Jane Eyre · chapter 25 of 30
Six Weeks
六个星期
St. John waits by the rushing water for Jane's answer. His ship sails in six weeks, and his sisters don't yet know what he has asked.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 还是那一天，还是在山里。简很久没有说话。
Hái shì nà yì tiān, hái shì zài shān li. Jiǎn hěn jiǔ méiyǒu shuōhuà.
Still the same day, still in the hills. For a long time Jane said nothing.
- St. John 简，你还没有回答我。
Jiǎn, nǐ hái méiyǒu huídá wǒ.
Jane, you haven't answered me yet.
- Jane Eyre 我可以跟你去印度，做你的妹妹，不做你的妻子。
Wǒ kěyǐ gēn nǐ qù Yìndù, zuò nǐ de mèimei, bú zuò nǐ de qīzi.
I can go to India with you, as your sister. Not as your wife.
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- St. John 妹妹？传教士要的是妻子，不是妹妹。
Mèimei? Chuánjiàoshì yào de shì qīzi, bú shì mèimei.
A sister? A missionary needs a wife, not a sister.
- Jane Eyre 你不爱我，圣约翰。你自己也知道。
Nǐ bú ài wǒ, Shèng Yuēhàn. Nǐ zìjǐ yě zhīdào.
You don't love me, St. John. You know it yourself.
- St. John 爱？结婚以后，爱会有的。
Ài? Jiéhūn yǐhòu, ài huì yǒu de.
Love? Once we are married, love will come.
- Jane Eyre 没有爱，我不嫁。
Méiyǒu ài, wǒ bú jià.
Without love, I won't marry.
- St. John 一半我不要。你跟我去，就要做我的妻子。
Yíbàn wǒ bú yào. Nǐ gēn wǒ qù, jiù yào zuò wǒ de qīzi.
I won't take half. If you come with me, you come as my wife.
- St. John 我明天去剑桥。等我回来，你再回答我。
Wǒ míngtiān qù Jiànqiáo. Děng wǒ huílai, nǐ zài huídá wǒ.
Tomorrow I go to Cambridge. When I come back, give me your answer.
- Narrator 可是第二天，他没有走。他在家里又住了一个星期。
Kěshì dì èr tiān, tā méiyǒu zǒu. Tā zài jiā li yòu zhù le yí gè xīngqī.
But the next day he did not go. He stayed at home another week.
- St. John 晚安，简。明天早上还学印度话。
Wǎn'ān, Jiǎn. Míngtiān zǎoshang hái xué Yìndù huà.
Good night, Jane. Tomorrow morning, the language of India again.
- Jane Eyre 他不生气，可是像冰一样冷。这比生气更让我难过。
Tā bù shēngqì, kěshì xiàng bīng yíyàng lěng. Zhè bǐ shēngqì gèng ràng wǒ nánguò.
He isn't angry, but he's as cold as ice. That hurts me more than anger.
- Jane Eyre 圣约翰，等一下！你还在生我的气吗？
Shèng Yuēhàn, děng yíxià! Nǐ hái zài shēng wǒ de qì ma?
St. John, wait! Are you still angry with me?
- St. John 我没有生气。我们是朋友。
Wǒ méiyǒu shēngqì. Wǒmen shì péngyou.
I'm not angry. We are friends.
- Jane Eyre 你跟我说话，像跟一张桌子说话。
Nǐ gēn wǒ shuōhuà, xiàng gēn yì zhāng zhuōzi shuōhuà.
You talk to me the way you'd talk to a table.
- St. John 朋友不够，简。我要你做我的妻子。
Péngyou bú gòu, Jiǎn. Wǒ yào nǐ zuò wǒ de qīzi.
Friendship is not enough, Jane. I want you as my wife.
- Jane Eyre 如果我嫁给你，你会让我死的！现在就已经是这样了！
Rúguǒ wǒ jià gěi nǐ, nǐ huì ràng wǒ sǐ de! Xiànzài jiù yǐjīng shì zhèyàng le!
If I married you, you would kill me! It's happening already!
- St. John 你说的话，不是一个女人应该说的，也不是真话。
Nǐ shuō de huà, bú shì yí gè nǚrén yīnggāi shuō de, yě bú shì zhēnhuà.
Those are not words a woman should say, and they are not true.
- Narrator 他走了。简一个人站在花园里，哭了很久。
Tā zǒu le. Jiǎn yí gè rén zhàn zài huāyuán li, kū le hěn jiǔ.
He walked away. Jane stood alone in the garden and cried for a long time.
- Diana 简！你怎么在这儿哭？是圣约翰吗？
Jiǎn! Nǐ zěnme zài zhèr kū? Shì Shèng Yuēhàn ma?
Jane! Why are you crying out here? Is it St. John?
- Jane Eyre 黛安娜，他要我嫁给他，跟他去印度。
Dài'ānnà, tā yào wǒ jià gěi tā, gēn tā qù Yìndù.
Diana, he wants me to marry him and go to India with him.
- Diana 去印度？简，那儿那么热，你活不了三个月！
Qù Yìndù? Jiǎn, nàr nàme rè, nǐ huó bu liǎo sān gè yuè!
To India? Jane, it's so hot there, you wouldn't live three months!
- Jane Eyre 他说，我生下来就是为了工作，不是为了爱。
Tā shuō, wǒ shēng xiàlai jiù shì wèile gōngzuò, bú shì wèile ài.
He says I was born for work, not for love.
- Diana 他是我哥哥，可是他的心是冰做的！他一个月才笑一次！
Tā shì wǒ gēge, kěshì tā de xīn shì bīng zuò de! Tā yí gè yuè cái xiào yí cì!
He's my brother, but his heart is made of ice! He only smiles once a month!
- Jane Eyre 这个星期，一次也没有。
Zhège xīngqī, yí cì yě méiyǒu.
This week, not once.
- Diana 你不能嫁给他。我不让你去！
Nǐ bù néng jià gěi tā. Wǒ bú ràng nǐ qù!
You can't marry him. I won't let you go!
- Narrator 圣约翰在家的最后一个晚上到了。
Shèng Yuēhàn zài jiā de zuìhòu yí gè wǎnshang dào le.
Then came St. John's last evening at home.
- St. John 简，明天我就走。今天晚上，我为你求上帝。你再好好想一想。
Jiǎn, míngtiān wǒ jiù zǒu. Jīntiān wǎnshang, wǒ wèi nǐ qiú Shàngdì. Nǐ zài hǎohǎo xiǎng yi xiǎng.
Jane, tomorrow I leave. Tonight I will pray to God for you. Think it over once more.
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What changed in the story?
- How does Jane offer to go to India with St. John?
“做你的妹妹，不做你的妻子”
- What does St. John say about love?
“结婚以后，爱会有的”
- What does St. John do instead of going to Cambridge the next day?
“可是第二天，他没有走。他在家里又住了一个星期”
- What does Jane cry out to St. John in the garden?
“如果我嫁给你，你会让我死的”
- Why does Diana say Jane can't go to India?
“那儿那么热，你活不了三个月”