Aladdin and the Magic Lamp · chapter 5 of 25
Give Me the Lamp
给我灯
Aladdin is stuck below the stone with the lamp under his fruit, and his uncle wants it now. Which of them will give in first?
Read what you hear
- Aladdin 叔叔，您先拉我上去！我上去了，再给您灯。
Shūshu, nín xiān lā wǒ shàngqù! Wǒ shàngqù le, zài gěi nín dēng.
Uncle, pull me up first! Once I'm up, I'll give you the lamp.
- Narrator 阿拉丁还在石头下边。灯在他的衣服里，在宝石下边。
Ālādīng hái zài shítou xiàbian. Dēng zài tā de yīfu li, zài bǎoshí xiàbian.
Aladdin was still below the stone. The lamp was in his clothes, under the jewels.
- the Magician 不！你先给我灯！
Bù! Nǐ xiān gěi wǒ dēng!
No! Give me the lamp first!
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- Aladdin 灯在水果下边。我现在不能给您。
Dēng zài shuǐguǒ xiàbian. Wǒ xiànzài bù néng gěi nín.
The lamp's under the fruit. I can't give it to you right now.
- the Magician 好孩子，水果不要了。灯给叔叔，好吗？
Hǎo háizi, shuǐguǒ bú yào le. Dēng gěi shūshu, hǎo ma?
Good boy, forget the fruit. Give the lamp to your uncle, all right?
- Aladdin 叔叔，您说我是小商人。商人先要钱，再给东西！
Shūshu, nín shuō wǒ shì xiǎo shāngrén. Shāngrén xiān yào qián, zài gěi dōngxi!
Uncle, you said I'm a little merchant. A merchant gets the money first, then hands over the goods!
- the Magician 你不是商人，你是小孩子。给我灯！
Nǐ bú shì shāngrén, nǐ shì xiǎo háizi. Gěi wǒ dēng!
You're no merchant, you're a little boy. Give me the lamp!
- Aladdin 我不给！我要上去！您听见了吗？
Wǒ bù gěi! Wǒ yào shàngqù! Nín tīngjiàn le ma?
I won't! I want to come up! Did you hear me?
- the Magician 不要叫！有人会听见！
Búyào jiào! Yǒu rén huì tīngjiàn!
Stop shouting! Someone will hear!
- Aladdin 有人听见？那太好了！他们会拉我上去！
Yǒu rén tīngjiàn? Nà tài hǎo le! Tāmen huì lā wǒ shàngqù!
Someone will hear? Great! They'll pull me up!
- the Magician 这个孩子……他想要我的灯！
Zhège háizi… tā xiǎng yào wǒ de dēng!
This boy... he wants my lamp!
- the Magician 好。你不给灯，那你也不要上来了！
Hǎo. Nǐ bù gěi dēng, nà nǐ yě búyào shànglái le!
Fine. You won't give me the lamp? Then you won't come up either!
- Narrator 火大了。魔法师说了两个字。
Huǒ dà le. Mófǎshī shuō le liǎng gè zì.
The fire leaped up. The magician spoke two words.
- Aladdin 叔叔！不要！石头下来了！
Shūshu! Búyào! Shítou xiàlái le!
Uncle! No! The stone came down!
- Aladdin 天哪……山洞里很黑。我什么都看不见。
Tiān na… shāndòng li hěn hēi. Wǒ shénme dōu kàn bu jiàn.
Oh no... it's so dark in the cave. I can't see a thing.
- Aladdin 叔叔！我给您灯！我现在给您！
Shūshu! Wǒ gěi nín dēng! Wǒ xiànzài gěi nín!
Uncle! I'll give you the lamp! I'll give it to you now!
- Aladdin 叔叔？您还在上边吗？
Shūshu? Nín hái zài shàngbian ma?
Uncle? Are you still up there?
- Aladdin 您说您哪儿也不去……
Nín shuō nín nǎr yě bú qù…
You said you weren't going anywhere...
- Aladdin 对了，爸爸的名字！穆斯塔法！石头不开了……
Duì le, bàba de míngzi! Mùsītǎfǎ! Shítou bù kāi le…
Wait, Dad's name! Mustafa! The stone won't open...
- Aladdin 他不要我上去。他要我死在这里！
Tā bú yào wǒ shàngqù. Tā yào wǒ sǐ zài zhèlǐ!
He doesn't want me to come up. He wants me to die here!
- Aladdin 他骗了我！他不是我的叔叔！
Tā piàn le wǒ! Tā bú shì wǒ de shūshu!
He tricked me! He's not my uncle!
- Aladdin 妈妈说对了。爸爸没有弟弟！
Māma shuō duì le. Bàba méiyǒu dìdi!
Mom was right. Dad had no younger brother!
- Aladdin 钱、新衣服、商店……都是骗我的！
Qián, xīn yīfu, shāngdiàn… dōu shì piàn wǒ de!
The money, the new clothes, the shop... it was all a trick!
- Narrator 那天晚上，魔法师回很远的西边去了。
Nà tiān wǎnshang, mófǎshī huí hěn yuǎn de xībian qù le.
That evening, the magician went back home, far away in the west.
- Aladdin 下边还有一个小门！我回去看看。
Xiàbian hái yǒu yí gè xiǎo mén! Wǒ huíqù kànkan.
There's still the little door down below! I'll go back and look.
- Aladdin 小门也不开了！我能去哪儿？
Xiǎo mén yě bù kāi le! Wǒ néng qù nǎr?
The little door won't open either! Where can I go?
- Aladdin 妈妈在家里，听不见我……阿拉丁，不要哭。
Māma zài jiā li, tīng bu jiàn wǒ… Ālādīng, búyào kū.
Mom's at home, she can't hear me... Aladdin, don't cry.
- Narrator 阿拉丁有旧灯，也有魔法师的戒指。他不知道戒指能做什么。
Ālādīng yǒu jiù dēng, yě yǒu mófǎshī de jièzhi. Tā bù zhīdào jièzhi néng zuò shénme.
Aladdin had the old lamp, and the magician's ring too. He didn't know what the ring could do.
- Aladdin 这个戒指……他说有它，我不会有事。这也是骗我的吗？
Zhège jièzhi… tā shuō yǒu tā, wǒ bú huì yǒu shì. Zhè yě shì piàn wǒ de ma?
This ring... he said with it, nothing would happen to me. Was that a lie too?
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What changed in the story?
- What does Aladdin ask his uncle to do first?
“叔叔，您先拉我上去！”
- What does Aladdin say a merchant does?
“商人先要钱，再给东西！”
- Why does the magician tell Aladdin to stop shouting?
“不要叫！有人会听见！”
- What does Aladdin understand alone in the dark?
“他骗了我！他不是我的叔叔！”
- At the end, what does Aladdin not know?
“他不知道戒指能做什么。”