托福培训：托福听力中的希腊神话

　　现代西方社会深受希腊神话的影响，在现代科学、艺术、文学和语言中都可以找到希腊神话的影子，因此托福听力中也经常会出现与希腊神话相关的内容。在新托福听力金 牌教程基础版第136页这篇对话中，教授提到了the golden apple myth with Paris and the three goddesses，肯定有小伙伴好奇这到底是什么神话故事，事实上这和大家熟知的特洛伊战争有关，今天大家和新航道常州托福培训班小编就来了解一下吧。

　　It is recounted that Zeus held a banquet in celebration of the marriage of Peleus and Thetis. However, Eris, goddess of discord was not invited, for it was believed she would have made the party unpleasant for everyone. Angered by this snub, Eris arrived at the celebration with a golden apple bearing the inscription "To the fairest," which she threw into the proceedings as a prize of beauty. Three goddesses claimed the apple: Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. They asked Zeus to judge which of them was fairest, and eventually he, reluctant to favor any claim himself, declared that Paris, a Trojan mortal, would judge their cases.

　　故事开始于宙斯为了庆祝珀琉斯和忒提斯的婚姻而举行的宴会上。然而，不和女神厄里斯没有被邀请，因为大家认为她会带来厄运。厄里斯被这种冷落激怒了，她带着一个刻着“献给最美丽的人”的金苹果来到了庆典现场，并把这个苹果扔进了人群中。有三位女神觉得自己可以拥有这个苹果，她们分别是象征权力的女神赫拉、象征智慧的女神雅典娜和象征爱与美的女神阿芙罗狄蒂。她们要求宙斯来判断他们中谁最美丽，但宙斯不愿做出任何判断，宣布由特洛伊人帕里斯来做出决定。

　　Paris is the son of King Priam of Troy. A dream regarding his birth was interpreted as an evil portent, and he was consequently expelled from his family as an infant. He was raised as a shepherd, unknown to his parents. While Paris inspected them, each attempted with her powers to bribe him; Hera offered to make him king of Europe and Asia, Athena offered wisdom and skill in war, and Aphrodite offered the world's most beautiful woman. This was Helen of Sparta, wife of the Greek king Menelaus. Paris accepted Aphrodite's gift and awarded the apple to her, receiving Helen as well as the enmity of the Greeks. The Greeks' expedition to retrieve Helen from Paris in Troy is the mythological basis of the Trojan War.

　　帕里斯是特洛伊国王普里阿摩斯的儿子。在他出生前就被预言会导致特洛伊灭亡，因此他刚出生就被逐出了家庭。但他依旧在国王不知道的情况下，被牧羊人抚养长大。在帕里斯做出选择前，每个女神都想用自己的能力贿赂他：赫拉许诺让他成为欧亚之 王，雅典娜许诺让他拥有作战技能和智慧，阿芙罗狄蒂则许诺让他拥有世界上最美丽的女人，来自斯巴达的海伦，希腊国王墨涅拉俄斯的妻子。帕里斯接受了阿芙罗狄蒂的礼物，把苹果送给了她，但同时他也成为了希腊人的敌人。之后希腊人远征特洛伊为救出海伦，这便是特洛伊战争的神话来源。

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