The First Peacock

第一只孔雀

Argos lived in Ancient Greece. He was a husband and a proud father. He worked hard and did well at his job. But one thing about him wasn’t normal. He was born with 100 eyes. Having many eyes was usually a benefit to him. He had a chance to see many things.

古希臘有一個(gè)人名叫阿哥斯，他有妻子和孩子。他工作努力而且把工作做得很好。但是他有一樣?xùn)|西很不正常，那就是他有100只眼睛。這對(duì)他來(lái)說(shuō)也是一種好處，因?yàn)榭梢杂袡C(jī)會(huì)看到很多事物。

Also, since he had so many eyes, he was very good at guarding things. While sleeping, he only rested a few eyes at a time. The others stayed awake. He worked for Hera, a great goddess. His primary function was to guard a special cow. The cow was very important to Hera. It was her favorite pet. The most essential part of his job was to keep the cow alone. It had to be kept separate from all the other cows and far away from people.

而且，因?yàn)檫@個(gè)緣故，他警惕性很高。因?yàn)樗看嗡X(jué)時(shí)只會(huì)閉上其中幾只眼睛而把其它的眼睛都睜著。他在大女神赫拉手底下工作，起初負(fù)責(zé)守衛(wèi)一只特殊的奶牛。赫拉很看重這頭牛，這是她最喜歡的寵物。他最重要的工作是把這只牛和其他牛隔離開(kāi)，而且不許任何人靠近。

This was an easy job for Argos. The cow just ate grass all day. But the god Zeus wanted the cow. He wanted to take it away from Hera. He had a plan. He found a great music player. He asked the man to play a beautiful song for Argos. Zeus was certain Argos would go to sleep.

這份工作對(duì)于阿哥斯來(lái)說(shuō)易如反掌，每天只是看牛吃草。然而，宙斯看上了這只牛，想要從赫拉手中將她奪走，并因此制定了一個(gè)計(jì)劃。他找來(lái)一個(gè)頂級(jí)的演奏家，要求他演奏一曲美妙的歌曲，以此來(lái)讓阿哥斯昏昏入睡。

The song had an immediate effect. Argos couldn’t focus on his job. He fell asleep. Zeus saw this, and he took the cow.

這首歌果然奏效了，阿哥斯聽(tīng)到音樂(lè)后分了神并睡著了。宙斯趁機(jī)將牛奪走。

Hera was very angry with Argos. She turned him into a peacock. She put his many eyes on his tail. Argos was very sad.

赫拉對(duì)此非常生氣，她將阿哥斯變成了一只孔雀，把他的許多眼睛長(zhǎng)在尾巴上。阿哥斯為此非常傷心。

Zeus saw how much trouble he had caused Argos. He made another plan. He turned Argos into a group of stars. He wanted Argos to remain in the sky forever. Even today,Argos’ image remains there, above the site where all his problems began.
宙斯明白過(guò)來(lái)自己給阿哥斯造成了很大的麻煩。所以他將阿哥斯變成了一片繁星，希望就此將他永遠(yuǎn)留在天庭。直至今日，阿哥斯犯錯(cuò)之地的上空仍留有痕跡。我們?cè)谝雇砣匀豢梢钥吹剿?/p>

We can still see him in the night sky.

人們依舊能在夜空中看到他的身影。

單詞

benefit n. 利益

certain adj. 確信，必然的

chance n. 機(jī)會(huì)

effect n. 影響

essential adj. 必須的，必要的

far adj. 遙遠(yuǎn)的

focus v. 關(guān)注

function n. 功能

grass n. 草

guard v. 保衛(wèi)

image n. 影像

immediate adj. 立即的，直接的

primary adj. 初級(jí)的，基本的，主要的

proud adj. 自豪的

remain v. 保留，保持

rest v. 使休息

separate adj. 單獨(dú)的，分開(kāi)的

site n. 地點(diǎn)

tail n. 尾巴

trouble n. 問(wèn)題，困難