Jane Eyre · chapter 12 of 30
Before Sunrise
天亮以前
The candle is nearly out and something still moves behind the door. At first light Mr. Rochester comes back, and he wants Mason gone before anyone wakes.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 那天夜里，简还在三楼那个黑房间里。
Nà tiān yèli, Jiǎn hái zài sān lóu nàge hēi fángjiān li.
That night, Jane was still in the dark room on the third floor.
- Jane Eyre 两个小时了。梅森先生还在流血，蜡烛也快没有了。
Liǎng gè xiǎoshí le. Méisēn xiānsheng hái zài liúxiě, làzhú yě kuài méiyǒu le.
Two hours now. Mr. Mason is still bleeding, and the candle is almost gone.
- Jane Eyre 门后边又有声音了。先生，您怎么还不回来？
Mén hòubian yòu yǒu shēngyīn le. Xiānsheng, nín zěnme hái bù huílai?
That sound behind the door again. Sir, why aren't you back yet?
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- Mr. Rochester 简，是我。我带卡特先生来了，他是医生。
Jiǎn, shì wǒ. Wǒ dài Kǎtè xiānsheng lái le, tā shì yīshēng.
Jane, it's me. I've brought Mr. Carter. He's a doctor.
- Jane Eyre 先生！他还在流血。他一直看着里边的门。
Xiānsheng! Tā hái zài liúxiě. Tā yìzhí kànzhe lǐbian de mén.
Sir! He's still bleeding. He keeps staring at the inner door.
- Mr. Carter 让我看看。梅森先生，别动。
Ràng wǒ kànkan. Méisēn xiānsheng, bié dòng.
Let me see. Mr. Mason, don't move.
- Mr. Carter 这儿还有一个伤口……先生，这是咬的！
Zhèr hái yǒu yí gè shāngkǒu… xiānsheng, zhè shì yǎo de!
There's another wound here... Sir, this is a bite!
- Mr. Mason 她咬了我。我没想到她会这样。
Tā yǎo le wǒ. Wǒ méi xiǎngdào tā huì zhèyàng.
She bit me. I never thought she would do that.
- Mr. Rochester 理查德，别说了！卡特，快一点儿。
Lǐchádé, bié shuō le! Kǎtè, kuài yìdiǎnr.
Richard, not another word! Carter, be quick.
- Mr. Carter 先生，我的手已经很快了。
Xiānsheng, wǒ de shǒu yǐjīng hěn kuài le.
Sir, my hands are already very quick.
- Mr. Rochester 那就再快一点儿！天亮以前，他一定要走。
Nà jiù zài kuài yìdiǎnr! Tiān liàng yǐqián, tā yídìng yào zǒu.
Then be quicker! He must be gone before daylight.
- Narrator 天快亮的时候，他们带梅森先生下了楼。
Tiān kuài liàng de shíhou, tāmen dài Méisēn xiānsheng xià le lóu.
Just before dawn, they took Mr. Mason downstairs.
- Mr. Rochester 快上车，理查德。别让人看见你。
Kuài shàng chē, Lǐchádé. Bié ràng rén kànjiàn nǐ.
Get in, Richard, quickly. Don't let anyone see you.
- Mr. Mason 罗切斯特，求你……对她好一点儿，好吗？
Luóqièsītè, qiú nǐ… duì tā hǎo yìdiǎnr, hǎo ma?
Rochester, please... be kind to her, will you?
- Mr. Rochester 我能做的都做了，理查德。以后也一样。
Wǒ néng zuò de dōu zuò le, Lǐchádé. Yǐhòu yě yíyàng.
I've done all I can, Richard. And I always will.
- Jane Eyre 他们说的那个“她”，是格蕾丝吗？
Tāmen shuō de nàge “tā”, shì Gélěisī ma?
The 'her' they talked about... is it Grace?
- Narrator 马车走远了。天亮了，花园里的花都开了。
Mǎchē zǒu yuǎn le. Tiān liàng le, huāyuán li de huā dōu kāi le.
The carriage rolled away. Day had come, and the flowers in the garden were all open.
- Mr. Rochester 简，你一夜没睡。害怕了吧？
Jiǎn, nǐ yí yè méi shuì. Hàipà le ba?
Jane, you haven't slept all night. You were afraid, weren't you?
- Jane Eyre 怕，先生。可是您说不能说话，我就一句也没说。
Pà, xiānsheng. Kěshì nín shuō bù néng shuōhuà, wǒ jiù yí jù yě méi shuō.
I was, sir. But you said no talking, so I didn't say a word.
- Mr. Rochester 你真是我见过的最听话的家庭教师。
Nǐ zhēn shì wǒ jiànguo de zuì tīnghuà de jiātíng jiàoshī.
You really are the most obedient governess I've ever met.
- Mr. Rochester 简，你听我说。有一个年轻人，在很远的地方做错了一件大事。
Jiǎn, nǐ tīng wǒ shuō. Yǒu yí gè niánqīngrén, zài hěn yuǎn de dìfang zuò cuò le yí jiàn dàshì.
Jane, listen to me. A young man, in a place far away, once made one terrible mistake.
- Jane Eyre 什么大事，先生？
Shénme dàshì, xiānsheng?
What mistake, sir?
- Mr. Rochester 别问。很多年，他过得像在地狱里一样。
Bié wèn. Hěn duō nián, tā guò de xiàng zài dìyù li yíyàng.
Don't ask. For many years, he lived as if he were in hell.
- Mr. Rochester 后来他回了家，认识了一个好人。她能给他新的生活。
Hòulái tā huí le jiā, rènshi le yí gè hǎorén. Tā néng gěi tā xīn de shēnghuó.
Then he came home and met someone good. She could give him a new life.
- Mr. Rochester 为了她，别人说什么他都不听。简，他做得对吗？
Wèile tā, biérén shuō shénme tā dōu bù tīng. Jiǎn, tā zuò de duì ma?
For her sake, he won't listen to anything people say. Jane, is he right?
- Jane Eyre 先生，他想变好，应该去求上帝，不是只求一个人。
Xiānsheng, tā xiǎng biàn hǎo, yīnggāi qù qiú Shàngdì, bú shì zhǐ qiú yí gè rén.
Sir, if he wants to be better, he should go to God, not just to one person.
- Mr. Rochester 上帝？还是英格拉姆小姐吧！我跟她结婚，她一定能让我变好。
Shàngdì? Háishi Yīnggélāmǔ xiǎojie ba! Wǒ gēn tā jiéhūn, tā yídìng néng ràng wǒ biàn hǎo.
God? I'd rather have Miss Ingram! If I marry her, she's sure to make me good.
- Mr. Rochester 简，我结婚前的那个晚上，你跟我一起坐到天亮，好吗？我一定睡不着。
Jiǎn, wǒ jiéhūn qián de nàge wǎnshang, nǐ gēn wǒ yìqǐ zuò dào tiān liàng, hǎo ma? Wǒ yídìng shuì bu zháo.
Jane, the night before I marry, will you sit up with me till dawn? I know I won't sleep.
- Jane Eyre 好的，先生。
Hǎo de, xiānsheng.
Yes, sir.
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What changed in the story?
- Who does Mr. Rochester bring back to the locked room?
“我带卡特先生来了，他是医生”
- What does Mr. Carter find on Mr. Mason?
“这儿还有一个伤口……这是咬的”
- Why does Mr. Rochester hurry Mr. Mason away before daylight?
“天亮以前，他一定要走……别让人看见你”
- What does Mr. Mason beg Mr. Rochester to do?
“求你……对她好一点儿”
- What does Jane say the young man should do?
“应该去求上帝，不是只求一个人”