He was a seal herder, a seer, and a sea god who had the power to assume many shapes.   If anyone could hold on to him throughout his transformations, the person would be entitled to question him and get the useful advice or information from him.   His daughter Eidothea told Menelaus how to lie in wait for him and get his advice as to how to get back to Sparta. 

[解說]

1.      “He was a seal herder, a seer, and a sea god who had the power to assume many shapes”：他是牧養海豹者，先知，以及有能力變成許多形狀的海神。  “seal”：海豹。  “herder”：牧養者。  “seer”：先知。 “assume a shape”：帶有、變成某ㄧ形狀。

2.      “If anyone could hold on to him throughout his transformations”：如果任何人能夠在他從頭到尾的各種變形中抓住他。  “hold on to ”：抓住。 “throughout”：在從頭到尾整個的。 “transformation”：變形。

3.      “the person would be entitled to question him and get the useful advice or information from him”：那個人就有權力去問他而從他得到有用的忠告或訊息。 “be entitled to ...”：有資格、有權力去 …。

4.      “His daughter Eidothea told Menelaus how to lie in wait for him and get his advice as to how to get back to Sparta”：他的女兒 Eidothea 告訴 Menelaus 如何待著等到他而得到他告知有關如何回 Sparta 的訊息。 “lie in wait for”：待著等到 …。 “as to”：關於。 

[複習填充]

Proteus was a seal h       , a seer, and a sea god who had the power to a         many shapes.  If anyone could hold      to him throughout his transformations, the person would be en         to question him and get the useful advice or information from him.  His daughter Eidothea told Menelaus how to lie in        for him and get his advice as       how to get back to Sparta.