Aladdin and the Magic Lamp · chapter 17 of 25
New Lamps for Old
新灯换旧灯
Under the princess's windows, a strange man cries new lamps for old. The children laugh, the maid laughs, and Aladdin is far away hunting.
Read what you hear
- the Magician 谁有旧灯？我给新灯！
Shéi yǒu jiù dēng? Wǒ gěi xīn dēng!
Who has old lamps? New lamps for old!
- Narrator 那天下午，很多孩子来看这个卖灯的人。他们都觉得很好玩儿。
Nà tiān xiàwǔ, hěn duō háizi lái kàn zhège mài dēng de rén. Tāmen dōu juéde hěn hǎowánr.
That afternoon, lots of children came to watch the lamp-seller. They all thought it was great fun.
- the Princess's Maid 公主，您听！外边有一个卖灯的人。
Gōngzhǔ, nín tīng! Wàibian yǒu yí gè mài dēng de rén.
Princess, listen! There's a lamp-seller outside.
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- the Princess 卖灯的人？他在说什么？
Mài dēng de rén? Tā zài shuō shénme?
A lamp-seller? What is he saying?
- the Princess's Maid 他说，谁有旧灯，他给新灯！
Tā shuō, shéi yǒu jiù dēng, tā gěi xīn dēng!
He says whoever has an old lamp gets a new one from him!
- the Princess's Maid 这个人有病吧！
Zhège rén yǒu bìng ba!
That man must be crazy!
- the Princess 新灯换旧灯？他不要钱吗？真好玩儿！
Xīn dēng huàn jiù dēng? Tā bú yào qián ma? Zhēn hǎowánr!
New lamps for old ones? Doesn't he want money? How funny!
- the Princess's Maid 不要钱！孩子们都在看他呢。
Bú yào qián! Háizimen dōu zài kàn tā ne.
No money! All the children are watching him.
- the Princess's Maid 对了，公主，大房间里有一个旧灯。很旧很旧，不好看。
Duì le, gōngzhǔ, dà fángjiān li yǒu yí gè jiù dēng. Hěn jiù hěn jiù, bù hǎokàn.
Oh, Princess, there's an old lamp in the great hall. Very, very old, and ugly.
- the Princess 那个旧灯？我们不要它。阿拉丁回来，我对他说，他会很高兴！
Nàge jiù dēng? Wǒmen bú yào tā. Ālādīng huílái, wǒ duì tā shuō, tā huì hěn gāoxìng!
That old lamp? We don't want it. When Aladdin comes back, I'll tell him, and he'll be so pleased!
- the Princess 给他吧！我们看看，他会不会给新灯。
Gěi tā ba! Wǒmen kànkan, tā huì bu huì gěi xīn dēng.
Give it to him! Let's see if he really gives a new one.
- the Princess's Maid 好的，公主！我下去给他。
Hǎo de, gōngzhǔ! Wǒ xiàqù gěi tā.
Yes, Princess! I'll go down and give it to him.
- the Princess's Maid 卖灯的！我有一个旧灯。您看，这个要不要？
Mài dēng de! Wǒ yǒu yí gè jiù dēng. Nín kàn, zhège yào bu yào?
Lamp-seller! I have an old lamp. Look, do you want this one?
- the Magician 是它！是我的灯！
Shì tā! Shì wǒ de dēng!
It's the one! It's my lamp!
- the Magician 我要！谢谢你！这个新灯给你，你看，多漂亮！
Wǒ yào! Xièxie nǐ! Zhège xīn dēng gěi nǐ, nǐ kàn, duō piàoliang!
I do! Thank you! This new lamp is yours. Look how pretty it is!
- the Princess's Maid 真漂亮！谢谢您！公主会很高兴！
Zhēn piàoliang! Xièxie nín! Gōngzhǔ huì hěn gāoxìng!
It's really pretty! Thank you! The princess will be so pleased!
- the Magician 旧灯在我的衣服里了。我去城外！
Jiù dēng zài wǒ de yīfu li le. Wǒ qù chéng wài!
The old lamp is in my clothes now. I'm off, out of the city!
- the Magician 孩子们，这些新灯都给你们了！
Háizimen, zhèxiē xīn dēng dōu gěi nǐmen le!
Children, all these new lamps are yours!
- Narrator 那天晚上，城外很黑，没有人。
Nà tiān wǎnshang, chéng wài hěn hēi, méiyǒu rén.
That night, outside the city, it was dark, and no one was there.
- the Magician 这儿没有人。很好。
Zhèr méiyǒu rén. Hěn hǎo.
No one here. Good.
- the Magician 旧灯，你是我的了。我来擦一擦你。
Jiù dēng, nǐ shì wǒ de le. Wǒ lái cā yi cā nǐ.
Old lamp, now you're mine. Let me give you a rub.
- the Genie of the Lamp 主人，你要什么？
Zhǔrén, nǐ yào shénme?
Master, what do you want?
- the Magician 主人？对，我是你的主人了！
Zhǔrén? Duì, wǒ shì nǐ de zhǔrén le!
Master? Yes, I'm your master now!
- the Magician 阿拉丁，你的宫殿，你的公主……现在都是我的了！
Ālādīng, nǐ de gōngdiàn, nǐ de gōngzhǔ… xiànzài dōu shì wǒ de le!
Aladdin, your palace, your princess... they're all mine now!
- the Magician 我要阿拉丁的宫殿，还有里边的公主。
Wǒ yào Ālādīng de gōngdiàn, hái yǒu lǐbian de gōngzhǔ.
I want Aladdin's palace, and the princess inside it.
- the Magician 都送到很远的西边，送到我家去！我也去！
Dōu sòng dào hěn yuǎn de xībian, sòng dào wǒ jiā qù! Wǒ yě qù!
Take it all far away to the west, to my home! And me too!
- the Genie of the Lamp 是，主人。
Shì, zhǔrén.
Yes, master.
- the Magician 天哪，宫殿在天上飞！
Tiān na, gōngdiàn zài tiān shàng fēi!
Heavens, the palace is flying in the sky!
- the Magician 飞吧！飞到西边去！
Fēi ba! Fēi dào xībian qù!
Fly! Fly to the west!
- the Magician 公主还在里边睡觉呢。明天早上，她会看见我！
Gōngzhǔ hái zài lǐbian shuìjiào ne. Míngtiān zǎoshang, tā huì kànjiàn wǒ!
The princess is still asleep inside. Tomorrow morning, she'll see me!
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What changed in the story?
- What does the maid say the lamp-seller is offering?
“他说，谁有旧灯，他给新灯！”
- Why does the princess send the old lamp down?
“给他吧！我们看看，他会不会给新灯。”
- What does the magician do with the other new lamps?
“孩子们，这些新灯都给你们了！”
- Where is the magician when he rubs the lamp?
“那天晚上，城外很黑，没有人。……这儿没有人。”
- What does the magician tell the lamp's genie to do?
“我要阿拉丁的宫殿，还有里边的公主。……都送到很远的西边，送到我家去！”