She was queen of the Amazons.   She was so impressed by Hercules' masculinity that she offered to give him her girdle, which was an act uncharacteristic of her tribe.   When she was on board his ship, her women warriors assumed that she was being abducted, and so they attacked the ship.   Whereupon Hercules, assuming the whole thing was an ambush, killed Hippolyte. 

[解說]

1.      “She was queen of the Amazons”: 她是亞馬遜人的女王。據說： Amazons 是好戰而不愛男人的女人族。

2.      “She was so impressed by Hercules' masculinity that she offered to give him her girdle”: 她是那麼有印象於 Hercules 的男性美以至於她表示要給他她的腰帶。 “be impressed by ...”: 被 … 刻下印象。 “masculinity”: 男性美，陽剛氣。

3.      “which was an act uncharacteristic of her tribe”: 那是一種不是她部族特徵的行為。 “uncharacteristic of ...”: 非 … 之特徵。

4.      “When she was on board his ship”: 當她登上他的船時。 “on board ...”: 登上…。

5.      “her women warriors assumed that she was being abducted”: 她的女戰士們以為她正在被綁架。 “abduct”: 拐走，綁架。

6.      “and so they attacked the ship”: 而因此她們攻擊那條船。

7.      “Whereupon Hercules, assuming the whole thing was an ambush, killed Hippolyte”: 就在那時， Hercules 以為整件事情是個埋伏，於是殺死 Hyppolyte。 “whereupon” =  upon which: 在那個時候。 “ambush”: 埋伏。 

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Hyppotyte was queen of the Amazons.  She was so im______ by Hercules' masculinity that she offered to give him her g_____, which was an act uncharacteristic ___ her tribe.  When she was on b_____ his ship, her women warriors assumed that she was being ab______, and so they attacked the ship.  Whereupon Hercules, assuming the whole thing was an am_____, killed Hippolyte.

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