Aladdin and the Magic Lamp · chapter 1 of 25
The Long-Lost Uncle
叔叔回来了
In hot, busy Baghdad, a poor boy who dreams of a shop meets a weeping stranger who says he is his uncle. But who is this man really?
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- Narrator 很多很多年前，巴格达是一个大城。人很多，商店也很多。
Hěn duō hěn duō nián qián, Bāgédá shì yí gè dà chéng. Rén hěn duō, shāngdiàn yě hěn duō.
Long, long ago, Baghdad was a big city. It had many people and many shops.
- Narrator 天气很热。国王住在大宫殿里。阿拉丁十五岁，白天都在外边玩。
Tiānqì hěn rè. Guówáng zhù zài dà gōngdiàn li. Ālādīng shíwǔ suì, báitiān dōu zài wàibian wán.
The weather was hot. The sultan lived in a big palace. Aladdin was fifteen, and he played outside all day.
- Aladdin 那个商店好大！商人的衣服也好漂亮！
Nàge shāngdiàn hǎo dà! Shāngrén de yīfu yě hǎo piàoliang!
That shop is so big! And the merchants' clothes are so beautiful!
- Aladdin 我也想要一个大商店。我想做商人！
Wǒ yě xiǎng yào yí gè dà shāngdiàn. Wǒ xiǎng zuò shāngrén!
I want a big shop too. I want to be a merchant!
- the Magician 是他……穆斯塔法的儿子，阿拉丁。
Shì tā… Mùsītǎfǎ de érzi, Ālādīng.
That's him... Mustafa's son, Aladdin.
- the Magician 孩子，你爸爸是穆斯塔法吗？
Háizi, nǐ bàba shì Mùsītǎfǎ ma?
Boy, is your father Mustafa?
- Aladdin 是。您认识他？我爸爸不在了。
Shì. Nín rènshi tā? Wǒ bàba bú zài le.
Yes. You knew him? My father has passed away.
- the Magician 我的哥哥……我来晚了！
Wǒ de gēge… wǒ lái wǎn le!
My brother... I came too late!
- Aladdin 您怎么哭了？
Nín zěnme kū le?
Why are you crying?
- the Magician 阿拉丁，我是你叔叔！你爸爸是我的哥哥。
Ālādīng, wǒ shì nǐ shūshu! Nǐ bàba shì wǒ de gēge.
Aladdin, I'm your uncle! Your father was my brother.
- Aladdin 叔叔？我有一个叔叔？
Shūshu? Wǒ yǒu yí gè shūshu?
Uncle? I have an uncle?
- the Magician 好孩子，这些钱给你。给你妈妈买好吃的。
Hǎo háizi, zhèxiē qián gěi nǐ. Gěi nǐ māma mǎi hǎochī de.
Good boy, this money is for you. Buy your mother something good to eat.
- the Magician 对你妈妈说，明天晚上我去你们家吃饭。
Duì nǐ māma shuō, míngtiān wǎnshang wǒ qù nǐmen jiā chīfàn.
Tell your mother I'll come to your home for supper tomorrow evening.
- Aladdin 好！谢谢叔叔！
Hǎo! Xièxie shūshu!
Okay! Thank you, Uncle!
- Aladdin 妈妈，我叔叔回来了！
Māma, wǒ shūshu huílái le!
Mom! My uncle is back!
- Aladdin's mother 我工作了一天，你玩了一天？
Wǒ gōngzuò le yì tiān, nǐ wán le yì tiān?
I've been working all day, and you've been out playing all day?
- Aladdin 你看！好多钱！
Nǐ kàn! Hǎo duō qián!
Look! So much money!
- Aladdin's mother 天哪！这是谁的钱？
Tiān na! Zhè shì shéi de qián?
Oh my! Whose money is this?
- Aladdin 叔叔给的！他是爸爸的弟弟。他看见我，哭了。
Shūshu gěi de! Tā shì bàba de dìdi. Tā kànjiàn wǒ, kū le.
Uncle gave it to me! He's Dad's younger brother. When he saw me, he cried.
- Aladdin's mother 孩子，你爸爸没有弟弟，也没有哥哥。
Háizi, nǐ bàba méiyǒu dìdi, yě méiyǒu gēge.
Child, your father had no younger brother, and no older one either.
- Aladdin 他知道爸爸的名字！也知道我的名字！
Tā zhīdào bàba de míngzi! Yě zhīdào wǒ de míngzi!
He knew Dad's name! And he knew mine too!
- Aladdin's mother 这个人是谁？他要什么？
Zhège rén shì shéi? Tā yào shénme?
Who is this man? What does he want?
- Aladdin 他要吃饭！明天晚上，他来我们家吃。
Tā yào chīfàn! Míngtiān wǎnshang, tā lái wǒmen jiā chī.
He wants supper! Tomorrow evening he's coming to eat at our home.
- Aladdin's mother 在我们家？我们家很小，也很旧。没有椅子给他坐！
Zài wǒmen jiā? Wǒmen jiā hěn xiǎo, yě hěn jiù. Méiyǒu yǐzi gěi tā zuò!
In our home? Our home is small and old. We don't even have a chair for him!
- Aladdin 没关系，我们有钱了，买一个吧。
Méi guānxi, wǒmen yǒu qián le, mǎi yí gè ba.
No problem, we have money now. Let's buy one.
- Narrator 这个叔叔有一个秘密。
Zhège shūshu yǒu yí gè mìmì.
This uncle had a secret.
- Narrator 他不是叔叔。他是一个魔法师，家在很远的西边。
Tā bú shì shūshu. Tā shì yí gè mófǎshī, jiā zài hěn yuǎn de xībian.
He was no uncle. He was a magician, and his home was far away in the west.
- the Magician 城外的山里有一个山洞。山洞里有一个旧灯。
Chéng wài de shān li yǒu yí gè shāndòng. Shāndòng li yǒu yí gè jiù dēng.
In the mountains outside the city there is a cave. In the cave there is an old lamp.
- the Magician 我不能去山洞里。阿拉丁能去。
Wǒ bù néng qù shāndòng li. Ālādīng néng qù.
I can't go into the cave. Aladdin can.
- the Magician 阿拉丁，你会给我那个灯吗？
Ālādīng, nǐ huì gěi wǒ nàge dēng ma?
Aladdin, will you give me that lamp?
What changed in the story?
- What does Aladdin want when he looks at the shops?
“我也想要一个大商店”
- What does the stranger ask Aladdin first?
“你爸爸是穆斯塔法吗”
- Who does the crying man say he is?
“我是你叔叔！你爸爸是我的哥哥”
- What does Aladdin's mother say about Mustafa?
“你爸爸没有弟弟，也没有哥哥”
- Why does the magician need Aladdin?
“我不能去山洞里。阿拉丁能去”