He was son of Hermes and maternal grandfather of Odysseus.  He swore falser and stole better than anyone else in the world.   Besides, he had the power of making his stolen goods invisible or of changing the appearance of the goods so that they could not be identified. 

[解說]

1.      “He was son of Hermes and maternal grandfather of Odysseus”：他是 Hermes 的兒子，Odysseus  的外祖父。 “maternal”：與母親這方面有關的，相對於 “paternal” (與父親那方有關的)。  maternal grandfather：外祖父，maternal aunt：姨媽，paternal aunt：姑媽，paternal uncle：伯、叔，maternal uncle：舅舅。

2.      “He swore falser and stole better than anyone else in the world”：他比世上任何其他人都更會發假誓而偷竊得更厲害。 “swear, swore, sworn”：發誓。 “falser”：更虛假。

3.      “Besides, he had the power of making his stolen goods invisible”：此外，他有能力使他偷來的貨品看不見。 “make … invisible”：使 … 看不見。 “stolen goods”：偷來的貨品。

4.      “or of changing the appearance of the goods so that they could not be identified”：或改變物品的外觀以致它們不能被認出。 “appearance”：外觀、外表。 “be identified”：被認為同ㄧ、被認出。 “or of …” =  or the power of … 

[複習填充]

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