King Arthur · chapter 3 of 5
The Round Table
圆桌
Arthur builds a table where everyone is equal. On New Year's night, a huge green rider bursts in with a strange game.
Read what you hear
- Arthur 梅林，看！桌子做好了！
Méilín, kàn! Zhuōzi zuò hǎo le!
Merlin, look! The table is finished!
- Kay 真大！可是，这个桌子为什么是圆的？
Zhēn dà! Kěshì, zhège zhuōzi wèishénme shì yuán de?
It's huge! But why is this table round?
- Merlin 圆桌没有前面，也没有后面。
Yuánzhuō méiyǒu qiánmiàn, yě méiyǒu hòumiàn.
A round table has no front and no back.
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- Merlin 坐在这儿的人，都是一样的。
Zuò zài zhèr de rén, dōu shì yíyàng de.
Everyone who sits here is the same.
- Kay 国王也一样？我坐哪儿？
Guówáng yě yíyàng? Wǒ zuò nǎr?
Even the king? Where do I sit?
- Arthur 你坐这儿，凯。我坐那儿。
Nǐ zuò zhèr, Kǎi. Wǒ zuò nàr.
You sit here, Kay. I'll sit there.
- Kay 好！这张桌子上，能放很多好吃的！
Hǎo! Zhè zhāng zhuōzi shàng, néng fàng hěn duō hǎo chī de!
Good! This table can hold so much good food!
- Lancelot 国王，我是兰斯洛特。我想做您的骑士。
Guówáng, wǒ shì Lánsīluòtè. Wǒ xiǎng zuò nín de qíshì.
Your Majesty, I am Lancelot. I would like to be your knight.
- Arthur 欢迎你，兰斯洛特！请坐。
Huānyíng nǐ, Lánsīluòtè! Qǐng zuò.
Welcome, Lancelot! Please sit.
- Merlin 很好，亚瑟。骑士们都来了。
Hěn hǎo, Yàsè. Qíshìmen dōu lái le.
Very good, Arthur. The knights are all coming.
- Arthur 有了圆桌，我们就是一家人！
Yǒu le yuánzhuō, wǒmen jiùshì yì jiā rén!
With the round table, we are like one family!
- Kay 圆桌真好。我们什么时候吃饭？
Yuánzhuō zhēn hǎo. Wǒmen shénme shíhou chīfàn?
The round table is great. When do we eat?
- Narrator 一年以后的新年，城堡里很热闹。
Yì nián yǐhòu de xīnnián, chéngbǎo lǐ hěn rènao.
A year later, on New Year's night, the castle was full of noise and joy.
- Kay 国王，吃饭吧！我的肚子在叫！
Guówáng, chīfàn ba! Wǒ de dùzi zài jiào!
Your Majesty, let's eat! My stomach is calling!
- Arthur 等一下，凯。新年，我们先听新故事，再吃饭。
Děng yíxià, Kǎi. Xīnnián, wǒmen xiān tīng xīn gùshi, zài chīfàn.
Wait, Kay. On New Year's, we hear a new story first, and then we eat.
- Kay 又是这样！我太饿了！我要吃肉！
Yòu shì zhèyàng! Wǒ tài è le! Wǒ yào chī ròu!
Again! I'm too hungry! I want meat!
- Gawain 哈哈！凯，你只想吃！
Hāhā! Kǎi, nǐ zhǐ xiǎng chī!
Ha ha! Kay, all you think about is food!
- Gawain 国王，我也想听新故事！
Guówáng, wǒ yě xiǎng tīng xīn gùshi!
Your Majesty, I want a new story too!
- Arthur 高文，你是我的好骑士。再等一会儿。
Gāowén, nǐ shì wǒ de hǎo qíshì. Zài děng yíhuìr.
Gawain, you are my good knight. Wait a little longer.
- Kay 好吧，好吧。我等。
Hǎo ba, hǎo ba. Wǒ děng.
Fine, fine. I'll wait.
- Green Knight 谁是这儿的国王？
Shéi shì zhèr de guówáng?
Who is the king here?
- Kay 他……他是绿色的！
Tā... tā shì lǜsè de!
He... he's green!
- Arthur 我是这儿的国王。你是谁？你从哪儿来？
Wǒ shì zhèr de guówáng. Nǐ shì shéi? Nǐ cóng nǎr lái?
I am the king here. Who are you? Where do you come from?
- Green Knight 我是绿骑士。我有一个游戏，很好玩。
Wǒ shì lǜ qíshì. Wǒ yǒu yí gè yóuxì, hěn hǎowán.
I am the Green Knight. I have a game, and it's a fun one.
- Green Knight 谁敢用这把斧头砍我一下？
Shéi gǎn yòng zhè bǎ fǔtou kǎn wǒ yíxià?
Who dares to strike me once with this axe?
- Green Knight 一年以后，我也砍他一下。
Yì nián yǐhòu, wǒ yě kǎn tā yíxià.
In a year, I will strike him back once.
- Green Knight 怎么？这儿的骑士，都怕了吗？没有人说话？
Zěnme? Zhèr de qíshì, dōu pà le ma? Méiyǒu rén shuōhuà?
What? Are all the knights here scared? Nobody speaks?
- Kay 我不怕……我只是很饿。
Wǒ bú pà... wǒ zhǐshì hěn è.
I'm not afraid... I'm just very hungry.
- Gawain 我来！我来玩你的游戏！
Wǒ lái! Wǒ lái wán nǐ de yóuxì!
I'll do it! I'll play your game!
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What changed in the story?
- Why is the table round?
“坐在这儿的人，都是一样的”
- Who comes to be Arthur's knight?
“我想做您的骑士”
- What does Kay want during the New Year feast?
“我的肚子在叫”
- What is unusual about the visitor who bursts in?
“他是绿色的”
- What is the Green Knight's game?
“谁敢用这把斧头砍我一下……一年以后，我也砍他一下”