She was originally a girl.  Poseidon raped her and then offered to grant her a wish.  She asked to be changed to a man so that no ravishment would befall her again.  But, alas, when she became a man, he joined in the fight between the Lapithae and the Centaurs at the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia, and was killed then and there. 

[解說]

1.      “She was originally a girl”：她原先是個女孩。

2.      “Poseidon raped her and then offered to grant her a wish”：海神 Poseidon 強姦她而然後提議賜給她一個願望。

3.      “She asked to be changed to a man”：她要求被變成一個男人。 change A to B = change A into B。

4.      “so that no ravishment would befall her again”：好讓強暴不再落在她身上。 “ravish, ravishment”：強暴。 “befall” =  fall upon (落在…之上)。

5.      “But, alas, when she became a man”：可是，天啊，當她變成男人時。 “alas”：天啊。

6.      “he joined in the fight between the Lapithae and the Centaurs at the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia”：他加入 Lapithae 與 Centaurs 兩族群之間的打鬥，在 Pirithous 與 Hippodamia 的結婚典禮時。 在那婚宴中，人馬族 (the Centaurs)有人酒醉，企圖要拉走新娘，所以拉比薩人 (the Lapithae) 護主而跟他們起衝突。

7.      “and was killed then and there”：而當場被殺死。 “then and there”：當時當地，當場。 

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