英语神话故事:普罗米修斯
相信不少的同学在学英语的时候可能会有些倦怠,提不起兴趣,如何才能打起十二分的精神好好学英语呢?不妨来看看英语神话故事哦,本期的英语神话故事情节非常有趣,人物充满着激扬的斗志、神异的能力和英雄气概,赶紧来看看下面的神话故事吧: Prometheus was a Titan .In the war between Zeus the giants he had stood on the side of the new Olympiangods.Out of the clay he made the first man,to whom Athena gave soul and holy breath. Prometheus spent a lot of time and energy in creating the gift of fire.And fire raised man above all animals .Later,there held a joint meeting of gods and men. The meeting was to decide what part of burnt animals should begiven to gods and what to men.Prometheus cut up an ox and divided it into two parts:under the skin he placed the fresh,and under the fat he put the bones,for he knew the selfish Zeus loved fat. Zeus saw through the trick and felt displeased at the Prometheus' favor towards men.So in a masterful wayhe took away the gift of fire from mankind.However,Prometheus managed to steal fire from heaven and secretly brought it down tomen. Flying into an anger atthis unjustified act of rebellion,Zeus let the other gods chain Prometheus to a rockon Mountain Caucasus,where a hungry eagle ever tore at his liver which ever grew again.His period of pain was to be thirty-thousand years. Prometheus faced his bitter fate firmly and never lost courage before Zeus.At last Heracles made Prometheus and Zeus restore to friend ship,when Heracles came over in search of the golden apple and killed the eagle and set the friend of mankind free.词汇学习: Titan 巨人,成就非凡的人 Olympiangods奥林波斯山神 好了,以上就是关于“英语神话故事:普罗米修斯”的介绍。希望大家在英语的学习过程中可以读一些情节丰富的英语故事来更好地对词汇、语法进行扎实地掌握。最后,希望以上的内容能给大家的英语学习有所帮助。 |