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She was originally a girl. Poseidon raped her and then offered to grant her a wish. She asked to be changed to a man so that no ravishment would befall her again. But, alas, when she became a man, he joined in the fight between the Lapithae and the Centaurs at the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia, and was killed then and there. [解说] 1. “She was originally a girl”：她原先是个女孩。 2. “Poseidon raped her and then offered to grant her a wish”：海神 Poseidon 强奸她而然后提议赐给她一个愿望。 3. “She asked to be changed to a man”：她要求被变成一个男人。 change A to B = change A into B。 4. “so that no ravishment would befall her again”：好让强暴不再落在她身上。 “ravish, ravishment”：强暴。 “befall” = fall upon (落在…之上)。 5. “But, alas, when she became a man”：可是，天啊，当她变成男人时。 “alas”：天啊。 6. “he joined in the fight between the Lapithae and the Centaurs at the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia”：他加入 Lapithae 与 Centaurs 两族群之间的打斗，在 Pirithous 与 Hippodamia 的结婚典礼时。 在那婚宴中，人马族 (the Centaurs)有人酒醉，企图要拉走新娘，所以拉比萨人 (the Lapithae) 护主而跟他们起冲突。 7. “and was killed then and there”：而当场被杀死。 “then and there”：当时当地，当场。 [复习填充] Caeneus was o a girl. Poseidon r her and then offered to g her a wish. She asked to be changed a man so that no r would b her again. But, a , when she became a man, he joined in the fight the Lapithae and the Centaurs the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia, and was killed th and th . . |
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