英语背诵80篇 06

No.6 Pandora

After the stealing of fire,Zeus became increasingly unkind to men. One day he ordered his son Hephaestus to build an image of a beautiful maiden¹ out of clay.He then asked the gods and goddesses to award her with different kinds of gifts.Among others, Athena clothed her in an attractive coat and Hermes gave her the power of telling lies. A charming young lady, she was the first woman that ever lived.Zeus called her Pandora. because she had received from each of the gods and goddesses a gift. The gift was harmful to men.

Zeus decided² to send her down to men as a present.So Hermes then brought her to Epimetheu; brother of Prometheus. The greatness of her beauty touched the hearts of all who looked upon her,and Epimetheus happily received her into his house. He had quite forgotten Prometheus' warning: never to accept anything from Zeus. The couple lived a happy life for some time. Then trouble came on to the human world.

When he was busy with teaching men the art of living, Prometheus had left a big cask in the care of Epimetheus. He had warned his brother not to open the lid. Pandora was a curious woman.She had been feeling very disappointed that her husband did not allow her to take a look at the contents of the cask.One day, when Epimetheus was out, she lifted the lid and out it came unrest and war, plague and sickness, theft and violence, grief, sorrow, and all the other evils. The human world was hence to experience these evils. Only hope stayed within the mouth of the jar and never flew out.So men always have hope within their hearts.

第6篇 潘多拉

自从火种被盗之后，宙斯就对人类越来越不友好了。有一天，他命令他的儿子赫菲斯托斯变成一个外表美丽的少女，然后让天上诸神及女神给予她不同的礼物。除此之外，雅典娜给她穿上吸引人的外衣，赫尔墨斯给了她说谎的能力。她是如此耀眼的一个少女，是一个亘古未有的女人，宙斯把她称作潘多拉，因为她得到了天上所有诸神和女神所赐予的礼物，而这礼物是对人类有害的。

宙斯决定让把潘多拉当作礼物给世上的男人，所以赫尔墨斯把她带给普罗米修斯的哥哥阿皮米修斯。潘多拉的美貌打动所有看过她的人的心，阿皮米修斯很高兴地接受了并带回自己的家，他很快就忘记普罗米修斯的忠告：不要接受宙斯的任何礼物。这对夫妇幸福地生活了一段日子后，麻烦就来到了人类的身边。

当普罗米修斯忙于教人类生活的艺术时，留了一个大的盒子给阿皮米修斯照看。他警告他的弟弟说千万不能打开盖子，潘多拉是一个危险的女人。潘多拉很是失望，因为她的丈夫不允许她看看那个盒子里的东西。有一天，当阿皮米修斯外出时，她打开了盖子并释放出了不安，战争，瘟疫，疾病，盗窃，暴力以及悲伤，难过甚至是所有的邪恶。人类世界从此就开始经历这此邪恶。只有希望开呆在瓶口处并从未离开。所以人类的心里还是充满希望的。

1 maiden   

n.少女，处女；adj.未婚的，纯洁的，无经验的

参考例句：

• The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.王子爱上了一位年轻美丽的少女。
• The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.这架飞机明天首航。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。