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Igraine conceived and bore him out of wedlock. The
wizard Merlin reared him until he revealed himself as the fated ruler of
[解說]
1. “Igraine conceived and bore him out of wedlock”： Igrain 懷他而生他在婚外關係中。 “conceive”：懷孕。 “bear, bore, born or borne”：生。 “out of wedlock”：婚外 (關係)。 “in wedlock”：婚姻 (關係) 中。
據說：Merlin 設計使英王Uther Pendragon 化身為 Igraine 的夫婿 Gorlois，因而使她懷孕生下亞瑟。
2. “The wizard Merlin reared him”：巫師 Merlin 養育他。 “wizard”為「巫師」， “witch”則為「女巫」。 “rear”：建造、養育 (= bring up)。
3. “until he revealed himself as the fated ruler of England”：直到他揭露自己為英國註定的統治者。 “reveal as”：揭露為。 “fated ruler”：註定的統治者。
4. “by pulling the magic sword Excalibur from a stone”：藉由拔出魔劍 Excalibur 從一塊石頭中。
據說：那把劍插在石中，無人有力氣可以拔出，而有力拔出者，便是未來的英王。Arthur 拔出此劍時，仍是小孩。
5. “He truly used a Round Table to seat his knights”：他真的用一個圓桌來給他的武士坐。 “seat”：使坐。
6. “so that the equality of those seated at it was indicated”：因此表示坐在桌邊的那些人是平等的。 “those seated at it” = those knights who were seated at the Table. (坐在桌邊的那些武士)。 “the equality … was indicated”：平等被表示出來。
7. “He and his knights of the Round Table had a great number of chivalrous adventures”：他和他的圓桌武士有許多俠義的事蹟。 “chivalry, chivalrous”：俠義、武士 (的)。 “adventure”：(冒險) 事蹟。
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