She was a monster, being half-woman and half-serpent.   She was also a prolific breeder of monsters.   By Typhon she bore Chimera, Cerberus, and Hydra.   She also bore the two-headed dog Orthros, and then by him she bore the Sphinx and the Nemean Lion.   Argus put an end to this foul fecundity by killing her while she was asleep. 

[解說]

1.      “She was a monster, being half-woman and half-serpent”：她是妖怪，因為是半為女人，半為蟒蛇。 “being ...” =   as she was ...。

2.      “She was also a prolific breeder of monsters”：她也是個妖怪的大量生產者。 “prolific”：大量生產的。 “breeder”：生育者。

3.      “By Typhon she bore Chimera, Cerberus, and Hydra”：藉由 Typhon 她生了Chimera (吐火怪)、 Cerberus  (三頭犬)，和 Hydra (九頭龍)。

4.      “She also bore the two-headed dog Orthros, and then by him she bore the Sphinx and the Nemean Lion”：她也生那兩頭犬 Orthros，而然後跟他生了 Sphinx (帶翼人獅怪)，以及那 Nemean 的獅子 (棍棒打不死的)。

5.      “Argus put an end to this foul fecundity by killing her while she was asleep”： Argus結束了這個汙穢的多產，藉由在她睡著時殺死她。“put an end to ...”: 結束 ...。 “foul”: 污穢的。 “fecund, fecundity”: 多產、肥沃、富饒。 

[複習填充]

Echidna was a monster, b      half-woman and half-serpent.  She was also a p       breeder of monsters.  B    Typhon she bore Chimera, Cerberus, and Hydra.  She also bore the two-headed dog Orthros, and then b    him she bore the Sphinx and the Nemean Lion.  Argus put an      to this foul f         by killing her while she was asleep.

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