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Son of Aeolus, he was a comic rogue-hero. He stopped his rival rogue Autolycus from stealing his cattle by attaching to the animals' hooves lead plates that imprinted “stolen by Autolycus” in the dust and mud as they were driven away. Today, he is best known for being required throughout eternity to roll a huge stone to the top of a hill, only to have it plunge back down just as it reaches the crest. He was set this eternal task, they say, as a means of keeping him too busy to plan other tricks. But this task has become a symbol of futility.

[解說]

1. “Son of Aeolus, he was a comic rogue-hero”: Aeolus (風神) 的兒子，他是可笑的惡棍英雄。 “comic”: 喜劇性的、可笑的。

2. “He stopped his rival rogue Autolycus from stealing his cattle by attaching to the animals' hooves lead plates”: 藉由在那些動物的蹄上附加鉛片，他阻止他的敵對的惡棍 Autolycus, 使他不能偷他的牛。 “stop ... from”: 阻止 … 使不能…。 “attach to B A” = “attach A to B”: 把 A 附到 B上。 “lead plates”: 鉛片。

注意： “lead” 當「鉛」解時，唸音如 “led”。

3. “that imprinted 'stolen by Autolycus' in the dust and mud as they were driven away”: 那 (鉛片) 印出「被 Autolycus 偷走」(這些字) 在塵土和泥巴裡，當牠們被趕走時。

4. “Today, he is best known for being required throughout eternity to roll a huge stone to the top of a hill”: 今日，他最為人知的是：(他) 被要求永永遠遠地滾一塊巨石到某山頂。 “known for ...”: 以…為人所知。 “throughout eternity”: 經由整個永恆，永永遠遠的。

5. “only to have it plunge back down just as it reaches the crest”: 結果只是讓它躍回下來，正當它到達頂端時。 “only to ...”: 結果 (只是) …。他例： “He left, only to die abroad” (他離開了，結果死在外地)。

6. “He was set this eternal task, they say, as a means of keeping him too busy to plan other tricks”: 據說，他被賦予這個永恆的任務，當做一個方法來使他經常太忙而不會計劃其他的詭計。 “they say” = it is said : 據說。 “be set sth.”: 被給予某事。

7. “But this task has become a symbol of futility”: 可是這個任務已經變成徒勞的象徵。 “futile, futility”: 徒勞。

[複習填充]

Son of Aeolus, Sisyphus was a comic r____-hero. He stopped his r____ rogue Autolycus from stealing his cattle by attaching to the animals' hooves l___ plates that im_____ “stolen by Autolycus” in the dust and mud as they were driven away. Today, he is best known ___ being required th_______ eternity to roll a huge _____ to the top of a hill, only to have it plunge back down just as it reaches the c____. He was ___ this eternal task, they say, as a means of keeping him too busy to plan other _____. But this task has become a symbol of f______.


唸音	Son of Aeolus, he was a comic rogue-hero. He stopped his rival rogue Autolycus from stealing his cattle by attaching to the animals' hooves lead plates that imprinted “stolen by Autolycus” in the dust and mud as they were driven away. Today, he is best known for being required throughout eternity to roll a huge stone to the top of a hill, only to have it plunge back down just as it reaches the crest. He was set this eternal task, they say, as a means of keeping him too busy to plan other tricks. But this task has become a symbol of futility. [解說] 1. “Son of Aeolus, he was a comic rogue-hero”: Aeolus (風神) 的兒子，他是可笑的惡棍英雄。 “comic”: 喜劇性的、可笑的。 2. “He stopped his rival rogue Autolycus from stealing his cattle by attaching to the animals' hooves lead plates”: 藉由在那些動物的蹄上附加鉛片，他阻止他的敵對的惡棍 Autolycus, 使他不能偷他的牛。 “stop ... from”: 阻止 … 使不能…。 “attach to B A” = “attach A to B”: 把 A 附到 B上。 “lead plates”: 鉛片。注意： “lead” 當「鉛」解時，唸音如 “led”。 3. “that imprinted 'stolen by Autolycus' in the dust and mud as they were driven away”: 那 (鉛片) 印出「被 Autolycus 偷走」(這些字) 在塵土和泥巴裡，當牠們被趕走時。 4. “Today, he is best known for being required throughout eternity to roll a huge stone to the top of a hill”: 今日，他最為人知的是：(他) 被要求永永遠遠地滾一塊巨石到某山頂。 “known for ...”: 以…為人所知。 “throughout eternity”: 經由整個永恆，永永遠遠的。 5. “only to have it plunge back down just as it reaches the crest”: 結果只是讓它躍回下來，正當它到達頂端時。 “only to ...”: 結果 (只是) …。他例： “He left, only to die abroad” (他離開了，結果死在外地)。 6. “He was set this eternal task, they say, as a means of keeping him too busy to plan other tricks”: 據說，他被賦予這個永恆的任務，當做一個方法來使他經常太忙而不會計劃其他的詭計。 “they say” = it is said : 據說。 “be set sth.”: 被給予某事。 7. “But this task has become a symbol of futility”: 可是這個任務已經變成徒勞的象徵。 “futile, futility”: 徒勞。 [複習填充] Son of Aeolus, Sisyphus was a comic r____-hero. He stopped his r____ rogue Autolycus from stealing his cattle by attaching to the animals' hooves l___ plates that im_____ “stolen by Autolycus” in the dust and mud as they were driven away. Today, he is best known ___ being required th_______ eternity to roll a huge _____ to the top of a hill, only to have it plunge back down just as it reaches the c____. He was ___ this eternal task, they say, as a means of keeping him too busy to plan other _____. But this task has become a symbol of f______.
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