《指环王》精讲02

Victory was near. But the power of the Ring could not be undone¹.

胜利终于在望。但是至尊魔戒的力量无人能敌。

It was in this moment, when all hope had faded, that Isildur, son of the king, took up his father's sword.

就在这时候大家都失去希望之际，人皇之子——埃西铎——拾起他父亲的宝剑。

Sauron, the enemy of the Free Peoples of Middle-earth, was defeated.

黑暗魔君索伦，中土世界自由之民死敌终于被击败。

The Ring passed to Isildur, who had this one chance to destroy evil forever.

至尊魔戒落入埃西铎手中，他只有一次机会永恒地摧毁邪恶。

But the hearts of Men are easily corrupted². And the Ring of Power has a will of its own.

但是人心很容易受到蛊惑。而且魔戒有它自己的意志。

It betrayed Isildur to his death.

它背叛了埃西铎最后害死了他。

And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost.

不该被遗忘的东西也遗失了。

History became legend, legend became myth.

历史成为传说，传说成为神话。

And for two and a half thousand years, the Ring passed out of all knowledge.

两千五百年来至尊魔戒的下落无人得知。

Until, when chance came, it ensnared a new bearer.

命运巧妙的安排让它蛊惑一个新的持有者。

1 undone   

a.未做完的，未完成的

参考例句：

• He left nothing undone that needed attention.所有需要注意的事他都注意到了。

2 corrupted   

（使）败坏( corrupt的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）腐化； 引起（计算机文件等的）错误； 破坏

参考例句：

• The body corrupted quite quickly. 尸体很快腐烂了。
• The text was corrupted by careless copyists. 原文因抄写员粗心而有讹误。