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Ancient Greek Gods

古希臘諸神

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同學們喜歡讀希臘神話故事嗎？讀希臘神話故事首先得了解一下古希臘的各路大神哦。其中，奧林匹斯之十二神（希臘語直譯）是古希臘宗教中最受崇拜的十二位神，他們分別是：宙斯（神王）、赫拉（婚姻女神）、雅典娜（戰(zhàn)爭與智慧女神）、阿波羅（光明之神）、阿佛洛狄特（愛與美之女神），等等。哇，好多神，璇璣姐姐先給大家介紹四位最主要的吧。

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Zeus 宙斯

Zeus was the king of the gods. When other gods did not obey him, he would use thunderbolts to punish them. Zeus had many children. They are Apollo, Athena, Aphrodite...

I, Zeus, am king of the gods. When I was born,my father tried to eat me! But the one-eyed giant saved me and gave me a thunderbolt.

Now, men and gods fear my thunderbolts. But I,Zeus, fear no one... except my wife Hera.

Hera 赫拉

Hera was queen of the gods and the wife of Zeus. She was the goddess of marriage and women. Hera’s sacred animals were the peacocklion and cow.

I am Hera, queen of the gods. Make me happy and I’ll give you rewards. My watchman Argus had one hundred eyes. When he died, I put his eyes into the tail of a peacock. You can still see them to this day.

Don’t make me angry. When Prince Paris failed to pick me in a beauty contest, I destroyed his city of Troy.

Word Power

ancient[?e?n??nt] adj. 古代的

Greek[ɡri?k] adj. 希臘的

obey[??be?] v. 服從

thunderbolt[?θ?nd?b??lt] n. 雷電（復數(shù)：thunderbolts）

punish[?p?n??] v. 懲罰

giant[?d?a??nt] n. 巨人

save[se?v] v. 挽救（過去式：saved）

except[?k?sept] prep. 除……外

goddess[?ɡ?d?s] n. 女神

marriage[?m?r?d?] n. 婚姻

sacred[?se?kr?d] adj. 神圣的

peacock[?pi?k?k] n. 孔雀

reward[r??w??d] n. 獎賞（復數(shù)：rewards）

watchman[?w?t?m?n] n. 看門人

Argus[?ɑ?ɡ?s] n. 阿耳戈斯（百眼巨人）。這個詞在英文里面也可以表示機警的人，警惕的守衛(wèi)者。Argus-eyed的意思則是“機警的”。

tail[te?l] n. 尾巴

fail to[fe?l tu?] 未能（過去式：failed to）

pick[p?k] v. 挑選

contest[?k?ntest] n. 比賽

destroy[d?s?tr??] v. 毀壞（過去式：destroyed）

Athena 雅典娜

Athena was the goddess of wisdom and war.

Zeus once had a headache. It was so bad,he asked someone to split his head with an axeand I, Athena, jumped out! I dressed in armour and carried a spear.

When heroes get into trouble, I help them. My favourite bird is the clever owland my favourite city is Athens.

Aphrodite 阿佛洛狄特（即羅馬神話中的維納斯）

Aphrodite was the most beautiful goddess. She had a magical golden belt. It could make people fall in love with her. Aphrodite’s sacred animals were the doveand swan. She was one of Zeus’s children.

I am Aphrodite, goddess of love. I was born from the foam of the sea. I wear a golden belt. It can make gods and men fall in love with me.

Word Power

split[spl?t] v. 分開

axe[?ks] n. 斧頭

armour[?ɑ?m?] n. 鎧甲

spear[sp??] n. 矛

magical[?m?d??k?l] adj. 魔力的

belt[belt] n. 腰帶

fall in love with[f??l ?n l?v w?e] 愛上

dove[d?v] n. 鴿子

swan[sw?n] n. 天鵝

foam[f??m] n. 泡沫

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中文大意及答案請見第47頁。