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She was a virgin huntress and warrior allied to Turnus. Her father Metabus reared her in a remote wilderness. As a baby she had learned to shoot down the swift-flying crane or the wild swan. She herself was no less swift of foot than the birds of wing. In fact, she was so light of foot that she scarcely bent the stalks as she hurried over the fields of grain and she could skim dry-foot over the surface of the water. Once, however, her father fastened her to a spear and threw it together with her across a river in order to save her from their pursuing enemies. [解说] 1. “She was a virgin huntress and warrior allied to Turnus”：她是和 Turnus 结盟的处女猎人与战士。 “be allied to” 或 “be allied with”：与 … 结盟。 2. “Her father Metabus reared her in a remote wilderness”：她的父亲 Metabus 在一个遥远的荒野把她养大。 “rear”：当动词为「养育」，当形容词为「后面的」。 3. “As a baby she had learned to shoot down the swift-flying crane or the wild swan”：当婴儿时，她已学会射下快速飞行的鹤或野天鹅。 “crane”：鹤、起重机。 4. “She herself was no less swift of foot than the birds of wing”：她自己脚步之快不输给鸟的翅膀之快。 “no less ... than”：比 … 不少、不输。 “swift of foot”：脚步快。在此 “than the brids of wing” = than the birds were swift of wing (比起鸟之羽翼快)。 5. “In fact, she was so light of foot that she scarcely bent the stalks as she hurried over the fields of grain”：事实上，她脚步如此轻快以致于当她急速跑过种谷物的田野时，她几乎不会弄弯 (谷物的) 茎。 “bend, bent, bent”：使弯。 “stalks”：稻麦或其它植物的「茎」。 “hurried over”：急忙跑过。 “the fields of grain”：种谷物的田野。 6. “and she could skim dry-foot over the surface of the water”: 而且她能脚干干的掠过水面。 “skim over”: 掠过去。 “dry-foot”: 脚干不沾水的。 7. “Once, however, her father fastened her to a spear and threw it together with her across a river”: 可是，有一次她父亲把她绑到一支矛而掷过一条河。 8.
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order to save her from their pursuing enemies”: 为了要拯救她脱离追逐他们的敌人。 [复习填充] Camilla was a virgin huntress and warrior a____ to Turnus. Her father Metabus r_____ her in a remote w_____. As a baby she had learned to shoot down the swift-flying c_____ or the wild swan. She herself was no ____ swift ___ foot than the birds of ____. In fact, she was so _____ of foot that she scarcely bent the st____ as she hurried over the fields of g____ and she could s____ dry-foot over the surface of the water. Once, however, her father fastened her to a s_____ and threw it together with her across a river in order to save her ____ their pursuing enemies. . |
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