Little Women · chapter 28 of 31
On the Lake
湖上
In Vienna, Laurie tries to write music great enough to make Jo sorry, but one face keeps getting in the way. Then the letters come.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 那年春天，劳里一个人住在维也纳。
Nà nián chūntiān, Láolǐ yí gè rén zhù zài Wéiyěnà.
That spring, Laurie was living in Vienna on his own.
- Laurie 我要写最好的音乐，让乔后悔！
Wǒ yào xiě zuì hǎo de yīnyuè, ràng Qiáo hòuhuǐ!
I'll write the best music there is, and make Jo sorry!
- Laurie 可是我一写，就看到艾米的脸。怎么会这样？
Kěshì wǒ yì xiě, jiù kàndào Àimǐ de liǎn. Zěnme huì zhèyàng?
But every time I write, I see Amy's face. How can that be?
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- Laurie 乔的信：“泰迪，对不起，我还是不能。”
Qiáo de xìn: “Tàidí, duìbuqǐ, wǒ háishi bù néng.”
A letter from Jo: “Teddy, I'm sorry. I still can't.”
- Laurie 乔的花，我一直留着。可是我怎么不难过了？我想的……是艾米？
Qiáo de huā, wǒ yìzhí liúzhe. Kěshì wǒ zěnme bù nánguò le? Wǒ xiǎng de… shì Àimǐ?
I've kept Jo's flower all this time. But why am I not sad anymore? Is it... Amy I keep thinking of?
- Laurie 还有一封，是马奇先生写的……贝丝走了。艾米一个人在瑞士……
Hái yǒu yì fēng, shì Mǎqí xiānsheng xiě de… Bèisī zǒu le. Àimǐ yí gè rén zài Ruìshì…
There's another one, from Mr. March... Beth is gone. And Amy is all alone in Switzerland...
- Laurie 艾米说过：如果有什么事……我答应过她。我要马上去瑞士！
Àimǐ shuōguo: rúguǒ yǒu shénme shì… wǒ dāyingguo tā. Wǒ yào mǎshàng qù Ruìshì!
Amy said, “If anything happens...” I gave her my word. I have to go to Switzerland right away!
- Narrator 瑞士的湖边，艾米穿着黑衣服，一个人坐着。
Ruìshì de hú biān, Àimǐ chuānzhe hēi yīfu, yí gè rén zuòzhe.
By a lake in Switzerland, Amy sat alone, dressed in black.
- Amy 劳里？你来了！
Láolǐ? Nǐ lái le!
Laurie? You came!
- Laurie 我来了，艾米。我答应过你的。
Wǒ lái le, Àimǐ. Wǒ dāyingguo nǐ de.
I'm here, Amy. I promised you.
- Amy 贝丝走的时候，我都不在家。我好想她……
Bèisī zǒu de shíhou, wǒ dōu bú zài jiā. Wǒ hǎo xiǎng tā…
When Beth went, I wasn't even home. I miss her so...
- Laurie 别哭了，艾米。我会一直在你身边。
Bié kū le, Àimǐ. Wǒ huì yìzhí zài nǐ shēnbiān.
Don't cry, Amy. I'll stay right beside you.
- Amy 谢谢你，劳里。有你在，我好多了。
Xièxie nǐ, Láolǐ. Yǒu nǐ zài, wǒ hǎo duō le.
Thank you, Laurie. With you here, I feel much better.
- Narrator 好几个星期，他们一起走路，一起划船。
Hǎo jǐ gè xīngqī, tāmen yìqǐ zǒulù, yìqǐ huáchuán.
For weeks they walked together and rowed together.
- Amy 懒劳里，你今天划得真好！
Lǎn Láolǐ, nǐ jīntiān huá de zhēn hǎo!
Lazy Laurence, you're rowing beautifully today!
- Laurie 我早就不懒了！这个名字，你要改一改了。
Wǒ zǎo jiù bù lǎn le! Zhège míngzi, nǐ yào gǎi yi gǎi le.
I stopped being lazy long ago! You'll have to change that name.
- Amy 好吧。那我也来划船！
Hǎo ba. Nà wǒ yě lái huáchuán!
All right. Then I'll row too!
- Amy 你看，我们一起划船，划得多好啊！
Nǐ kàn, wǒmen yìqǐ huáchuán, huá de duō hǎo a!
Look how well we pull together!
- Laurie 是啊。我想以后一直跟你一起划船。
Shì a. Wǒ xiǎng yǐhòu yìzhí gēn nǐ yìqǐ huáchuán.
We do. I wish we could always row in the same boat.
- Laurie 艾米，我们结婚，好吗？
Àimǐ, wǒmen jiéhūn, hǎo ma?
Amy, will you marry me?
- Amy 好，劳里。
Hǎo, Láolǐ.
Yes, Laurie.
- Laurie 爷爷让我找一个马奇家的女孩子。我找到了！
Yéye ràng wǒ zhǎo yí gè Mǎqí jiā de nǚháizi. Wǒ zhǎodào le!
Grandpa told me to find a March girl. I found one!
- Amy 我们要写信告诉家里。可是乔……
Wǒmen yào xiě xìn gàosu jiā li. Kěshì Qiáo…
We must write and tell them at home. But Jo...
- Amy 乔现在一个人在家。她还好吗？
Qiáo xiànzài yí gè rén zài jiā. Tā hái hǎo ma?
Jo is all alone at home now. Is she all right?
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What changed in the story?
- Why does Laurie want to write great music in Vienna?
“我要写最好的音乐，让乔后悔”
- Whose face does Laurie see every time he writes?
“我一写，就看到艾米的脸”
- Why does Laurie hurry to Switzerland?
“如果有什么事……我答应过她。我要马上去瑞士”
- What does Amy do on the lake that day?
“那我也来划船”
- What does Amy say when Laurie asks her to marry him?
“好，劳里”