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Fire and Learning
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The story of Prometheus, the 1)rebel god
叛神普羅米修斯的神話
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Prometheus, whose name means "thinking before," is the Greek god who created 2)humanity. He and his brother Epimetheus, whose name means "thinking afterwards," made all the 3)creatures on earth, but Prometheus loved humans the most. Prometheus 4)designed people to look like the gods and he was always helping humanity. Prometheus learned 5)mathematics, 6)navigation, 7)medicine, 8)architecture, and 9)astronomy from the goddess of 10)wisdom, Athena, and taught these sciences to people. Prometheus would 11)eventually get in trouble for all the gifts he gave humanity and be 12)punished by Zeus. |
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普羅米修斯——這個名字的意思是「先知先覺」——是創造出人類的希臘大神。他和兄弟伊比米修斯——意思是「後知後覺」——創造出世間的一切生物，但普羅米修斯最愛的是人類。普羅米修斯把人類的造型設計成跟神一樣，並且一直在幫助人類。普羅米修斯向智慧女神雅典娜學習數學、航海、醫藥、建築和天文學，並將這些學問傳授給人們。普羅米修斯到最後會因為他賜給人類的這些禮物而惹禍上身、遭到宙斯懲罰。 |
1) rebel (a.) 反抗的，叛逆的
The rebel soldiers attacked(攻擊) and killed 300 people.
2) humanity (n.) 人類
Hitler(希特勒) committed(犯下) many crimes(罪) against humanity.
3) creature (n.) 生物
One creature I hate is the snake.
4) design (v.) 設計
Gloria designs wonderful dresses.
5) mathematics (n.) 數學，簡寫為 math
Ian studies mathematics at university.
6) navigation (n.) 航海，導航
Navigation is difficult in these waters.
7) medicine (n.) 醫學
Medicine requires(要求) students to study hard.
8) architecture (n.) 建築學，建築
I like the architecture of that building.
9) astronomy (n.) 天文學
Astronomy involves(牽涉) a lot of mathematics and other sciences.
10) wisdom (n.) 智慧
I admire(欽佩) the wisdom of your decision.
11) eventually (adv.) 最後，終於
Eventually, after 10 years of saving money, Janet bought a house.
12) punish (v.) 懲罰
Bill punished his children by not letting them watch TV. |
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Once Zeus had become the most powerful god in the 13)universe, he 14)neglected to take care of humanity. This 15)angered Prometheus, so he tried to 16)trick Zeus and make him look stupid. Prometheus prepared two 17)sacrifices and asked Zeus to choose which one he wanted. Prometheus had made it so the sacrifice that had the better meat looked 18)unappetizing and the sacrifice that had only skin and bones looked 19)delicious. |
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宙斯一旦成為宇宙間權力最大的天神，就忘了照顧人類。這激怒了普羅米修斯，因此他試圖愚弄宙斯、讓他看起來很蠢。普羅米修斯準備了兩件祭品，請宙斯選擇想要哪一件。普羅米修斯早就動過手腳，因此肉質較佳的祭品看起來令人倒胃口，而只有皮包骨的祭品看起來卻很美味。 |
13) universe (n.) 宇宙
The universe is extremely old and large.
14) neglect (v.) 忘了做 [+ to]，忽略
Oops, I neglected to lock the door of my house.
15) anger (v.) 激怒
What he said angered his father.
16) trick (v.) 騙人，愚弄
David tricked his mother into believing he was too sick to go to school.
17) sacrifice (n.) 牲禮，祭品
In some cultures(文化), people offered human sacrifices to the gods.
18) unappetizing (a.) 引不起食慾的
This meal is very unappetizing.
19) delicious (a.) 美味的
Thanks for the delicious food! |
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Zeus, who knows and sees everything, understood what Prometheus was doing and was very angry. Zeus warned Prometheus not to try and trick him again, but did not punish him. Zeus did punish humanity for Prometheus' 20)deception though. Zeus 21)declared that humanity would not have fire and would have to eat their meat 22)raw. |
| 宙斯什麼都知道、一切都逃不過他的法眼，所以他很清楚普羅米修斯幹的事，而且非常生氣。宙斯警告普羅米修斯不要想再次欺騙他，但並沒有懲罰普羅米修斯。然而宙斯卻因為普羅米修斯的欺騙行為而懲罰人類。宙斯宣布人類將不會有火，必須吃生肉。 |
20) deception (n.) 欺騙
No one was fooled by Rick's deception.
21) declare (v.) 宣布 [+ that]
The king declared that the war was over.
22) raw (a.) 生的，未煮過的
Do you like to eat raw fish? |
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Without fire, people could not stay warm, and thus they 23)suffered. Prometheus looked down from the heavens and was sad to see his 24)creation cold and 25)shivering. Prometheus knew that Zeus was all knowing, but he decided to 26)steal fire from Zeus anyway and give it to humanity. With the gift of fire human 27)culture 28)improved quickly. Humanity 29)mastered art and writing and developed new 30)technologies that made their lives easier. |
| 沒有火，人就無法取暖，因此飽受痛苦。普羅米修斯從天上俯瞰人間，很傷心看到他創造的人類在受凍、顫抖。普羅米修斯明白宙斯無所不知，但他決定不顧一切從宙斯那裡偷火給人類使用。有了火這個禮物，人類的文化進步得很快。人類精通了藝術與書寫，並發展出新技術讓生活更安逸。 |
23) suffer (v.) 受苦
Jack is suffering from cancer(癌症).
24) creation (n.) 創造，造物
Your painting is a lovely creation, Susan.
25) shiver (v.) 顫抖
Jane shivered because it was so cold outside.
26) steal (v.) 偷，竊取 [+ from]
The thief(賊) stole $5 million from the bank.
27) culture (n.) 文化
I think Chinese culture is very interesting.
28) improve (v.) 改善，改進
How can we improve the city?
29) master (v.) 精通
It takes a lot of practice to master a new language.
30) technology (n.) 技術
It's hard to learn all the new technology. |
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When Zeus saw these changes in humanity, and understood what Prometheus had done, he was 31)enraged. In Greek 32)mythology no god, not even Zeus, can take away what another god has given, so Zeus couldn't take the fire away. However, Zeus did punish Prometheus. He took Prometheus into the mountains and 33)chained him to a large stone. Every morning a giant eagle would land on Prometheus, 34)tear out his belly, and eat his 35)liver. And every night Prometheus' body would completely 36)heal so he would have to suffer the same 37)torture day after day. |
| 宙斯發現了人類的這些轉變、明白普羅米修斯做了什麼事，感到怒不可遏。希臘神話中，包含宙斯在內，沒有神能夠拿走別的神給出去的禮物；因此宙斯無法將火拿回去。但是宙斯懲罰了普羅米修斯。他把普羅米修斯帶到山裡，將他鎖在一塊大石頭上。每天早晨，一隻巨鷹停在普羅米修斯身上、挖出他的腸胃、啄食他的肝。每天晚上，普羅米修斯的身體會完全復原，因此他必須日復一日遭到同樣的折磨。 |
31) enrage (v.) 激怒，使憤怒
Sam became enraged when he found out he had been cheated(欺騙).
32) mythology (n.) 神話
Justin loves to read about mythology.
33) chain (v.) 用鎖鏈拴住，拘禁
Let's chain our bicycles to a tree so they can't be stolen.
34) tear (v.) 撕開，撕裂
Lisa tore her skirt on a nail(釘子).
35) liver (n.) 肝臟
Because of problems with his liver, Ben had to go to the hospital.
36) heal (v.) （傷口）癒合，痊癒
My broken leg took a long time to heal.
37) torture (n.) 折磨
The prisoners(囚犯) were tortured, but they refused to talk. |
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The great Greek hero Hercules eventually freed Prometheus. Zeus allowed it because Hercules was Zeus' son and freeing Prometheus would bring Hercules 38)fame and 39)glory. Afterwards, Prometheus returned to Mount Olympus. Though free, Prometheus would always have to carry the stone he was chained to as a 40)reminder not to 41)disobey Zeus. |
| 最後是偉大的希臘英雄海克力斯拯救了普羅米修斯。宙斯准許了，因為海克力斯是他的兒子，而釋放普羅米修斯將為海克力斯帶來名聲和榮譽。後來普羅米修斯重返奧林帕斯山。雖然重獲自由，普羅米修斯將永遠帶著鎖住他的那個石頭，提醒他不得違抗宙斯。 |
38) fame (n.) 名聲
Movie stars have a lot of money and fame.
39) glory (n.) 光榮
There is no glory in war, only death and destruction(毀滅).
40) reminder (n.) 提醒物
His sore(酸痛的) arm was a reminder of the accident(意外).
41) disobey (v.) 違抗，違反
Tony never disobeyed his parents. |
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