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She was a nymph attendant upon Artemis.  The river god Alpheus pursued her hotly, and her mistress changed her into a fountain which bubbled up as a spring in Ortygia.   However, Alpheus changed himself back into a river and, in his strong determination, flowed from Greece under the sea to the Sicilian island to mingle his waters with hers. 

 

[解说]

1.      “She was a nymph attendant upon Artemis”:她是伺候 Artemis 的女神。 “nymph”:林泉河海之女神。 “attendant (up)on”或 “wait (up)on”:伺候。

2.      “The river god Alpheus pursued her hotly”:河神 Alpheus 热烈地追求她。

3.      “and her mistress changed her into a fountain which bubbled up as a spring in Ortygia”:而她的女主人把她变成ㄧ道泉水,成为在 Ortygia 地方以水泡浮现的泉水。 “bubble up”:成为水泡而浮现。 fountain =  spring:泉水。 Ortygia是西西里岛上形成 Syracuse 城的小岛。

4.      “However, Alpheus changed himself back into a river”:可是,Alpheus 自己变回一条河流。

5.      “and, in his strong determination, flowed from Greece under the sea to the Sicilian island”:而以他最强大的决心,从希腊经过海底流到那西西里的岛屿。

6.      “to mingle his waters with hers”:要混合他的水以及她的。 “waters”:指一股ㄧ股流动的水时,可有复数。 

 

[复习填充]

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