E01 001 山鲁佐德讲述故事

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0:13 I am Shahrazad, the wife of the king of Persia 我是莎赫拉扎德，波斯国王的妻子。
0:21 I am not the king's first wife 我不是国王的第一任妻子。
0:24 Oh no! He has had hundreds of wives! 哦不！他已经有过上百个妻子了！
0:28 I will explain 我来解释一下。
0:30 For years, each and every day the king would marry a beautiful young woman 多年来，日复一日，国王都会娶一位年轻美丽的女子。
0:36 Then the very next morning, he would order her to be killed! 然后第二天一早，他就下令把她处死！
0:42 The people in the kingdom became very angry at this 王国的百姓对此非常愤怒。
0:46 Mothers and fathers cried, and all the young women shook with fear 父母们痛哭流涕，所有的年轻女子都吓得发抖。
0:51 No one wanted to marry the king 没人愿意嫁给国王。
0:54 But unfortunately a king may do whatever he wants 可不幸的是，国王想做什么就能做什么。
1:01 One day it was my turn, and I became his bride 有一天轮到我了，我成了他的新娘。
1:06 But as you can see, I am still alive 但正如你所见，我还活着。
1:11 On the night of the day we were married, I kissed the king and said 我们结婚的那天晚上，我亲吻了国王，说：
1:15 " Shall I tell you a story to pass the time, sire?" "陛下，我讲个故事给您消磨时间好吗？"
1:19 " I love stories!" he said "我喜欢故事！"他说。
1:23 So I told him a very good tale full of adventure 于是，我给他讲了一个充满冒险的精彩故事。
1:27 And the king listened all night 国王听了一整夜。
1:31 When I came to the end of the story, the king clapped his hands and said 故事讲完时，国王拍手说：
1:36 " Oh, what a fine story! "哦，多么精彩的故事！
1:38 Please tell me another one, right now." 请现在就给我再讲一个。"
1:42 Just then the sun peeked through the window, and a rooster crowed 就在这时，阳光透过窗户照了进来，一只公鸡打起了鸣。
1:48 " I am sorry, husband," I said “对不起，夫君，”我说。
1:51 " The night is over, and there is no time left “夜晚结束了，没时间了。
1:55 But if you let me live, tonight I will tell an even better story." 但如果你让我活下去，今晚我会讲一个更好的故事。”
2:03 So the king did not kill me that day 于是那天国王没有杀我。
2:07 That night, I told him a very long story 那天晚上，我给他讲了一个很长很长的故事。
2:12 It was so long that when morning came, I was not finished 故事太长了，到早上时，我还没讲完。
2:17 The king had to spare my life again so that he could hear how the story ended! 国王只好再次饶我一命，这样他才能听到故事的结局！
2:25 So it has gone on, night after night 就这样，一夜又一夜地继续着。
2:29 At sunrise, he lets me live another day so he can hear another exciting story 日出时分，他让我多活一天，好再听一个精彩的故事。
2:36 Would you like to hear one of the king's favorite stories? Yes? 你们想听国王最喜欢的故事之一吗？想听吗？
2:42 Then I will tell you all about Aladdin and his wonderful lamp 那我就给你们讲讲阿拉丁和他的神灯的故事。
2:49 Long ago, a poor tailor lived in a faraway land by a great sea 很久以前，在一个遥远的海边，住着一个穷裁缝。
2:55 This tailor had a son named Aladdin, who wanted to do nothing but play 这个裁缝有个儿子叫阿拉丁，他只想玩耍，别的什么也不想干。
3:02 When Aladdin was ten years old, the tailor said 阿拉丁十岁的时候，裁缝说：
3:07 " Son, you must learn a trade “孩子，你得学一门手艺。”
3:09 I will teach you to be a tailor like me." “我会教你，像我一样做个裁缝。”
3:13 " I don't want to work," Aladdin grumbled “我不想干活。”阿拉丁嘟囔道。
3:18 Every time the tailor turned his back, Aladdin would run out the door to play 每次裁缝一转身，阿拉丁就会跑出门去玩耍。
3:24 " Come back!" the tailor called, but the boy would not obey “回来！”裁缝喊道，可那男孩就是不听。
3:30 Aladdin's father was so sad that he became ill 阿拉丁的父亲非常伤心，结果病倒了。
3:35 He soon died of a broken heart 不久他便心碎而死。
3:40 Aladdin and his mother were alone in the world 阿拉丁和母亲相依为命，孤苦伶仃。
3:46 " All day I spin yarn so I can buy bread," “我整天纺线，就为了能买点面包，”
3:49 sighed his mother, who was named Zeba 他的母亲泽巴叹着气说。
3:53 " You play all day “你却整天玩耍。
3:55 You come home only when you are hungry!" 只有饿了才知道回家！”
4:00 And that is how things remained until Aladdin was seventeen years old 日子就这样一天天过去，直到阿拉丁十七岁。
4:05 That year a stranger named Magrib came to the city 那年，一个叫马格里布的陌生人来到城里。
4:10 Nobody knew that Magrib was a magician 没人知道马格里布是个魔法师。
4:14 That was his secret 那是他的秘密。
4:17 One day Magrib was watching the children who played in the streets 一天，马格里布看着在街上玩耍的孩子们。
4:23 His pale eyes shone beneath the hood of his dusty robe 他苍白的眼睛在沾满灰尘的袍子兜帽下闪闪发亮。
4:28 He pointed to Aladdin 他伸手指向阿拉丁。
4:30 " Who is that boy?" he whispered to a nearby child “那个男孩是谁？”他低声问旁边的一个孩子。
4:36 " Who is his father?" “他的父亲是谁？”
4:39 " That's Aladdin," the child said “那是阿拉丁，”那孩子说。
4:43 " He's the tailor's son." “他是裁缝的儿子。”
4:45 Magrib asked many questions 马格里布问了很多问题。
4:49 He learned everything about Aladdin 他把阿拉丁的事打听得一清二楚。
4:52 Then he smiled 然后他笑了。
4:55 " My search is over!" said the magician “我的寻找到此为止！”魔法师说。
5:00 " I have found him!" “我找到他了！”