The Odyssey · chapter 19 of 29
The Storm
大风大浪
The sea god has found the little raft, and he has not forgotten the name Odysseus once shouted at his son.
Read what you hear
- Poseidon 东风，南风，西风，北风，都出来！
Dōngfēng, nánfēng, xīfēng, běifēng, dōu chūlai!
East wind, south wind, west wind, north wind, all of you, come out!
- Odysseus 白天怎么变成了晚上？天都黑了！
Báitiān zěnme biànchéng le wǎnshang? Tiān dōu hēi le!
How did day turn into night? The whole sky has gone black!
- Odysseus 是海神！海神还在生气！
Shì hǎishén! Hǎishén hái zài shēngqì!
It's the sea god! The sea god is still angry!
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- Odysseus 我的木筏要坏了！
Wǒ de mùfá yào huài le!
My raft is going to break!
- Narrator 一个很大的浪把奥德修斯打进了海里。
Yí gè hěn dà de làng bǎ Àodéxiūsī dǎ jìn le hǎi li.
A huge wave knocked Odysseus into the sea.
- Odysseus 木筏在那儿！我要回到木筏上！
Mùfá zài nàr! Wǒ yào huí dào mùfá shang!
There's the raft! I have to get back on it!
- Odysseus 为什么我没有死在特洛伊？死在那儿，大家会记得我！
Wèishénme wǒ méiyǒu sǐ zài Tèluòyī? Sǐ zài nàr, dàjiā huì jìde wǒ!
Why didn't I die at Troy? If I'd died there, everyone would remember me!
- Odysseus 佩涅洛佩，我的儿子……对不起，我回不去了。
Pèinièluòpèi, wǒ de érzi… duìbuqǐ, wǒ huí bu qù le.
Penelope, my son... I'm sorry. I can't get home.
- Narrator 一只海鸟从海里飞了出来。她是女神伊诺。
Yì zhī hǎiniǎo cóng hǎi li fēi le chūlai. Tā shì nǚshén Yīnuò.
A sea bird flew up out of the sea. She was the goddess Ino.
- Ino 海神为什么这么生你的气？
Hǎishén wèishénme zhème shēng nǐ de qì?
Why is the sea god so angry with you?
- Ino 听我说。别穿这些衣服了，木筏也不要了。
Tīng wǒ shuō. Bié chuān zhèxiē yīfu le, mùfá yě bú yào le.
Listen to me. Take off these clothes, and leave the raft behind.
- Ino 拿着我的头巾，游过去。有了它，你就不会死。
Názhe wǒ de tóujīn, yóu guòqù. Yǒu le tā, nǐ jiù bú huì sǐ.
Take my veil and swim across. With it, you will not die.
- Odysseus 您的头巾？这么小的东西，能帮我？
Nín de tóujīn? Zhème xiǎo de dōngxi, néng bāng wǒ?
Your veil? A little thing like that can help me?
- Ino 到了那边，把头巾放回海里。
Dào le nàbiān, bǎ tóujīn fàng huí hǎi li.
When you get over there, put the veil back into the sea.
- Ino 快走吧。海神不会等你。
Kuài zǒu ba. Hǎishén bú huì děng nǐ.
Go quickly. The sea god won't wait for you.
- Odysseus 又是一个神……她是不是在骗我？
Yòu shì yí gè shén… tā shì bu shì zài piàn wǒ?
Another god... Is she tricking me?
- Odysseus 那边的山还很远。木筏还在，我先不走。
Nàbiān de shān hái hěn yuǎn. Mùfá hái zài, wǒ xiān bù zǒu.
Those mountains are still far away. The raft is still here. I'm not leaving it yet.
- Narrator 一个浪来了，像山一样大。
Yí gè làng lái le, xiàng shān yíyàng dà.
A wave came, as big as a mountain.
- Odysseus 我的木筏！没有了！
Wǒ de mùfá! Méiyǒu le!
My raft! It's gone!
- Odysseus 好，女神，我听您的！我走！
Hǎo, nǚshén, wǒ tīng nín de! Wǒ zǒu!
All right, goddess, I'll do as you say! I'm going!
- Narrator 他拿着头巾，游进了大海。
Tā názhe tóujīn, yóu jìn le dàhǎi.
Holding the veil, he swam out into the open sea.
- Odysseus 海水好冷……可是头巾在，我不会死。
Hǎishuǐ hǎo lěng… kěshì tóujīn zài, wǒ bú huì sǐ.
The water is so cold... but I have the veil. I won't die.
- Poseidon 去吧！在海里慢慢游吧！你会很累，很冷，很饿！
Qù ba! Zài hǎi li mànmàn yóu ba! Nǐ huì hěn lèi, hěn lěng, hěn è!
Go on! Take your time swimming! You'll be tired, and cold, and hungry!
- Odysseus 那边的山，还那么远……我游得到吗？
Nàbiān de shān, hái nàme yuǎn… wǒ yóu de dào ma?
Those mountains are still so far away... Can I swim that far?
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What changed in the story?
- What does Odysseus wish after the wave throws him off the raft?
“为什么我没有死在特洛伊？”
- What does Ino tell Odysseus to swim with?
“拿着我的头巾，游过去。”
- What must Odysseus do with Ino's veil when he gets there?
“到了那边，把头巾放回海里。”
- Why does Odysseus stay on the raft at first?
“她是不是在骗我？”……“木筏还在，我先不走。”
- What does Poseidon say as Odysseus swims away?
“你会很累，很冷，很饿！”