Snow White · chapter 10 of 15
The Red Apple
红苹果
This morning the seventh dwarf warned Snow White seven times, and now an old woman with red apples to sell is knocking at the little door.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 那天下午，白雪公主一个人在家。
Nà tiān xiàwǔ, Báixuě gōngzhǔ yí gè rén zài jiā.
That afternoon, Snow White was home alone.
- Snow White 饭做好了。他们晚上回来，会很高兴的！
Fàn zuò hǎo le. Tāmen wǎnshang huílái, huì hěn gāoxìng de!
Dinner's ready. They'll be so glad when they come home tonight!
- Snow White 今天早上，第七个小矮人说了七次：不要给人开门！
Jīntiān zǎoshang, dì qī gè xiǎo'ǎirén shuō le qī cì: bú yào gěi rén kāi mén!
This morning the seventh dwarf said it seven times: Don't open the door to anyone!
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- Snow White 我也说了七次：谁来，我都不开！
Wǒ yě shuō le qī cì: shéi lái, wǒ dōu bù kāi!
And I said it seven times too: Whoever comes, I won't open it!
- The Queen 带子没有杀死她，梳子也没有。今天，看我的苹果！
Dàizi méiyǒu shāsǐ tā, shūzi yě méiyǒu. Jīntiān, kàn wǒ de píngguǒ!
The laces didn't kill her, and neither did the comb. Today it's my apple's turn!
- The Queen 有人在家吗？红红的好苹果，便宜卖！
Yǒu rén zài jiā ma? Hónghóng de hǎo píngguǒ, piányi mài!
Anyone home? Lovely red apples, going cheap!
- Snow White 谁来了？我去窗户那儿看一看。
Shéi lái le? Wǒ qù chuānghu nàr kàn yi kàn.
Who's there? I'll go and look from the window.
- Snow White 是一个卖苹果的老奶奶。老奶奶都是好人吗？我不知道了。
Shì yí gè mài píngguǒ de lǎonǎinai. Lǎonǎinai dōu shì hǎorén ma? Wǒ bù zhīdào le.
It's an old woman selling apples. Are old women all good people? I don't know anymore.
- Snow White 对不起，老奶奶。我不能开门，七个小矮人说了。
Duìbuqǐ, lǎonǎinai. Wǒ bù néng kāi mén, qī gè xiǎo'ǎirén shuō le.
I'm sorry, ma'am. I can't open the door. The seven dwarfs said so.
- The Queen 不开门？没关系。我的苹果很好卖。
Bù kāi mén? Méi guānxi. Wǒ de píngguǒ hěn hǎo mài.
You won't open the door? No matter. My apples sell easily.
- The Queen 来，这个给你。不要钱！
Lái, zhège gěi nǐ. Bú yào qián!
Here, this one's for you. You don't have to pay!
- Snow White 这个苹果，一半白，一半红，真好看……
Zhège píngguǒ, yíbàn bái, yíbàn hóng, zhēn hǎokàn…
This apple, half white and half red... it's so pretty...
- Snow White 谢谢您，老奶奶。我不能要您的东西。
Xièxie nín, lǎonǎinai. Wǒ bù néng yào nín de dōngxi.
Thank you, ma'am, but I can't accept anything from you.
- The Queen 孩子，你怕有毒吗？
Háizi, nǐ pà yǒu dú ma?
Child, are you afraid it's poisoned?
- The Queen 好，你看。我有刀，我们一人一半！
Hǎo, nǐ kàn. Wǒ yǒu dāo, wǒmen yì rén yíbàn!
All right, look. I have a knife. We'll each have half!
- The Queen 白的，老奶奶吃。红的，给你。
Bái de, lǎonǎinai chī. Hóng de, gěi nǐ.
The white half, I'll eat. The red half is for you.
- Narrator 老奶奶吃了白的一半。
Lǎonǎinai chī le bái de yíbàn.
The old woman ate the white half.
- The Queen 很好吃！你看，老奶奶好好的！
Hěn hǎochī! Nǐ kàn, lǎonǎinai hǎohǎo de!
Delicious! See? This old woman is perfectly fine!
- Snow White 她吃了，没事……红的，也没有毒吧？
Tā chī le, méishì… Hóng de, yě méiyǒu dú ba?
She ate it, and nothing happened... So the red half isn't poisoned either, is it?
- Snow White 红红的苹果……我最喜欢红苹果了。
Hónghóng de píngguǒ… wǒ zuì xǐhuan hóng píngguǒ le.
Such a red apple... I love red apples best of all.
- The Queen 吃吧！不开门，也可以吃！
Chī ba! Bù kāi mén, yě kěyǐ chī!
Go on, eat! You can eat it without opening the door!
- Snow White 对，我没有开门。在窗户这儿吃一口，没关系吧？
Duì, wǒ méiyǒu kāi mén. Zài chuānghu zhèr chī yì kǒu, méi guānxi ba?
That's right, I haven't opened the door. One bite here at the window, that's all right, isn't it?
- Narrator 白雪公主伸手要了红的一半。她吃了一口。
Báixuě gōngzhǔ shēnshǒu yào le hóng de yíbàn. Tā chī le yì kǒu.
Snow White reached out for the red half. She took one bite.
- Snow White 老奶奶，我……
Lǎonǎinai, wǒ…
Ma'am, I...
- Narrator 她在地上，一动也不动。
Tā zài dìshang, yí dòng yě bú dòng.
She lay on the floor, perfectly still.
- The Queen 孩子，苹果好吃吗？
Háizi, píngguǒ hǎochī ma?
Child, was the apple good?
- The Queen 红的一半有毒。你不知道吧？
Hóng de yíbàn yǒu dú. Nǐ bù zhīdào ba?
The red half was poisoned. You didn't know that, did you?
- The Queen 白白的像雪，红红的像血，黑黑的像乌木。这次，小矮人不能叫醒你了！
Báibái de xiàng xuě, hónghóng de xiàng xuè, hēihēi de xiàng wūmù. Zhè cì, xiǎo'ǎirén bù néng jiàoxǐng nǐ le!
White as snow, red as blood, black as ebony. This time, the dwarfs can't wake you!
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What changed in the story?
- What did the seventh dwarf tell Snow White seven times this morning?
“第七个小矮人说了七次：不要给人开门”
- Why won't Snow White open the door for the old woman?
“我不能开门，七个小矮人说了”
- How does the old woman show Snow White that the apple is safe?
“我有刀，我们一人一半……老奶奶吃了白的一半”
- Where is Snow White when she eats the apple?
“我没有开门。在窗户这儿吃一口”
- What does the Queen say the dwarfs can't do this time?
“这次，小矮人不能叫醒你了”