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TheAppleOfDiscord
TheweddingofPeleusandthesea-goddessThetis2wereheldandallgodswereinvited.Butherabsence3ofonegoddesswasclearlynoticeable.ItwasEris,thegoddessofdiscord.Assheplantedseedsofdiscordwherevershewent,itwasnaturalthatherpresenceattheceremonywasnotdesirable.Shehadgoodreasontofeelangry.Soshedecidedtomakefunof4thegroupattheparty.Erisslipped5intothehallafterthecoupleleftandrolledontheflooragoldenapple,havingthewords,Forthefairest".Itcausedaviolentquarrelamongthethreegoddesses,Hera,AthenaandAphrodite.ZeusfounditadvisabletosendthembeforeashepherdboyonMtIda,Parisbyname,forjudgment.Hermes,themessenger,tooktheappleinhishandandledthegoddessaway.
PariswassonofPriam,kingofTroy.Ashismotherdreamedathisbirththatshewasbearingapieceofburningwood,thebabewasregardedasrepresentingthedestructionofthecityitself.Tosavethekingdomfrompossibledisaster6,theparentshadthehelplessinfantleftontopofMtIdatodie.However,hesurvivedhisillfate.Broughtupbytheherdsmen,hebecameastrong,handsomelad.HewassecretlyunitedwithOenone,afairandfaithfulmountainfairymaiden.Onthisparticularday,ashewastakingcareofhissheeponthemountainside,theyouthwassurprisedtoseefourhumanbeingsstandingbeforehim.Hermestoldhimabouthismissionandleft.
Thethreeholybeautiesthencompetedwitheachother,showingthemselvesupbeforetheshepherd.HerapromisedtomakehimkingofAsia.Athenaundertook7tohelphimgetimperishablefameinwar;whereasAphroditeofferedtosecureforhimtheloveofthemostbeautifulwomanintheworld.Theprimitiveinstinctoftheboythusmoved,Aphroditewontheprize,andtheothertwogoddessesleftinangerandbecamedeadlyenemiesofTroy.
阅读自测
Ⅰ.Fillintheblankswithproperwordsinthepassage:
1.Buttheabsence________onegoddesswasclearlynoticeable.
2.ItwasnaturalthatEris,thegoddessofdiscord,herpresence________theceremonywasnotdesirable.
3.Hedecidedtomakefun________thegroupattheparty.
4.Erisslipped________thehallafterthenewcoupleleft.
5.Ashismotherdreamed________hisbirththatshewasbearingapieceofburningwood,thebabewasregardedrepresenting________thedestructionofthecityitself.
Ⅱ.Questions:
1.Whorolledthegoldenappleonthefloor?
2.Whowerethethreegoddessestocompetetowintheapple?
3.Whoatlastwonthetitleofthefairest"andwhatwasthedisaster?
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Ⅱ.
1.Erisrolledthegoldenappleonthefloor.
2.ThethreegoddesseswereHera,Athena,Aphrodite.
3.Aphroditeatlastwonthetitleofthefairest",butitmadetheothertwogoddessesbecomethedeadlyenemiesofTroy.