Alice in Wonderland · chapter 6 of 8
A Mad Tea Party
六点钟的茶会
At the March Hare's tea party it is always six o'clock, and the Hatter has a riddle, a buttered watch and very bad manners.
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- Alice 这里明明有很多位子！这么长的桌子，只坐了你们三个。我就坐这儿。
Zhèlǐ míngmíng yǒu hěn duō wèizi! Zhème cháng de zhuōzi, zhǐ zuò le nǐmen sān gè. Wǒ jiù zuò zhèr.
There's plenty of room! A table this long, and only the three of you at it. I'll sit right here.
- Narrator 爱丽丝在桌子的一头，坐进了一把大椅子。睡鼠在帽匠和三月兔中间，睡得正香。
Àilìsī zài zhuōzi de yì tóu, zuò jìn le yì bǎ dà yǐzi. Shuìshǔ zài Màojiàng hé Sānyuè Tù zhōngjiān, shuì de zhèng xiāng.
Alice sat down in a big armchair at one end of the table. Between the Hatter and the March Hare, the Dormouse was fast asleep.
- March Hare 小姑娘，吃块蛋糕吧。
Xiǎo gūniang, chī kuài dàngāo ba.
Have some cake, young lady.
- Alice 蛋糕？我怎么没看见蛋糕？
Dàngāo? Wǒ zěnme méi kànjiàn dàngāo?
Cake? I don't see any cake.
- March Hare 本来就没有蛋糕啊。
Běnlái jiù méiyǒu dàngāo a.
That's because there isn't any.
- Alice 三月兔，没有蛋糕，你还请我吃，这太没礼貌了！
Sānyuè Tù, méiyǒu dàngāo, nǐ hái qǐng wǒ chī, zhè tài méi lǐmào le!
Then it wasn't very polite of you to offer me some, March Hare!
- March Hare 没人请你，你就坐下来，这也很没礼貌。
Méi rén qǐng nǐ, nǐ jiù zuò xiàlái, zhè yě hěn méi lǐmào.
And it wasn't very polite of you to sit down when nobody asked you.
- Hatter 你的头发太长了，该剪了。
Nǐ de tóufa tài cháng le, gāi jiǎn le.
Your hair's too long. It needs cutting.
- Alice 帽匠先生，你不应该说别人的头发，这样很不礼貌！
Màojiàng xiānsheng, nǐ bù yīnggāi shuō biérén de tóufa, zhèyàng hěn bù lǐmào!
Mr. Hatter, you shouldn't say things about people's hair. It's very rude!
- Hatter 我问你一个问题：乌鸦为什么像一张书桌？
Wǒ wèn nǐ yí gè wèntí: wūyā wèishénme xiàng yì zhāng shūzhuō?
Here's a question for you: why is a raven like a writing desk?
- Alice 好啊，我最喜欢猜谜语了！我想我能猜出来。
Hǎo a, wǒ zuì xǐhuan cāi míyǔ le! Wǒ xiǎng wǒ néng cāi chūlái.
Oh good, I love riddles! I think I can guess that one.
- Hatter 今天几号？……这表怎么又不对了？
Jīntiān jǐ hào?… Zhè biǎo zěnme yòu bú duì le?
What's the date today?… Why is this watch wrong again?
- Alice 四号，先生。
Sì hào, xiānsheng.
The fourth, sir.
- Hatter 错了两天！我早就说了，黄油不能放进表里！
Cuò le liǎng tiān! Wǒ zǎo jiù shuō le, huángyóu bù néng fàng jìn biǎo lǐ!
Two days wrong! I told you not to put butter in the watch!
- March Hare 可那是最好的黄油啊。
Kě nà shì zuì hǎo de huángyóu a.
But it was the very best butter.
- Hatter 那个谜语，你猜出来了吗？
Nàge míyǔ, nǐ cāi chūlái le ma?
So, have you guessed the riddle?
- Alice 猜不出来。答案是什么？
Cāi bu chūlái. Dá'àn shì shénme?
No, I give up. What's the answer?
- Hatter 我？我一点儿也不知道。
Wǒ? Wǒ yìdiǎnr yě bù zhīdào.
Me? I haven't the faintest idea.
- Alice 没有答案的谜语，你们还问别人！这不是浪费时间吗？
Méiyǒu dá'àn de míyǔ, nǐmen hái wèn biérén! Zhè bú shì làngfèi shíjiān ma?
Asking people riddles with no answers! Isn't that a waste of time?
- Hatter 时间？你要是像我一样认识时间，就不会这么说了。
Shíjiān? Nǐ yàoshi xiàng wǒ yíyàng rènshi shíjiān, jiù bú huì zhème shuō le.
Time? You wouldn't say that if you knew Time the way I do.
- Hatter 去年三月，我在王后面前唱歌。王后大叫：“他在浪费时间！砍掉他的头！”
Qùnián sānyuè, wǒ zài wánghòu miànqián chànggē. Wánghòu dà jiào: “Tā zài làngfèi shíjiān! Kǎndiào tā de tóu!”
Last March I sang for the Queen, and she screamed, “He's wasting time! Off with his head!”
- Hatter 从那以后，时间就生我的气，再也不肯动了。现在永远是六点钟。
Cóng nà yǐhòu, shíjiān jiù shēng wǒ de qì, zài yě bù kěn dòng le. Xiànzài yǒngyuǎn shì liù diǎn zhōng.
Ever since then, Time has been cross with me and refuses to move. Now it's always six o'clock.
- Alice 所以桌子上才放着这么多茶杯？你们一直在喝茶？
Suǒyǐ zhuōzi shang cái fàngzhe zhème duō chábēi? Nǐmen yìzhí zài hē chá?
So that's why there are so many teacups on the table? You're always having tea?
- Hatter 对！永远是喝茶的时间，连洗杯子的时间都没有。我们只好一直往前换位子。
Duì! Yǒngyuǎn shì hē chá de shíjiān, lián xǐ bēizi de shíjiān dōu méiyǒu. Wǒmen zhǐhǎo yìzhí wǎng qián huàn wèizi.
Exactly! It's always teatime, so there's never time to wash the cups. We just keep moving round to the next place.
- Narrator 大家往前换了一个位子。只有帽匠拿到了干净的杯子，爱丽丝的盘子里全是三月兔打翻的牛奶。
Dàjiā wǎng qián huàn le yí gè wèizi. Zhǐyǒu Màojiàng ná dào le gānjìng de bēizi, Àilìsī de pánzi lǐ quán shì Sānyuè Tù dǎfān de niúnǎi.
Everyone moved one place along. Only the Hatter got a clean cup, and Alice's plate was full of the milk the March Hare had just knocked over.
- March Hare 醒醒，睡鼠！给我们讲个故事！
Xǐngxing, Shuìshǔ! Gěi wǒmen jiǎng ge gùshi!
Wake up, Dormouse! Tell us a story!
- Dormouse 从前……有三个小姐妹……她们住在一口井的下面……
Cóngqián… yǒu sān gè xiǎo jiěmèi… tāmen zhù zài yì kǒu jǐng de xiàmiàn…
Once upon a time… there were three little sisters… and they lived at the bottom of a well…
- Alice 在井的下面？那她们吃什么呢？
Zài jǐng de xiàmiàn? Nà tāmen chī shénme ne?
At the bottom of a well? Then what did they eat?
- Dormouse 吃……糖水……
Chī… tángshuǐ…
Syrup…
- Alice 天天吃糖水？她们会生病的！
Tiāntiān chī tángshuǐ? Tāmen huì shēngbìng de!
Syrup every day? They'd get sick!
- Dormouse 对呀……她们病得……很重……呼……
Duì ya… tāmen bìng de… hěn zhòng… hū…
So they did… they got… very sick… zzz…
- Alice 够了！这是我见过的最傻的茶会！我再也不来了！
Gòu le! Zhè shì wǒ jiàn guo de zuì shǎ de cháhuì! Wǒ zài yě bù lái le!
That's enough! This is the silliest tea party I've ever been to! I'm never coming back!
- Narrator 爱丽丝回头一看，帽匠和三月兔正想把睡鼠放进茶壶里。
Àilìsī huítóu yí kàn, Màojiàng hé Sānyuè Tù zhèng xiǎng bǎ Shuìshǔ fàng jìn cháhú lǐ.
When Alice looked back, the Hatter and the March Hare were trying to put the Dormouse into the teapot.
- Alice 咦，这棵树上怎么有一扇门？越来越奇怪了……我进去看看！
Yí, zhè kē shù shang zěnme yǒu yí shàn mén? Yuè lái yuè qíguài le… Wǒ jìnqù kànkan!
Oh! Why is there a door in this tree? Curiouser and curiouser… I'm going in!
What changed in the story?
- What is odd about the March Hare's offer of cake?
“本来就没有蛋糕啊。”
- Why is the Hatter's watch two days wrong?
“错了两天！我早就说了，黄油不能放进表里！”
- What is the answer to the Hatter's riddle?
“我一点儿也不知道。”
- Why is it always six o'clock at the tea party?
“时间就生我的气，再也不肯动了。现在永远是六点钟。”
- What does Alice find after she leaves the tea party?
“这棵树上怎么有一扇门？”