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She was daughter
of Inachus. Zeus loved her and changed her into a heifer in order
to conceal her from jealous Hera. Hera, however, set the hundred-eyed
monster Argus to watch the cow lest it should be changed back into human form.
Zeus then sent Hermes to kill Argus, and Hera therefore had Io tormented by a
gadfly. Consequently, the heifer swam across the Ionian sea to [解说] 1. “Zeus loved her and changed her into a heifer in order to conceal her from jealous Hera”：Zeus 爱她而把她变成一只牛以便把她藏起来不给妒嫉的 Hera 看到。 “heifer”：年轻未生小牛 (calf) 的母牛 (cow)。 “conceal A from B”：把 A 藏起来以免被 B 看到。 2. “Hera, however, set the hundred-eyed monster Argus to watch the cow”：但是，Hera 令那百眼妖怪 Argus 去盯着那条牛。 “set sb. to V”：令某人去做某事。 3. “lest it should be changed back into human form”：惟恐牠会变回人形。 “lest ... should ...”：惟恐会 …。 4. “Zeus then sent Hermes to kill Argus, and Hera therefore had Io tormented by a gadfly”：于是 Zeus 派 Hermes 去杀 Argus，而 Hera 因此令 Io 被一只牛蝇加以折磨。 “had ... tormented”：使 … 被折磨。 “gadfly”：牛蝇。 5. “Consequently, the heifer swam across the Ionian sea to Egypt”：结果，那牛游过爱欧尼亚海到达埃及。 6.
“and
there Io resumed her former self and bore a son, Epaphus”：而在那里Io回复她以前的自我，而生了一个儿子 Epaphus。 “resume”：回复。 [复习填充] Io was daughter
of Inachus. Zeus loved her and changed her into a h____ in order to conceal
her____ jealous Hera. Hera, however, set the hundred-eyed monster Argus
to watch the cow lest it _____ be changed back into human form. Zeus then
sent Hermes to kill Argus, and Hera therefore had Io t______ by a gadfly.
Consequently, the heifer swam across the Ionian sea to . |
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