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She was supposedly the origin of all creatures. In the beginning, she rose naked from Chaos and , finding nothing to stand on, divided the sea from the sky. Then a wind came and made her pregnant. In time she produced Ophion, a great serpent. She then laid an egg and bade Ophion hatch it. From the egg came all things. Then she created the Titans, but was finally deposed by Saturn. [解说] 1. “She was supposedly the origin of all creatures”：她被认为是万物的源头。 “creatures”：创造物 2. “In the beginning, she rose naked from Chaos”：在开始时，她从混沌中赤裸地升起。 “Chaos”：混沌。 3. “and , finding nothing to stand on, divided the sea from the sky”：而 (因为) 找不到东西可以站立，就把海和天空分开来。 “finding ...” = as she found ...。 4. “Then a wind came and made her pregnant”：然后一阵风吹来而使她怀孕。 5. “In time she produced Ophion, a great serpent”：时候到时，她生了一条大蛇Ophion。 6. “She then laid an egg and bade Ophion hatch it”：她然后生一颗蛋而命 Ophion 孵化它。 “bid, bade, bidden”：吩咐、命令 (其后不定词省去 to)。 “hatch”：孵化。 7. “From the egg came all things”：从那个蛋来了万物 8. “Then she created the Titans, but was finally deposed by Saturn”：然后她创造了巨人族 (the Titans)，可是最后却被 Saturn 所推翻。 “depose”：免职、废位、推翻。 [复习填充] Eurynome was su the origin of all creatures. In the beginning, she rose naked from Ch and , finding nothing to stand on, divided the sea the sky. Then a wind came and made her p . In she produced Ophion, a great serpent. She then l an egg and b Ophion h it. From the egg came all things. Then she created the T , but was finally de by Saturn. . |
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