Treasure Island · chapter 6 of 6
The Silver Bag
金子在哪里
Jim walks into the stockade and finds an unexpected host. The pirates dig for treasure, but the hole is empty, and Silver has one last trick.
Read what you hear
- Jim Hawkins 医生？船长？这里怎么这么安静？
Yīshēng? Chuánzhǎng? Zhèlǐ zěnme zhème ānjìng?
Doctor? Captain? Why is it so quiet here?
- Flint the parrot 金币！金币！吉姆来了！吉姆来了！
Jīnbì! Jīnbì! Jímǔ lái le! Jímǔ lái le!
Gold coins! Gold coins! Jim is here! Jim is here!
- Jim Hawkins 弗林特？这只鹦鹉在这里，西尔弗也在！
Fúlíntè? Zhè zhī yīngwǔ zài zhèlǐ, Xī'ěrfú yě zài!
Flint? The parrot is here, so Silver is here too!
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- Long John Silver 欢迎回来，吉姆！我们等了你一个晚上！
Huānyíng huílái, Jímǔ! Wǒmen děng le nǐ yí gè wǎnshang!
Welcome back, Jim! We waited for you all night!
- Jim Hawkins 我的朋友们呢？
Wǒ de péngyoumen ne?
Where are my friends?
- Long John Silver 医生和我说好了。他们先走，地图给了我们。他还请我照顾你。
Yīshēng hé wǒ shuō hǎo le. Tāmen xiān zǒu, dìtú gěi le wǒmen. Tā hái qǐng wǒ zhàogù nǐ.
The doctor and I made a deal. They left first, and gave us the map. He also asked me to look after you.
- Jim Hawkins 医生给了你地图？
Yīshēng gěi le nǐ dìtú?
The doctor gave you the map?
- Long John Silver 对。现在我要金子，也要活着回家。你对我有用，孩子。
Duì. Xiànzài wǒ yào jīnzi, yě yào huózhe huí jiā. Nǐ duì wǒ yǒu yòng, háizi.
Yes. Now I want gold, and I want to get home alive. You're useful to me, lad.
- Jim Hawkins 昨晚，是我让你们的大船漂走的！
Zuówǎn, shì wǒ ràng nǐmen de dà chuán piāo zǒu de!
Last night, I'm the one who let your ship drift away!
- Long John Silver 是你？哈哈哈！你真是我见过最厉害的孩子！
Shì nǐ? Hāhāhā! Nǐ zhēn shì wǒ jiàn guo zuì lìhai de háizi!
It was you? Ha ha ha! You're the toughest boy I've ever met!
- Narrator 第二天，海盗们拿着地图走上山。西尔弗带着吉姆一起走。
Dì èr tiān, hǎidàomen názhe dìtú zǒu shàng shān. Xī'ěrfú dàizhe Jímǔ yìqǐ zǒu.
The next day, the pirates took the map and climbed the hill. Silver took Jim along.
- A pirate 就是这里！红叉就在这里！快挖！
Jiù shì zhèlǐ! Hóng chā jiù zài zhèlǐ! Kuài wā!
This is the place! The red cross is right here! Dig!
- A pirate 挖了这么深，什么也没有！
Wā le zhème shēn, shénme yě méiyǒu!
We've dug so deep, and there's nothing!
- A pirate 西尔弗，钱呢？你骗我们！
Xī'ěrfú, qián ne? Nǐ piàn wǒmen!
Silver, where's the money? You tricked us!
- Long John Silver 吉姆，站到我后面。他们要生气了。
Jímǔ, zhàn dào wǒ hòumiàn. Tāmen yào shēngqì le.
Jim, get behind me. They're about to lose their tempers.
- Dr. Livesey 站住！放下你们的枪！
Zhànzhù! Fàngxià nǐmen de qiāng!
Halt! Put down your guns!
- A pirate 有人开枪！快跑！
Yǒu rén kāi qiāng! Kuài pǎo!
Someone's shooting! Run!
- Long John Silver 看，孩子。我一直站在赢的人这边。
Kàn, háizi. Wǒ yìzhí zhàn zài yíng de rén zhèbiān.
See, lad? I always stand on the winning side.
- Ben Gunn 金子不在这里！三年前，我就把它搬走了！
Jīnzi bú zài zhèlǐ! Sān nián qián, wǒ jiù bǎ tā bān zǒu le!
The gold isn't here! I moved it away three years ago!
- Dr. Livesey 本！原来是你！快带我们去山洞！
Běn! Yuánlái shì nǐ! Kuài dài wǒmen qù shāndòng!
Ben! So it was you! Take us to the cave, quick!
- Jim Hawkins 大家跟着本！山洞不远！
Dàjiā gēnzhe Běn! Shāndòng bù yuǎn!
Everyone follow Ben! The cave isn't far!
- Narrator 山洞里有很多大箱子，里面全是金币和银币。
Shāndòng lǐ yǒu hěn duō dà xiāngzi, lǐmiàn quán shì jīnbì hé yínbì.
In the cave were many big chests, full of gold and silver coins.
- Ben Gunn 布里斯托！我三年没有看到这么多人了！
Bùlǐsītuō! Wǒ sān nián méiyǒu kàndào zhème duō rén le!
Bristol! I haven't seen this many people in three years!
- Squire Trelawney 本，来！这是一大块奶酪！
Běn, lái! Zhè shì yí dà kuài nǎilào!
Ben, here! This is a great big piece of cheese!
- Ben Gunn 奶酪！我不是在做梦吧？
Nǎilào! Wǒ bú shì zài zuòmèng ba?
Cheese! Am I dreaming?
- Jim Hawkins 本，你想吃多少，就吃多少。西尔弗呢？
Běn, nǐ xiǎng chī duōshao, jiù chī duōshao. Xī'ěrfú ne?
Ben, eat as much as you like. Where's Silver?
- Squire Trelawney 他昨晚跑了，还拿走一小袋金币。
Tā zuówǎn pǎo le, hái ná zǒu yì xiǎo dài jīnbì.
He ran away last night, and took a small bag of coins.
- Jim Hawkins 只拿了一小袋。我想，他也想有一个家，也想过好日子。
Zhǐ ná le yì xiǎo dài. Wǒ xiǎng, tā yě xiǎng yǒu yí gè jiā, yě xiǎng guò hǎo rìzi.
Only a small bag. I think he wanted a home and a good life too.
- Jim Hawkins 西尔弗，你是好人，还是坏人？也许你自己也不知道。
Xī'ěrfú, nǐ shì hǎo rén, háishi huài rén? Yěxǔ nǐ zìjǐ yě bù zhīdào.
Silver, are you good or bad? Maybe even you don't know.
- Jim Hawkins 我要回家了。妈妈一定想听这个故事！
Wǒ yào huíjiā le. Māma yídìng xiǎng tīng zhège gùshi!
I'm going home. Mom will surely want to hear this story!
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What changed in the story?
- Who does Jim find inside the stockade?
“欢迎回来，吉姆！”
- What did Jim do the night before?
“昨晚，是我让你们的大船漂走的！”
- What do the pirates find where the red cross is?
“挖了这么深，什么也没有！”
- Who moved the gold away?
“三年前，我就把它搬走了！”
- What does Silver take when he slips away?
“他昨晚跑了，还拿走一小袋金币。”