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Igraine conceived and bore him out of wedlock.
The wizard Merlin reared him until he revealed himself as the fated ruler of
[解说] 1. “Igraine conceived and bore him out of wedlock”： Igrain 怀他而生他在婚外关系中。 “conceive”：怀孕。 “bear, bore, born or borne”：生。 “out of wedlock”：婚外 (关系)。 “in wedlock”：婚姻 (关系) 中。
据说：Merlin 设计使英王Uther Pendragon 化身为 Igraine 的夫婿 Gorlois，因而使她怀孕生下阿瑟。
2. “The wizard Merlin reared him”：巫师 Merlin 养育他。 “wizard”为「巫师」， “witch”则为「女巫」。 “rear”：建造、养育 (= bring up)。
3. “until he revealed himself as the fated ruler of England”：直到他揭露自己为英国注定的统治者。 “reveal as”：揭露为。 “fated ruler”：注定的统治者。
4. “by pulling the magic sword Excalibur from a stone”：藉由拔出魔剑 Excalibur 从一块石头中。
据说：那把剑插在石中，无人有力气可以拔出，而有力拔出者，便是未来的英王。Arthur 拔出此剑时，仍是小孩。 5. “He truly used a Round Table to seat his knights”：他真的用一个圆桌来给他的武士坐。 “seat”：使坐。
6. “so that the equality of those seated at it was indicated”：因此表示坐在桌边的那些人是平等的。 “those seated at it” = those knights who were seated at the Table. (坐在桌边的那些武士)。 “the equality … was indicated”：平等被表示出来。
7. “He and his knights of the Round Table had a great number of chivalrous adventures”：他和他的圆桌武士有许多侠义的事迹。 “chivalry, chivalrous”：侠义、武士 (的)。 “adventure”：(冒险) 事迹。
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