希腊罗马神话 期末作业.ppt

班级： 姓名： 学号： The nymphs were magical creatures that lived out among the rocks, or the forests, or near the streams and they took care of those things. 【居住在山林水泽边的仙女也是神的造化物，她们照管着栖息的山岩、森林和小溪。】 Now, one of these nymphs was named Echo, and Echo loved to talk, and gossip. 【这些女仙中有一个叫艾珂的，说实话，她十分健谈，喜欢与人聊天，守不住秘密。】 Now it just so happens that one day when Echo was out in the forest, she saw the goddess Hera approaching. 【有一天，艾珂在森林外碰巧看到女神赫拉来了。】 Hera was queen of all the goddesses and her husband was Zeus, the god of thunder and lightning. 【赫拉是众神之后，雷电之神宙斯的妻子。】 Hera told Echo that she suspected Zeus had another lady friend besides her among the forest nymphs. 【赫拉告诉艾珂，她怀疑宙斯除她之外，在森林女仙中还有情人。】 “Im determined to find out who it is and punish her with my powerful magic, ”said Hera. 【“我一定要找出她是谁，随后用我的强大的魔法来惩处她，”赫拉说道。】 But Echo thought to herself, “The forest nymphs are all my friends. I dont know which one it might be, but I dont want anything bad to happen to my friends. Perhaps, perhaps I can stall her here while my friends escape. ” 【艾珂暗自寻思：“森林中的仙女都是我的朋友。我虽然不知道她是哪一个，但我不希望我的朋友倒霉。或许我可以设法留住她，这样我的朋友便可逃脱了。”】 And so she began to talk and gossip with Hera. 【于是她便和赫拉聊起天来。】 “Oh, what a beautiful blue gown, my lady Hera. Wherever did you get it? ” 【“啊，您穿的蓝色袍子真漂亮，赫拉夫人，您从哪儿得来的呀？”】 “Well, I dont have time to talk right now. I…” 【“啊，我现在可没时间说这些。我……”】 “But it matches your blue eyes so beautifully. And did the Goddess of Love, Aphrodite, suggest that to you? Oh, you look so lovely. ” 【“这件长袍和您的蓝眼睛是多么般配啊！难道阿佛洛狄忒爱神没有向您说起过吗?啊，您看上去可爱极啦！”】 “Do you really think so? ” 【“真的?”】 “Oh, yes. ”And she soon engaged Hera in a long conversation. 【“当然。”接着，她和赫拉越说越多。】 By the time they were through, sure enough, all the forest nymphs had escaped into the trees. 【无疑问，等她们说完的时候，所有的森林女仙都躲到树林里去了。】 When Hera looked around and realized what had happened, she grew very angry. 【赫拉拉环顾四周，意识到自己上当了，她十分恼火。】 “Echo, you did this on purpose. ” 【“艾珂，你是故意的。”】 “I, why, my lady, I…” 【“我，啊，夫人，我……”】 “I know you did it on purpo