Aladdin and the Magic Lamp · chapter 4 of 25
The Lamp in the Cave
山洞里的灯
Down in the dark under the stone, Aladdin finds rooms of gold he must not touch, a garden of strange fruit, and the old lamp his uncle wants so badly.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 石头下边，山洞里很黑，也很冷。
Shítou xiàbian, shāndòng li hěn hēi, yě hěn lěng.
Under the stone, the cave was dark and cold.
- Aladdin 这么黑，我看不见。叔叔，您在上边吗？
Zhème hēi, wǒ kàn bu jiàn. Shūshu, nín zài shàngbian ma?
It's so dark, I can't see. Uncle, are you up there?
- the Magician 我在这儿，孩子。你再下去，下边有一个小门。
Wǒ zài zhèr, háizi. Nǐ zài xiàqù, xiàbian yǒu yí gè xiǎo mén.
I'm right here, my boy. Keep going down. At the bottom there's a little door.
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- Aladdin 我到下边了。这是门吗？
Wǒ dào xiàbian le. Zhè shì mén ma?
I'm at the bottom. Is this the door?
- Aladdin 开了！里边有三个大房间！
Kāi le! Lǐbian yǒu sān gè dà fángjiān!
It's open! There are three big rooms in there!
- Aladdin 房间里都是金子！很多很多金子！
Fángjiān li dōu shì jīnzi! Hěn duō hěn duō jīnzi!
The rooms are full of gold! So much gold!
- Aladdin 有这些金子，我能买一百个商店！
Yǒu zhèxiē jīnzi, wǒ néng mǎi yìbǎi gè shāngdiàn!
With all this gold, I could buy a hundred shops!
- Aladdin 不对！叔叔说了，什么都不能碰。
Bú duì! Shūshu shuō le, shénme dōu bù néng pèng.
No, wait! Uncle said I mustn't touch anything.
- Aladdin 碰了，我会死。我怕……我不碰。
Pèng le, wǒ huì sǐ. Wǒ pà… wǒ bú pèng.
If I touch it, I'll die. I'm scared... I won't touch it.
- Narrator 三个房间都是金子。阿拉丁什么都没碰。
Sān gè fángjiān dōu shì jīnzi. Ālādīng shénme dōu méi pèng.
All three rooms were full of gold. Aladdin touched nothing.
- Aladdin 那边还有一个门。我去看看。
Nàbiān hái yǒu yí gè mén. Wǒ qù kànkan.
There's another door over there. I'll go and look.
- Aladdin 水果！这里有好多水果！什么颜色的都有！
Shuǐguǒ! Zhèlǐ yǒu hǎo duō shuǐguǒ! Shénme yánsè de dōu yǒu!
Fruit! There's so much fruit here! Every color there is!
- Narrator 这些不是水果，是宝石。阿拉丁不知道。
Zhèxiē bú shì shuǐguǒ, shì bǎoshí. Ālādīng bù zhīdào.
These were not fruit. They were jewels. Aladdin did not know.
- the Magician 阿拉丁！你看见灯了吗？
Ālādīng! Nǐ kànjiàn dēng le ma?
Aladdin! Have you seen the lamp?
- Aladdin 还没有！叔叔，这里的水果真漂亮！
Hái méiyǒu! Shūshu, zhèlǐ de shuǐguǒ zhēn piàoliang!
Not yet! Uncle, the fruit down here is so beautiful!
- the Magician 不要看水果！去找灯！
Búyào kàn shuǐguǒ! Qù zhǎo dēng!
Don't look at the fruit! Go find the lamp!
- Aladdin 上边有火……那是灯！是那个旧灯！
Shàngbian yǒu huǒ… nà shì dēng! Shì nàge jiù dēng!
There's a flame up there... That's a lamp! It's the old lamp!
- Aladdin 这么旧的灯，叔叔怎么只要它？它有什么秘密吗？
Zhème jiù de dēng, shūshu zěnme zhǐ yào tā? Tā yǒu shénme mìmì ma?
It's so old. Why does Uncle want only this? Does it have some kind of secret?
- Aladdin 灯里还有火，还有油。我都不要！
Dēng li hái yǒu huǒ, hái yǒu yóu. Wǒ dōu bú yào!
It's still burning, and there's oil in it. I don't want any of that!
- Aladdin 好了！灯在我的衣服里了。
Hǎo le! Dēng zài wǒ de yīfu li le.
There! The lamp's tucked inside my clothes.
- Aladdin 我碰了灯，没有死！那水果也能碰吧？
Wǒ pèng le dēng, méiyǒu sǐ! Nà shuǐguǒ yě néng pèng ba?
I touched the lamp, and I didn't die! So I can touch the fruit too, right?
- Aladdin 我想吃一个大的！
Wǒ xiǎng chī yí gè dà de!
I want to eat a big one!
- Aladdin 天哪！这个不能吃！
Tiān na! Zhège bù néng chī!
Good heavens! You can't eat this!
- Aladdin 没关系，它们很漂亮。我要给妈妈！
Méi guānxi, tāmen hěn piàoliang. Wǒ yào gěi māma!
Never mind, they're pretty. I'll give them to Mom!
- Narrator 阿拉丁的衣服里都是宝石。他回到了石头下边。
Ālādīng de yīfu li dōu shì bǎoshí. Tā huí dào le shítou xiàbian.
Aladdin's clothes were stuffed with jewels. He made his way back to the steps under the stone.
- Aladdin 衣服里的东西太多了……我上不去！
Yīfu li de dōngxi tài duō le… wǒ shàng bu qù!
There's too much stuff in my clothes... I can't climb up!
- Aladdin 叔叔！我回来了！灯也在我这儿！
Shūshu! Wǒ huílái le! Dēng yě zài wǒ zhèr!
Uncle! I'm back! And I've got the lamp!
- the Magician 好孩子！灯在哪儿？
Hǎo háizi! Dēng zài nǎr?
Good boy! Where's the lamp?
- Aladdin 在我的衣服里！叔叔，我怎么上去？
Zài wǒ de yīfu li! Shūshu, wǒ zěnme shàngqù?
In my clothes! Uncle, how do I get up?
- the Magician 不要问了。给我灯！
Búyào wèn le. Gěi wǒ dēng!
Never mind that. Give me the lamp!
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What changed in the story?
- What does Aladdin find in the three big rooms?
“房间里都是金子！很多很多金子”
- Why does Aladdin touch nothing in the rooms of gold?
“碰了，我会死。我怕”
- What are the fruit that Aladdin finds behind the second door?
“这些不是水果，是宝石”
- Why does Aladdin decide he can touch the fruit?
“我碰了灯，没有死！那水果也能碰吧”
- What does the magician want when Aladdin asks how to get up?
“叔叔，我怎么上去？……不要问了。给我灯”