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He was a famous seer. Calchas, another seer, challenged him to guess the number of figs on a tree and Mopsus with closed eyes got it right, to the very last fig. Then, challenged to guess the time of delivery and the number of pigs in the farrow of a pregnant sow, he was right to the day of farrowing and the number and the sex of the pigs in the farrow. Unlike him, Calchas missed it badly and died of chagrin. [解说] 1. “He was a famous seer”：他是个有名的先知。 2. “Calchas, another seer, challenged him to guess the number of figs on a tree”：另一个先知 Calchas 挑战他去猜某树上的无花果的数目。 “fig”：无花果(树)。 3. “and Mopsus with closed eyes got it right, to the very last fig”：而 Mopsus 用闭起来的眼睛猜对了，准到连最后一棵无花果也没差错。 “get it right”：猜对了。 “to the ...”：准到 … 之程度。 他例： “We followed his instruction to the letter” (我们遵从他的指示到每个细节)。 4. “Then, challenged to guess the time of delivery and the number of pigs in the farrow of a pregnant sow”：然后被挑战去猜一头怀孕的母猪一胎所生的猪的数目与生产的时间。在此 “challenged ...” = “being challenged ...” = “when he was challenged ...”：当他被挑战 … 时。 “delivery”：分娩、产出。 “farrow”：一窝、一胎猪。 “sow”：母猪 (此 -ow 念如 now之 -ow)。 5. “he was right to the day of farrowing and the number and the sex of the pigs in the farrow”：他是正确的，对于生产的日子以及一胎里头猪的数目与性别。 “farrowing”：生一胎猪。 6. “Unlike him, Calchas missed it badly and died of chagrin”：不像他，Calchas 猜测错得离谱，于是死于懊恼。 “missed it badly”：错得离谱。 “chagrin”：懊恼。 该字重音在第一或第二音节皆可， ch 念如 sh。 [复习填充] Mopsus was a
famous s . Calchas, another seer, ch
him to guess the number of f on a tree
and Mopsus with closed eyes got right, to the very
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and the number of pigs in the f of
a pregnant sow, he was right the day of farrowing
and the number and the sex of the pigs in the farrow. Unlike him, Calchas
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