5.provide sb. with sth.向某人提供某事物例句
The firm have provided me with a car.
公司提供给我一辆汽车。
6.
reproduction [，rpr‘dkn] n. 繁殖，生殖；复制例句
Their blood feedings are part of reproduction.
他们吸食血液也是繁殖的一部分。
7.
naughty [’nt] adj. 不听话的；坏的；惹麻烦的
例句
He’s a terribly naughty child.他是个调皮捣蛋的孩子。
8.
tipped [tpt] adj. 焊接在尖头上的，镶齿的例句
He had shepherd’s iron tipped crook.
他有一根牧羊人用的带铁头的棍杖。
9.
quicken [‘kwkn] v.（使某事物）加快，变快例句
We quickened our steps.
我们加快了脚步。
10.
pulse [pls] n.（音乐的）节拍
例句
Can you follow the throbbing pulse of the drums
你能跟上打击鼓的节拍吗
11.
lead [led] n. 铅
例句
Lead is one of the softer metals.
铅是硬度较低的金属之一。
12.
torch [tt] n. 火炬；火把；手电筒；电棒例句
Torch symbolizes the brightness.
火炬象征光明。
13.mistake…for把……错认为
例句
She is often mistaken for her twin sister.她常被误认为是她的孪生妹妹。
14.
garland [’gɑlnd] n. 花环；花冠
例句
She twined the flowers into a garland.
她把这些花编成花环。
15.
innocent [‘nsnt] adj. 无辜的；无罪的；清白的
例句
They have imprisoned an innocent man.他们监禁了一个无辜的男子。
16.
mortal [’mtl] n. 凡人；人类
例句
We were all mortals ， but we can do something special.我们都是凡人，但是我们可以做些特别的事情。
17.
wound [wund] v. 伤害
例句
The sword may wound you.
剑可能会伤害你。
18.
consequently [‘kntskwntli] adv. 结果例句
I spent most of my money in the first week and consequently had very little to eat by the end of the holiday.
在第一周我花掉了大部分钱，结果在假期结束的时候几乎没钱买吃的。
19.
wretched [’retd] adj. 极不愉快的；悲惨的；可怜的例句
His stomach-ache made him feel wretched all day.
胃疼让他一天都十分难受。
20.
be forbidden to禁止，不准，不许（某人）做某事例句
He was forbidden to talk to her.
他被禁止与她交谈。
21.
persuade [p‘swed] v. 说服或劝说某人做某事
例句
He persuaded his daughter to change her mind.
他说服女儿改变主意。
22.
castle [’kɑsl] n. 城堡；堡垒
例句
We advanced towards the castle.
我们朝城堡前进。
23.
vanish [‘v] v. 突然完全消失
例句
The thief vanished into the crowd.
那小偷消失在人群中。
24.
roam [rum] v. 漫无目的地走动；漫步
例句
I like to roam around the fields.
我喜欢在田野中漫步。
25.
underworld [’ndwld] n.（神话中的）阴间，黑社会例句
He rose and ruled as god of the underworld.
他活了过来并成为统治阴间的神。
26.
realm [relm] n. 王国
例句
I really realized that a realm came into reality.
我真切地意识到一个王国已变成现实。
27.
overcome [，uv‘km] v. 战胜，克服（某事物）
例句
He overcame a strong temptation to run away.
他克服了要逃跑的强烈诱惑。
28.
slumber [’slmb（r）] v. 睡眠（尤指睡得安稳而舒服）例句
The baby was slumbering peacefully.
孩子睡得正香。
29.
gather [‘g（r）] v. 聚集；集合；召集例句
A crowd soon gathered.
很快聚集起一群人。
神话背后的习语
Cupid’s golden arrow 丘比特的金箭；爱情
丘比特（Cupid，即希腊神话里的厄洛斯Eros）是爱与美女神维纳斯（Venus即希腊神话中的阿芙洛狄忒Aphrodite）的儿子，人称“小爱神”。丘比特的父亲是战神玛尔斯（Mars即希腊神话里的阿瑞斯Ares），因玛尔斯是维纳斯的情人，所以当丘比特出生后，主神朱庇特（Jupiter即希腊神话里的宙斯Zeus）很生气，就想杀死丘比特，维纳斯把丘比特藏入密林中，让母狮哺养，随着时间的流失，丘比特却怎么也长不成大人，一直是小顽童的样子。维纳斯非常诧异，就去问掌管预言、法律和正常秩序的女神忒弥斯（Themis），忒弥斯说“恋爱无热情，故不能成长。”几年后，维纳斯又生下另一个儿子——相爱之神安忒洛斯（Anteros）时，丘比特才成为一位翩翩美少年，但一旦和弟弟分开，他就立刻会还原为淘气天真的小顽童。在艺术造型中，丘比特是一个长着双翼、背负箭筒、张弓搭箭的小顽童，小爱神有两种箭：爱情的金箭（golden arrow）和铅箭（lead arrow），传说被金箭射中的人就会滋生爱苗，情爱如痴，被铅箭射中的人就反目成仇，相互恨之入骨。所以人们用Cupid‘s golden arrow比喻“爱情”。
Cupid shoots so trim. 丘比特的箭射得真准。
在莎士比亚（William Shakespeare）悲剧《罗密欧与朱丽叶》（Romeo and Juliet）中罗密欧有这样的台词：
Romeo： Well， in that hit you miss； she’s not be hit with Cupid’s arrow-she has Diana’s wit.（你这一箭就射偏了。丘比特的金箭不能射中她的心，她有狄安娜女神的圣洁。）也就是因为小爱神的存在，所以，天下有情人才终成伴侣。在英语里有Cupid shoots so trim.（丘比特的箭射得真准。）的说法，意思是“爱情的纽带搭上了；两人相爱了。”
例如
Cupid shot so trim when they were meeting each other so frequently.他们常常见面，月老已把线牵上了。
15. Dionysus
Dionysus was also commonly known as Bacchus， the name adopted by the Romans. He was the god of the grape harvest， winemaking and wine.
Dionysus had a strange birth. His mother was a mortal woman， Semele， the daughter of king Cadmus of Thebes， and his father was Zeus. Zeus’ wife， Hera， discovered the affair while Semele was pregnant. Appearing as a nurse， Hera befriended Semele， who confided in her that Zeus was the actual father of the baby in her womb. Hera pretended not to believe her and planted seeds of doubt in Semele’s mind. Then， Semele required Zeus to reveal himself in all his glory as proof of his godhood.
Though Zeus begged her not to ask this， she persisted and he agreed. Therefore he came to her wreathed in bolts of lightning； mortals， however， could not look upon an undisguised god without dying， and she perished in the ensuing blaze. Zeus rescued the fetal Dionysus by sewing him into his thigh. A few months later， he released the now-fully-grown baby from his thigh. Dionysus was born.
Zeus gave the infant Dionysus to the care of Hermes. Hermes took the boy to King Athamas and his wife Ino， Dionysus’ aunt. Hermes bade the couple to raise the boy as a girl， to hide him from Hera’s wrath.
When Dionysus grew up， he discovered the culture of the vine and the mode of extracting its precious juice； but Hera struck him with madness and drove him forth a wanderer through various parts of the earth. The most famous part of his wanderings is his expedition to India， which is said to have lasted several years.
15. 狄奥尼索斯
狄奥尼索斯也通常被称为巴克斯，这个名字是罗马人取的。他是葡萄丰收、葡萄酒酿造和葡萄酒之神。
狄奥尼索斯的出生比较奇怪。母亲是凡人——塞墨涅，她是忒拜国王卡德摩斯的女儿，父亲是宙斯。当塞墨涅怀孕的时候，宙斯的妻子赫拉发现了他们之间的私情。赫拉装扮成奶妈，热心地照顾塞墨涅，而塞墨涅十分信任她，并告诉她肚子里面孩子真正的父亲是宙斯。赫拉假装不相信她，并在塞墨涅意志里面植入怀疑的种子。于是，塞墨涅便要求宙斯显露出他所有的光环来证明他的神性。
尽管宙斯乞求她不要这样，但是她一再坚持，宙斯只好答应。于是闪电、霹雳环绕着的宙斯走向塞墨涅，但是活着的凡人是不能看没有伪装的神的，因此火光瞬间将她毁灭。宙斯把还是胎儿的狄奥尼索斯营救出来，缝在自己的大腿上。几个月后，他把足月的孩子从大腿里面释放出来，狄奥尼索斯就这样出生了。
宙斯把还是婴儿的狄奥尼索斯托给赫耳墨斯照料。赫耳墨斯把这小男孩带给底比斯国王——阿塔玛斯和他的妻子伊诺照看，伊诺是狄奥尼索斯的姨妈。为了躲避赫拉的怒火，赫耳墨斯吩咐这对夫妇把他当女孩养。
当狄奥尼索斯长大后，他发现了葡萄树的栽培和榨取它珍贵果汁的方法，但是赫拉使他得了疯病，让他离家外出成了流浪汉，走遍了世界各个不同的地方。最有名的部分就是他去印度的探索，据说持续了好几年。
单词短语透视
1.
commonly [‘kmnl] adv. 通常地，一般地例句
This is one of the most commonly used methods.这是最常采用的方法之一。
2.
adopt [’dpt] v. 采纳；采取；采用
例句
If you think our suggestions work for you， then adopt them.如果您认为我们的建议适合您，那么就采用它们。
3.
affair [‘fe（r）] n. （尤指关系不长久的）风流韵事例句
She’s having an affair with her boss.
她和老板有暧昧关系。
4.
pregnant [‘pregnnt] adj.（指妇女或雌性动物）怀孕的，妊娠的例句