Treasure Island · chapter 5 of 6
The Stockade
木头房子
Ben Gunn tells Jim where the gold went, and the good side holes up in a log fort. When Silver comes calling, Jim makes a dangerous plan.
Read what you hear
- Ben Gunn 这是我的家。看，有羊皮，有火，可是没有奶酪。
Zhè shì wǒ de jiā. Kàn, yǒu yángpí, yǒu huǒ, kěshì méiyǒu nǎilào.
This is my home. Look, there are sheepskins, a fire, but no cheese.
- Jim Hawkins 本，你为什么一个人在岛上？
Běn, nǐ wèishénme yí gè rén zài dǎo shàng?
Ben, why are you on the island all alone?
- Ben Gunn 我以前跟弗林特船长在一起。他把金子放在岛上，后来他不在了。
Wǒ yǐqián gēn Fúlíntè chuánzhǎng zài yìqǐ. Tā bǎ jīnzi fàng zài dǎo shàng, hòulái tā bú zài le.
I used to sail with Captain Flint. He left his gold on the island, and later he was gone.
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- Ben Gunn 后来我和别的海盗回来找，可是找不到。
Hòulái wǒ hé bié de hǎidào huílái zhǎo, kěshì zhǎo bú dào.
Later I came back with other pirates to look, but we couldn't find it.
- Ben Gunn 他们生气了，就把我留在这里。
Tāmen shēngqì le, jiù bǎ wǒ liú zài zhèlǐ.
They got angry and left me here.
- Jim Hawkins 你太可怜了！
Nǐ tài kělián le!
You poor man!
- Ben Gunn 可是我很聪明！我想了三年，自己找到了金子！
Kěshì wǒ hěn cōngming! Wǒ xiǎng le sān nián, zìjǐ zhǎodào le jīnzi!
But I'm clever! I thought for three years, and I found the gold myself!
- Jim Hawkins 什么？你找到了？在哪里？
Shénme? Nǐ zhǎodào le? Zài nǎlǐ?
What? You found it? Where?
- Ben Gunn 我把它搬走了，放在一个大山洞里。你的朋友是好人吗？
Wǒ bǎ tā bān zǒu le, fàng zài yí gè dà shāndòng lǐ. Nǐ de péngyou shì hǎo rén ma?
I moved it and put it in a big cave. Are your friends good people?
- Jim Hawkins 是！医生和乡绅都是好人。他们一定想见你。
Shì! Yīshēng hé xiāngshēn dōu shì hǎo rén. Tāmen yídìng xiǎng jiàn nǐ.
Yes! The doctor and the squire are good people. They'll want to meet you.
- Ben Gunn 那你告诉他们：本要一条回家的船，还要一大块奶酪！
Nà nǐ gàosu tāmen: Běn yào yì tiáo huí jiā de chuán, hái yào yí dà kuài nǎilào!
Then tell them: Ben wants a ship home, and a very big piece of cheese!
- Jim Hawkins 我会告诉他们！本，你等我！
Wǒ huì gàosu tāmen! Běn, nǐ děng wǒ!
I'll tell them! Ben, wait for me!
- Narrator 那天，海盗抢了大船。好人们跑进了岛上的木头房子。
Nà tiān, hǎidào qiǎng le dà chuán. Hǎo rénmen pǎo jìn le dǎo shàng de mùtou fángzi.
That day, the pirates took the ship. The good side ran into the log fort on the island.
- Squire Trelawney 谁在外面？啊，是吉姆！
Shéi zài wàimiàn? À, shì Jímǔ!
Who's outside? Ah, it's Jim!
- Jim Hawkins 是我！我遇到了本！他知道宝藏在哪里！
Shì wǒ! Wǒ yùdào le Běn! Tā zhīdào bǎozàng zài nǎlǐ!
It's me! I met Ben! He knows where the treasure is!
- Dr. Livesey 吉姆！你去哪里了？我们都很担心你。
Jímǔ! Nǐ qù nǎlǐ le? Wǒmen dōu hěn dānxīn nǐ.
Jim! Where have you been? We were all so worried.
- Squire Trelawney 我刚才打倒了一个海盗！用这一枪！
Wǒ gāngcái dǎ dǎo le yí gè hǎidào! Yòng zhè yì qiāng!
I just knocked down a pirate! With this shot!
- Dr. Livesey 乡绅先生，你一枪也没有打中。
Xiāngshēn xiānsheng, nǐ yì qiāng yě méiyǒu dǎ zhòng.
Squire, you haven't hit anything with a single shot.
- Squire Trelawney 我打中了一棵大树。
Wǒ dǎ zhòng le yì kē dà shù.
I hit a big tree.
- Dr. Livesey 大家安静。吉姆，慢慢说。
Dàjiā ānjìng. Jímǔ, mànmàn shuō.
Everyone quiet. Jim, tell it slowly.
- Jim Hawkins 岛上有一个人，他叫本。宝藏他自己搬走了。
Dǎo shàng yǒu yí gè rén, tā jiào Běn. Bǎozàng tā zìjǐ bān zǒu le.
There's a man on the island called Ben. He moved the treasure himself.
- Dr. Livesey 海盗没有地图，可是他们有大船和很多人。
Hǎidào méiyǒu dìtú, kěshì tāmen yǒu dà chuán hé hěn duō rén.
The pirates have no map, but they have the ship and many men.
- Long John Silver 里面的人听着！我是西尔弗！把地图给我们吧！
Lǐmiàn de rén tīngzhe! Wǒ shì Xī'ěrfú! Bǎ dìtú gěi wǒmen ba!
You inside, listen! It's Silver! Give us the map!
- Captain Smollett 你是海盗！我们什么也不给！
Nǐ shì hǎidào! Wǒmen shénme yě bù gěi!
You're a pirate! We give you nothing!
- Long John Silver 那好。明天天亮，你们就知道了。
Nà hǎo. Míngtiān tiānliàng, nǐmen jiù zhīdào le.
Very well. At tomorrow's dawn, you'll see.
- Captain Smollett 走吧，西尔弗。下一次，我不会这么客气。
Zǒu ba, Xī'ěrfú. Xià yí cì, wǒ bú huì zhème kèqi.
Go, Silver. Next time I won't be so polite.
- Captain Smollett 今晚大家早点睡。明天会很难。
Jīnwǎn dàjiā zǎo diǎn shuì. Míngtiān huì hěn nán.
Everyone get to sleep early tonight. Tomorrow will be hard.
- Jim Hawkins 船长，我可以把他们的船放走。
Chuánzhǎng, wǒ kěyǐ bǎ tāmen de chuán fàng zǒu.
Captain, I can let their ship drift away.
- Captain Smollett 太危险了！你还是孩子！
Tài wēixiǎn le! Nǐ hái shi háizi!
Too dangerous! You're still a child!
- Jim Hawkins 本有一条小船。今晚我就去！
Běn yǒu yì tiáo xiǎo chuán. Jīnwǎn wǒ jiù qù!
Ben has a little boat. I'm going tonight!
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What changed in the story?
- Why was Ben alone on the island?
“他们生气了，就把我留在这里。”
- What did Ben do with the gold?
“我把它搬走了，放在一个大山洞里。”
- What does Ben ask Jim to tell his friends?
“本要一条回家的船，还要一大块奶酪！”
- What did the squire really hit?
“我打中了一棵大树。”
- What does Silver ask for at the gate?
“把地图给我们吧！”