1. She was a sea nymph beloved by Acis (son of Faunus) and Polyphemus (the one- eyed giant).   She rejected the latter's suit and he crushed the former under a huge rock.   She wept so copiously that she was changed into a fountain. 

2. It was the name of the statue which Pygmalion made and fell in love with. Later, Aphrodite gave life to it so that Pygmalion could marry her. 

[解說]

1.      “She was a sea nymph beloved by Acis (son of Faunus) and Polyphemus (the one -eyed giant)”：她是個海邊的女神，被 Acis  (牧神 Faunus 的兒子) 和 Polyphemus (那單眼的巨人) 所愛。 “nymph”：山林湖河海邊之女神。

2.      “She rejected the latter's suit and he crushed the former under a huge rock”：她拒絕後者的追求，而他把前者壓碎在一塊巨石之下。“the latter, the former”： 後者、前者。 “suit”：追求 (=  wooing, courtship)。

    注意：“crush”： 「壓碎」。  “crash”: 「撞毀」。

3.      “”She wept so copiously that she was changed into a fountain.”：她哭得那麼多，以至於被變成泉水。 “copiously”：大量的。

4.      “It was the name of the statue which Pygmalion made and fell in love with”：那是Pygmalion製造而愛上的雕像之名字。

5.      “Later, Aphrodite gave life to it so that Pygmalion could marry her”：後來，愛神 Aphrodite 給它生命，好讓 Pygmalion 可以跟她結婚。 “give life to ...”：給生命於 ...。 

[複習填充]

1. Galatea was a sea nymph be      by Acis (son of Faunus) and Polyphemus (the one-      giant).  She re      the latter's s      and he crushed the f      under a huge rock. She wept so c      that she was changed into a fountain.

2. It was the name of the s    which Pygmalion made and fell in love with. Later, Aphrodite gave       to it so that Pygmalion could marry her.

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