He was Odysseus' father.   In his old age he retired to a farm, finding himself too feeble to resist the insolence of the suitors who came to harass Penelope during Odysseus' absence.  When Odysseus was but a demanding child, Laertes had given him some trees he had planted in the orchard.   When Odysseus returned from the Trojan war, Laertes was thus able to identify him by asking him to name the trees. 

[解說]

1.      “In his old age he retired to a farm, finding himself too feeble to resist the insolence of the suitors”：在他老年時，他退休到農場去，發覺自己太衰弱了，沒辦法抗拒那些追求者的侮辱。 “feeble”：衰弱。 “insolence”：無禮、侮辱。

2.      “the suitors who came to harass Penelope during Odysseus' absence”：那些趁 Odysseus 不在時，來騷擾 Penelope 的追求者。 “harass”：騷擾。 Penelope (皮內洛彼) 是 Odysseus 的妻子，Laertes 的媳婦。

3.      “When Odysseus was but a demanding child, Laertes had given him some trees he had planted in the orchard”：當 Odysseus 還只是一個需求東西的小孩時，Laertes 曾給他幾棵他種在果園的樹木。 “demanding”：要東要西的、需索很多的。

4.      “When Odysseus returned from the Trojan war, Laertes was thus able to identify him by asking him to name the trees”：當 Odysseus 從特洛伊戰爭中回來時，Laertes 因此能夠指認他，藉由叫他說出樹的名字。 

[複習填充]

Laertes was Odysseus' father.  In his old age he retired to a farm, finding himself too f       to resist the in         of the suitors who came to h      Penelope during Odysseus' absence.  When Odysseus was but a de           child, Laertes had given him some trees he had planted in the or       .  When Odysseus returned from the Trojan war, Laertes was thus able to i         him by asking him to name the trees.

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