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Formerly believed to be the entrance to Hades, it is now a small lake in the crater of an extinct volcano west of Naples.   It is said that the mephitic vapors exhaled from the lake could kill birds flying over it. 

 

[解说]

1.      “Formerly believed to be the entrance to Hades”:以前被认为是地狱的入口。

2.      “it is now a small lake in the crater of an extinct volcano west of Naples”:现在它是一个小湖泊,在 Naples 西方一个熄火山的火山口。 “crater”:火山口。 “extinct volcano”:熄火山、死火山,不再 “erupt” (爆发) 的火山。

3.      “It is said that the mephitic vapors exhaled from the lake could kill birds flying over it”:据说,从湖泊散发出来的臭气能杀死飞过它的鸟。 “mephitic”:恶臭的、有毒的。 “vapor”:蒸气、雾气。 “exhale”:呼出、散发,相对于 “inhale” (吸入)。 

 

[复习填充]

Formerly believed to be the entrance     Hades, it is now a small lake in the c       of an ex        volcano west of Naples.   It is said that the m         vapors ex         from the lake could kill birds flying over it.

 

 

 

 

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