MercuryandTheMercuryoncedeterminedtolearninwhatesteemhewasheldamongmortals.ForthispurposeheassumedthecharacterofamanandvisitedinthisdisguiseaSculptor’sstudio.Havinglookedatvariousstatues,hedemandedthepriceoftwofiguresofJupiterandJuno.Whenthesumatwhichtheywerevaluedwasnamed,hepointedtoafigureofhimself,sayingtotheSculptor,“Youwillcertainlywantmuchmoreforthis,asitisthestatueoftheMessengeroftheGods,andauthorofallyourgain.”TheSculptorreplied,“Well,ifyouwillbuythese,I’llflingyouthatintothebargain.”希臘神話里的赫耳墨斯Hermes；之子）sculptor‘sk?lpt?n.esteem?’sti?mn.mortalm?rtladj.n.purposep?p?s]n.assume[??su:mvt.statue[?st?t?un.demandd?’m?ndvt.figuref?ɡj?nvt.Jupiter[‘d?u?p?t?]n.（羅馬神話里的最高主神；對(duì)應(yīng)希臘神話里的宙Zeus）Hera）messengermesnd??n.author‘?θ?n.flingfl??vt.bargain[?bɑrɡ?n]n.；便宜貨vt.討價(jià)還holdsb.inesteem推崇、尊重assumethecharacterof假裝成……角色indisguise；喬裝demandthepriceofsthpointtotheMessengeroftheGodsauthorofsth有一次，想要知道，他在凡人之中，被尊敬到什么程度。因此假裝成一個(gè)凡人，來(lái)到一個(gè)雕刻師的。他先看過(guò)各種雕像，然后再問(wèn)和朱諾這兩尊雕像的價(jià)錢。雕刻師說(shuō)了它們的價(jià)格后，他就指著一個(gè)自己的雕像問(wèn)inwhatesteemhewasheldamongmortals字面意思是“把擺在高度尊敬的位置上”，也就是“高度尊敬”，比如說(shuō)：Ialwaysholdmyfatherinhighesteemforhishardwork.（我一直非常尊敬我的父親，因?yàn)樗ぷ骱苄量唷＃﹊nwhatesteemhewasheld，也就ForthispurposeheassumedthecharacterofamanandvisitedinthisdisguiseaSculptor’sheassumedthecharacterofamanandvisitedaSculptor’sstudio.他假裝成了一個(gè)人的角色然后去拜訪了一個(gè)雕塑師的。heassumedthecharacterofamanandvisitedinthisdisguiseaSculptor’sstudio.他假裝成了一個(gè)人的角色，在這種之下，去拜訪了一個(gè)雕塑師的工hedemandedthepriceoftwofigures他詢問(wèn)了兩尊雕像的價(jià)格另外，figurefigfact（詞根“做”）有關(guān)，表示“捏造出來(lái)的角個(gè)句子里用figure是為了和前面的statue（雕像）岔開，避免詞匯單一。ofJupiterandJuno.和的（雕像）。 WhenthesumatwhichtheywerevaluedwasWhenthesumwasnamed,（當(dāng)總價(jià)被說(shuō)出來(lái)的時(shí)候atwhichtheywerevalued是作后置定語(yǔ)，whichthesum，這里我們還原成陳述語(yǔ)序，也就是說(shuō)：theywerevaluedatthesum（他hepointedtoafigureofhimself,指向了一尊自己的雕像pointtosth.，就是“指向某物”。sayingtotheSculptor“Youwillcertainlywantmuchmoreforthis,你對(duì)這尊雕像肯定會(huì)要價(jià)更高asitisthestatueoftheMessengeroftheGods因?yàn)檫@是眾神信使的雕像，andauthorofallyourgain.”而且是你所有收入的創(chuàng)造者?！盿uthor這個(gè)詞，除了有“作者”的意思，也可以表示“創(chuàng)始人、創(chuàng)造者”。這里的意的雕像應(yīng)該比和的雕像更值錢。TheSculptorrepliedifyouwillbuythese如果你買這兩尊雕像，也就是買了和的話，I’llflingyouintothebargain在這里是“、”的意思。I’llflingyouthatintothebargain.也就是說(shuō)：我就把的雕像在這次里送給你了。說(shuō)白了，就是“買二贈(zèng)一”的意sculptor‘sk?lpt?n.sculpture‘sk?lpt??n.雕塑（藝術(shù)esteem?’sti?mn.mortalm?rtladj.n.murd，就和-mort-相關(guān)。mortal的字面意思是“會(huì)的”，在神話當(dāng)中指的就是immortal?’m?rtl]adj.n.mort-（）這個(gè)詞根就和Mors的名字相關(guān)。purposep?p?s]n.isyourpurposeofcominghere?（你來(lái)這里的目的是什么？）onpurpose。比如說(shuō)：Hedidthisonpurpose.（他是故意這么做的。）assume??su:mvt.我們之前學(xué)過(guò)一個(gè)單詞也表示“假設(shè)”suppose，作為“假設(shè)”來(lái)講，這兩個(gè)you’reright.“把……拿來(lái)當(dāng)做自己的”。比如說(shuō)：Heassumedafalsenameinthe（他在這場(chǎng)比賽當(dāng)中用了一個(gè)假名字。）或者說(shuō)：Heassumedanairofconfidenceinspiteofbeingverynervous.（雖然他很緊張，但還是裝出一副另外，assume也可以表示“擔(dān)任、承擔(dān)”或者“奪取”，也都是“拿”相關(guān)。比如說(shuō)：HewillassumetheroleofCEOofthe.（他即將擔(dān)任這家公司CEO的角色。）或者說(shuō)：Theterroristassumedcontrolofthene.（分子resumer??zju?mvt.&vi.[?rezj?me?n.位。）或者說(shuō)：Thegameresumedaftertherainstopped.（雨停之后，比賽consumek?n’sju?mvt.newlightsconsumelesselectricity.（這種新型電燈消耗的電量比較少。）customer指的是“習(xí)慣去一家店里買東西的客人”，也就是這家店的“老主顧”，是consumer突出的是“花錢消費(fèi)的群體”，針對(duì)的是整statue?st?t?un.figuref?ɡj?n.vt.計(jì)算；認(rèn)為這個(gè)詞前面的fig和fact（詞根“做”）有關(guān)。figure作動(dòng)詞，可以表示“思考、計(jì)算”，也就是“大腦去做一件事”。比如說(shuō)：Wefiguredthatatleast1000peoplewillshowupintheexhibition.（我們覺(jué)得至少會(huì)有1000人參加這次展覽會(huì)。）說(shuō)：They’retryingtofigureoutwhichpartwentwrong.（他們正在想到底是risento14million.（2019年，這個(gè)數(shù)字已經(jīng)增長(zhǎng)到了1400萬(wàn)。）生活當(dāng)中的人物。比如說(shuō)：He’saleadingfigureinmovieindustry.（他是電本當(dāng)中，用到的figure就是“塑像”的意思。另外，figure也可以指一個(gè)人的“身材、體型”。比如說(shuō)：Shehasaverynicefigure這個(gè)單詞。比如說(shuō)：There’satallfigureinthedark.（處有個(gè)高高demandd?’m?ndvt.de-表示“向下、徹底”mand和-（詞根“手”）相關(guān)，demand強(qiáng)調(diào)的是“用手去下命令”，作動(dòng)詞表示“強(qiáng)烈要求”。比如說(shuō)：Shedemandedanimmediateexnation.（她強(qiáng)烈要去立即做出解bothstrengthandspeed.（這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)既需要體力，也需要速度。）flingfl??vt.速記住。比如說(shuō)：Thewomanflungthecupathim.（那個(gè)女人使勁把朝'MercuryandThe語(yǔ)調(diào)：注意重讀詞匯（全部以重讀符號(hào)’標(biāo)出，以下不再?gòu)?qiáng)調(diào)'Mercuryoncedeterminedtolearn/in'whates'teemhewasheld↗among'mortals↘.語(yǔ)音：determinedd不發(fā)音；to弱讀成[t?]；heldamong可以連For'this↗purpose↗/heas'sumed↗thecharacterofa'man/and'visitedinthisdisguise/aS'culptor’ss'tudio↘.visitedin連讀；S'culptor’ss’tudio連讀時(shí)只讀一個(gè)s。Havinglookedat'variouss'tatues,hede'mandedthepriceof'twofiguresof'Jupiterand'Juno↘.讀成n。Whenthe'sum↗atwhichtheywerevaluedwashe'pointedtoafigureofhim'self,sayingtothe語(yǔ)音：pointedd不讀；toa連讀；figureofhim’self“Youwill'certainlywant'muchmorefor'this,asitisthestatueofthe'MessengeroftheGods,and'authorof'allyourgain↘.”語(yǔ)音：wantt不讀；asitis連讀；andauthorofallTheS'culptorre'plied↗,“Well↗,ifyouwillbuy'these,I’ll'flingyouthatintothe‘bargain↘.”語(yǔ)音：ifyou連讀；thatinto'MercuryandThe'Mercuryoncedeterminedtolearn/in'whates'teemhewasamong'mortals↘.For'this↗purpose↗/heas'sumed↗thecharacterofa'man/and'visitedinthisdisguise/aS'culptor’ss'tudio↘.Havinglookedat'variouss'tatues,hede'mandedthepriceof'twofiguresof'Jupiterand'Juno↘.Whenthe'sum↗atwhichtheywerevaluedwas'named,he'pointedtoafigureofhim'self,sayingtotheSculptor↗,“Youwill'certainlywant'muchmorefor'this,asitisthestatueofthe'MessengeroftheGods,and'authorof'allyourgain↘.”TheS'culptorre'plied↗,“Well↗,ifyouwillbuy'these,I’ll'flingyouthatintothe‘bargain↘.”MercuryandTheSculptor Mercuryoncedeterminedtolearninwhatesteem( )hewasheldamongs(凡人).For (目的)heassumed )theofamanandvisitedinthisdisguiseaSculptor’sstudio.Havinglookedat s(雕塑),he ed(詢問(wèn))thepriceoftwofigures( ofJupiterandJuno.Whenthesumatwhichtheywerevaluedwasnamed,hepointedtoafigureofhimself,sayingtotheSculptor,“Youwillcertainlywantmuchmoreforthis,asitisthestatueoftheMessenger( )oftheGods, (創(chuàng)始人)ofallyourgain.”TheSculptorreplied,“Well,ifyouwillbuythese,I’ll (扔、拋)youthatintothebargain( MercuryandTheMercuryoncedeterminedtolearninwhatesteemhewasheldamongmortals.ForthispurposeheassumedthecharacterofamanandvisitedinthisdisguiseaSculptor’sstudio.Havinglookedatvariousstatues,hedemandedthepriceoftwofiguresofJupiterandJuno.Whenthesumatwhichtheywerevaluedwasnamed,hepointedtoafigureofhimself,sayingtotheSculptor,“Youwillcertainlywantmuchmoreforthis,asitisthestatueoftheMessengeroftheGods,andauthorofallyourgain.”TheSculptorreplied,“We