Jane Eyre · chapter 15 of 30
Under the Chestnut Tree
栗子树下
Ireland is far away, and Jane must decide whether to say what is in her heart. Above the old chestnut tree, the summer sky is turning dark.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 还是那个晚上，罗切斯特先生和简坐在栗子树下。
Hái shì nàge wǎnshang, Luóqièsītè xiānsheng hé Jiǎn zuò zài lìzi shù xià.
It was still the same evening. Mr. Rochester and Jane sat under the chestnut tree.
- Mr. Rochester 简，我觉得我的心和你的心是连在一起的。
Jiǎn, wǒ juéde wǒ de xīn hé nǐ de xīn shì lián zài yìqǐ de.
Jane, I feel as if my heart and yours are tied together.
- Mr. Rochester 你去了爱尔兰，就断了。我的心会一直流血。
Nǐ qù le Ài'ěrlán, jiù duàn le. Wǒ de xīn huì yìzhí liúxiě.
If you go to Ireland, that tie will snap, and my heart will keep bleeding.
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- Jane Eyre 我不想去爱尔兰，也不想离开桑菲尔德！
Wǒ bù xiǎng qù Ài'ěrlán, yě bù xiǎng líkāi Sāngfēi'ěrdé!
I don't want to go to Ireland, and I don't want to leave Thornfield!
- Mr. Rochester 那就留下来。
Nà jiù liú xiàlai.
Then stay.
- Jane Eyre 然后看着你和英格拉姆小姐结婚吗？
Ránhòu kànzhe nǐ hé Yīnggélāmǔ xiǎojie jiéhūn ma?
And watch you marry Miss Ingram?
- Jane Eyre 你以为我没有钱，长得丑，个子小，就没有心吗？
Nǐ yǐwéi wǒ méiyǒu qián, zhǎng de chǒu, gèzi xiǎo, jiù méiyǒu xīn ma?
Do you think that because I'm poor, plain and small, I have no heart?
- Jane Eyre 你错了！我也有心，我的心一点儿也不比你的小！
Nǐ cuò le! Wǒ yě yǒu xīn, wǒ de xīn yìdiǎnr yě bù bǐ nǐ de xiǎo!
You're wrong! I have a heart too, and it's every bit as big as yours!
- Jane Eyre 在上帝那儿，你和我是一样的。我不会留下来，我要走！
Zài Shàngdì nàr, nǐ hé wǒ shì yíyàng de. Wǒ bú huì liú xiàlai, wǒ yào zǒu!
Before God, you and I are equals. I won't stay. I'm going!
- Mr. Rochester 简，别走！我想结婚的人就在这儿，就是你！
Jiǎn, bié zǒu! Wǒ xiǎng jiéhūn de rén jiù zài zhèr, jiù shì nǐ!
Jane, don't go! The one I want to marry is right here. It's you!
- Jane Eyre 你在笑我。你要和英格拉姆小姐结婚，大家都知道。
Nǐ zài xiào wǒ. Nǐ yào hé Yīnggélāmǔ xiǎojie jiéhūn, dàjiā dōu zhīdào.
You're laughing at me. You're going to marry Miss Ingram. Everyone knows it.
- Mr. Rochester 我没有爱过她，一天也没有！她爱的是我的钱。
Wǒ méiyǒu àiguo tā, yì tiān yě méiyǒu! Tā ài de shì wǒ de qián.
I never loved her, not for a single day! It's my money she loves.
- Mr. Rochester 我让她们知道我的钱没有那么多，她和她妈妈的脸马上就冷了。
Wǒ ràng tāmen zhīdào wǒ de qián méiyǒu nàme duō, tā hé tā māma de liǎn mǎshàng jiù lěng le.
I let them hear I had far less money than they thought, and at once their faces turned cold.
- Jane Eyre 那你为什么天天跟她在一起？
Nà nǐ wèishénme tiāntiān gēn tā zài yìqǐ?
Then why were you with her every day?
- Mr. Rochester 为了看看你会不会难过。
Wèile kànkan nǐ huì bu huì nánguò.
To see whether it would hurt you.
- Jane Eyre 我没想到……你真的想要我做你的妻子？
Wǒ méi xiǎngdào… nǐ zhēn de xiǎng yào wǒ zuò nǐ de qīzi?
I never imagined... You really want me to be your wife?
- Mr. Rochester 我爱你，小简。嫁给我吧！叫我的名字，叫我爱德华。
Wǒ ài nǐ, Xiǎo Jiǎn. Jià gěi wǒ ba! Jiào wǒ de míngzi, jiào wǒ Àidéhuá.
I love you, Janet. Marry me! Say my name. Call me Edward.
- Jane Eyre 亲爱的爱德华！我嫁给你！
Qīn'ài de Àidéhuá! Wǒ jià gěi nǐ!
Dear Edward! I will marry you!
- Narrator 他抱住了简，亲了她。
Tā bàozhù le Jiǎn, qīn le tā.
He held Jane close and kissed her.
- Mr. Rochester 上帝，原谅我吧！她是我的了，谁也不能带走她！
Shàngdì, yuánliàng wǒ ba! Tā shì wǒ de le, shéi yě bù néng dàizǒu tā!
God forgive me! She is mine now, and no one will take her from me!
- Jane Eyre 爱德华，风好大！你看，天也黑了！
Àidéhuá, fēng hǎo dà! Nǐ kàn, tiān yě hēi le!
Edward, the wind is so strong! Look, the sky's gone dark!
- Mr. Rochester 要下雨了。我们回家吧。
Yào xià yǔ le. Wǒmen huí jiā ba.
Rain is coming. Let's go home.
- Jane Eyre 天哪，是闪电！
Tiān na, shì shǎndiàn!
Heavens, lightning!
- Mr. Rochester 下大雨了！快跑，小简！
Xià dà yǔ le! Kuài pǎo, Xiǎo Jiǎn!
It's pouring! Run, Janet!
- Narrator 他们在大雨里跑回了家。那天夜里，雨一直在下。
Tāmen zài dà yǔ li pǎo huí le jiā. Nà tiān yèli, yǔ yìzhí zài xià.
They ran home through the pouring rain. All that night, the rain kept falling.
- Adele 小姐，早上好！您快来看！
Xiǎojie, zǎoshang hǎo! Nín kuài lái kàn!
Good morning, Miss! Come and look, quick!
- Jane Eyre 阿黛尔，你怎么这么早就起来了？
Ādài'ěr, nǐ zěnme zhème zǎo jiù qǐlai le?
Adele, why are you up so early?
- Adele 小姐，您今天为什么一直在笑？
Xiǎojie, nín jīntiān wèishénme yìzhí zài xiào?
Miss, why do you keep smiling today?
- Jane Eyre 没什么。你要我看什么，阿黛尔？
Méi shénme. Nǐ yào wǒ kàn shénme, Ādài'ěr?
Oh, no reason. What do you want me to see, Adele?
- Adele 花园最下边那棵大栗子树断了！闪电把它打成了两半！
Huāyuán zuì xiàbian nà kē dà lìzi shù duàn le! Shǎndiàn bǎ tā dǎ chéng le liǎng bàn!
The big chestnut tree at the bottom of the garden is broken! The lightning split it in two!
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What changed in the story?
- What does Mr. Rochester say will happen if Jane goes to Ireland?
“你去了爱尔兰，就断了。我的心会一直流血”
- What does Jane say about her heart?
“我也有心，我的心一点儿也不比你的小”
- Why was Mr. Rochester always with Miss Ingram?
“为了看看你会不会难过”
- What does Jane call Mr. Rochester when she says yes?
“亲爱的爱德华”
- What does Adele tell Jane the next morning?
“闪电把它打成了两半”