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He was the tutelary deity of the largest river in Greece.  In fighting against Hercules over the love of Deianira, Achelous changed first into a serpent and then into a bull.  Hercules broke off one of the bull's horns, and it became the cornucopia, a horn of plenty.

 

 [解说]

1.      tutelary deity= tutelary god:「守护神」。西方的「神」(deity god) 或「女神」(goddess),以及「天使」(angel) 和「圣徒」(saint) 都会变成地方的守护神。注意tutelary是「守护的」,titulary则是「名义上的」。

2.      in fighting against over …”:「在对抗 因为 时」。英文「对抗某人」可用fight against sb. fight with sb. 而「为 而战」可用fight for …” fight over …” overquarrel over,”“cry over,weep over…”之同一用法,意为「由于」。 英文句子以In V-ing开始时,常是In the course of V-ing的省略,意为「在 时」,他例In coming home, he met the stranger(回家时他遇见此陌生人)

3.      changed first into a serpent and then into a bull:「先变成蛇再变成牛」。注意first and then 是「先 (然后) 」之惯用法。serpent是蟒蛇之类的大蛇 (snake)bull是「公牛」,也是斗牛之「牛」。

4.      broke off是「打断」,cornucopia就是horn of plenty(富饶之角),此角装满各种花果,用以象征富饶。注意:通常cornucopia是指某山羊角,那只角取自哺乳天王 Zeus 的那只山羊 (goat),拥有该角的人能随意从角中得到任何东西。

5.      整段话说 Achelous 是希腊最大河流的守护神,他曾为爱 Deianira 而跟 Hercules打斗,而在打斗中,他先化身为蟒蛇,然后再化身为公牛,结果 Hercules 打掉他的一只角,那只角变成 (职司富饶之女神所用的) 一只「富饶之角」。

 

 [复习填充]

Achelous was the t        d     of the largest river in Greece.  In fighting         Hercules      the love of Deianira, he changed first      a serpent and      into a     .  Hercules broke     one of the bull's      , and it became the c         , a horn of p     .

 

 

 

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