Aphrodite loved Adonis more than she did to heaven, for 1.________
He was a brisk, lovely young hunter. She abandoned her residence at Olympus and took to the woods, where she dressed herself up like a huntress and kept the youth companion all day 2.________ long.
With him she roved through bushy grounds and groves and over hills and dales, cheering hounds and pursuing game of a harmless sort. They had a great time together. However, she warned him many times to chase wild beasts like lions and 3.________ wolves,
but the young man just laughed at the idea. One day, after warning him thus, she left to Olympus in 4.________
her chariot. Quite by chance Adonis’ hounds found a boar, that 5.________ roused Adonis to enthusiasm.
He hit the beast with a dart, and 6.________ the boar, turning on him ,buried its white tusk deep into his tender side and trampled him to death.
When Aphrodite came back to find her lover cold in death, she burst into a passion of tears. Unable to wrest him back from the low world, she sprinkled nectar on Adonis’ blood and 7.________ turned it into anemone, a delicate purple flower.
Aphrodite was, therefore, still inconsolable. In grief and 8.________ despair she flew to Zeus and implored him to restore Adonis to her.
Though she had Zeus’ sympathy, Hades was by no means prepared to comply with her request. After the much dispute a 9.________
compromise was worked out under which Adonis was to spend half the year above ground with Aphrodite, but the rest six 10.________ months in the Elysian Fields.
Therefore, in spring time Adonis came back to the loving embrace of Aphrodite, but when winter came he had to return most reluctantly to Hades.
［參看答案及解釋］
1. to → /：did這里代表前文提到的動詞loved，是及物動詞，不用介詞就可直接加賓語。
2. companion → company：keep sb. company是固定搭配，意為“與某人做伴”，companion與company是同義詞，都是“伴侶”之意，但companion是可數名詞，而company則不可數。
3. times ∧ to → not： warn sb. not to do sth. 是固定搭配，意為“警告某人不要做某事”。很多有“警告某人做某事”的說法，況且這里根據上下文知道Aphrodite常警告Adonis不要捕獵獅、狼一類兇猛的野獸。
4. to → for：leave for a place,意為“出發去某地”，介詞用for不用to。
5. that → which： 這里是一個非限制定語從句，應該用which引導。
6. and → but：這里有一個語氣的轉折，前一個分句說“他用標槍投中了這頭野獸”，后面一個分句緊接 著就說“但這只野豬卻向他撲來……”前后形成對比，一個講人的行動，一個講獸的行動，兩者互相攻擊。
7. low → lower：做形容詞用的low，有“地位低下”之意，但也常有“品質、道德”敗壞之意，所以引申意常代替本意。這里lower world指的是“冥府,地下”，是和地下世界比較而言，因此較常用low的比較級形式。
8. therefore → however：上下文說Aphrodite把死去的Adonis變成了一種美麗的花，但仍不感到安慰，又向宙斯求助要他向冥王把Adonis討回。因此，這里如果用therefore則隱含“感到安慰”之意，如果是however，則表轉折，意為“仍不滿足”。
9. the → ／：dispute是不可數名詞，意為“爭辯、討論”。much dispute表示“大量爭吵，討價還價”，the完全不必要。
10. rest → remaining：rest表“剩下”時，可說the rest of… 或只說the rest，在這里說“剩下的六個月”是the rest of the year或the remaining 6 months。
