TutorABC 看星座 學英文：水瓶座Aquarius

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水瓶座 (1/20~2/19)

水瓶座的人擁有很強烈的求知慾，富於研究精神，喜愛一切新穎的東西，可說是喜愛學習的代表！

水瓶座的星座故事，居然是來自於一位被擄來強迫倒酒的王子？這是怎麼回事呢？快來看看吧！

TutorABC帶你一起看星座故事，透過中英對照，馬上看懂英語故事。

學習小提示：可以先看完一遍英語，再看中文和單字解釋喔！

In Greek (1)mythology, Hera’s daughter, Hebe, the goddess of (2)youth, was(3)originally(4)responsible for (5)pouring wine for gods at (6)banquets.

在希臘神話中，天后希拉之女，青春女神赫貝，本來職司眾神飲酒聚會時斟酒的工作

She was later ordered to marry Hercules the hero and was thereafterfreed from her wine-pouring(7)task.

她後來奉命嫁給了大英雄海格利士而免除此差役。

One day,when another banquet was being held, Zeus (8)transformed himself into a (9)hawk and flew to Mount Ida, where he found a beautiful young Trojan (10)shepherd named Ganymede, and (11)abducted him to Olympus where he was made to serve as a (12)servant pouring wine for the gods.

有一次眾神聚會時，天神宙斯就化身為一隻大鷹，將正在艾達山牧羊的特洛伊俊美少年甘尼米德捉到奧林帕斯山上，命令他去擔任替眾神斟酒的僕役。

Ganymede was (13)assignedas a permanent(14)replacement for Hebe because he did such a great job.From then on, Ganymedestayed with the gods, becoming the (15)cup-bearer for them. He also became Aquarius in the sky.

由於他的工作表現非常稱職，天神就派他填補赫貝留下的職位空缺，後來甘尼米德就這樣永遠留在天上，提著酒壺為眾神酌酒，成為天上的水瓶星座。

Vocabulary

(1) mythology(n.)神話

She’s fascinated by stories of classical mythology.

她被古典神話故事迷住了。

(2) youth (n.) 青春

I was a fairly good soccerplayer in my youth.

我年輕時是個相當不錯的足球員。

(3) originally (adv.)起初，原來

Itwas originally atoyfactory.

那原來是間玩具工廠。

(4) responsible(adj.)負責

She is responsible for overseeing our work.

她負責監督我們的工作。

(5) pour(v.) 倒

I spilled the juice while I was pouring it.

我倒果汁時不小心灑出來了。

(6) banquet (n.) 宴會

A banquet wasgiveninhonorofthevisitingPresident.

我們為來訪的總統舉行了宴會。

(7) task (n.) 任務

We usually askinterviewees to perform a few simple tasks on the computer.

我們通常讓接受面試人士在電腦上進行一些簡單操作。

(8) transform (v.)改變外觀

Whenever a camera was pointed at her, Marilyn would instantly transform herself into a radiantstar.

每當相機對準她的時候，瑪麗蓮會立刻將自己變成耀眼的明星。

(9) hawk (n.) 鷹

A hawk is trying to catch a rabbit.

有一隻鷹在獵捕兔子。

(10) shepherd (n.) 牧羊人

The shepherd found two of the sheep missing.

牧羊人發現兩隻羊不見了。

(11) abduct (v.) 挾持

The companydirector was abducted from his car by terrorists.

公司董事被恐怖分子從自己的車裡劫走了。

(12) servant (n.) 僕人

Themillionairekept39 servants.

這百萬富翁用了三十九個僕人。

(13) assign (v.) 分配

UN troops were assigned the task of rebuilding the hospital.

重建這間醫院的任務被指派給了聯合國部隊。

(14) replacement (n.) 接替者

We needa replacement forthesecretarywholeft.

我們需要人來代替已離職的祕書。

(15) bearer (n.) 攜帶者

He was a coffin bearer at his father’s funeral.

他在他父親的葬禮負責抬棺。