He was son of Zeus and Hera, husband of Aphrodite,
and often identified with Vulcan by Romans. He interfered in a quarrel
between his parents, and the enraged Zeus threw him over the battlements
of heaven. He was crippled when he landed on Lemnos after falling a
full day. The lame Hephaestus, however, was the god of the crafts. He
built palaces for the gods, forged Zeus' thunderbolts, made Achilles'
armor, Harmonia's necklace, and the axe with which the skull of Zeus was
split in order to facilitate the birth of Athena. He created, above
all, the first woman Pandora.
[解說]
1.
“He was son of Zeus and Hera, husband of Aphrodite, and often
identified with Vulcan by Romans”:他是 Zeus 和 Hera 的兒子,Aphrodite 的丈夫,也常常被羅馬人等同於 Vulcan。
“(be) identified with”:等同於、視為同一。
2.
“He interfered in a quarrel between his parents”:他干擾他父母之間的爭吵。
“interfere”:干涉、干擾
(後常接 in 或 with)。
3.
“and the enraged Zeus threw him over the battlements of heaven”:而生氣的 Zeus 把他丟過天堂的城垛。
“enraged”:生氣的。
“battlement”:
城垛。
4.
“He was crippled when he landed on Lemnos after falling a full
day”:當掉落了一整天而後著陸在 Lemnos 島時,他變成殘廢。
“be crippled”:變殘廢。
Lemnos 是愛琴海上之大島,Hephaestus 跛腳後在此發展他的工匠技藝。
5.
“The lame Hephaestus, however, was the god of the crafts”:可是,跛腳的 Hephaestus 卻是工藝之神。
6.
“He built palaces for the gods, forged Zeus's thunderbolts”:他為眾神建宮殿,打造 Zeus 的雷霹。
7.
“made Achilles' armor, Harmonia's necklace”:製造 Achilles 的甲冑,Harmonia 的項鍊。
8.
“and the axe with which the skull of Zeus was split in order to
facilitate the birth of Athena”:以及那斧頭,用它來劈開 Zeus 的頭殼,以方便 Athena 的誕生。
“ax 或 axe”:斧頭。
“be split”:被劈開。
“facilitate”:使容易(= make
easy)。
據說:Athena 孕育在 Zeus 的頭裡,所以必須劈開頭殼,以便她誕生。
9.
“He created, above all, the first woman Pandora”:尤其是,他創造了第一個女人Pandora。“above
all”: 尤其是。
[複習填充]
Hephaestus was son of Zeus and Hera, husband of
Aphrodite, and often i with Vulcan by Romans. He in
in a quarrel between his parents, and the en Zeus
threw him over the b of heaven. He was c
when he landed on Lemnos after falling a full day. The lame
Hephaestus, however, was the god of the c . He built palaces
for the gods, f Zeus' thunderbolts, made Achilles' a
, Harmonia's necklace, and the a with which the skull of
Zeus was split in order to f the birth of Athena. He
created, above all, the first woman Pandora.
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