The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · chapter 13 of 25
The Green City
翡翠城
A gate of green jewels, a gruff Gatekeeper and a box of green glasses. Inside the Emerald City everything is green, and Oz will see only one visitor a day.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 那天下午，他们到了翡翠城的大门口。
Nà tiān xiàwǔ, tāmen dào le Fěicuìchéng de dàménkǒu.
That afternoon they came to the great gate of the Emerald City.
- Dorothy 墙好高！门上都是绿色的宝石！
Qiáng hǎo gāo! Mén shang dōu shì lǜsè de bǎoshí!
What a high wall! And the gate is covered in green jewels!
- Scarecrow 宝石好亮！我的眼睛是画的，也看不清了！
Bǎoshí hǎo liàng! Wǒ de yǎnjing shì huà de, yě kàn bu qīng le!
Those jewels are so bright! My eyes are only painted on, and even they're dazzled!
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- Dorothy 有人吗？请开门！
Yǒu rén ma? Qǐng kāi mén!
Hello? Is anyone there? Please open the gate!
- Gatekeeper 站住！你们是谁？要做什么？
Zhànzhù! Nǐmen shì shéi? Yào zuò shénme?
Halt! Who are you? What do you want?
- Dorothy 我们要见伟大的奥兹。
Wǒmen yào jiàn wěidà de Àozī.
We've come to see the great Oz.
- Gatekeeper 见奥兹？很多年没有人要见他了！
Jiàn Àozī? Hěn duō nián méiyǒu rén yào jiàn tā le!
See Oz? Nobody has asked to see him in years!
- Gatekeeper 他是伟大又可怕的奥兹。如果是小事，你们就完了！
Tā shì wěidà yòu kěpà de Àozī. Rúguǒ shì xiǎoshì, nǐmen jiù wán le!
He is Oz, the Great and Terrible. If you've come about some silly little thing, you're finished!
- Scarecrow 不是小事！我要脑子！
Bú shì xiǎoshì! Wǒ yào nǎozi!
It's no little thing! I want brains!
- Tin Woodman 我没有心。我要心，会跳的心！
Wǒ méiyǒu xīn. Wǒ yào xīn, huì tiào de xīn!
I have no heart. I want a heart, one that beats!
- Cowardly Lion 我……我要勇气。
Wǒ… wǒ yào yǒngqì.
I... I want courage.
- Dorothy 我要回家，回堪萨斯！
Wǒ yào huí jiā, huí Kānsàsī!
And I want to go home, home to Kansas!
- Gatekeeper 好吧。那就戴上眼镜！
Hǎo ba. Nà jiù dàishang yǎnjìng!
Very well. Then put on these glasses!
- Dorothy 为什么要戴眼镜？
Wèishénme yào dài yǎnjìng?
Why do we have to wear glasses?
- Gatekeeper 翡翠城太亮了。不戴眼镜，你们的眼睛会坏的！
Fěicuìchéng tài liàng le. Bú dài yǎnjìng, nǐmen de yǎnjing huì huài de!
The Emerald City is too bright. Without glasses, it would ruin your eyes!
- Gatekeeper 一个一个来！你，你，你……还有你，小狗！
Yí gè yí gè lái! Nǐ, nǐ, nǐ… hái yǒu nǐ, xiǎogǒu!
One at a time! You, you, you... and you too, little dog!
- Toto 汪汪？
Wāngwāng?
Woof?
- Gatekeeper 别动！眼镜戴上了，就拿不掉。
Bié dòng! Yǎnjìng dàishang le, jiù ná bu diào.
Leave them be! Once they're on, they don't come off.
- Dorothy 天哪！这儿什么都是绿的！
Tiān na! Zhèr shénme dōu shì lǜ de!
Goodness! Everything here is green!
- Scarecrow 托托，你也是绿的！
Tuōtuō, nǐ yě shì lǜ de!
Toto, you're green too!
- Gatekeeper 走，我们去见绿胡子。
Zǒu, wǒmen qù jiàn Lǜ Húzi.
Come along. We're going to see Green Whiskers.
- Soldier with the Green Whiskers 要见伟大的巫师？好。可是奥兹一天就见一个人。
Yào jiàn wěidà de wūshī? Hǎo. Kěshì Àozī yì tiān jiù jiàn yí gè rén.
You wish to see the great Wizard? Very well. But Oz sees just one visitor a day.
- Cowardly Lion 那……多萝西先去吧！我不急！
Nà… Duōluóxī xiān qù ba! Wǒ bù jí!
Then... Dorothy can go first! I'm in no hurry!
- Scarecrow 对，多萝西先去。她最想回家。
Duì, Duōluóxī xiān qù. Tā zuì xiǎng huí jiā.
Yes, Dorothy first. She wants to go home most of all.
- Narrator 第二天早上，多萝西给托托戴上了一条绿带子。
Dì èr tiān zǎoshang, Duōluóxī gěi Tuōtuō dàishang le yì tiáo lǜ dàizi.
The next morning, Dorothy tied a green ribbon around Toto's neck.
- Soldier with the Green Whiskers 时间到了。多萝西，你一个人进去。
Shíjiān dào le. Duōluóxī, nǐ yí gè rén jìnqu.
It is time. Dorothy, you go in alone.
- Dorothy 托托，在这儿等我。……伟大又可怕的奥兹，会帮我吗？
Tuōtuō, zài zhèr děng wǒ. … Wěidà yòu kěpà de Àozī, huì bāng wǒ ma?
Toto, wait for me here. ...Oz, the Great and Terrible... will he help me?
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What changed in the story?
- What does the Gatekeeper warn the friends about Oz?
“如果是小事，你们就完了！”
- What does Dorothy tell the Gatekeeper she wants?
“我要回家，回堪萨斯！”
- What reason does the Gatekeeper give for the glasses?
“翡翠城太亮了。不戴眼镜，你们的眼睛会坏的！”
- What rule does Green Whiskers tell them about Oz?
“奥兹一天就见一个人。”
- Why does the Lion want Dorothy to go first?
“那……多萝西先去吧！我不急！”