A Greek Myth
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
It was a bright spring day as Persephone walked in the fields with her friends.
当珀耳塞福涅与她的朋友一起走入田地时,这是一个明亮的春天.
She wandered far, gathering armloads of beautiful flowers and leaving her friends behind her.
她漫步到很远的地方,收起一束漂亮的花,并留下了自己的朋友在她身后.
Without warning, a golden chariot with four black horses appeared!
没有警告,一辆有四匹黑马的金色战车出现了!
Hades, king of the underworld, held the reins.
冥界之王哈迪斯掌握了统治权.
Hades ruled over the dead, and his underground realm was a dark and barren place.
哈迪斯统治了死者,而他的地下领地是一个黑暗而贫瘠的地方.
No goddess wanted to live there.
没有女神想住在那里。
Lonely, Hades wandered the earth in search of a queen.
孤独地,哈迪斯为寻找后后而徘徊于地.
Hades thought Persephone was the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen.
哈迪斯认为珀耳塞福涅是最美丽的女人,
Yet he knew she would never agree to join him in the dark underworld.
但他知道她绝不会同意 加入黑暗的黑暗世界
She would never willingly leave behind the sunlight and fresh air.
她永远不会愿意离开阳光和新鲜空气。
So he didn’t ask her.
所以他没有问她。
Instead, he reached out with one strong arm and swept her into his chariot.
相反,他伸出了一只强壮的手臂,并把她冲入他的战车.
Immediately, the ground began to shake and rumble, and a dark crack in the earth opened up in front of them.
地上立即开始摇晃和隆起,地上一道暗黑的裂口在他们面前被打开.
The black horses leapt into the crack, plunging into the underworld as the earth closed over them.
黑马会跳入裂缝, 在地上关闭时被困入冥界。
Only Persephone’s flowers were left behind.
只有珀耳塞福涅的花被留下.
Deep in the underworld, Hades led Persephone to a gleaming golden throne.
在冥界深处,哈迪斯将珀耳塞福涅引向了闪闪发光的黄金宝座.
He placed a crown that sparkled with gems upon her head.
他在她头上放上一顶花冠 有宝石的花相
“All of this is yours now,” he said.
他说,“现在这一切都是你的了。”
Persephone didn’t care about crowns or thrones.
珀耳塞福涅并不关心王冠或王位。
She could only cry for what she had lost.
她只能为失去的东西而哭泣。
In the world above, Persephone’s friends found her flowers on the ground.
在以上世界,珀耳塞福涅的朋友在地上发现了她的花.
They went to her mother, Demeter, and told her Persephone was missing.
他们去找她的母亲德米特,告诉她珀耳塞福涅失踪了.
Demeter wandered the earth for days, searching in fear for her only daughter.
狄米特在地上徘徊了好几天,为了她唯一的女儿而寻找.
Demeter was goddess of the earth and all growing things.
德米特是大地和所有生长物的女神
She made the crops grow each year, but now, that all changed.
她每年种植作物 但现在一切都变了
A cold wind blew.
寒风吹起.
The leaves fell from the trees.
从树上落叶.
The earth froze, and grains, fruits, and flowers all died.
地冻了 谷子 水果 花朵都死了
Months passed, but the dark winter remained as Demeter grieved.
几个月过去了,但黑暗的冬天依然如德米特所悲伤.
Zeus, the king of the gods, pleaded with Demeter.
众神之王宙斯向德米特求情.
He asked her to bring back the sunlight and let the plants grow again.
他要求她带回阳光 让植物再次生长
Demeter only cared about her daughter.
德米特只关心她的女儿
So, Zeus ordered Hades to return Persephone to the world above.
于是,宙斯命令哈迪斯将珀耳塞福涅送回上方的世界.
Hades obeyed, but he begged Persephone to eat something before she left his world forever.
哈迪斯服从了,但他恳求珀耳塞福涅在她永远离开他的世界之前吃东西.
Nothing tempted her but a small plate of pomegranate seeds.
除了一小盘石榴花种子 没有什么能诱惑她
They seemed to glow as bright and red as tiny suns.
它们看起来光亮而红 如微小的太阳
Persephone tried one juicy seed.
珀耳塞福涅尝试了一种多汁的种子.
It was so delicious.
它是如此的美味。
She ate three more.
她又吃了三个
Hades smiled and waved as Persephone left him.
当珀耳塞福涅离开他时,哈迪斯微笑并挥手.
He had tricked her, but she didn’t yet know it.
他欺骗她,
No one had ever told her that the living should never eat food in the underworld.
从来没有人告诉她 活人不应该吃食物 在冥界。
When Demeter and Persephone finally met again, they flung their arms around each other.
当德米特和珀耳塞福涅终于再次相会时,他们互相挥起双臂.
Hand in hand, they walked through the barren winter fields.
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With each step, the grass turned greener and the air warmer.
每出一步,草地会变绿,空气会变暖.
Spring had returned.
春天回来了。
“You didn’t eat anything in the underworld, did you?”
“你没有在冥界吃任何东西, “
Demeter asked her daughter.
德米特问她的女儿。
“Nothing but four little seeds,” Persephone said.
“只有四个小种子,”珀耳塞福涅说。
Demeter burst into tears.
德米特突然流出眼泪
Persephone’s fate was sealed.
珀耳塞福涅的命运被封印.
Now, because of her mistake, Persephone must return to the underworld for part of each year.
现在,由于她的错误,珀耳塞福涅必须回到冥界去每年的部分时间.
She must spend four of the twelve months there—one for each seed she ate.
她必须在那里度过十二个月中的四个月,每个种子都要吃一粒。
While she is hidden from the sun, the air turns cold and the plants die.
在她躲出太阳的同时,空气会变冷而植物会死亡.
Winter covers the earth as Demeter waits for Persephone.
冬季覆盖地上,德米特等待珀耳塞福涅.
After four months, Persephone returns to join her mother in the world above.
四个月后,珀耳塞福涅回到她的母亲上方的世界.
The air warms, the ice melts, and the flowers bloom again.
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Spring returns.
春还来.