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She was supposedly the origin of all creatures.   In the beginning, she rose naked from Chaos and , finding nothing to stand on, divided the sea from the sky.   Then a wind came and made her pregnant.  In time she produced Ophion, a great serpent.   She then laid an egg and bade Ophion hatch it.   From the egg came all things.   Then she created the Titans, but was finally deposed by Saturn. 

[解說]

1.      “She was supposedly the origin of all creatures”:她被認為是萬物的源頭。 “creatures”:創造物

2.      “In the beginning, she rose naked from Chaos”:在開始時,她從混沌中赤裸地升起。 “Chaos”:混沌。

3.      “and , finding nothing to stand on, divided the sea from the sky”:而 (因為) 找不到東西可以站立,就把海和天空分開來。 “finding ...” =  as she found ...

4.      “Then a wind came and made her pregnant”:然後ㄧ陣風吹來而使她懷孕。

5.      “In time she produced Ophion, a great serpent”:時候到時,她生了一條大蛇Ophion

6.      “She then laid an egg and bade Ophion hatch it”:她然後生ㄧ顆蛋而命 Ophion 孵化它。 “bid, bade, bidden”:吩咐、命令 (其後不定詞省去 to) “hatch”:孵化。

7.      “From the egg came all things”:從那個蛋來了萬物

8.      “Then she created the Titans, but was finally deposed by Saturn”:然後她創造了巨人族  (the Titans),可是最後卻被 Saturn 所推翻。 “depose”:免職、廢位、推翻。 

[複習填充]

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