Little Women · chapter 5 of 31
Beth's Piano
贝丝的钢琴
Gruff Mr. Laurence comes to call about his lonely piano, shy Beth must find the courage to answer him, and a Saturday brings a plan for the theater.
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- Narrator 过了几天，劳伦斯先生来马奇家看妈妈。
Guò le jǐ tiān, Láolúnsī xiānsheng lái Mǎqí jiā kàn māma.
A few days later, Mr. Laurence came to the March house to see Marmee.
- Mr. Laurence 马奇太太，我们是邻居。我家的钢琴没人弹，它都难过了。
Mǎqí tàitai, wǒmen shì línjū. Wǒ jiā de gāngqín méi rén tán, tā dōu nánguò le.
Mrs. March, we're neighbors. Nobody plays my piano, and it has grown quite sad.
- Marmee 钢琴也会难过吗，劳伦斯先生？
Gāngqín yě huì nánguò ma, Láolúnsī xiānsheng?
Can a piano be sad, Mr. Laurence?
- Mr. Laurence 会。您的女儿们，有谁想来弹钢琴吗？
Huì. Nín de nǚ'érmen, yǒu shéi xiǎng lái tán gāngqín ma?
It can. Would any of your daughters like to come and play it?
- Marmee 贝丝最喜欢音乐，可是她很害羞。
Bèisī zuì xǐhuan yīnyuè, kěshì tā hěn hàixiū.
Beth loves music best of all, but she's very shy.
- Narrator 贝丝躲在妈妈后边。可是她走了出来，拉住了老先生的手。
Bèisī duǒ zài māma hòubiān. Kěshì tā zǒu le chūlai, lāzhù le lǎo xiānsheng de shǒu.
Beth was hiding behind Marmee. But she came out and took the old gentleman's hand.
- Beth 我是贝丝。我会去的。
Wǒ shì Bèisī. Wǒ huì qù de.
I'm Beth. I'll come.
- Mr. Laurence 孩子，我以前也有一个小女孩，眼睛跟你的一样。
Háizi, wǒ yǐqián yě yǒu yí gè xiǎo nǚhái, yǎnjing gēn nǐ de yíyàng.
Child, I had a little girl once, with eyes just like yours.
- Narrator 从那天起，贝丝天天去弹钢琴，劳伦斯先生开着门听。
Cóng nà tiān qǐ, Bèisī tiāntiān qù tán gāngqín, Láolúnsī xiānsheng kāizhe mén tīng.
From that day on, Beth went to play the piano every day, and Mr. Laurence listened with his door open.
- Jo 贝丝，你真勇敢！你不怕劳伦斯先生了？
Bèisī, nǐ zhēn yǒnggǎn! Nǐ bú pà Láolúnsī xiānsheng le?
Beth, you're so brave! You're not afraid of Mr. Laurence anymore?
- Beth 不怕了。他人很好。我想给他做鞋，在家穿的。
Bú pà le. Tā rén hěn hǎo. Wǒ xiǎng gěi tā zuò xié, zài jiā chuān de.
Not anymore. He's very kind. I want to make him slippers, to wear at home.
- Amy 鞋上要有小花！我来画！
Xié shang yào yǒu xiǎo huā! Wǒ lái huà!
They need little flowers on them! I'll draw them!
- Meg 贝丝，快看！昨天你送了鞋，今天就来了钢琴！
Bèisī, kuài kàn! Zuótiān nǐ sòng le xié, jīntiān jiù lái le gāngqín!
Beth, look! Yesterday you sent the slippers, and today a piano came!
- Jo “给贝丝：谢谢你做的鞋。这是我那个小女孩的钢琴，现在是你的了。”
“Gěi Bèisī: Xièxie nǐ zuò de xié. Zhè shì wǒ nàge xiǎo nǚhái de gāngqín, xiànzài shì nǐ de le.”
“To Beth: Thank you for the slippers. This was my little girl's piano. Now it is yours.”
- Beth 他的小女孩……我要去谢谢他！
Tā de xiǎo nǚhái… wǒ yào qù xièxie tā!
His little girl... I must go and thank him!
- Jo 天哪！贝丝亲了劳伦斯先生！太阳从西边出来了！
Tiān na! Bèisī qīn le Láolúnsī xiānsheng! Tàiyáng cóng xībiān chūlai le!
Goodness! Beth kissed Mr. Laurence! Wonders will never cease!
- Narrator 一个星期六的下午，梅格和乔穿上了好衣服。
Yí gè xīngqīliù de xiàwǔ, Méigé hé Qiáo chuān shàng le hǎo yīfu.
One Saturday afternoon, Meg and Jo put on their good dresses.
- Amy 你们去哪儿？
Nǐmen qù nǎr?
Where are you going?
- Meg 劳里请我们去看戏。
Láolǐ qǐng wǒmen qù kàn xì.
Laurie has invited us to the theater.
- Amy 我也要去看戏！我马上戴帽子！
Wǒ yě yào qù kàn xì! Wǒ mǎshàng dài màozi!
I want to go to the theater too! I'll put my hat on right now!
- Jo 不行！劳里没请你，你也太小了。
Bù xíng! Láolǐ méi qǐng nǐ, nǐ yě tài xiǎo le.
No! Laurie didn't invite you, and you're too little anyway.
- Meg 乔，让她去吧。
Qiáo, ràng tā qù ba.
Jo, let her come.
- Jo 她去，我就不去！
Tā qù, wǒ jiù bú qù!
If she goes, I'm not going!
- Amy 乔·马奇，你会后悔的！
Qiáo Mǎqí, nǐ huì hòuhuǐ de!
Jo March, you'll be sorry!
What changed in the story?
- Why does Mr. Laurence come to see Marmee?
“我家的钢琴没人弹”
- What does shy Beth do when Mr. Laurence asks?
“拉住了老先生的手”……“我会去的”
- What does Beth make for Mr. Laurence?
“我想给他做鞋，在家穿的”
- Whose piano was it before it came to Beth?
“这是我那个小女孩的钢琴”
- Why won't Jo let Amy come to the theater?
“劳里没请你”