿绿的地方吗？
Bàobó, nǐ huílái le. Nǐ qù le nà ge lǜlǜ de dìfang ma?
Bob, you're back. Did you go to that green place?
- Bob Cratchit 去了。那儿很安静。我说，星期天再去看他。
Qù le. Nà'r hěn ānjìng. Wǒ shuō, xīngqītiān zài qù kàn tā.
I did. It's very quiet there. I told him we'd visit again on Sunday.
- Bob Cratchit 我的小蒂姆……他总是笑，从来不说难过……
Wǒ de Xiǎo Dìmǔ... Tā zǒngshì xiào, cónglái bù shuō nánguò...
My little Tim... He was always smiling, never said he was sad...
- Mrs. Cratchit 别哭了。他是个好孩子。我们要记得他。
Bié kū le. Tā shì gè hǎo háizi. Wǒmen yào jìdé tā.
Don't cry. He was a good child. We must remember him.
- Bob Cratchit 对。我们不吵架，也不要忘记他多么好。
Duì. Wǒmen bù chǎojià, yě bú yào wàngjì tā duōme hǎo.
Yes. We won't quarrel, and we won't forget how good he was.
- Scrooge 幽灵，请告诉我！这些可以改吗？
Yōulíng, qǐng gàosu wǒ! Zhèxiē kěyǐ gǎi ma?
Ghost, please tell me! Can these things be changed?
- Scrooge 你还是不说话……好吧。最后一个地方是哪里？
Nǐ háishi bù shuōhuà... Hǎo ba. Zuìhòu yí gè dìfang shì nǎlǐ?
You still say nothing... All right. Where is the last place?
- Scrooge 这是墓地。那块石头上是谁的名字？
Zhè shì mùdì. Nà kuài shítou shàng shì shéi de míngzi?
This is a graveyard. Whose name is on that stone?
- Scrooge 不……不是我……斯克鲁奇！是我的名字！
Bù... bú shì wǒ... Sīkèlǔqí! Shì wǒ de míngzi!
No... not me... Scrooge! It's my name!
- Scrooge 幽灵，这个墓地里的事，一定会发生吗？还是可以改？
Yōulíng, zhège mùdì lǐ de shì, yídìng huì fāshēng ma? Háishi kěyǐ gǎi?
Ghost, must what happens in this graveyard happen? Or can it change?
- Scrooge 说话！求你说一句话！
Shuōhuà! Qiú nǐ shuō yí jù huà!
Speak! I beg you, say one word!
- Scrooge 我会改！我不再小气了。我会记得过去、现在和以后！
Wǒ huì gǎi! Wǒ bú zài xiǎoqì le. Wǒ huì jìdé guòqù, xiànzài hé yǐhòu!
I will change! I won't be stingy any more. I will remember the past, the present and the future!
- Scrooge 我要好好过圣诞节，一年都这样！
Wǒ yào hǎohāo guò Shèngdànjié, yì nián dōu zhèyàng!
I will keep Christmas well, all year long!
- Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come 还有时间。
Hái yǒu shíjiān.
There is still time.
- Scrooge 你的手在动了……你的黑衣服……变小了……
Nǐ de shǒu zài dòng le... Nǐ de hēi yīfu... biàn xiǎo le...
Your hand is moving... your black cloak... is getting smaller...
- Scrooge 这是……我床上的柱子？墓地不见了！我在我自己的床上！
Zhè shì... wǒ chuáng shàng de zhùzi? Mùdì bú jiàn le! Wǒ zài wǒ zìjǐ de chuáng shàng!
This is... my bedpost? The graveyard is gone! I'm in my own bed!
- Scrooge 我还活着！可是……今天是几号？
Wǒ hái huózhe! Kěshì... jīntiān shì jǐ hào?
I'm still alive! But... what day is it today?
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What changed in the story?
- What do the men say about the rich old man?
“我想，没有人会来看他。”
- What is beside the empty chair in the Cratchit home?
“小椅子空着，旁边有一根小拐杖。”
- What does Bob say about Tim?
“他总是笑，从来不说难过……”
- Whose name is on the gravestone?
“斯克鲁奇！是我的名字！”
- What does Scrooge promise?
“我会改！我不再小气了。”