She was a nymph living on Ogygia, a lonely island called “the navel of the sea.”  The shipwrecked Odysseus spent seven years with her there after leaving Circe.   She offered him immortality and perpetual youth if he would stay on.  But he longed for home and Zeus sent Hermes to command her to let Odysseus go.   So, this sojourn came to an end though it brought them three sons. 

[解說]

1.      “She was a nymph living on Ogygia”：她是住在  Ogygia 島上的女神。 “nymph”：河海山林泉水之女神。

2.      “a lonely island called ‘the navel of the sea.’”：(那是) 一個被稱為「海之肚臍」的孤島。 “navel”：肚臍。

3.      “The shipwrecked Odysseus spent seven years with her there after leaving Circe”：在離開 Circe 之後，船毀的 Odysseus 在那裡跟她度過七年。

4.      “She offered him immortality and perpetual youth if he would stay on”：她提議給他不死和永恆的青春，如果他願意繼續待下去。  immortality：不朽、不死。  perpetual：永恆的、永久的。 “stay on”：繼續待。

5.      “But he longed for home and Zeus sent Hermes to command her to let Odysseus go”：但他嚮往家鄉而  Zeus 派 Hermes 去命令她要讓 Odysseus 走。 long for：渴望、嚮往。

6.      “So, this sojourn came to an end though it brought them three sons”：所以這次的逗留終於結束，雖然它帶給他們三個兒子。 “sojourn”：逗留、寄居。 

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