He was son of Apollo and Calliope.  He was the greatest of all mortal musicians.   His music-playing moved everything, including not only beasts of the field but even rocks and inanimate objects.   It was said to have drawn iron tears down Pluto's cheek, and so Pluto agreed to let Orpheus' wife Eurydice return to the upper world after she died from a snake-bite and came to Hades.   But Orpheus' devotion to his wife caused the fury of the Maenads, who tore him to pieces and threw his head into the river Hebrus. 

[解說]

1.      “He was the greatest of all mortal musicians”: 他是所有凡人音樂家中最偉大的。 “mortal”: 凡人的，會死的。

2.      “His music-playing moved everything, including not only beasts of the field but even rocks and inanimate objects”: 他的音樂演奏感動萬物，不僅包括野地的百獸，還甚至於包括岩石和無生命的東西。 “inanimate”: 無生命的，不會動的。

3.      “It was said to have drawn iron tears down Pluto's cheek”: 它被說成曾經拉鐵淚流下冥王 Pluto 的臉頰。 “iron tears”: 鐵淚，堅強殘酷的眼淚。

4.      “and so Pluto agreed to let Orpheus' wife Eurydice return to the upper world”: 而因此 Pluto 同意讓 Orpheus 的妻子 Eurydice 回到上界 (陽間)。

5.      “after she died from a snake-bite and came to Hades”: 在她死於蛇咬而來到地獄之後。 “die from”: 死於 (意外原因)。 若死於疾病，通常用 die of。

6.      “But Orpheus' devotion to his wife caused the fury of the Maenads”: 但 Orpheus 對他妻子的鍾愛引起 Maenads 的憤怒。 “devotion”: 虔誠，鍾愛，專心。 “fury”: 憤怒。 Maenads : 是一群忠於酒神的女祭司，她們瘋狂起來時，會殺害所有不參與狂歡的人。

7.      “who tore him to pieces and threw his head into the river Hebrus”: 他們把她撕成碎片而把他的頭丟入 Hebrus 河中。  

[複習填充]

Orpheus was son of Apollo and Calliope.  He was the greatest of all m_____ musicians.  His music-playing m____ everything, including not only beasts of the field but even rocks and in_______ objects.  It was said to have d____ iron tears down Pluto's cheek, and so Pluto agreed to let Orpheus' wife Eurydice return to the up____ world after she died _____ a snake-bite and came to Hades.  But Orpheus' devotion to his wife caused the f____ of the Maenads, who tore him to p____ and threw his head into the river Hebrus.