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It is said to
be a bird which lived for five hundred years at a time, somewhere in the Arabian
wilderness. At the end of that time, it built its own funeral pyre of gums
and spices, lighted the pyre with the beating of its wings, and was consumed to
ashes. Out of the ashes, then, grew a new [解说] 1. “It is said to be a bird which lived for five hundred years at a time”: 它据说是一只一次活五百年的鸟。 “at a time”: 在每一次。 注：此传说来自埃及神话，其原来的鸟名为 Bennu. 2. “somewhere in the Arabian wilderness”: 在阿拉伯荒野的某地方。 somewhere = at some place : 在某处。 3. “At the end of that time, it built its own funeral pyre of gums and spices”: 在那时间结束时，它用树胶、香料建造它自己的火葬柴堆。 “funeral pyre”: 火葬柴堆。 4. “lighted the pyre with the beating of its wings”: 用拍打它的翅膀而点着那柴堆。 5. “and was consumed to ashes”: 然后被烧成灰烬。 6. “Out of the ashes, then, grew a new Phoenix which, in time, repeated the process”: 从那灰烬于是长出一只新的凤凰，它在期限到时又重复那过程。 in time : 及时，时间到时。 [复习填充]
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