He was one of the three Roman heroes who held back the entire Etruscan army under Lars Porsena, at the narrow wooden Sublican bridge until it could be destroyed and thus the way to Rome could be blocked.   Horatius held his position, it is said, until the bridge went down and then he swam the Tiber to safety with his armor on his back. 

[解說]

1.      “He was one of the three Roman heroes who held back the entire Etruscan army under Lars Porsena”：他是三個羅馬英雄之ㄧ。他們阻擋 Lars Porsena 率領下的Etruscan 的整支軍隊。 “hold back”：擋回、阻擋。 “under …”：在 … 之下(為其率領的)。

2.      “at the narrow wooden Sublican bridge”：在那狹窄的，木頭造的 Sublican 橋。

3.      “until it could be destroyed and thus the way to Rome could be blocked”：一直到它能夠被毀掉，而通到羅馬的路能夠被阻擋。 “block”：阻擋、封鎖。

4.      “Horatius held his position, it is said, until the bridge went down”：據說，Horatius 守住他的地點直到橋樑塌下來。

5.      “and then he swam the Tiber to safety with his armor on his back”：然後他游過Tiber河到達安全，背上還帶著甲冑。 

[複習填充]

Horatius was one of the three Roman heroes who h     back the entire Etruscan army       Lars Porsena, at the narrow wooden Sublican bridge until it could be destroyed and thus the way to Rome could be b       . Horatius held his p        , it is said, until the bridge went down and then he swam the Tiber      safety with his a     on his back.

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