The Odyssey · chapter 1 of 29
Inside the Wooden Horse
木马里边
Hidden inside a wooden horse in the middle of Troy, Odysseus and his men must not make a sound, even when a voice they love calls their names.
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- Odysseus 别说话。
Bié shuōhuà.
Don't say a word.
- Narrator 很久很久以前，希腊人和特洛伊人打了十年。
Hěn jiǔ hěn jiǔ yǐqián, Xīlàrén hé Tèluòyīrén dǎ le shí nián.
Long, long ago, the Greeks and the Trojans fought for ten years.
- Narrator 这天晚上，聪明的奥德修斯和很多希腊人，坐在他的大木马里边。
Zhè tiān wǎnshang, cōngming de Àodéxiūsī hé hěn duō Xīlàrén, zuò zài tā de dà mùmǎ lǐbian.
That night, clever Odysseus and many Greeks sat inside his great wooden horse.
- Odysseus 听，外边是特洛伊人。我们在他们的城中间了！
Tīng, wàibian shì Tèluòyīrén. Wǒmen zài tāmen de chéng zhōngjiān le!
Listen. Those are Trojans outside. We're right in the middle of their city!
- Odysseus 他们在说什么？有人要打开木马！
Tāmen zài shuō shénme? Yǒu rén yào dǎkāi mùmǎ!
What are they saying? Someone wants to open the horse!
- Odysseus 他们看见我们，就会杀了我们。
Tāmen kànjiàn wǒmen, jiù huì shā le wǒmen.
If they see us, they'll kill us.
- Odysseus 还有人说，要从山上推下去……
Hái yǒu rén shuō, yào cóng shān shang tuī xiàqu…
And someone says to push it off the hill...
- Odysseus 朋友们，别害怕。
Péngyoumen, bié hàipà.
Friends, don't be afraid.
- Odysseus 太好了！他们说这是给神的，要留下它。
Tài hǎo le! Tāmen shuō zhè shì gěi shén de, yào liúxià tā.
Wonderful! They say it's for the gods. They're keeping it.
- Odysseus 十年了，我们进不了这个城。今天，他们自己拉我们进来了！
Shí nián le, wǒmen jìn bu liǎo zhège chéng. Jīntiān, tāmen zìjǐ lā wǒmen jìnlai le!
Ten years, and we couldn't get into this city. Today they pulled us in themselves!
- Odysseus 雅典娜，谢谢您。
Yǎdiǎnnà, xièxie nín.
Athena, thank you.
- Odysseus 我们的人放了火，坐船走了。他们以为我们都回家了！
Wǒmen de rén fàng le huǒ, zuò chuán zǒu le. Tāmen yǐwéi wǒmen dōu huí jiā le!
Our men set fires and sailed away. The Trojans think we've all gone home!
- Odysseus 木马不会说话。今天晚上，你们也是木马！
Mùmǎ bú huì shuōhuà. Jīntiān wǎnshang, nǐmen yě shì mùmǎ!
A wooden horse can't talk. Tonight, you're all wooden horses too!
- Odysseus 别动！有人来了。
Bié dòng! Yǒu rén lái le.
Don't move! Someone's coming.
- Helen 奥德修斯……
Àodéxiūsī…
Odysseus...
- Odysseus 这是我妻子的声音？
Zhè shì wǒ qīzi de shēngyīn?
Is that my wife's voice?
- Odysseus 不对。佩涅洛佩在伊萨卡。是海伦！
Bú duì. Pèinièluòpèi zài Yīsàkǎ. Shì Hǎilún!
No. Penelope is in Ithaca. It's Helen!
- Odysseus 别回答！她学着我们妻子的声音，在骗我们！
Bié huídá! Tā xuézhe wǒmen qīzi de shēngyīn, zài piàn wǒmen!
Don't answer! She's copying our wives' voices to trick us!
- Odysseus 年轻人，别说话！那不是你的妻子！
Niánqīngrén, bié shuōhuà! Nà bú shì nǐ de qīzi!
Young man, not a word! That isn't your wife!
- Odysseus 她走了。她骗不了我们。
Tā zǒu le. Tā piàn bu liǎo wǒmen.
She's gone. She couldn't fool us.
- Odysseus 等到半夜，我们就出去。
Děngdào bànyè, wǒmen jiù chūqu.
At midnight, we go out.
- Narrator 半夜，希腊人从木马里出来，打下了特洛伊城。
Bànyè, Xīlàrén cóng mùmǎ li chūlai, dǎxià le Tèluòyī chéng.
At midnight, the Greeks came out of the horse and took Troy.
- Narrator 天亮了。伊萨卡的国王奥德修斯，带着十二条船走了。
Tiān liàng le. Yīsàkǎ de guówáng Àodéxiūsī, dàizhe shí'èr tiáo chuán zǒu le.
At dawn, Odysseus, king of Ithaca, sailed away with twelve ships.
- Odysseus 佩涅洛佩，我走的时候，我们的儿子还很小。
Pèinièluòpèi, wǒ zǒu de shíhou, wǒmen de érzi hái hěn xiǎo.
Penelope, when I left, our son was just a baby.
- Odysseus 我要回家！
Wǒ yào huí jiā!
I want to go home!
- Narrator 可是他还不知道，回家的路，要走十年。
Kěshì tā hái bù zhīdào, huí jiā de lù, yào zǒu shí nián.
But he did not know yet that the way home would take ten years.
What changed in the story?
- Where do Odysseus and the Greeks sit that night?
“坐在他的大木马里边”
- What do the Trojans decide to do with the horse?
“他们说这是给神的，要留下它”
- Why do the Trojans think the Greeks have gone home?
“我们的人放了火，坐船走了”
- Whose voices does Helen copy when she calls the men?
“她学着我们妻子的声音”
- What does Odysseus tell the young man who wants to answer?
“那不是你的妻子”