唸音	Identified with Tellus by Romans, Gaea was the earth goddess.   She was the offspring of Chaos.   She of herself begot Uranus (heaven) and Pontus (ocean).   By Uranus she then begot the one-eyed Cyclops, the hundred-handed Hecatoncheires, and the Titans.   And by Pontus she produced various sea creatures.   Her name came to be the first syllable of geography, geometry, geology, etc.  　 [解說] 　 1. “Identified with Tellus by Romans, Gaea was the earth goddess”：被羅馬人認同為 Tellus，Gaea 就是大地的女神。 “Identified with ...”：被認同為 …、被視為就是 …。 　 2. “She was the offspring of Chaos”：她是混沌的後代。 “offspring”：後代 (=  descendant, issue)。 “Chaos”：混沌 (在神話中為宇宙之始，萬物中的第一物)。 　 3. “She of herself begot Uranus (heaven) and Pontus (ocean)”：她自動生了 Uranus (天) 和 Pontus (海洋)。 “of oneself”：自動的 (=  automatically)。 　 4. “By Uranus she then begot the one-eyed Cyclops, the hundred-handed Hecatoncheires, and the Titans”：她然後跟 Uranus生了那獨眼的 Cyclops，百手的 Hecatoncheires，以及那些 Titans。 “by A  beget  B”：跟 A 生了 B。 　 據說：獨眼巨人 Cyclops 有三位，後者幫忙新的 gods 打敗 Titans。於是 Zeus 與眾神統治天下。 Titans 為 old gods。 　 5. “And by Pontus she produced various sea creatures”：而跟 Pontus 她生了各種海洋生物。 　 6. “Her name came to be the first syllable of geography, geometry, geology, etc.”：她的名字變成為 geography, geometry, geology 等的第一個音節。 “come to be”：結果是、變成為。 “geography”：地理。 “geometry”：幾何學 (原為測量土地的學問)。 “geology”：地質學。 　 [複習填充] 　 Identified  Tellus by Romans, Gaea was the   goddess.  She was the o  of Chaos.  She  herself begot Uranus (heaven) and Pontus (ocean).   Uranus she then begot the one-eyed Cyclops, the hundred-  Hecatoncheires, and the Titans.  And by Pontus she p  various sea creatures.  Her name came to  the first syllable of geography, geometry, geology, etc. .
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