念音	He was king of Elis.   He had three thousand oxen and the stables had not been cleared out for thirty years.   Hercules was asked to cleanse the stalls in a single day, as the fifth of his Twelve Labors.   He solved the task by diverting two rivers and made them flow through the stables in a great flood.  The Augean stables were thus cleaned in no time.  [解说] 1. “He was king of Elis”：他是 Elis 的国王。 2. “He had three thousand oxen and the stables had not been cleared out for thirty years”：他有三千只牛，而牛舍已经有三十年没有清理了。 “oxen” 为 ox 之复数，在此等于 cattle (牛只)。 “stable”：马厩、畜舍。 注意：stable 当形容词时，为「稳定的」。 “clear out”：清理。 3. “Hercules was asked to cleanse the stalls in a single day”： Hercules 被要求去清理那些牛舍以一天的时间。 cleanse =  clean  =  clear out (清理)。 stall =  stable (畜舍)。 stall 另可指「摊位」。 4. “as the fifth of his Twelve Labors”：当作他十二种劳役的第五项。Hercules 发疯而杀死妻儿。为了 “expiate his crime” (赎他的罪)，他去服侍 Eurystheus 十二年，而 Eurystheus 令他做「十二劳役」(Twelve Labors)。 5. “He solved the task by diverting two rivers”：他解决这个任务藉由引导两条河流。 “divert”：引导、使转向。 6. “and made them flow through the stables in a great flood”：而使它们形成一个大洪水流经那些牛舍。 7. “The Augean stables were thus cleaned in no time”：那些欧吉尔斯的牛舍于是立刻被清理干净。 “in no time” =  very soon (很快、立刻)。 [复习填充] Augeas was king of Elis.  He had three thousand  and the stables had not been  out for thirty years.  Hercules was asked to se  the lls  in a single day, as the fifth of his Twelve L .  He s  the task by d  two rivers and made them flow through the stables in a great f .  The Augean stables were thus cleaned in  time.
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