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TutorABC 看星座 學英文:處女座 Virgo

2015.08.26(W)
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In Egyptian(2)mythology,the god of the Nile was Osiris.His parents were the gods of the heavens and earth.

在埃及神話中尼羅河神名叫奧西里斯,父母為天地之神。

2傳說

He allowed the Egyptians (3)favorable weather and (4)prosperity,

衪使埃及境內風調雨順,人民富足,

3有利的

4富足

leading the nation to (5)civilization. However, he ended up dying a (6)tragic death,

引導埃及走向文明,後來不幸死於非命,

5文明

6不幸的

leaving his sister Iphis with a broken heart.

其妹艾費絲傷心異常。

7哭泣

8心酸的

She (7)wept constantly, her (8)bitter tears causing the Nile to (9)flood, (10)hencecausing (11)considerable damage.

時常痛哭不已,她的眼淚匯集成尼羅河的洪水,導致泛濫成災,

9氾濫

11相當大的

Later on, she was taken up on high, becoming Virgo of the zodiac.

後來被接引到天上,就成為現今的處女星座。

10因此

According to Greek mythology,back in (12)ancient times the world was a wonderful place in which to live.

希臘神話中,遠古時代大地是非常美好的世界。

12古老的

Living alongside mortals, Gods had human (13)emotions such as love, hate, sorrow and joy.

天上的神仙和人類一樣有愛、恨、悲、喜等情感,並且與人類住一起。

That time was known as the “Golden Age.”

那個時代叫「黃金時代」。

13情緒

Afterward, out of their (14)greed and selfishness, mortals made many mistakes, and their social values became (15)corrupt.

後來由於人類的貪婪自私,做了許多錯事,且風氣日趨敗壞。

14貪婪

As a result, the Golden Age changed to the Silver Age.It then became the Bronze Age before finally changing to the Iron Age.

因此黃金時代變成白銀時代再至赤銅時代,最後成為黑鐵時代。

15墮落的

The gods couldn’t bear all the (16)sin in the world and returned to the heavens.

住在大地的諸神無法忍受人間罪惡。

16罪惡

Only Astraea remained. She was the goddess of (17)justice and was sent to the world to (18)judgeright and wrong.

因此紛紛回到天上去,最後只剩下一位代表正義的女神阿絲特利亞,她是被派至人間掌管審判是非善惡的女神。

17正義

The world was full of (19)evil. Astraea had no choice but to leave it for the heavens, where she became Virgo and continued to care for the mortals.

由於世道日衰,人心墮落,道德淪亡,她在無可奈何下只有離開這醜陋的世界回到天上,但是她在天上化為處女星座後,仍然關心著人類的狀況。

18判斷

Whenever the (20)wheat got (21)ripe, Virgo would appear in the sky to see that the mortals enjoyed a good (22)harvest.

每當麥穗成熟時,處女座都會出現在天空,看人類的收成是否良好。

19邪惡

20小麥

This is why she is also seen as the goddess of harvest.

因此又被視為秋收的女神。

21成熟的

22收成

【星座英文:處女座單字一覽表-Vocabulary】

(1) Virgo(n.)處女座

Are you a Virgo or a Libra?

你是處女座還是天秤座?

(2) mythology (n.) 神話

We studied Greek mythology in college.

我們大學時有讀過希臘神話。

(3) favorable (adj.)有利的

The plants grow rapidly under favorable conditions.

因為環境合適,這些植物長得很快。

(4) prosperity (n.) 富足

Our country enjoyed a long period of prosperity.

我們國家以前有很長一段時間都還滿昌盛的。

(5) civilization(n.) 文明

The settlers saw themselves as bringing progress and civilization to the wilderness.

這群拓荒者自認為替這片荒地注入了進步和文明的活水。

(6) tragic(adj.) 不幸的

He was killed in a tragic accident at the age of 24.

24歲那年,他在一場意外中不幸喪生。

(7) weep (v.) 哭泣

She started to weep uncontrollably.

她不由自主地哭了起來。

(8) bitter (adj.) 心酸的

It was a bitter blow when he lost his job.

當初他失業時,那打擊真叫他心痛。

(9) flood (v.) 氾濫

The rivers are close to flooding.

河流就快氾濫了。

(10) hence (adv.) 因此

He was a newcomer and hence had no close friends here.

他初來乍到,在這邊還沒有什麼好朋友。

(11) considerable(adj.) 相當大的

The project wasted a considerable amount of time and money.

這項計畫案浪費的時間跟金錢不可計數。

(12) ancient (adj.) 古老的

The people in the village still observe the ancient customs of their ancestors.

村民仍沿襲著祖先留下來的古老習俗。

(13) emotion (n.) 情緒

He lost control of his emotions.

他情緒失控。

(14) greed (n.) 貪婪

He made no effort to conceal his greed for money and power.

他對金錢和權勢貪婪無厭這點不加以掩飾。

(15) corrupt (adj.) 墮落的

The whole system is inefficient and corrupt.

整個體系既沒效率又墮落。

(16) sin (n.)罪過

He committed the sin of stealing.

他犯了竊盜罪。

(17) justice (n.) 正義

They are demanding equal rights and justice.

他們要求平權和正義。

(18) judge(v.) 判斷

I am in no position to judge whether what she is doing is right or wrong.

我無法判斷她這麼做是對還是錯。

(19) evil (n.) 邪惡

The battle of good versus evil is the topic of this story.

正邪對決是這個故事的主題。

(20) wheat (n.) 小麥

East Asian farmers grew 30 million tons of wheat last year.

東亞的農夫去年種了三千萬噸的小麥。

(21) ripe (adj.)成熟的

Pick the tomatoes before they get too ripe.

番茄要趁熟透前採收。

(22) harvest (n.)收成

We had enormous harvests of corn this year.

今年我們種的玉米大豐收。

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