King Arthur · chapter 1 of 5
The Sword in the Stone
石中剑
Arthur runs to find a sword for Kay and pulls one from a stone like it's nothing. Then a strange old man says something that changes everything.
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- Narrator 新年那天，伦敦很热闹。骑士们都来比赛。
Xīnnián nà tiān, Lúndūn hěn rènao. Qíshìmen dōu lái bǐsài.
On New Year's Day, London was busy and loud. Knights came from everywhere for the games.
- Kay 亚瑟！快点！比赛要开始了！
Yàsè! Kuài diǎn! Bǐsài yào kāishǐ le!
Arthur! Hurry up! The games are about to start!
- Arthur 别急，凯。你的剑呢？
Bié jí, Kǎi. Nǐ de jiàn ne?
Calm down, Kay. Where's your sword?
- Kay 我的剑？哎呀！我忘在家里了！
Wǒ de jiàn? Āiyā! Wǒ wàng zài jiā lǐ le!
My sword? Oh no! I left it at home!
- Kay 我是骑士！没有剑，怎么比赛？
Wǒ shì qíshì! Méiyǒu jiàn, zěnme bǐsài?
I'm a knight! How can I compete with no sword?
- Arthur 别怕。我回家，给你拿剑。
Bié pà. Wǒ huí jiā, gěi nǐ ná jiàn.
Don't worry. I'll go home and get your sword.
- Kay 快去！快去！我在这儿等你！别太慢！
Kuài qù! Kuài qù! Wǒ zài zhèr děng nǐ! Bié tài màn!
Go! Go! I'll wait right here! Don't be slow!
- Arthur 家好远……咦？那边有剑！还在石头里！
Jiā hǎo yuǎn... Yí? Nàbiān yǒu jiàn! Hái zài shítou lǐ!
My house is so far... Huh? There's a sword over there! And it's stuck in a stone!
- Arthur 这个剑很漂亮！太好了！我拿它给凯！
Zhège jiàn hěn piàoliang! Tài hǎo le! Wǒ ná tā gěi Kǎi!
What a beautiful sword! Perfect! I'll take it to Kay!
- Arthur 剑先生，对不起。我借你一下。
Jiàn xiānsheng, duìbuqǐ. Wǒ jiè nǐ yíxià.
Mister Sword, sorry. I'll just borrow you for a moment.
- Arthur 哇！出来了！好轻啊！
Wā! Chūlái le! Hǎo qīng a!
Wow! It came out! It's so light!
- Kay 亚瑟！你在这儿！我等了好久，等不了了！
Yàsè! Nǐ zài zhèr! Wǒ děng le hǎo jiǔ, děng bù liǎo le!
Arthur! There you are! I waited forever and couldn't wait any longer!
- Kay 那是……石头里的剑？！你怎么拿到的？
Nà shì... shítou lǐ de jiàn?! Nǐ zěnme ná dào de?
Is that... the sword from the stone?! How did you get it?
- Arthur 我拔出来的。很容易。你看。
Wǒ bá chūlái de. Hěn róngyì. Nǐ kàn.
I pulled it out. It was easy. Look.
- Kay 容易？！爸爸！爸爸！快来看！
Róngyì?! Bàba! Bàba! Kuài lái kàn!
Easy?! Father! Father! Come and see!
- Sir Ector 什么事？凯，你怎么了？
Shénme shì? Kǎi, nǐ zěnme le?
What is it? Kay, what's wrong with you?
- Kay 亚瑟拔出了石头里的剑！
Yàsè bá chū le shítou lǐ de jiàn!
Arthur pulled the sword out of the stone!
- Sir Ector 不可能！亚瑟，放回去！
Bù kěnéng! Yàsè, fàng huíqù!
Impossible! Arthur, put it back!
- Arthur 好的，爸爸。这样吗？
Hǎo de, bàba. Zhèyàng ma?
All right, Father. Like this?
- Sir Ector 凯，你先试试。
Kǎi, nǐ xiān shìshi.
Kay, you try first.
- Kay 啊……啊！我拔不出来！
Ā... ā! Wǒ bá bù chūlái!
Ugh... ugh! I can't pull it out!
- Sir Ector 我也试试。……不行！这个剑太重了！
Wǒ yě shìshi... Bù xíng! Zhège jiàn tài zhòng le!
Let me try. ...No! This sword is too heavy!
- Sir Ector 亚瑟，你来。
Yàsè, nǐ lái.
Arthur, you try.
- Arthur 好。……看，又出来了！
Hǎo... Kàn, yòu chūlái le!
Okay. ...Look, it came out again!
- Kay 亚瑟，太好了！你是怎么做到的？
Yàsè, tài hǎo le! Nǐ shì zěnme zuò dào de?
Arthur, that's great! How did you do it?
- Arthur 我不知道。我只是拿了一下。
Wǒ bù zhīdào. Wǒ zhǐshì ná le yíxià.
I don't know. I just gave it a tug.
- Sir Ector 天啊……我的孩子……这是怎么回事？
Tiān a... wǒ de háizi... zhè shì zěnme huí shì?
Good heavens... my boy... what is going on?
- Merlin 我是梅林。拔出这把剑的人，是英国的国王。
Wǒ shì Méilín. Bá chū zhè bǎ jiàn de rén, shì Yīngguó de guówáng.
I am Merlin. The one who pulls out this sword is the king of Britain.
- Arthur 什么？我？我只是想给凯拿剑！
Shénme? Wǒ? Wǒ zhǐshì xiǎng gěi Kǎi ná jiàn!
What? Me? I only wanted to get Kay a sword!
- Merlin 你是国王，亚瑟。可是很多人不喜欢这件事。
Nǐ shì guówáng, Yàsè. Kěshì hěn duō rén bù xǐhuan zhè jiàn shì.
You are the king, Arthur. But many people will not like it.
What changed in the story?
- Why does Arthur go to find a sword?
“我忘在家里了……我回家，给你拿剑”
- Where does Arthur find the sword?
“还在石头里”
- What happens when Kay and Ector try to pull the sword?
“我拔不出来……太重了”
- Who tells them what the sword means?
“我是梅林”
- What does Merlin say about the person who pulls out the sword?
“拔出这把剑的人，是英国的国王”