Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingAladdin wakes in a cell with a stolen bracelet to explain. The vizier Jafar already knows the truth: the handmaid was Princess Jasmine, and she was toying with a street boy. Then the lecture turns into a job offer. Steal an apple and you are a thief; steal a kingdom and you are a statesman. Jafar promises riches enough to impress a princess, if Aladdin will fetch one simple lamp from a cave nearby. The insult and the temptation arrive in the same breath.
Chapters
24 parts · AI-cutTranscript
Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoTeaching points
Review right after watchingtoy with someone
拿某人当玩具耍
a world of trouble
大麻烦缠身
nothing comes for free
天下没有白来的
stumble upon
碰巧撞上某事
think bigger
把格局想得更大
did you actually think
你还真以为……?
steal a kingdom
偷大国反成政治家
statesman
政治家、治国之人
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“steal a kingdom and you're a statesman.”
偷走一个国家,你就是政治家。
把偷盗抬成治国,一句把权力的虚伪钉死。
Steal X and you're a Y.
讽刺小错受罚、大错封官时。
Steal a loaf and you're a thief; steal a company and you're a CEO. / Do it small and it's a crime; do it big and it's policy.
literary
kingdom 拉长,statesman 咬死、下沉。
“You're either the most powerful man in the room,”
你要么是屋里最有权的人,
either 把世界切成两格:掌权,或归零。
You're either the most X in the room, or...
把竞争说成零和、逼人站队时。
You're either in charge or you're furniture. / Be the one they listen to, or sit down.
neutral
either 后稍顿,powerful 重读。
“But nothing comes for free.”
可天下没有白来的。
许完愿立刻收账,把诱惑钉成交易。
Nothing comes for free.
提醒对方帮忙、优惠、机会都有代价时。
There's no free lunch. / Everything has a price.
neutral
nothing 和 free 两端都砸实。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passageYou see, I was once like you. A common thief. Only I thought bigger. Steal an apple and you're a thief, steal a kingdom and you're a statesman. Only weak men stop there. You're either the most powerful man in the room, or you're nothing. You, you stumbled upon an opportunity. I can make you rich. Rich enough to impress a princess. But nothing comes for free.
你看,我曾经也跟你一样。 一个普通小偷。 只不过我想得更大。 偷一个苹果,你就是贼, 偷走一个国家,你就是政治家。 只有弱者才会停在那儿。 你要么是屋里最有权的人, 要么你什么都不是。 你,你碰巧撞上了一个机会。 我能让你发财。 富到能打动一位公主。 可天下没有白来的。
