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He was the Argonaut who killed the Calydonian Boar. When he was a newborn baby, it was revealed to his mother Althaea that he would die as soon as a log then burning on the hearth was consumed. Althaea snatched the log from the hearth, extinguished the flames which were burning it, and hid it away wrapped in a cloth. Years later, Meleager killed his maternal uncles in a quarrel. Althaea then threw the log back into a fire and let it be burned up. [解说] 1. “He was the Argonaut who killed the Calydonian Boar”: 他是那位杀死 Calydonia 野猪的阿果号航员。 2. “When he was a newborn baby, it was revealed to his mother Althaea that he would die ...”: 当他是新生婴儿时，他母亲 Althaea 被告知说他会死 …。 “be revealed”: 被泄露讯息，被告知。 3. “as soon as a log then burning on the hearth was consumed”: 只要当时在火炉上燃烧的木头被烧光时。 “as soon as”: 一旦 … 马上，只要 … 时就会。 “consume”: 烧光，耗尽。 4. “Althaea snatched the log from the hearth, extinguished the flames which were burning it”: Althaea 从火炉抢走那木头，熄灭正在烧它的火焰。 “snatch”: 快速攫取，抢走。 5. “and hid it away wrapped in a cloth”: 而把它藏走，包在一块布里。 “hide away”: 藏到别处，藏走。 “a cloth”: 一块布，一条布巾。 6. “Years later, Meleager killed his maternal uncles in a quarrel”: 好几年后， Meleager在一个吵架中杀死了他的母舅。 “maternal uncles”: 母舅。 “paternal uncles”则为「伯叔」。 7.
“Althaea
then threw the log back into a fire and let it be burned up”: Althaea 于是把木头丢回一个火炉里，而让他被烧光。
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fire”:一个火炉，一个火堆。 [复习填充] Meleager was the Argonaut who killed the Calydonian B___. When he was a n______ baby, it was re______ to his mother Althaea that he would die as soon as a log then burning on the h_____ was consumed. Althaea s_____ the log from the hearth, ex______ the flames which were burning it, and hid it away wrapped in __ cloth. Years later, Meleager killed his m_____ uncles in a quarrel. Althaea then threw the log back into __ fire and let it be burned up. |
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