The Odyssey · chapter 5 of 29
Nobody
没有人
Twenty-two wagons couldn't move the stone in the doorway, and the only one who can is asleep a few steps away.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 天亮了。大石头还在门口，巨人还在睡。
Tiān liàng le. Dà shítou hái zài ménkǒu, jùrén hái zài shuì.
Day broke. The big stone still sat in the doorway, and the giant was still asleep.
- A Sailor 奥德修斯，他昨天晚上吃了两个人。今天呢？
Àodéxiūsī, tā zuótiān wǎnshang chī le liǎng gè rén. Jīntiān ne?
Odysseus, last night he ate two men. What about today?
- Odysseus 别动。他起来了。
Bié dòng. Tā qǐlai le.
Don't move. He's getting up.
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- Narrator 巨人点了火，又抓了两个水手。那是他的早饭。
Jùrén diǎn le huǒ, yòu zhuā le liǎng gè shuǐshǒu. Nà shì tā de zǎofàn.
The giant lit the fire and grabbed two more sailors. That was his breakfast.
- The Cyclops 我的羊，出去吧。今天天气很好。
Wǒ de yáng, chūqu ba. Jīntiān tiānqì hěn hǎo.
Out you go, my sheep. It's a fine day.
- A Sailor 你们看！那么大的石头，他拿起来，就像拿一个碗。
Nǐmen kàn! Nàme dà de shítou, tā ná qǐlai, jiù xiàng ná yí gè wǎn.
Look at that! A stone that big, and he picks it up like a bowl.
- Odysseus 他走了，门也关上了。我们有一天的时间。
Tā zǒu le, mén yě guānshàng le. Wǒmen yǒu yì tiān de shíjiān.
He's gone, and the door is shut again. We have one day.
- Odysseus 朋友们，你们看那根大木头，是橄榄树的。
Péngyoumen, nǐmen kàn nà gēn dà mùtou, shì gǎnlǎnshù de.
Friends, look at that big log. It's olive wood.
- A Sailor 这么长！可以做一条新船了！
Zhème cháng! Kěyǐ zuò yì tiáo xīn chuán le!
It's so long! We could build a new ship with it!
- Odysseus 不做船。我们给巨人做一个礼物。
Bú zuò chuán. Wǒmen gěi jùrén zuò yí gè lǐwù.
No ship. We'll make the giant a present.
- Narrator 那一天，他们都在忙那根木头。
Nà yì tiān, tāmen dōu zài máng nà gēn mùtou.
All that day, they worked on the log.
- Odysseus 这一头放在火里……好了。快，藏起来！
Zhè yì tóu fàng zài huǒ li… hǎo le. Kuài, cáng qǐlai!
Put this end in the fire... There. Quick, hide it!
- Odysseus 晚上，我要四个人帮我。我们用石头来选。
Wǎnshang, wǒ yào sì gè rén bāng wǒ. Wǒmen yòng shítou lái xuǎn.
Tonight I need four men to help me. We'll draw stones to choose them.
- A Sailor 是我们四个。还有你，五个人。
Shì wǒmen sì gè. Hái yǒu nǐ, wǔ gè rén.
It's the four of us. And you make five.
- Narrator 天黑了，巨人回来了。他又吃了两个人。
Tiān hēi le, jùrén huílai le. Tā yòu chī le liǎng gè rén.
Night fell, and the giant came back. He ate two more men.
- Odysseus 巨人，来，喝一碗酒。这酒没有加水！
Jùrén, lái, hē yì wǎn jiǔ. Zhè jiǔ méiyǒu jiā shuǐ!
Here, giant, drink a bowl of wine. There's no water in it!
- Odysseus 你这样吃人，以后谁还来看你？
Nǐ zhèyàng chī rén, yǐhòu shéi hái lái kàn nǐ?
If you eat people like this, who will ever come to see you?
- The Cyclops 好喝！再来一碗！你叫什么？我要给你一个礼物。
Hǎohē! Zài lái yì wǎn! Nǐ jiào shénme? Wǒ yào gěi nǐ yí gè lǐwù.
That's good! Another bowl! What's your name? I want to give you a present.
- Odysseus 这是第三碗。我叫“没有人”。
Zhè shì dì sān wǎn. Wǒ jiào “méiyǒu rén”.
This is your third bowl. My name is Nobody.
- The Cyclops “没有人”？好。我最后吃你。这是我的礼物！
“Méiyǒu rén”? Hǎo. Wǒ zuìhòu chī nǐ. Zhè shì wǒ de lǐwù!
Nobody? Good. I'll eat you last. That's my present!
- Odysseus 他睡着了。快，木头放进火里！
Tā shuìzháo le. Kuài, mùtou fàngjìn huǒ li!
He's asleep. Quick, the log into the fire!
- Narrator 木头热了。五个人一起，用它打巨人的眼睛。
Mùtou rè le. Wǔ gè rén yìqǐ, yòng tā dǎ jùrén de yǎnjing.
The log grew hot. All five together struck the giant's eye with it.
- The Cyclops 我的眼睛！我看不见了！
Wǒ de yǎnjing! Wǒ kàn bu jiàn le!
My eye! I can't see!
- The Other Giants 这么晚了，你喊什么？有人在害你吗？
Zhème wǎn le, nǐ hǎn shénme? Yǒu rén zài hài nǐ ma?
It's so late. What are you shouting about? Is someone hurting you?
- The Cyclops 没有人在害我！
Méiyǒu rén zài hài wǒ!
Nobody is hurting me!
- The Other Giants 没有人？那是宙斯让你病了。去求你爸爸海神吧！
Méiyǒu rén? Nà shì Zhòusī ràng nǐ bìng le. Qù qiú nǐ bàba hǎishén ba!
Nobody? Then Zeus has made you sick. Go pray to your father, the sea god!
- Odysseus 他们走了！我的名字，真好用。
Tāmen zǒu le! Wǒ de míngzi, zhēn hǎoyòng.
They've gone! My name works like a charm.
- The Cyclops 门开了，走吧！我就坐在门口，谁出去，我都摸得到！
Mén kāi le, zǒu ba! Wǒ jiù zuò zài ménkǒu, shéi chūqu, wǒ dōu mō de dào!
The door's open, so go on! I'm sitting right in the doorway. Whoever goes out, I'll feel him!
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What changed in the story?
- How does the giant handle the door stone, according to a sailor?
“那么大的石头，他拿起来，就像拿一个碗”
- What does Odysseus show his friends while the giant is away?
“你们看那根大木头，是橄榄树的”
- What does Odysseus tell the giant about the wine?
“这酒没有加水”
- What present does the giant promise the man called Nobody?
“我最后吃你。这是我的礼物”
- Why do the other giants go away from the door?
“没有人在害我……那是宙斯让你病了”