Name: 【TED-Ed】【床邊故事】邱比特和凡人的愛情 (The myth of Cupid and Psyche - Brendan Pelsue)
Uploaded: 2017-12-06T21:59:58.000Z
Duration: 5 min 32 s

進階被動語態

as she looked over the cliff's edge where she'd been abandoned by her father.

她朝崖邊往下看，在這兒她被父親拋棄

She'd been born with the physical perfection so complete

that she was worshipped as a new incarnation of Venus, the goddess of love.

被視為是愛神維納斯的化身，受到崇拜

But real-life human lovers were too intimidated even to approach her.

When her father asked for guidance from the Oracle of Apollo,

他的父親祈求太陽神阿波羅求賜予神諭

阿波羅是光明與理性的神，有預言能力

He was told to abandon his daughter on a rocky crag

where she would marry a cruel and savage serpent-like winged evil.

在她會在那和一個殘忍又野蠻的像蛇一樣有翅膀的惡人結婚

Alone on the crag, Psyche felt Zephyr the West Wind

待在峭壁在時 Psyche 感到西風徐徐吹來

"You are home," she heard  an unseen voice say.

她只聽一個聲音向她說：「你到家了」，但她看不見人影

"Your husband awaits you in the bedroom, if you dare to meet him."

「你的丈夫在臥室等著你，如果你敢去見他」

She was brave enough, Psyche told herself.

The bedroom was so dark that she couldn't see her husband.

His skin was soft, and his voice and manner were gentle.

他的皮膚細緻，聲音及行為都很文雅

but he told her this was the one question he could never answer.

但丈夫告訴她他不能回答她這個問題

If she loved him,  she would not need to know.

如果她愛他，她就不需要知道他是誰

How could she raise her baby with a man she'd never seen?

她怎麼能和一個她不知道是誰的男人一起扶養孩子

That night, Psyche approached her sleeping husband holding an oil lamp.

當晚，Psyche 拿著油燈走向她睡著的丈夫

who sent gods and humans  lusting after each other

愛神配有一把箭可將箭尖刺向人或神

Psyche dropped her lamp, burning Cupid with hot oil.

Psyche 把油燈打翻了，熱油燙傷丘比特

He said he'd been in love with Psyche ever since his jealous mother, Venus,

丘比特說她一直以來都愛慕著Psyche ，從他的善妒的母親維納斯

asked him to embarrass the young woman by pricking her with an arrow.

要求他將箭刺向她時，他就愛上她了

But taken with Psyche's beauty, Cupid used the arrow on himself.

丘比特因為Psyche 的美，而將箭刺向自己

He didn't believe, however, that gods and humans could love as equals.

但他不相信神和凡人可以相等地相愛

Now that she knew his true form, their hopes for happiness were dashed,

但現在在 Psyche 知道他是誰後，他們兩無法再快樂地相愛了

Psyche was left in despair until the unseen voice returned

她很失望，直到看不見的聲音又至

for her and Cupid  to love each other as equals.

But Venus intercepted Psyche and said she and Cupid could only wed

然而維納斯妨礙 Psyche 說，如果想和丘比特結合

if she completed a series  of impossible tasks.

First, Psyche was told to sort a huge, messy pile of seeds in a single night.

首先，她必須要在一個晚上將一大堆的種子分類

an ant colony took pity on her and helped with the work.

螞蟻雄兵可憐她，幫她完成了任務

Psyche next had to bring Venus the fleece of the golden sheep,

她的另一項任是要將金羊的羊毛送給維納斯

who had a reputation for  disemboweling stray adventurers,

金羊因為會吃流浪的旅人腸子而聞名

but a river god showed her how to collect

the fleece the sheep  had snagged on briars,

Finally, Psyche had to travel to the Underworld

and convince Proserpina,  queen of the dead,

to put a drop of her beauty in a box for Venus.

將死亡女神的一點美麗裝進盒子裡給維納斯

Once again, the unseen voice came to Psyche's aide.

再一次，看不見的聲音來到Psyche身邊

It told her to bring barley cakes for Cerberus, the guard dog to the Underworld

告訴她要帶著大麥做的糕餅給冥府門狗 Cerberus

and coins to pay the boatman, Charon to ferry her across the river Styx.

還有要付錢給船夫 Charon，帶她過冥川

完成了第三項及最後一項任務後

Psyche returned to the land of the living.

Just outside Venus's palace, she opened the box of Proserpina's beauty,

就在維納斯的宮殿外，她打開裝著 Proserpina 美麗的盒子

But the box was filled with sleep, not beauty,

Cupid, now recovered from his wounds, flew to his sleeping bride.

丘比特的傷好了之後飛回來找他睡著的新娘

Her fearlessness in the face of the unknown

Cupid gave Psyche amborsia, the nectar of the gods, making her immortal.

丘比特給 Psych 喝下瓊漿，神的飲料，使她成為不死

Shortly after, Psyche bore their daughter.

and she, Cupid, and Psyche,  whose name means soul,

Psyche 的名字意思是靈魂，她和丘比特和愉悅

have been complicating people's love lives ever since.

從此使世人的愛情生活變得複雜