Prisoners of the Captain · 不能回家 · 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea · Traditional Mandarin · HSK 1

教授很不高興。教授去見尼莫。教授問尼莫：「為什麼殺人？」尼莫說：「軍艦很壞。」「軍艦抓我的太太。」「他們打我的太太。」「軍艦抓我的兒子。」「他們打我的兒子。」「軍艦殺了他們。」尼莫不想看見軍艦。

尼德想回他的家。尼德的家很遠。尼德在紙上寫字。尼德有很多瓶子。尼德在水裡丟瓶子。助手看見尼德丟瓶子。艾米看見尼德寫字。

潛水艇在小島旁邊。尼德去小島。尼德想跑。小島上有很多人。壞人跑來打尼德。壞人想抓尼德。尼德跑回潛水艇。

尼莫很不高興。尼莫抓了尼德。尼莫不要尼德去。尼德在房間裡。尼德不能去他的家。

語法 · Grammar

Expressing Location with 在

Subject + 在 + Place + Verb

In Chinese, to say that an action happens at a certain location, the preposition 在 (zài) and the location come before the verb. This is different from English, where the location usually comes at the end of the sentence.

尼德在紙上寫字。Ned writes on the paper.

尼德在水裡丟瓶子。Ned throws bottles in the water.

Completed Action with 了

Verb + 了

The particle 了 (le) can be placed immediately after a verb to indicate that the action is completed. It is often used to narrate past events.

軍艦殺了他們。The warships killed them.

尼莫抓了尼德。Nemo grabbed Ned.

練習二 · Matching

Match each word to its meaning.

1.教授

2.助手

3.小島

4.房間

5.遠

a.small island

b.far

c.professor

d.room

e.assistant

1-c · 2-e · 3-a · 4-d · 5-b

譯文 · Translation

The professor was very unhappy. The professor went to see Nemo. The professor asked Nemo: "Why kill people?" Nemo said: "Warships are very bad." "Warships grabbed my wife." "They hit my wife." "Warships grabbed my son." "They hit my son." "Warships killed them." Nemo did not want to see warships.

Ned wanted to return to his home. Ned's home was very far away. Ned wrote words on paper. Ned had many bottles. Ned threw the bottles into the water. The assistant saw Ned throw the bottles. Amy saw Ned writing.

The submarine was next to a small island. Ned went to the small island. Ned wanted to run away. There were many people on the small island. Bad people came running to hit Ned. The bad people wanted to grab Ned. Ned ran back to the submarine.

Nemo was very unhappy. Nemo grabbed Ned. Nemo did not want Ned to go. Ned was in the room. Ned could not go to his home.