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He was a wise Jotun (Frost Giant). He guarded the well of wisdom that lay under the roots of the life-tree Yggdrasil. He himself had drunk from the well and so he knew all things: past, present, and future. He allowed Odin to drink from the well at the cost of one of his eyes. Thereafter Odin always wore a lock of hair hanging over the empty socket, and he never smiled again after he had read the mystical runes. Later, Mimir was sent as a hostage to the Vanir, and they beheaded him. Odin got back his head, breathed life into it, and consulted it on important occasions. [解说] 1. “He was a wise Jotun (Frost Giant)”：他是一个明智的「卓吞」(霜巨人)。 2. “He guarded the well of wisdom that lay under the roots of the life-tree Yggdrasil”：他守卫智慧井，它在生命树 Yggdrasil 的树根下。 3. “He himself had drunk from the well and so he knew all things: past, present, and future”：他自己喝了井水而因此知道ㄧ切：过去、现在与未来。 “drink from”：喝自… 之水。 4. “He allowed Odin to drink from the well at the cost of one of his eyes”：他允许 Odin 以一只他的眼睛为代价而喝那井水。 “at the cost of”：以 … 为代价。 5. “Thereafter Odin always wore a lock of hair hanging over the empty socket”：此后，Odin 总是带着一束头发垂在那空空的眼窝上方。 “lock”：发束。 “socket”：眼窝、插座。 6. “and he never smiled again after he had read the mystical runes”：而在他读过那神秘的古代北欧文字之后，他再也不会微笑。 “rune”：古北欧文字、诗篇。 7. “Later, Mimir was sent as a hostage to the Vanir, and they beheaded him”：后来，Mimir 被当人质送去瓦尼尔那边，而他们砍掉他的头。 Vanir 是北欧神话中的雨神。 “behead”：砍头。 “hostage”：人质。 8. “Odin got back his head, breathed life into it, and consulted it on important occasions”：Odin 带回他的头，吹生命进入它，而在重要场合咨询它。 [复习填充] Mimir was a
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