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She was a nymph living on Ogygia, a lonely island called “the navel of the sea.” The shipwrecked Odysseus spent seven years with her there after leaving Circe. She offered him immortality and perpetual youth if he would stay on. But he longed for home and Zeus sent Hermes to command her to let Odysseus go. So, this sojourn came to an end though it brought them three sons. [解说] 1. “She was a nymph living on Ogygia”：她是住在 Ogygia 岛上的女神。 “nymph”：河海山林泉水之女神。 2. “a lonely island called ‘the navel of the sea.’”：(那是) 一个被称为「海之肚脐」的孤岛。 “navel”：肚脐。 3. “The shipwrecked Odysseus spent seven years with her there after leaving Circe”：在离开 Circe 之后，船毁的 Odysseus 在那里跟她度过七年。 4. “She offered him immortality and perpetual youth if he would stay on”：她提议给他不死和永恒的青春，如果他愿意继续待下去。 immortality：不朽、不死。 perpetual：永恒的、永久的。 “stay on”：继续待。 5. “But he longed for home and Zeus sent Hermes to command her to let Odysseus go”：但他向往家乡而 Zeus 派 Hermes 去命令她要让 Odysseus 走。 long for：渴望、向往。 6. “So, this sojourn came to an end though it brought them three sons”：所以这次的逗留终于结束，虽然它带给他们三个儿子。 “sojourn”：逗留、寄居。 [复习填充] Calypso was a nymph living Ogygia, a lonely island called “the n of the sea.” The s Odysseus spent seven years with her there after leaving Circe. She o him immortality and p youth if the would stay . But he l for home and Zeus sent Hermes to c her to let Odysseus go. So, this s came to end though it brought them three sons. . |
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