She was a nymph attendant upon Artemis.  The river god Alpheus pursued her hotly, and her mistress changed her into a fountain which bubbled up as a spring in Ortygia.   However, Alpheus changed himself back into a river and, in his strong determination, flowed from Greece under the sea to the Sicilian island to mingle his waters with hers. 

[解說]

1.      “She was a nymph attendant upon Artemis”：她是伺候 Artemis 的女神。 “nymph”：林泉河海之女神。 “attendant (up)on”或 “wait (up)on”：伺候。

2.      “The river god Alpheus pursued her hotly”：河神 Alpheus 熱烈地追求她。

3.      “and her mistress changed her into a fountain which bubbled up as a spring in Ortygia”：而她的女主人把她變成ㄧ道泉水，成為在 Ortygia 地方以水泡浮現的泉水。 “bubble up”：成為水泡而浮現。 fountain =  spring：泉水。 Ortygia是西西里島上形成 Syracuse 城的小島。

4.      “However, Alpheus changed himself back into a river”：可是，Alpheus 自己變回一條河流。

5.      “and, in his strong determination, flowed from Greece under the sea to the Sicilian island”：而以他最強大的決心，從希臘經過海底流到那西西里的島嶼。

6.      “to mingle his waters with hers”：要混合他的水以及她的。 “waters”：指一股ㄧ股流動的水時，可有複數。 

[複習填充]

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