of Hercules
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 Hercules’s Strength and Resourcefulness.
4 海克力士的实力和才智.
6 Hercules’s Restraint and Prudence.
6 海克力士节制与普鲁登斯.
8 Hercules’s Ingenuity.
8 海克力士的才智.
10 Hercules: The Immortal Hero.
10个赫拉克勒斯: 无生之英雄.
13 Glossary.
13 词汇。
16 Introduction The legendary labors of Hercules are one of the most beloved myths of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
导言 赫拉克勒斯的传奇劳作是古希腊和罗马最受人喜爱的神话之一.
Hercules was the child of Zeus, king of the gods, and a mortal woman, Alcmene.
海克力斯是众神之王宙斯所生的孩子,也是一位凡人女人阿尔克梅内.
The goddess Hera, Zeus’s wife, was angry that Zeus had a child with Alcmene.
女神赫拉, 宙斯的妻子为宙斯与阿尔克梅内生下孩子而愤怒.
She swore revenge on both mother and child.
她发誓要报母子的仇
Hera sent witches to torment Alcmene in childbirth.
赫拉派巫师去折磨阿尔克梅内生下孩子.
She also sent snakes to murder the infant Hercules in his crib.
她还派了蛇去谋杀婴儿海克力斯在他的婴儿床.
Strong even as a baby, Hercules strangled the snakes and survived.
即使是作为一个婴儿,赫拉克勒斯也扼杀了蛇并活了下来.
However, Hera didn’t give up.
然而,赫拉并没有放弃.
She watched Hercules jealously throughout his life, searching for ways to cause him pain and suffering.
她一生都嫉妒地看着赫拉克勒斯,想方设法给他带来痛苦和苦难.
When he grew to manhood and married, Hera hit upon one of her cruelest strategies.
当他长大为男性并结婚时,赫拉打击了她最残酷的策略之一.
She caused Hercules to go into a fit of insanity for a short time.
她让海克力斯陷入了一段短暂的疯狂之中.
When Hercules regained his senses, he saw his dead family.
当赫拉克勒斯恢复了理智后,他看到了他死去的家人.
He had murdered his wife and children with his own hands!
他亲手谋杀了他的妻子和孩子!
Heartbroken, he pleaded with the god Apollo to cleanse his spirit.
心碎了,他恳求神阿波罗净化他的精神.
Apollo sentenced Hercules to perform ten labors for King Eurystheus of Mycenae.
阿波罗被判刑 赫拉克勒斯为密克勒斯国王欧律修斯出演了十次出演.
These deeds required strength, dedication, and intelligence.
这些行动需要力量、献身精神和智慧。
The stakes were high—if Hercules failed, he had to live with the stain of his crime.
如果海克力斯失败了,他不得不忍受他罪行的污点。
If he succeeded, however, he would gain forgiveness in his own eyes and those of the gods.
然而,如果他成功,他就会在他自己和众神的眼中获得宽恕.
Only then would he be able to move forward with his life.
只有这样,他才能继续前进。
Hercules’s Strength and Resourcefulness Hercules faced mythical creatures that had supernatural powers and immortality.
海克力士的"力量与才智"海克力士面对神话中具有超自然力量和不朽的生物.
He also encountered strong and vicious beasts.
他也遇到强而凶恶的野兽.
He used combinations of strength, courage, creativity, and skill to defeat them.
他利用力量、勇气、创造力和技巧的组合打败他们。
His first labor was to overcome the Nemean lion.
他的第一劳作是战胜尼米安狮子.
After taking a young woman hostage, the lion used her as bait to draw warriors to her rescue.
在将一名年轻女子扣为人质后,狮子用她作诱饵来引来勇士来救援.
As the men approached, it would leap out and attack them.
当他们接近时 它会跳出攻击他们
Hercules began his attack by firing arrows from afar straight at the lion’s heart, but they only bounced off its hide.
赫拉克勒斯从远处向狮子的心脏直射出箭来开始他的攻击,但只从狮子的地皮上弹出.
When he threw his spear, the weapon didn’t penetrate either.
他投出长矛时,
Finally, Hercules picked up his club and chased the lion into a cave.
最后,赫拉克勒斯捡起他的会所并追逐狮子入洞.
He blocked off the opening so that the lion could not escape.
他封锁了开口,使狮子无法逃脱.
He jumped onto its back, dodging fierce claws and sharp teeth.
他跳到它的背上 躲过凶猛的爪子和尖牙
Wrapping his powerful arms around the lion’s neck, he choked it until it took its last breath.
他用强力的手臂围住狮子的脖子,
When the lion was finally dead, Hercules tried to skin it.
当狮子最终被活活后,海克力斯试图剥去它.
However, none of his tools were sharp enough.
然而,他的工具都不够尖锐.
Finally, he used one of the lion’s own razor-sharp claws to skin the animal.
最后,他用狮子自己的剃刀尖爪将动物剥皮。
Hercules went on to defeat the Hydra (an enormous, many-headed snake), a powerful boar, and vicious, man-eating vultures.
海克力斯继而击败了海德拉人(一种巨大的多头蛇),一只强大的野猪,以及凶恶的吃人秃鹰.
He was forced to change his methods each time he fought, often turning his challengers’ weapons against them— just as he had with the Nemean lion.
他每次参战都被迫改变他的方法,经常把挑战者的武器转而对付他们——就像他与尼米安狮子一样。
As Hercules accomplished each labor, Eurystheus grew more afraid of Hercules.
随着海克力斯完成每一个劳动,欧律修斯对海克力斯更加恐惧.
He did not allow Hercules to come to his palace.
他不允许赫拉克勒斯来他的宫殿.
Instead, the king issued all his commands through a messenger.
相反,国王通过信使发出他的所有命令.
When Eurystheus learned that Hercules had received payment for two of his labors, he increased the number of labors from ten to twelve—at Hera’s insistence.
当欧律修斯得知赫拉克勒斯收到了他的两个劳役的报酬后,他在赫拉的坚持下将劳役人数从10人增加到了12人.
Hercules’s Restraint and Prudence However, not all of Hercules’s labors could be accomplished through violence.
然而,并非所有赫拉克勒斯的劳动都能通过暴力完成。
In fact, Hercules also had to learn not to take needless risks.
事实上,海克力斯也不得不学会不要冒不必要的风险.
For the third labor, Eurystheus decreed Hercules bring him the Ceryneian (sair-i-NEE-uhn) Hind.
对于第三个劳役,欧律修斯(Eurystheus)颁布赫拉克勒斯令,将他带来Ceryneian (sair-i-NEE-uhn) Hind.
This deer was the special pet of Artemis, goddess of the Moon, wild animals, and the hunt.
这只鹿是阿耳忒弥斯的特别宠物,月亮女神,野生动物和狩猎.
Hercules knew that he could not risk angering Artemis by killing the deer.
海克力斯知道自己不能因为杀死了鹿而冒着激怒阿耳忒弥斯的风险.
Carefully and patiently, he tracked the hind, waiting for the beast to tire.
他小心而耐心地跟踪了后方,等待着野兽的疲劳.
After a full year of the hunt, he closed in as it was sleeping.
经过整整一年的打猎后,他在睡觉时关了进来.
Cautiously, he threw a net over it, tied it up, and set off for Mycenae.
高雅地将一网倒出,捆起去取妙克奈.
Artemis was enraged at the capture of her pet.
阿耳忒弥斯被她的宠物被捕获而激怒.
Hercules was honest with her, explaining how he’ d been driven mad and had killed his family, how he had taken on his labors as penance, and finally, how Eurystheus had demanded that he capture the hind.
赫拉克勒斯对她很诚实,他解释了自己是如何被逼疯并杀害了家人的,他是如何把劳作当作忏悔的;最后,欧律修斯是如何要求他抓住后遗症的.
Artemis had compassion for the suffering hero.
阿耳忒弥斯同情受苦受难的英雄.
She allowed him to take the hind; however, she gave the condition that he return the hind after the labor.
她允许他拿走后遗症;但是,她给的条件是他在分娩后返回后遗症。
Hercules kept his word to the goddess.
海克力斯对女神信守诺言.
In his ninth labor, Hercules traveled to the land of the Amazons.
在他第9次劳动中,海克力斯出行于亚马逊人之地.
He had to bring back the belt of Hippolyte, queen of this tribe of fierce female warriors.
他必须把Hippolyte的腰带带带带回来 这个猛烈的女战士部落的女王
Hercules took an army of friends with him.
海克力斯带着一群朋友
They hoped not to fight the Amazons, but instead to visit in peace.
他们希望不要与亚马逊人作战,而是和平地访问.
As their ship drew near to the shore, Hercules shouted, “Hippolyte!
当他们的船驶到岸边时,赫拉克勒斯喊道:“希波利特!
I have a favor to ask of you.”
我有一个请求你。 “
The Amazonian warriors looked at one another, but their spears did not waver.
亚马逊勇士相视相视,但他们的长矛没有动摇.
A woman emerged from the ranks.
一个女人从队伍中出来。
“I am Hippolyte,” she called to Hercules.
“我是希波利特,”她打电话给赫拉克勒斯。
“What is your errand?”
“你有什么任务? “
Hearing his tale, Hippolyte was sympathetic, and she agreed to grant the belt to him of her own free will.
听到他的故事后,希波利特表示同情,她同意将腰带随意授予他.
All seemed well, and Hercules and his army feasted with the Amazons.
所有看起来都很好, 海克力士和他的军队 与亚马逊人宴会。
But Hera passed among the Amazons in disguise, whispering that Hercules was about to betray their trust and kidnap the queen.
但赫拉伪装地从亚马逊人中走来,悄悄地说出赫拉克勒斯即将背叛他们的信任并绑架了女王.
In response, the Amazons donned their armor.
作为回应,亚马逊人将盔甲收好.
Hercules felt forced to slay Hippolyte and take the belt from her.
赫拉克勒斯感到被迫杀死了希波利特并夺走了她的腰带.
He boarded his ship with the belt—and a heavy heart.
他带着带子登上他的船... 和一颗沉重的心。
Hercules’s Ingenuity Hercules thought his way through seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
大力士的才智 赫拉克勒斯想着要克服似乎无法克服的障碍
When Eurystheus commanded that he clean the stables of King Augeas, Hercules came up with a particularly creative solution.
当欧律修斯下令他清理了奥盖斯国王的马厩时,赫拉克勒斯想到了一个特别有创意的解决方案.
The king hadn’t cleaned his stables, home to thousands of cattle, in more than thirty years.
国王30多年来没有清理过他的马厩,
The job was enormous—and filthy.
工作是巨大的 肮脏的。
Hercules smashed two large holes in the stable walls, one on each side, and then dug a canal from a nearby river to the stable.
海克力斯在马厩墙上打碎了两个大洞,两侧各一个,然后从附近的一条河上挖出一条运河到马厩.
The river flowed into the canal and through the stable, carrying away years of accumulated filth with it.
河流流入运河并穿过马厩,随即带走了多年积累的污秽.
Hercules was not above the use of trickery to accomplish his goals, either.
赫拉克勒斯也没有超越使用诡计来达到他的目标.
He successfully outsmarted several of his challengers.
他成功战胜了几位挑战者.
For his eleventh labor, Eurystheus demanded that Hercules fetch one of Zeus’s golden apples, located in a garden guarded by nymphs called the Hesperides.
Eurystheus要求赫拉克勒斯取出宙斯的一粒金苹果,
No one was allowed inside except for the nymphs’ father, Atlas.
除了尼姆斯的父亲阿特拉斯之外,没有人被允许进去。
Hercules immediately set off to find Atlas.
海克力斯马上出发去找阿特拉斯
He wondered if he should tell his story again, hoping for Atlas’s sympathy, or come up with a lie instead.
他想知道他是否应该再次讲述他的故事,希望阿特拉斯的同情,或者想出一个谎言。
Hercules found the god groaning under an unimaginable burden.
海克力斯发现神在难以想象的负担下呻吟.
Atlas held the weight of the whole world on his shoulders.
阿特拉斯把整个世界的重心放在他的肩膀上
Hercules asked, “Great Atlas, how would you reward me if I temporarily relieved you of your burden?”
赫拉克勒斯问道,“伟大的阿特拉斯,如果我暂时解除你的负担,你会如何奖励我? “
Atlas replied, “No reward would be too great.”
阿特拉斯回答说,“奖励不会太大。 “
He eagerly agreed to enter Zeus’s garden and retrieve an apple.
他热切地同意进入宙斯的花园取回一粒苹果.
In turn, Hercules bore the weight of the world in his place.
反过来, 海克力士代替他承受了世界的重负
Atlas was overjoyed to be free of his burden.
阿特拉斯非常高兴能摆脱他的负担。
In fact, he didn’t want to take it up again.
事实上,他不想再提这件事。
He told Hercules that he would take the apple to Eurystheus himself.
他告诉海克力斯他会亲自把苹果带到欧律修斯.
Hercules would have to wait for him, holding up the world in his place.
海克力斯必须等他 代替他控制世界
Sensing a trap, Hercules laid his own.
探测出一个陷阱 海克力士自己布置的
He agreed to Atlas’s requests, but asked that Atlas hold the world again for just a moment so Hercules could get into a more comfortable position.
他同意了阿特拉斯的要求,但要求阿特拉斯再次让世界保持一瞬间,以便海克力斯能够进入更舒适的位置.
Once Atlas had lifted the world onto his own shoulders again, Hercules escaped with the apple, leaving Atlas miserable.
一旦阿特拉斯再次将世界抬起到自己肩上,海克力斯就带着苹果逃走了,使阿特拉斯变得悲惨.
Yet again, Hercules had used both his wits and his strength to successfully complete a labor.
再说一遍 赫拉克勒斯用他的智慧和力量成功完成了一项劳动.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Hercules is a Latin name that was used by ancient Romans.
海克力斯是古罗马人曾经使用的一个拉丁名.
Ancient Greeks called the same hero Heracles.
古希腊人称同为英雄赫拉克勒斯.
In both languages, his name means “glory of Hera.”
在两种语言中,他的名字意为“赫拉之光”。
In ancient Greek and Roman art, Hercules is almost always shown with two symbols: the Nemean lion’s skin worn as a helmet and cape, and his wooden club.
在古希腊和罗马艺术中,赫拉克勒斯几乎总是用两个符号来显示:内米恩狮子被磨成头盔和披风的皮肤,以及他的木牌会所.
Hercules: The Immortal Hero For his final task, the hero descended into the Underworld, the land of the dead.
大力士: 无生之英雄 为了完成他的最后任务,英雄降入了冥界,死者之地.
His mission was to capture Cerberus, its three-headed guard dog.
他的使命是抓获它的三头卫犬塞伯鲁斯.
He easily overpowered the monster.
他很容易战胜了怪物
By completing his final task, Hercules had finally cleansed himself of his murderous crime.
通过完成他的最后任务,海克力斯最终将自己净化出他杀人的罪行.
Hercules had earned forgiveness and could continue on with his life.
赫拉克勒斯赢得了宽恕 可以继续他的生活
After completing his labors, Hercules went on to accomplish numerous other heroic feats.
完成他的工作后, 海克力斯继续成就了许多其他英雄功绩.
He married a woman named Deianira.
他娶了一位叫德亚尼拉的女人.
This second marriage was also ill-fated.
这第二次婚姻也是不幸的.
A centaur named Nessos offered to carry Deianira across a deep river.
一个名叫尼索斯的半人马提出要将德亚尼拉抬出一条深河.
Midway across, Nessos attacked Deianira.
中途对面,内索斯出击了德亚尼拉.
Hearing his wife scream, Hercules shot off an arrow that he had dipped into the poisonous blood of the Hydra.
海克力斯听到他妻子的叫叫声,就射出一把被他浸入了海德拉毒血的箭.
As Nessos bled to death, he rubbed his cloak into his blood, which was mixed with the poison.
随着内索斯出血而死,他把斗篷擦入了自己的血液中,这与毒物混合.
Nessos whispered, “In the future, if your husband ever wrongs you, give him this cloak.
内索斯悄悄地说: “今后,如果你丈夫对你有误解,就把这件斗篷给他。
It has been soaked in a special love potion.”
被浸入了一种特殊的爱药中. “
When Hercules and Deianira grew apart, she remembered the cloak.
当赫拉克勒斯和德亚尼拉逐渐分道扬镳时,她想起了外衣.
She handed it to Hercules, who wrapped himself in it and was instantly seized with pain.
她把它交给了赫拉克勒斯,赫克勒斯将自己包裹在里面,并被立即被痛苦地抓住.
Wild with agony and unable to wash the poison from his skin, Hercules commanded a large pyre to be built.
怀着痛苦和无法从他皮肤上洗去毒液的野生,赫拉克勒斯下令建造了一座大火炉.
The great hero lay down in the midst of the flames, hoping to perish and end his torment.
伟大的英雄倒在了火焰中,希望灭亡并结束他的痛苦.
Zeus looked down upon the pyre from Mount Olympus, deeply moved.
宙斯俯视从奥林匹斯山出土的火花,深为感动.
Turning to Hera, he said, “Has he not suffered enough?
谈到赫拉时,他说:"他受的苦还不够吗?
Let your anger be stilled.”
让你的愤怒被平息。 “
Hera bowed her great head and agreed.
赫拉低头同意了
After all, he was a son of Zeus, and he had proven that he was mighty and courageous beyond human expectations.
毕竟他是宙斯之子,他已经证明他是超越了人类期望的强大而勇敢.
The gods raised Hercules up, and he ascended in a pillar of fire to Mount Olympus, where he lived as an immortal forevermore.
众神将赫拉克勒斯扶起来,他以一柱火柱登上奥林匹斯山,在那里他永远活得不朽.
Glossary accumulated (v.)
词汇累积(五.)
built up or collected over time; increased (p.
逐步建立或收集;增加(p.
10) ascended (v.)
10) 升学(五.
moved upward; rose in position or rank (p.
向上移动;在位或军衔上升(p.
15) cautiously (adv.)
15) 谨慎(adv.
carefully; with caution (p.
谨慎行事;
8) feats (n.)
8) 壮举 (n.
amazing actions or accomplishments (p.
令人惊讶的行动或成就(p.
14) hide (n.)
14)隐藏 (n.
the skin of an animal (p.
动物的皮肤(p.
6) immortality (n.)
6)不朽 (n.
the state of living or being remembered forever (p.
生活状态或永远被铭记(p.
6) labors (n.)
6) 劳动(n.
difficult physical work (p.
困难的身体工作(p.
4) nymphs (n.)
4）若虫（名词）
in stories and myths, spirits in the shape of young women who live in mountains, forests, meadows, or water (p.
在故事和神话中,以生活在山地,森林,草地,或水(p.
10) penance (n.)
10) 忏悔 (n.
something a person does to show regret or atone for bad behavior (p.
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8) pillar (n.)
8) 支柱(n.
a large post or column used for support, usually made of stone, wood, or metal (p.
用于支撑的大型后台或柱子,通常由石,木,或金属制成(p.
15) pyre (n.)
15）柴堆（名词）
a pile of wood used to burn a body or bodies (p.
用来焚烧一具或多具尸体(p.
15) temporarily (adv.)
15) 临时(adv.