Upper-Intermediate - Jizhou Mental Breakdown (D0738)

A健明来过寂州?他杀过人?怎么可能呢?可是为什么佳燕和徐文涛都说他来过。我到底该相信谁?
Jiànmíng lái guo Jìzhōu? tā shā guo rén? zěnme kěnéng ne? kěshì wèishénme Jiāyàn hé Xú Wéntāo dōu shuō tā lái guo. wǒ dàodǐ gāi xiāngxìn shéi?
Jianming has been to Jizhou? He killed someone? How could it be possible? But why did Jia Yan and Xu Wentao both say he had been here before? Who am I supposed to believe?
B阿姨。你怎么哭了?
āyí. nǐ zěnme kū le?
Auntie, why are you crying?
A小朋友,是你啊。阿姨很害怕。
xiǎopéngyou, shì nǐ a. āyí hěn hàipà.
Little friend, it's you. Auntie is very scared.
B阿姨,你别怕。健明叔叔很安全,你放心。他是我们的好朋友,我们会保护他的。
āyí, nǐ bié pà. Jiànmíng shūshu hěn ānquán, nǐ fàngxīn. tā shì wǒmen de hǎopéngyou, wǒmen huì bǎohù tā de.
Auntie, don't be afraid. Uncle Jianming is safe, don't worry. He is our good friend, we will protect him.
A你是怎么认识叔叔的?他以前来过这儿?
nǐ shì zěnme rènshi shūshu de? tā yǐqián lái guo zhèr?
How do you know uncle? Has he been here before?
B嗯。我小时候叔叔来过。
ng4. wǒ xiǎoshíhou shūshu lái guo.
Uh-huh. When I was little, uncle came here.
A他来干什么?
tā lái gàn shénme?
What did he come here for?
B我不知道。大人说谁也不能把这件事说出去。
wǒ bù zhīdào. dàren shuō shéi yě bùnéng bǎ zhè jiàn shì shuō chūqù.
I don't know. The adults say that no one can talk about that.
A什么事?健明做过什么事吗?
shénme shì? Jiànmíng zuò guo shénme shì ma?
What was it? What did Jianming do?
B阿姨,你别问了。我真的不能说。
āyí, nǐ bié wèn le. wǒ zhēnde bùnéng shuō.
Auntie, don't ask. I really cannot say.
A你告诉阿姨好吗?我保证不告诉别人。我们拉钩。
nǐ gàosu āyí hǎo ma? wǒ bǎozhèng bù gàosu biérén. wǒmen lāgōu.
You tell auntie, OK? I promise not to tell anyone else. We'll shake on it.
B好吧,拉钩。叔叔是和另外两个人一起来的。有一个人死了。后来叔叔就走了。
hǎoba, lāgōu. shūshu shì hé lìngwài liǎng ge rén yīqǐ lái de. yǒu yī ge rén sǐ le. hòulái shūshu jiù zǒu le.
All right, shake on it. Uncle came with two other people. One of them died. After that, uncle left.
A什么?死了?是生病死的还是出了什么事情?
shénme? sǐ le? shì shēngbìng sǐ de háishì chū le shénme shìqing?
What? Died? Did they get sick and die, or did something happen?
B我不知道。阿姨,我要走了。
wǒ bù zhīdào. āyí, wǒ yào zǒu le.
I don't know. Auntie, I have to go.
A小朋友,你带阿姨去看健明叔叔,好吗?小朋友,你别跑!(过了一会儿)佳燕,健明以前来过这里。你那时候就认识他,对不对?
xiǎopéngyou, nǐ dài āyí qù kàn Jiànmíng shūshu, hǎo ma? xiǎopéngyou, nǐ bié pǎo! (guò le yīhuìr)Jiāyàn, Jiànmíng yǐqián lái guo zhèlǐ. nǐ nàshíhou jiù rènshi tā, duì bu duì?
Little friend, bring auntie to see Uncle Jianming, OK? Little friend, don't go! (Time passes) Jia Yan, Jianming has been here before. You knew him from then, didn't you?
C你说什么?我不明白。
nǐ shuō shénme? wǒ bù míngbai.
What did you say? I don't understand.
A你少装糊涂。我已经知道真相了。
nǐ shǎo zhuāng hútu. wǒ yǐjīng zhīdào zhēnxiàng le.
Stop playing dumb. I already know the real story.
C什么真相?我在寂州住了这么多年都好好的。可你一来,就发生了这么多怪事。都是你搞出来的。
shénme zhēnxiàng? wǒ zài Jìzhōu zhù le zhème duō nián dōu hǎohāo de. kě nǐ yī lái, jiù fāshēng le zhème duō guàishì. dōu shì nǐ gǎo chūlai de.
What real story? I've lived a good life in Jizhou all these years. But as soon as you arrived, all these strange things started to happen. It's all because of you.
A你怪我?你居然有脸怪我?
nǐ guài wǒ? nǐ jūrán yǒu liǎn guài wǒ?
You're blaming me? You have the gall to blame me?
C你少用这种口气跟我说话。
nǐ shǎo yòng zhèzhǒng kǒuqì gēn wǒ shuōhuà.
Don't you use that kind of tone with me.
A行了。你别装了,我都知道了。健明三年前来过寂州,而且是和另外两个人一起来的。
xíng le. nǐ bié zhuāng le, wǒ dōu zhīdào le. Jiànmíng sān nián qián lái guo Jìzhōu, érqiě shì hé lìngwài liǎng ge rén yīqǐ lái de.
Fine. Stop pretending. I know everything. Jianming came to Jizhou three years ago; furthermore, he came with two other people.
C就算他来过,这跟我有什么关系?
jiùsuàn tā lái guo, zhè gēn wǒ yǒu shénme guānxi?
So what if he came before, what does that have to do with me?
A结果有一个人死了。这你也不知道?
jiéguǒ yǒu yī ge rén sǐ le. zhè nǐ yě bù zhīdào?
In the end, one of them died. Did you know this too?
C谁死了?没人死!你胡说!没有!你走开!走开!啊!啊!
shéi sǐ le? méirén sǐ! nǐ húshuō! méiyǒu! nǐ zǒukāi! zǒukāi! ā! ā!
Who died? No one died! You're talking nonsense! No! Go away! Go away! Ah! Ah!
A佳燕,佳燕!你没事吧?
Jiāyàn, Jiāyàn! nǐ méishì ba?
Jia Yan, Jia Yan! Are you all right?
C你走开!别管我!没有人死!
nǐ zǒukāi! bié guǎn wǒ! méiyǒurén sǐ!
Go away! Never mind me! No one died!
A佳燕为什么反应这么强烈?她肯定和这件事有关系。(过了一会儿。赵露偷偷去佳燕的房间。翻东西的声音)照片。佳燕、健明、这个人......死了?健明真的来过寂州。他们认识。难道他真的杀过人?
Jiāyàn wèishénme fǎnyìng zhème qiángliè? tā kěndìng hé zhè jiàn shì yǒu guānxì. (guò le yīhuìr. Zhào lù tōutōu qù Jiāyàn de fángjiān. fān dōngxi de shēngyīn)zhàopiàn. Jiāyàn, Jiànmíng, zhège rén......sǐ le? Jiànmíng zhēnde lái guo Jìzhōu. tāmen rènshi. nándào tā zhēnde shā guo rén?
Why did Jia Yan respond so violently? She must have something to do with this. (Time passes. Zhao Lu sneaks into Jia Yan's room. Sounds of things being overturned.) A photograph. Jia Yan, Jianming, this person.... died? Jianming really was in Jizhou before. They know each other. Could it really be possible that he killed someone?

Key Vocabulary

到底dàodǐactually; in the end
拉钩lāgōuto commit to a matter with a handshake
装糊涂zhuāng hútuto play dumb
怪事guàishìstrange happenings
guàito blame
居然jūránunexpectedly
口气kǒuqìtone of voice
结果jiéguǒresult
反应fǎnyìngreaction
强烈qiánglièintense

Supplementary Vocabulary

精神jīngshénspirit
崩溃bēngkuìto fall apart
刺激cìjīto provoke
疯疯癫癫fēngfēngdiāndiānderanged