He was a friendly Centaur to
man, being the tutor of Jason, Hercules, and Achilles. But he was
accidentally struck by one of Hercules' poisoned arrows. It brought him
never-ending pain since he was immortal. Finally he became Sagittarius,
the constellation of the archer, in the brightest part of the Milky
Way.
[解說]
1.
“He was a friendly Centaur to man”:他是對人類友善的
Centaur (人馬怪)。
2.
“being the tutor of Jason, Hercules, and Achilles”:而是
Jason, Hercules,
與 Achilles 的教師。
“being ...” = “and was ...”
或 “as he
was ...” 。
“tutor”:私人教師。
3.
“But he was accidentally struck by one of Hercules' poisoned
arrows”:但他意外地被
Hercules 的毒箭之ㄧ所擊中。
4.
“It brought him never-ending pain since he was immortal”:它給他帶來無盡的痛苦,因為他不會死。
“immortal”:不朽、不死。
5.
“Finally he became Sagittarius, the constellation of the archer”:最後他變成Sagittarius,也就是射手星座。
“constellation”:星座。
“archer”:(弓箭)
射手。
6.
“in the brightest part of the Milky Way”:在銀河中最明亮的部分。
“Milky Way”:銀河。
[複習填充]
Chiron was a friendly Centaur to
man, the tutor of Jason, Hercules, and Achilles. But he
was a struck by one of Hercules' poisoned a
. It brought him never- pain since he was
immortal. Finally he became Sagittarius, the c of
the archer, in the brightest part of the
Way.
.