He was a beautiful youth who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool.   Echo loved him, but he loved only the unreachable image of loveliness mirrored in the water.   Finally, he pined away and, when he died, there bloomed a new and lovely flower at the place where his body had lain.   The nymphs called the flower by his name.   And today the term “narcissism” or “the narcissus complex” is used to refer to anyone possessed of excessive self-love. 

[解說]

1.      “He was a beautiful youth who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool”：他是ㄧ個美麗的年輕人，他愛上了池中的自己的影像。  “reflection”：反射光線形成的「影像」。

2.      “Echo loved him, but he loved only the unreachable image of loveliness mirrored in the water”：Echo 愛他，可是他只愛水中照出的那個抓不到的可愛影像。  “image”：影像。  “mirrored”：(如鏡子ㄧ般) 照射出來的。

3.      “Finally, he pined away and, when he died, there bloomed a new and lovely flower”：最後，他憔悴掉了，而當他死的時候，開出了一種新的可愛的花。  “pine”：憔悴。

4.      “at the place where his body had lain”：在他屍體躺過的地方。  body 指「屍體」。  lie, lay, lain：躺。  lie, lied, lied：說謊。  lay, laid, laid：放置。

5.      “The nymphs called the flower by his name”：林泉河湖的女神以他的名字來稱呼那種花。此即「水仙花」。

6.      “And today the term ‘narcissism’ or ‘the narcissus comples' is used to refer to anyone possessed of excessive self-love”：而今日“narcissism”或“narcissus 情結” 這術語就被用來指涉任何擁有太多自愛的人。 “refer to”：指涉。 “be possessed of”：擁有。 “excess, excessive”：過分、太多。 

[複習填充]

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