英语短文精读【1】跨越时空的千年回音 Can You Hear the Echo?

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【开篇小问】

希腊神话中，众神之王是谁？
a. God
b. Zeus
c. Juese
d. Hera

答案：c.

跨越时空的千年回音

还记得那位因为Narcissus的自负和自恋而躲进山里的痴情少女Echo吗？让我们一起来了解她的故事。

Zeus was the king of the gods, and he thought it would be cool to have a lot of girlfriends. Zeus did not want his wife, Hera, to find out about his girlfriends. He told Echo to talk to Hera and keep her busy. But Hera found out about the plan, and to punish（惩罚） Echo, she kept her from speaking for herself; she could only repeat the words of other people.

宙斯是众神之王，喜欢过三妻四妾的生活，因为他觉得有许多女朋友一定很酷。宙斯不行让他的妻子赫拉知道这件事，就让Echo去和赫拉聊天，让她忙个不停。但是赫拉发现了他的计划，就惩罚Echo，为了使她不再能为自己辩护，她让Echo只能重复别人的话。

Echo fell in love with a beautiful young man named Narcissus. When he ignored（忽视） Echo, she became very sad. She ran away and hid in the mountains.

Echo爱上了英俊少年Narcissus，可他却对她视而不见，她非常难过，于是逃到山里躲了起来。

Later, Narcissus died. Then Echo was so sad that she did not eat or sleep. She got so thin that soon her voice was the only thing left of her.

后来，Narcissus死了，Echo茶不思饭不想，睡也睡不着，变得骨瘦如柴，不久人们就只能听到她的声音而看不见她的人了。

That is why, when you go to the mountains, you can never see Echo, but only hear her calling back to you.

所以你到山林里去的时候，从来看不到Echo而只能听到她的回声。

【世博读书笔记】

1．plan做名词，有以下用法。

（1）表示“计划、打算”，如：
What's your plan for the weekend?
你打算如何过周末?

（2）表示“方法、办法”，如：
They devised a plan to reduce costs.
他们想出一个节约开支的办法。

2.punish是动词，除了有“惩罚”的意思，在口语中还有许多其他用法。

（1）折磨、损害
My boots were punished by our long trek in the mountains.
我的靴子因为我们在山中漫长的徒步行走而受损。

（2）贪婪地吃
He punished my pizza.
他大吃我的烤馅饼。

（3）痛击对手（拳击）
The champion punished his opponent severely.
那位冠军痛击他的对手。

【世博句型留言板】

keep sb. from doing sth.
防止某人去做某事

I was kept by illness from taking the exam．
我因病未能参加考试。

In summer wearing a pair of dark glasses can keep our eyes from being hurt by the sun．
夏季戴上一幅墨镜能防止太阳照射。

练习：

1．罗比没法使孩子不大叫大嚷。
2．她不让我们笑。

练习答案：

1．Robbie couldn't keep the child from yelling.
2．She kept us from laughing.