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She was wife of Admetus. She offered to die in place of her husband when he was seized with a mortal sickness. That moved Apollo and saved Admetus, because Apollo had promised that Admetus need not die if anyone were willing to die for him.
[解說]
1. “She offered to die in place of her husband”：他表示願意代替他丈夫而死。 “offer to ...”：表示要 ...，提議要 ...。 “in place of ...”：代替...。
2. “when he was seized with a mortal sickness”：當他得到一個致命的疾病時。 “be sized with ...”：罹患 ...。 “mortal”：嚴重的、致命的。
3. “That moved Apollo and saved Admetus”：那感動了Apollo也救了Admetus。 “move”：感動。
4. “because Apollo had promised that ...”：因為 Apollo 已經答應說 ...。
5. “Admetus need not die if anyone were willing to die for him”：Admetus 不需要死，如果任何人願意替他死。
注意：這句是假設語氣，所以用 “were” 代替 “was”，雖然主詞是單數的 “anyone”。另外，就像 “dare not” 一樣， “need not” 可針對過去或現在的時間。針對過去時間的場合，也不能改為 “needed not”。
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