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He was Prometheus' son and Pyrrah's husband.
He was warned that a flood was coming to destroy the earth because of human wickedness.
So he built a chest in which he and his wife floated until they landed on [解说] 1. “He was Prometheus' son and Pyrrah's husband”：他是 Prometheus 的儿子，Pyrrah的丈夫。 2. “He was warned that a flood was coming to destroy the earth because of human wickedness”：他被警告说一阵洪水即将来毁掉大地，由于人类的邪恶。据说警告者即能预知事件的 Prometheus。 3. “So he built a chest in which he and his wife floated until they landed on Mount Parnasus”：所以他造了一个箱子，在里头他和他的妻子漂浮到登陆在 Parnasus山。 “chest”：大箱子。 4. “Then they heard a voice: ‘Veil your heads and cast behind you the bones of your mother’”： 然后他们听到一个声音：你们头戴面纱，而把你们母亲的骨头丢到背后。 “veil”：使戴面纱。 5. “Deucalion told his wife: ‘Earth is our mother, and stones are her bones’”： Deucalion 告诉太太：大地是我们母亲，而石头是她的骨头。 6. “So they threw stones over their shoulders as they walked”：所以他们一边走路一边丢石头经过他们的肩膀。 7. “Then those stones thrown by Deucalion turned into men and those thrown by Pyrrah into women”：然后被 Deucalion 丢的那些石头变成男人，而被 Pyrrah 丢的成为女人。 8. “Thus, the earth was repopulated”：这样子，大地又重新有了人口。 “repopulated”= populated again (再度有人口)。 9. 这个故事可以说是希腊神话版的「诺亚方舟」(Noah's Ark)。 [复习填充] Deucalion was Prometheus' son and Pyrrah's husband. He was w that a flood was coming to destroy the earth because human wickedness. So he built a c in which he and his wife f until they landed Mount Parnasus. Then they heard a v : “V your heads and c behind you the bones of your mother.” Deucalion told his wife: “Earth is our mother, and s are her bones.” So they threw stones their shoulders as they walked. Then those stones thrown by Deucalion turned men and those thrown by Pyrrah into . Thus, the earth was re . . |
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