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She was queen of the Amazons. She was so impressed by Hercules' masculinity that she offered to give him her girdle, which was an act uncharacteristic of her tribe. When she was on board his ship, her women warriors assumed that she was being abducted, and so they attacked the ship. Whereupon Hercules, assuming the whole thing was an ambush, killed Hippolyte. [解说] 1.
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was queen of the Amazons”: 她是亚马逊人的女王。据说： Amazons 是好战而不爱男人的女人族。 2. “She was so impressed by Hercules' masculinity that she offered to give him her girdle”: 她是那么有印象于 Hercules 的男性美以至于她表示要给他她的腰带。 “be impressed by ...”: 被 … 刻下印象。 “masculinity”: 男性美，阳刚气。 3. “which was an act uncharacteristic of her tribe”: 那是一种不是她部族特征的行为。 “uncharacteristic of ...”: 非 … 之特征。 4. “When she was on board his ship”: 当她登上他的船时。 “on board ...”: 登上…。 5. “her women warriors assumed that she was being abducted”: 她的女战士们以为她正在被绑架。 “abduct”: 拐走，绑架。 6. “and so they attacked the ship”: 而因此她们攻击那条船。 7. “Whereupon Hercules, assuming the whole thing was an ambush, killed Hippolyte”: 就在那时， Hercules 以为整件事情是个埋伏，于是杀死 Hyppolyte。 “whereupon” = upon which: 在那个时候。 “ambush”: 埋伏。 [复习填充] Hyppotyte was queen of the Amazons. She was so im______ by Hercules' masculinity that she offered to give him her g_____, which was an act uncharacteristic ___ her tribe. When she was on b_____ his ship, her women warriors assumed that she was being ab______, and so they attacked the ship. Whereupon Hercules, assuming the whole thing was an am_____, killed Hippolyte. . |
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