He was son of Iapetus and the ocean nymph Clymene.   He was a friend to mankind: he stole fire from heaven and gave it to man.   He knew the secret of who would be mightier than Zeus and destroy him.   But he refused to reveal the secret to Zeus.    So, Zeus had him chained to a rock in the Caucasus where a vulture came to peck out his liver as it grew up again after being torn out.   Thus, he represents the unconquerable will opposing tyranny. 

[解說]

1.      “He was son of Iapetus and the ocean nymph Clymene”：他是 Iapetus 和海洋女神 Clymene 的兒子。 “nymph”: 山、林、河、湖、海之女神。

2.      “He was a friend to mankind: he stole fire from heaven and gave it to man”：他是人類的朋友：他從天堂偷來火而把它給人類。

3.      “He knew the secret of who would be mightier than Zeus and destroy him”：他知道「誰會比 Zeus 強而毀掉他」這個秘密。

4.      “But he refused to reveal the secret to Zeus”：可是他拒絕洩漏那秘密給 Zeus。

5.      “So, Zeus had him chained to a rock in the Caucasus where a vulture came to peck out his liver as it grew up again after being torn out”：所以，Zeus 令他被鍊在高加索山裡的一塊岩石上，在那裡有一隻禿鷹來啄掉他的肝，當那肝在被扯掉而又長出來時。  “peck out”：啄出、啄掉。  “torn out”：被扯出、被撕掉。

6.      “Thus, he represents the unconquerable will opposing tyranny”：因此，他代表反對暴虐的那種無法征服的意志。 

[複習填充]

Prometheus was son of Iapetus and the ocean n         Clymene.  He was a friend to mankind: he stole       from heaven and gave it to man.  He knew the secret of who would be mightier than Zeus and destroy him.  But he refused to re        the secret to Zeus.  So, Zeus had him ch          to a rock in the Caucasus where a vulture came to p      out his liver as it grew up again after being t      out.  Thus, he represents the unconquerable w     opposing tyranny.