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She was wife of Admetus. She offered to die in place of her husband when he was seized with a mortal sickness. That moved Apollo and saved Admetus, because Apollo had promised that Admetus need not die if anyone were willing to die for him.
[解说] 1. “She offered to die in place of her husband”：他表示愿意代替他丈夫而死。 “offer to ...”：表示要 ...，提议要 ...。 “in place of ...”：代替...。
2. “when he was seized with a mortal sickness”：当他得到一个致命的疾病时。 “be sized with ...”：罹患 ...。 “mortal”：严重的、致命的。
3. “That moved Apollo and saved Admetus”：那感动了Apollo也救了Admetus。 “move”：感动。
4. “because Apollo had promised that ...”：因为 Apollo 已经答应说 ...。
5. “Admetus need not die if anyone were willing to die for him”：Admetus 不需要死，如果任何人愿意替他死。
注意：这句是假设语气，所以用 “were” 代替 “was”，虽然主词是单数的 “anyone”。另外，就像 “dare not” 一样， “need not” 可针对过去或现在的时间。针对过去时间的场合，也不能改为 “needed not”。
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