Beauty and the Beast · chapter 8 of 23
Supper with the Beast
和野兽吃晚饭
The Beast asks for the truth about his face, and Beauty never lies. Then, as he turns to go, he has one more question.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 那天晚上九点，宫殿里只有美儿和野兽。桌子上有很多好吃的。
Nà tiān wǎnshang jiǔ diǎn, gōngdiàn li zhǐyǒu Měi'ér hé Yěshòu. Zhuōzi shang yǒu hěn duō hǎochī de.
At nine that evening, there was no one in the palace but Beauty and the Beast. The table was full of good food.
- Beauty 你想看我吃晚饭？可以……你是这里的主人。
Nǐ xiǎng kàn wǒ chī wǎnfàn? Kěyǐ… nǐ shì zhèlǐ de zhǔrén.
You want to watch me eat supper? You may... you're the master here.
- The Beast 不，美儿。这里的主人是你，不是我。
Bù, Měi'ér. Zhèlǐ de zhǔrén shì nǐ, bú shì wǒ.
No, Beauty. You are the mistress here, not I.
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- The Beast 你不想看见我，就说。我回去。
Nǐ bù xiǎng kànjiàn wǒ, jiù shuō. Wǒ huíqù.
If you don't want to see me, say so. I'll go.
- Beauty 没关系。你坐吧，野兽。
Méi guānxi. Nǐ zuò ba, Yěshòu.
It's all right. Sit down, Beast.
- The Beast 美儿，你说真话。我很丑吗？
Měi'ér, nǐ shuō zhēnhuà. Wǒ hěn chǒu ma?
Beauty, tell me the truth. Am I very ugly?
- Beauty 是的。对不起，野兽，我只会说真话。
Shì de. Duìbuqǐ, Yěshòu, wǒ zhǐ huì shuō zhēnhuà.
Yes. I'm sorry, Beast. I can only tell the truth.
- The Beast 我知道。你不说好听的话，我喜欢。
Wǒ zhīdào. Nǐ bù shuō hǎotīng de huà, wǒ xǐhuan.
I know. You don't say pretty words. I like that.
- Beauty 我还觉得，你的心很好。你给了我爸爸那么多东西。
Wǒ hái juéde, nǐ de xīn hěn hǎo. Nǐ gěi le wǒ bàba nàme duō dōngxi.
And I think you have a good heart. You gave my father so much.
- The Beast 我的心？我很丑，也不聪明。我只是一只野兽。
Wǒ de xīn? Wǒ hěn chǒu, yě bù cōngming. Wǒ zhǐshì yì zhī Yěshòu.
My heart? I'm ugly, and I'm not clever. I'm only a Beast.
- Beauty 你说你不聪明？不聪明的人，不会这么说！
Nǐ shuō nǐ bù cōngming? Bù cōngming de rén, bú huì zhème shuō!
You say you're not clever? Someone who isn't clever would never say that!
- The Beast 是吗？我不知道。
Shì ma? Wǒ bù zhīdào.
Is that so? I didn't know.
- Beauty 现在你知道了。
Xiànzài nǐ zhīdào le.
Well, now you know.
- The Beast 吃吧，美儿，多吃一点儿。这里是你的家，东西都是你的。
Chī ba, Měi'ér, duō chī yìdiǎnr. Zhèlǐ shì nǐ de jiā, dōngxi dōu shì nǐ de.
Eat, Beauty, eat a little more. This is your home, and everything here is yours.
- Beauty 你要我多吃，再吃我吗？
Nǐ yào wǒ duō chī, zài chī wǒ ma?
You want me to eat a lot, and then you'll eat me?
- The Beast 吃你？我不吃人。
Chī nǐ? Wǒ bù chī rén.
Eat you? I don't eat people.
- Beauty 你不吃人？那太好了！
Nǐ bù chī rén? Nà tài hǎo le!
You don't eat people? Oh, that's wonderful!
- Narrator 美儿吃了很多。她不太害怕野兽了。
Měi'ér chī le hěn duō. Tā bú tài hàipà Yěshòu le.
Beauty ate a good supper. She wasn't very afraid of the Beast anymore.
- The Beast 你在这里，要高兴。不高兴，你对我说。
Nǐ zài zhèlǐ, yào gāoxìng. Bù gāoxìng, nǐ duì wǒ shuō.
While you're here, be happy. If you're not, tell me.
- Beauty 你对我真好，野兽。现在我觉得，你没有那么丑了。
Nǐ duì wǒ zhēn hǎo, Yěshòu. Xiànzài wǒ juéde, nǐ méiyǒu nàme chǒu le.
You're so good to me, Beast. Now I don't think you're so ugly.
- The Beast 心好的野兽，还是野兽。
Xīn hǎo de Yěshòu, háishi Yěshòu.
A Beast with a good heart is still a Beast.
- Beauty 不对，野兽。很多好看的男人，心没有你的好。
Bú duì, Yěshòu. Hěn duō hǎokàn de nánrén, xīn méiyǒu nǐ de hǎo.
That's not true, Beast. Many handsome men don't have a heart as good as yours.
- The Beast 我不会说好听的话。我只会说：谢谢你，美儿。
Wǒ bú huì shuō hǎotīng de huà. Wǒ zhǐ huì shuō: xièxie nǐ, Měi'ér.
I don't know how to say fine words. I can only say: thank you, Beauty.
- Narrator 很晚了。野兽要回去了。
Hěn wǎn le. Yěshòu yào huíqù le.
It was late. The Beast was about to leave.
- The Beast 美儿……我还有一个问题。我很想问你。
Měi'ér… wǒ hái yǒu yí gè wèntí. Wǒ hěn xiǎng wèn nǐ.
Beauty... I have one more question. I want so much to ask you.
- Beauty 什么问题，野兽？你问吧。
Shénme wèntí, Yěshòu? Nǐ wèn ba.
What question, Beast? Go on, ask me.
- Narrator 野兽的声音很小。
Yěshòu de shēngyīn hěn xiǎo.
The Beast's voice was very soft.
- The Beast 美儿，做我的妻子，好吗？
Měi'ér, zuò wǒ de qīzi, hǎo ma?
Beauty, will you be my wife?
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What changed in the story?
- What does the Beast say when Beauty calls him the master here?
“这里的主人是你，不是我”
- What does Beauty say when the Beast asks if he is very ugly?
“是的。对不起，野兽，我只会说真话”
- How does Beauty answer when the Beast says he is not clever?
“不聪明的人，不会这么说”
- What does the Beast say when Beauty jokes that he will eat her?
“吃你？我不吃人”
- What does the Beast ask Beauty before he goes?
“美儿，做我的妻子，好吗”