Ancient Greek Gods

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Ancient Greek Gods

古希腊诸神

本篇适合：阅读、挑战

同学们喜欢读希腊神话故事吗？读希腊神话故事首先得了解一下古希腊的各路大神哦。其中，奥林匹斯之十二神（希腊语直译）是古希腊宗教中最受崇拜的十二位神，他们分别是：宙斯（神王）、赫拉（婚姻女神）、雅典娜（战争与智慧女神）、阿波罗（光明之神）、阿佛洛狄特（爱与美之女神），等等。哇，好多神，璇玑姐姐先给大家介绍四位最主要的吧。

by 璇玑

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[΄eɪnʃənt] adj. 古代的

Greek[ɡriːk] adj. 希腊的

obey[ə΄beɪ] v. 服从

thunderbolt[΄θʌndəbəʊlt] n. 雷电（复数：thunderbolts）

punish[΄pʌnɪʃ] v. 惩罚

giant[΄dʒaɪənt] n. 巨人

save[seɪv] v. 挽救（过去式：saved）

except[ɪk΄sept] prep. 除……外

goddess[΄ɡɒdɪs] n. 女神

marriage[΄mærɪdʒ] n. 婚姻

sacred[΄seɪkrɪd] adj. 神圣的

peacock[΄piːkɒk] n. 孔雀

reward[rɪ΄wɔːd] n. 奖赏（复数：rewards）

watchman[΄wɒtʃmən] n. 看门人

Argus[΄ɑːɡəs] n. 阿耳戈斯（百眼巨人）。这个词在英文里面也可以表示机警的人，警惕的守卫者。Argus-eyed的意思则是“机警的”。

tail[teɪl] n. 尾巴

fail to[feɪl tuː] 未能（过去式：failed to）

pick[pɪk] v. 挑选

contest[΄kɒntest] n. 比赛

destroy[dɪs΄trɔɪ] v. 毁坏（过去式：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（即罗马神话中的维纳斯）

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[splɪt] v. 分开

axe[æks] n. 斧头

armour[΄ɑːmə] n. 铠甲

spear[spɪə] n. 矛

magical[΄mædʒɪkəl] adj. 魔力的

belt[belt] n. 腰带

fall in love with[fɔːl ɪn lʌv wɪð] 爱上

dove[dʌv] n. 鸽子

swan[swɒn] n. 天鹅

foam[fəʊm] n. 泡沫

Let's Try

请根据文章内容填写下表，范例已给出。填完表格后，同学们会对这几位大神的情况更清楚明了哦。

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中文大意及答案请见第47页。