He was son of Daedalus, a cunning artificer of Greece.   At Crete he and his father were imprisoned, and they escaped by constructing wings for themselves.   As they flew in the sky, the boy soared too close to the sun and the wax in his artificial wings melted.   The result was: he fell into the sea and was drowned. 

[解說]

1.      “He was son of Daedalus, a cunning artificer of Greece”：他是希臘巧匠 Daedalus  的兒子。 “cunning”：精明的、靈巧的。 “artificer”：藝匠、技師。

2.      “At Crete he and his father were imprisoned, and they escaped by constructing wings for themselves”：在克里特島，他和他父親被囚禁起來，而他們為自己建造翅膀藉以逃脫。 “construct”: 建造。

3.      “As they flew in the sky, the boy soared too close to the sun”：當他們在空中飛行時，那孩子翱翔得太接近太陽。 “soar”：翱翔。 注意：同音字 “sore” 則為 “痛”。

4.      “and the wax in his artificial wings melted”：於是在他人造翅膀裡的臘就溶化了。

5.      “The result was: he fell into the sea and was drowned”：結果是：他掉入海中而溺死。這故事常拿來勸人不要太好高騖遠。 

[複習填充]

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