《综合英语》课程教学资源Ⅲ_50550_课程资源_综合英语Ⅲ_Unit 4 Diogenes and Alexander_背景知识_English 1902 Hercules and his taks

Herculesand his taksEnglish 1902Group4

Hercules and his taks English 1902 Group 4

ContentsProfile of CharactersEarlyLifeHera's RevengeThe Nemean Lionand The LernaeanHydra

4 The Nemean Lion and The Lernaean Hydra 3 Hera's Revenge 2 Early Life 1 Profile of Characters Contents

ProfileofCharactersHerculesisoneofthebest-knownheroesinGreekandRomanmythology.n endured manytrialscompleted many dauntingtasksnreward:promise(hewouldlive foreveramong thegods at Mount Olympus.)

n endured many trials completed many daunting tasks n reward: promise(he would live forever among the gods at Mount Olympus.) Profile of Characters Hercules￾is￾one￾of￾the￾best-known￾heroes￾in￾Greek￾and￾Roman￾ mythology

EarlyLifencomplicatedfamilytreenZeus(rulerof gods andmortals)nAlcmenegranddaughteroftheheroPerseus(Zeussons)

n complicated family tree n Zeus (ruler of gods and mortals) n Alcmene granddaughter of the hero Perseus(Zeus’ sons) Early Life

Hera' s RevengeWhen Zeus' wife Hera heard that her husband's mistress waspregnant, she flew into a jealous rage.u First,beforeHercules wasbornsupernaturalpowersthe ruler of Mycenaetwo snakesstrong andThen,after HerculeswasbornUfearlessstrangledcast a kind ofukept up her dirty tricks,a young adultspelltemporarilyinsanemurderGuiltyandheartbrokenApollobeggedtobepunishedutwelve"heroiclabors

u First, before Hercules was born supernatural powers — the ruler of Mycenae u Then, after Hercules was born two snakes strong and fearless strangled u kept up her dirty tricks, a young adult cast a kind of spell temporarily insane murder u Guilty and heartbroken—Apollo begged to be punished twelve “heroic labors” Hera’s Revenge When￾Zeus’￾wife￾Hera￾heard￾that￾her￾husband’s￾mistress￾was￾ pregnant,￾she￾flew￾into￾a￾jealous￾rage

1.The Nemean Lionn a lion that was terrorizingthepeople of the regionn trapped the lion in its caveand strangled itnwore the animal' s pelt asacloak

n a lion that was terrorizing the people of the region n trapped the lion in its cave and strangled it n wore the animal’s pelt as a cloak 1.The Nemean Lion

2.The Lernaean Hydran slay the nine-headed Hydra（poisonous,snake-like)n entranceto the UnderworldnIolauscut off :burned eachwoundnkept theheads from growingback

n slay the nine-headed Hydra （poisonous, snake-like） n entrance to the Underworld n Iolaus cut off；burned each wound n kept the heads from growing back 2.The Lernaean Hydra

3.Capture the female deer on themountain of celuna.Hercules chased the deer for awholeyear before he finallycaught up with it.Hercules wasforced to shoot the deer in theleg before he caughtit

3.Capture the female deer on the mountain of celuna. Hercules chased the deer for a whole year before he finally caught up with it. Hercules was forced to shoot the deer in the leg before he caught it

4.Capturethe Wild Boar of ErythematosaliveoCapturethewildboarof elumantosalive,whichwas originally a sacred sacrifice, but escaped.Hercules also ran after the wild boar for a longtime.It was not until the boar was driven into thesnow that the boar was caught exhausted bybeing trapped in the snow.Then Hercules took theboarback

4. Capture the Wild Boar of Erythematos alive ●Capture the wild boar of elumantos alive, which was originally a sacred sacrifice, but escaped. Hercules also ran after the wild boar for a long time. It was not until the boar was driven into the snow that the boar was caught exhausted by being trapped in the snow. Then Hercules took the boar back

5.Clean Oglas's cowshed in one day (notcleanedin3oyears)Therearemorethan 3,0oo cowsin thecattlefarm,whichhavenotbeencleaned for many years, and a lot ofmanure has accumulated.Herculeshad to clean up the stable in one dayThe wise Hercules dug a ditch andwashed the stable directly with theriverwater

5. Clean Oglas's cowshed in one day (not cleaned in 30 years) ● There are more than 3,000 cows in the cattle farm, which have not been cleaned for many years, and a lot of manure has accumulated. Hercules had to clean up the stable in one day. The wise Hercules dug a ditch and washed the stable directly with the river water