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He was a wolf monster in Norse mythology. Once the gods asked the dwarfs to forge a cord that could bind him. The dwarfs then fashioned it from the noise of a cat's footfall, the beards of women, the roots of stones, the breath of fish, and the spit of birds. When Fenrir was asked to test his strength by being bound with this flimsy filament, the gods told him that it was only a joke. But the wolf was too wary to be easily fooled. He consented on the condition that Tyr (Odin's son) should place his hand in Fenrir's mouth. As soon as he found that the cord was magic and could not be broken, he bit off Tyr's hand. [解说] 1. “He was a wolf monster in Norse mythology”：他是北欧神话中的狼怪。 2. “Once the gods asked the dwarfs to forge a cord that could bind him”：有一次，众神要众矮人编造一条可以绑他的绳子。 “forge”：打造、编造。 “cord”：粗线、细绳 (比 string 粗、比 rope 细)。 3. “The dwarfs then fashioned it from the noise of a cat's footfall, the beards of women, the roots of stones, the breath of fish, and the spit of birds”：那些矮人于是用猫的脚步声、女人的胡须、石头的根、鱼的气息，和鸟的唾液去制成它。 “fashion from” (或 fashion out of)：从…去打造成形，用…制成。 注意：猫的脚步极轻，其 footfall (落脚) 声几乎听不见，女人通常没有 beards (胡须)，石头没有根，鱼看不到气息，鸟很少吐痰或吐唾液 (spit)，因此用这些桸罕的东西打造成细绳，真是魔幻 (magic)。 4. “When Fenrir was asked to test his strength by being bound with this flimsy filament”：当 Fenrir 被要求要去试他的力气，藉由被这个脆弱的细绳绑住时。 “flimsy”：脆弱的、无力的。 “filament”：细丝、如灯泡的钨丝即tungsten filament。 5. “the gods told him that it was only a joke”：众神告诉他那只是一个玩笑。 6. “But the wolf was too wary to be easily fooled”：可是这只狼太机警了，不会容易被愚弄。 “too wary to ...”：太机警小心不会 …。 7.
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consented on the condition that Tyr (Odin's son) should place his hand in Fenrir's 注意：on (the) condition that + 子句，此句中的 “should” 可省去。故本句中 “should place”可改为 “place”。 8. “As soon as he found that the cord was magic and could not be broken, he bit off Tyr's hand”：他一发现那绳子是魔幻的而不能弄断，他就咬掉 Tyr 的手。 “bite, bit, bitten”：咬。 [复习填充] Fenrir was a monster in Norse mythology. Once the gods asked the dwarfs to f a c that could bind him. The dwarfs then f it f the noise of a cat's f , the b of women, the r of stones, the b of fish, and the s of birds. When Fenrir was asked to t his strength by being with this flimsy f , the gods told him that it was only a joke. But the wolf was too w to be easily fooled. He con on the con that Tyr (Odin's son) place his hand in Fenrir's mouth. As soon as he found that the cord was m and could not be b , he b off Tyr's hand. . |
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