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He was a beautiful youth who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool. Echo loved him, but he loved only the unreachable image of loveliness mirrored in the water. Finally, he pined away and, when he died, there bloomed a new and lovely flower at the place where his body had lain. The nymphs called the flower by his name. And today the term “narcissism” or “the narcissus complex” is used to refer to anyone possessed of excessive self-love. [解说] 1. “He was a beautiful youth who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool”：他是一个美丽的年轻人，他爱上了池中的自己的影像。 “reflection”：反射光线形成的「影像」。 2. “Echo loved him, but he loved only the unreachable image of loveliness mirrored in the water”：Echo 爱他，可是他只爱水中照出的那个抓不到的可爱影像。 “image”：影像。 “mirrored”：(如镜子一般) 照射出来的。 3. “Finally, he pined away and, when he died, there bloomed a new and lovely flower”：最后，他憔悴掉了，而当他死的时候，开出了一种新的可爱的花。 “pine”：憔悴。 4. “at the place where his body had lain”：在他尸体躺过的地方。 body 指「尸体」。 lie, lay, lain：躺。 lie, lied, lied：说谎。 lay, laid, laid：放置。 5. “The nymphs called the flower by his name”：林泉河湖的女神以他的名字来称呼那种花。此即「水仙花」。 6. “And today the term ‘narcissism’ or ‘the narcissus comples' is used to refer to anyone possessed of excessive self-love”：而今日“narcissism”或“narcissus 情结” 这术语就被用来指涉任何拥有太多自爱的人。 “refer to”：指涉。 “be possessed of”：拥有。 “excess, excessive”：过分、太多。 [复习填充] Narcissus was
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