He was king of Ithaca and a cunning, though great,
warrior compelled to attend the Trojan War. After the ten-year war, he
spent another ten years in his homeward journey. On the way he had a
series of adventures including such as his encounter with the cannibal Laestrygones, the narcotized Lotus-Eaters, the alluring Sirens, the
witch Circe, the monster Scylla, the one-eyed giant Polyphemus--his
descent into the underworld, and his long sojourn with the nymph
Calypso. Back home alone, he found his palace occupied by fifty
insolent suitors who were harassing his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. Disguised as a beggar, he finally was able to slay the
suitors with the mighty bow which he alone could bend.
[解說]
1.
“He was king of Ithaca and a cunning, though great, warrior
compelled to attend the Trojan War”:他是 Ithaca 王,也是ㄧ個雖偉大卻狡猾的戰士,被逼去參加特洛伊戰爭。
2.
“After the ten-year war, he spent another ten years in his
homeward journey”:在那十年的戰爭之後,他花了另外十年在他回家的旅程中。
3.
“On the way he had a series of adventures including such as ...”:在路上,他有ㄧ連串的患難冒險,包括諸如 …。
4.
“his encounter with the cannibal Laestrygones”:他遇上那些吃人的 Laestrygones 人。
encounter with = meet with 。
5.
“the narcotized Lotus-Eaters, the alluring Sirens”:那些被催眠的食蓮者,那些誘引人的Sirens
(鳥女妖)。
6.
“the witch Circe, the monster Scylla, the one-eyed giant
Polyphemus”:那女巫 Circe,那妖怪 Scylla,那獨眼巨人 Polyphemus。
7.
“his descent into the underworld, and his long sojourn with the
nymph Calypso”:他的下地獄,以及他長久和水神 Calypso 的逗留。
8.
“Back home alone, he found his palace occupied by fifty insolent
suitors”:單獨回到家,他發現他的王宮被五十個無禮的追求者佔領了。據說:在他回到家之前,所有隨行的部下都逐漸在歷險中失去,故只剩他一人獨回。
9.
“who were harassing his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus”:他們在騷擾他妻子 Penelope 以及他兒子 Telemachus。
10.
“Disguised as a beggar, he finally was able to slay the suitors”:裝扮成乞丐,他最後得以殺死那些追求者。
11.
“with the mighty bow which he alone could bend”:用那巨大的弓,那弓只有他能彎。
[複習填充]
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