Around the World in Eighty Days · chapter 8 of 8
Five Minutes Late
晚了五分钟
Burning even the ship's wood, Fogg races home to London. Fix has one last surprise, and so does the calendar.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 利物浦的早晨。那条大船，只剩下一个铁壳，桌子、门和甲板，都被烧进了火炉。
Lìwùpǔ de zǎochén. Nà tiáo dàchuán, zhǐ shèngxià yí gè tiěké, zhuōzi, mén hé jiǎbǎn, dōu bèi shāo jìn le huǒlú.
A morning in Liverpool. The big ship was only an iron shell now; its tables, doors and decks had all been burned in the furnace.
- Captain Speedy 福格先生！你买了我的船，又把它烧了！我的桌子！我的门！
Fúgé xiānsheng! Nǐ mǎi le wǒ de chuán, yòu bǎ tā shāo le! Wǒ de zhuōzi! Wǒ de mén!
Mr. Fogg! You bought my ship, then you burned it! My tables! My doors!
- Phileas Fogg 船是我买的，木头也是我的。现在，你可以把这个铁壳买回去。
Chuán shì wǒ mǎi de, mùtou yě shì wǒ de. Xiànzài, nǐ kěyǐ bǎ zhège tiěké mǎihuíqù.
I bought the ship, so the wood was mine. Now you may buy this iron shell back.
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- Captain Speedy 买回去？……好吧，我出价。这总比什么都没有好。
Mǎihuíqù?… Hǎo ba, wǒ chūjià. Zhè zǒng bǐ shénme dōu méiyǒu hǎo.
Buy it back? ... Very well, I'll make an offer. It's better than nothing.
- Passepartout 先生，我们把整条船都烧了，可是我们到了！这是我最快的一次旅行！
Xiānsheng, wǒmen bǎ zhěngtiáo chuán dōu shāo le, kěshì wǒmen dào le! Zhè shì wǒ zuì kuài de yí cì lǚxíng!
Sir, we burned the whole ship, but we made it! This is the fastest trip I've ever taken!
- Phileas Fogg 路路通，坐火车去伦敦，晚上就能到。我们不能再晚了。
Lùlùtōng, zuò huǒchē qù Lúndūn, wǎnshang jiù néng dào. Wǒmen bùnéng zài wǎn le.
Passepartout, by train we can reach London tonight. We can't be late again.
- Detective Fix 福格先生，请等一下。我是侦探，也是英国警察。你被捕了！
Fúgé xiānsheng, qǐng děng yíxià. Wǒ shì zhēntàn, yě shì Yīngguó jǐngchá. Nǐ bèi bǔ le!
Mr. Fogg, wait a moment. I am a detective, and a British police officer. You are under arrest!
- Passepartout 费克斯！你这个侦探，你这个骗子！你说过要帮我们的！
Fèikèsī! Nǐ zhège zhēntàn, nǐ zhège piànzi! Nǐ shuō guò yào bāng wǒmen de!
Fix! You detective, you liar! You said you'd help us!
- Detective Fix 我只是想让他快点回到英国。现在，他是我的了。
Wǒ zhǐshì xiǎng ràng tā kuàidiǎn huídào Yīngguó. Xiànzài, tā shì wǒ de le.
I only wanted him to get back to England quickly. Now he is mine.
- Aouda 请你等一等！福格先生是好人！他没有偷银行的钱！
Qǐng nǐ děng yi děng! Fúgé xiānsheng shì hǎorén! Tā méiyǒu tōu yínháng de qián!
Please wait! Mr. Fogg is a good man! He did not steal the bank's money!
- Phileas Fogg 艾达夫人，没关系。费克斯先生，请你看看我的表。八十天快到了。
Àidá fūrén, méi guānxi. Fèikèsī xiānsheng, qǐng nǐ kàn kan wǒ de biǎo. Bāshí tiān kuài dào le.
It's all right, Lady Aouda. Mr. Fix, please look at my watch. The eighty days are almost up.
- Narrator 警察把福格关了几个小时。后来，真正的小偷在别的地方被抓到了。
Jǐngchá bǎ Fúgé guān le jǐ gè xiǎoshí. Hòulái, zhēnzhèng de xiǎotōu zài biéde dìfang bèi zhuā dào le.
The police held Fogg for several hours. Later the real thief was caught somewhere else.
- Detective Fix 福格先生……对不起。我错了，我真的错了。
Fúgé xiānsheng… Duìbuqǐ. Wǒ cuò le, wǒ zhēn de cuò le.
Mr. Fogg... I'm sorry. I was wrong, truly wrong.
- Phileas Fogg 你只是做了你的工作，费克斯先生。现在，请让我们过去。
Nǐ zhǐshì zuò le nǐ de gōngzuò, Fèikèsī xiānsheng. Xiànzài, qǐng ràng wǒmen guòqù.
You were only doing your job, Mr. Fix. Now please let us pass.
- Narrator 火车到了伦敦。福格回到家里，墙上的钟指着八点五十分。
Huǒchē dào le Lúndūn. Fúgé huídào jiālǐ, qiángshàng de zhōng zhǐzhe bā diǎn wǔshí fēn.
The train reached London. Fogg came home, and the clock on the wall pointed to ten to nine.
- Phileas Fogg 我晚了五分钟。今天是星期六，是旅行的最后一天。
Wǒ wǎn le wǔ fēnzhōng. Jīntiān shì xīngqīliù, shì lǚxíng de zuìhòu yì tiān.
I'm five minutes late. Today is Saturday, the last day of the trip.
- Passepartout 先生，都是我不好……我在香港睡着了，在美国又被人带走了……
Xiānsheng, dōu shì wǒ bùhǎo… Wǒ zài Xiānggǎng shuìzháo le, zài Měiguó yòu bèi rén dàizǒu le…
Sir, it's all my fault... I fell asleep in Hong Kong, and in America I was carried off...
- Phileas Fogg 不是你的错，路路通。八十天，我们已经尽力了。你做得很好。
Búshì nǐ de cuò, Lùlùtōng. Bāshí tiān, wǒmen yǐjīng jìnlì le. Nǐ zuò de hěn hǎo.
It's not your fault, Passepartout. We did our best in the eighty days. You did very well.
- Aouda 福格先生，钱没有了，可是您还有我。我愿意留在您身边。
Fúgé xiānsheng, qián méiyǒu le, kěshì nín háiyǒu wǒ. Wǒ yuànyì liúzài nín shēnbiān.
Mr. Fogg, the money is gone, but you still have me. I'd like to stay by your side.
- Phileas Fogg 艾达夫人，我现在没有钱了。你还愿意和我在一起吗？
Àidá fūrén, wǒ xiànzài méiyǒu qián le. Nǐ hái yuànyì hé wǒ zài yìqǐ ma?
Lady Aouda, I have no money now. Are you still willing to be with me?
- Aouda 愿意。我一直都愿意。
Yuànyì. Wǒ yìzhí dōu yuànyì.
Yes. I always have been.
- Phileas Fogg 路路通，请你去找牧师。星期一，我要和艾达夫人结婚。
Lùlùtōng, qǐng nǐ qù zhǎo mùshi. Xīngqīyì, wǒ yào hé Àidá fūrén jiéhūn.
Passepartout, please go and find the priest. On Monday I will marry Lady Aouda.
- Passepartout 结婚？！先生，我马上就去！
Jiéhūn?! Xiānsheng, wǒ mǎshàng jiù qù!
Marry?! Sir, I'll go right now!
- Narrator 第二天早上，路路通从街上跑回来，手里拿着一张报纸。
Dì'èr tiān zǎoshang, Lùlùtōng cóng jiēshàng pǎo huílái, shǒulǐ názhe yì zhāng bàozhǐ.
The next morning Passepartout came running back from the street with a newspaper in his hand.
- Passepartout 先生！先生！今天不是星期天！今天是星期六！报纸在这里！
Xiānsheng! Xiānsheng! Jīntiān búshì xīngqītiān! Jīntiān shì xīngqīliù! Bàozhǐ zài zhèlǐ!
Sir! Sir! Today isn't Sunday! It's Saturday! Here's the newspaper!
- Phileas Fogg 星期六？可是……我们的旅行日记……
Xīngqīliù? Kěshì… Wǒmen de lǚxíng rìjì…
Saturday? But... our travel diary...
- Passepartout 我们一直往东走，追着太阳跑。所以，我们的日历，多走了一天！
Wǒmen yìzhí wǎng dōng zǒu, zhuīzhe tàiyáng pǎo. Suǒyǐ, wǒmen de rìlì, duō zǒu le yì tiān!
We kept going east, chasing the sun. So our calendar ran ahead by a whole day!
- Phileas Fogg 多走了一天……那今天就是最后一天！现在几点了？
Duō zǒu le yì tiān… Nà jīntiān jiùshì zuìhòu yì tiān! Xiànzài jǐ diǎn le?
A whole day ahead... then today is the last day! What time is it now?
- Aouda 福格先生，快去俱乐部！还有时间！
Fúgé xiānsheng, kuài qù jùlèbù! Háiyǒu shíjiān!
Mr. Fogg, hurry to the club! There's still time!
- Narrator 晚上八点四十四分，福格走进了改革俱乐部的大门。
Wǎnshang bā diǎn sìshísì fēn, Fúgé zǒujìn le Gǎigé Jùlèbù de dàmén.
At 8:44 that evening, Fogg walked in through the door of the Reform Club.
- Mr. Stuart 福格先生！现在是八点四十五分！你……你回来了！
Fúgé xiānsheng! Xiànzài shì bā diǎn sìshíwǔ fēn! Nǐ… Nǐ huílái le!
Mr. Fogg! It's exactly a quarter to nine! You... you're back!
- Phileas Fogg 我在这儿，先生们。八十天，一分钟也没有晚。
Wǒ zài zhèr, xiānshengmen. Bāshí tiān, yì fēnzhōng yě méiyǒu wǎn.
Here I am, gentlemen. Eighty days, and not a minute late.
- Mr. Stuart 你赢了打赌！福格先生，你真的环游了地球！
Nǐ yíng le dǎdǔ! Fúgé xiānsheng, nǐ zhēn de huányóu le dìqiú!
You won the bet! Mr. Fogg, you really went around the world!
- Phileas Fogg 钱不是最重要的。这一路，我得到了最好的东西：一位夫人，和一个好朋友。
Qián búshì zuì zhòngyào de. Zhè yílù, wǒ dédào le zuìhǎo de dōngxi: yí wèi fūrén, hé yí gè hǎo péngyou.
Money isn't what matters. On this road I won the best things: a wife-to-be, and a good friend.
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What changed in the story?
- What has happened to the big ship by Liverpool?
“桌子、门和甲板，都被烧进了火炉。”
- Why does Fix arrest Fogg at Liverpool?
“我是侦探，也是英国警察。你被捕了！”
- What does Fogg think when the clock shows ten to nine?
“我晚了五分钟。”
- Why does Passepartout say it is Saturday?
“我们一直往东走，追着太阳跑。”
- What does Fogg say when he walks into the club?
“八十天，一分钟也没有晚。”