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He was son of Zeus and Maia, the god of good luck and wealth, the patron of merchants and thieves, the messenger and herald of the gods, and the conductor of the souls of the dead to Hades. He was a precocious prodigy. By noon of the day he was born, he had left his cradle and created the lyre by using the shell of a tortoise. The same day he drove off fifty cows belonging to his half brother Apollo. He was often presented as a young man wearing winged sandals and a broad-brimmed hat and bearing the caduceus. He was called Mercury by Romans. [解说] 1. “He was son of Zeus and Maia, the god of good luck and wealth”: 他是 Zeus 和 Maia 之子，幸运与财富之神。Maia (美雅) 是美丽的丰饶女神。 2. “the patron of merchants and thieves, the messenger and herald of the gods”: 商人与盗贼之恩主，众神之使者与先驱。 “patron”: 保护者，恩公。 “messenger”: 报信者，使者。 “herald”: 通报员，先驱，先锋。 3. “and the conductor of the souls of the dead to Hades”: 也是死者灵魂到达地狱的引导者。 “conductor”: 指挥，引导者。 4. “He was a precocious prodigy”: 他是早熟的奇才。 5. “By noon of the day he was born, he had left his cradle”: 到了他出生那天的中午之前，他已经离开他的摇篮。 6. “and created the lyre by using the shell of a tortoise”: 而且用龟壳创造了七弦琴。 “tortoise”是一般乌龟，“turtle” 则为海龟。 7. “The same day he drove off fifty cows belonging to his half brother Apollo”: 同一天他赶走属于他「半兄」(即同父异母之哥哥) Apollo 的五十只牛。 8. “He was often presented as a young man wearing winged sandals and a broad-brimmed hat”: 他常被描绘为一个年轻人，穿着有翼的拖鞋，戴一顶宽边的帽子。 “sandals”: 拖鞋。 9. “and bearing the caduceus”: 而拿着手杖。 “the caduceus”: 那 (有两蛇两翼的) 手杖。 [复习填充] Hermes was son of Zeus and Maia, the god of good luck and w_____, the p_____ of merchants and thieves, the messenger and h_____ of the gods, and the con______ of the souls of the dead to Hades. He was a precocious p_____. By noon of the day he was born, he had left his c_____ and created the lyre by using the shell of a t______. The same day he drove off fifty cows belonging to his _____ brother Apollo. He was often presented as a young man wearing winged s______ and a broad-brimmed hat and bearing the caduceus. He was called Mercury by Romans. . |
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