Aphrodite loved Adonis more than she did to heaven, for 1.________
8 F6 M {1 e: l8 o# h* b He was a brisk, lovely young hunter. She abandoned her residence
. @1 W1 ? l+ h) x9 d7 @ at Olympus and took to the woods, where she dressed! a$ F! e- `% t: T+ ~4 P
herself up like a huntress and kept the youth companion all day 2.________
+ U' m' O0 v- P3 A0 Y% q7 y$ v long. With him she roved through bushy grounds and groves and; }- b+ K1 j& u1 m7 Y
over hills and dales, cheering hounds and pursuing game of a: E& l4 h, L2 j
harmless sort. They had a great time together. However, she
; u) a$ S: B1 U d warned him many times to chase wild beasts like lions and 3.________
; {$ ~9 E1 K0 N9 I wolves, but the young man just laughed at the idea. One day, after warning him thus, she left to Olympus in 4.________; m' K6 _9 p# l6 a9 K D% s/ _6 Z
her chariot. Quite by chance Adonis' hounds found a boar, that 5.________9 |( D+ ?% ?* \$ ?+ S5 a
roused Adonis to enthusiasm. He hit the beast with a dart, and 6.________# O" D) t9 R5 H% q" E, [; S9 ?
the boar, turning on him ,buried its white tusk deep into his! X8 {" N9 [7 ?" P7 n* v5 z
tender side and trampled him to death. , B. o3 d' R' \
When Aphrodite came back to find her lover cold in death,
7 f' \6 X1 S* d she burst into a passion of tears. Unable to wrest him back from4 M; B, ]0 Y* Z. {& k, ?1 b/ c' M; I
the low world, she sprinkled nectar on Adonis' blood and 7.________
2 j3 Z: y) [1 D+ o) \ turned it into anemone, a delicate purple flower.
N* D' k2 Y4 _6 d# u |
发表于 2012-8-14 09:52:33
