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They were prophetesses, usually conceived of as very old women. Among them, Amalthea, the Cumaean Sibyl, is the best known. She was loved by Apollo and she asked him for as many years of life as she could hold grains of sand in her cupped hands. Her request was granted, but she had forgotten to ask for eternal youth and so grew inconceivably old and withered. Once she offered to sell Tarquin nine volumes of the Sibylline Books. When her offer was declined, she burned three of them and then offered him the remaining six at the price of the original nine. And when that was again declined, she burned three more and offered him the remaining three at the same price. This last offer was hastily accepted.

[解說]

1. “They were prophetesses, usually conceived of as very old women”：她們是女預言家，通常被想成很老的婦人。

2. “Among them, Amalthea, the Cumaean Sibyl, is the best known”：她們之中，Amalthea (那 Cumae 的女巫) 是最有名的。

3. “She was loved by Apollo and she asked him for as many years of life as she could hold grains of sand in her cupped hands”：她被 Apollo 所愛，而她向他要求給予像她彎成杯形的手所能持有的沙粒那麼多的有生之年。 “years of life”：有生之年、活著的歲月。 “cupped hands”：彎成杯形的手。 “grains of sand”：沙粒。

4. “Her request was granted, but she had forgotten to ask for eternal youth and so grew inconceivably old and withered”：她的要求被賜給了，可是她忘了要求永遠的青春，而因此變成難以想像的老而且憔悴。 “eternal”：永遠的、永恆的。 “inconceivably”：不能想像的。 “withered”：枯萎、凋謝、憔悴。

5. “Once she offered to sell Tarquin nine volumes of the Sibylline Books”：有ㄧ次，她提出說要賣給 Tarquin 九冊女巫的書。

6. “When her offer was declined, she burned three of them and then offered him the remaining six at the price of the original nine”：當她的出價被婉拒時，她燒掉它們之中的三冊，然後提供給他剩下的六冊，以原先九冊的價格。 “offer”：提議、出價、供給。

7. “And when that was again declined, she burned three more and offered him the remaining three at the same price”：而當那個再度被婉拒時，她再燒掉三冊，然後以同樣的價格提供給他剩下的三冊。

8. “This last offer was hastily accepted”：這個最後的出價很快地就被接受了。

[複習填充]

The Sibyls were prophetesses, usually c of as very old women. Among them, Amalthea, the Cumaean Sibyl, is the known. She was loved by Apollo and she asked him for as many years of life as she could hold g of sand in her c hands. Her request was granted, but she had forgotten to ask for e youth and so grew in old and withered. Once she offered to sell Tarquin nine v of the Sibylline Books. When her offer was de , she burned three of them and then offered him the re six at the price of the original nine. And when that was again declined, she burned three m and offered him the remaining three at the same price. This last offer was h accepted.


唸音	They were prophetesses, usually conceived of as very old women. Among them, Amalthea, the Cumaean Sibyl, is the best known. She was loved by Apollo and she asked him for as many years of life as she could hold grains of sand in her cupped hands. Her request was granted, but she had forgotten to ask for eternal youth and so grew inconceivably old and withered. Once she offered to sell Tarquin nine volumes of the Sibylline Books. When her offer was declined, she burned three of them and then offered him the remaining six at the price of the original nine. And when that was again declined, she burned three more and offered him the remaining three at the same price. This last offer was hastily accepted. [解說] 1. “They were prophetesses, usually conceived of as very old women”：她們是女預言家，通常被想成很老的婦人。 2. “Among them, Amalthea, the Cumaean Sibyl, is the best known”：她們之中，Amalthea (那 Cumae 的女巫) 是最有名的。 3. “She was loved by Apollo and she asked him for as many years of life as she could hold grains of sand in her cupped hands”：她被 Apollo 所愛，而她向他要求給予像她彎成杯形的手所能持有的沙粒那麼多的有生之年。 “years of life”：有生之年、活著的歲月。 “cupped hands”：彎成杯形的手。 “grains of sand”：沙粒。 4. “Her request was granted, but she had forgotten to ask for eternal youth and so grew inconceivably old and withered”：她的要求被賜給了，可是她忘了要求永遠的青春，而因此變成難以想像的老而且憔悴。 “eternal”：永遠的、永恆的。 “inconceivably”：不能想像的。 “withered”：枯萎、凋謝、憔悴。 5. “Once she offered to sell Tarquin nine volumes of the Sibylline Books”：有ㄧ次，她提出說要賣給 Tarquin 九冊女巫的書。 6. “When her offer was declined, she burned three of them and then offered him the remaining six at the price of the original nine”：當她的出價被婉拒時，她燒掉它們之中的三冊，然後提供給他剩下的六冊，以原先九冊的價格。 “offer”：提議、出價、供給。 7. “And when that was again declined, she burned three more and offered him the remaining three at the same price”：而當那個再度被婉拒時，她再燒掉三冊，然後以同樣的價格提供給他剩下的三冊。 8. “This last offer was hastily accepted”：這個最後的出價很快地就被接受了。 [複習填充] The Sibyls were prophetesses, usually c of as very old women. Among them, Amalthea, the Cumaean Sibyl, is the known. She was loved by Apollo and she asked him for as many years of life as she could hold g of sand in her c hands. Her request was granted, but she had forgotten to ask for e youth and so grew in old and withered. Once she offered to sell Tarquin nine v of the Sibylline Books. When her offer was de , she burned three of them and then offered him the re six at the price of the original nine. And when that was again declined, she burned three m and offered him the remaining three at the same price. This last offer was h accepted.
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