Unit 12 Apollo and Daphne

阿波罗与达佛涅
阿波罗(Apollo)和达佛涅(DaPhne)此故事出处为古罗马奥维德的长篇神话讽刺诗《变形记》。

达佛涅水泽女神或月桂树神女,河神珀纽斯(PeneUS)之女。

后世所说的〃桂冠诗人〃一词，便起源于关于她的一个故事。

阿波罗热恋河神美丽的女儿达佛涅。

他到处追踪她，她却竭力躲避。

有一次阿波罗又穷追达佛涅，将要追到的时候达佛涅喊到：〃啊！大地母亲，救救我！〃她刚说完，奇异的景象发生了：她的两条腿笔直地站着不能动弹了，身上出现了一层灰色的树皮，头发变成了树叶，双臂变成了树枝，双脚长出了树根，脑袋变成树梢。

当阿波罗赶到时, 他只能抓到一株圆滑的月桂树树干,但他感觉到达佛涅的心房仍在怦怦跳动。

阿波罗为表示他的深情，采摘了一些月桂树的枝叶，做一顶花冠，戴在自己头上, 作为对达佛涅的纪念。

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2阿波罗与达佛涅，乔凡尼•洛伦佐♦贝尼尼。

读名画：阿波罗和达芙妮JoeAbout the paintingThe painting，called Apollo and Daphne，waspainted by John William Waterhouse in1908.Waterhouse was among the most popular Victorianartists. He"s known for working in the Pre-Raphaelitestyle.In the paining was a terrified girl running awayfrom the God Apollo.The girl was Daphne，the daughter of the rivergod Peneus.One day the love god Eros took twoarrows，one of gold and the other of lead.He shotApollo with the golden one，which was to inspire loveand Daphne with the leaden one，inspiring hatred.SoApollo felt in love with Daphne while Daphne wantednothing to do with him.Apollo kept chasing downher and she just ran away from him. Soon she grewweary in her running and Apollo would catch her atlast.Fearful，she called out to her father for help.Asall gods of water had the ability of transformation，Peneus transformed his daughter into a laurel tree.Apollo reached the laurel tree and claimed the treeas his special tree，and adorned himself with some ofits leaves.And that is why the laurel was a symbol ofApollo.More about ApolloApollo was the son of Zeus and Leto.Accordingto Greek mythology，Leto was driven by Hera formal and to land;at last Poseidon took pity on her andbrought the island of Delos out of water for her tolive on.There she gave birth to the twins，Apollo andArtemis.Apollo was the sun god.He wore a purple robe.He usually sat in hisbright eastern palace early inthe morning and made ready to start his daily journeyacross the sky.During the day he drove his carriageof gold and ivory，and brought light，life and loveto the great world te in theafternoon hecame to the end of his journey in the far western seaand got onhis golden boat to return to his easternhome.Apollo was also the god of music and poetry.He could stir up all feelings. These feelings areexpressed in lofty songs.With his lyre of gold and thesweet accents of his godlike voice heldthe choir of the Muses at Olympus.The pleasant music from his lyre was so exciting that stonesmarched into their places in rhythmic time and of their own will when he helped Poseidon build upthe walls of Troy.On one occasion，invited to a contest by the human musician Marsyas，he wonand then flayed him to death for his pride.On another occasion，he lost out to Pan at a musical contest and turned the ears of the judge，King Midas，into those of an ass.His son，Orpheus，took over such skill from the father that his lyre moved man and animals alike.Apollo stood for youthful and manly beauty.His golden hair，stately manner and air allcombined to make him the admiration of the world.A beautiful girl，by the name of Clytle，was so fond of his beauty and glory that from dawn to dusk she knelt on the ground，her handsoutstretched towards the sun god，and her eyes looked at his golden wheeled carriage racingacross the blue sky.Though her love was not returned，she had never changed her mind aboutApollo.The gods were moved at the sad sight，andchanged her into a sunflower.关于这幅画这幅画名为《阿波罗和达芙妮》，是画家约翰威廉沃特豪斯于1908年所作。

阿波罗与达芙妮》的故事源於罗马诗人奥维德的《变形记》;达芙妮为河神皮里奥斯(Peneus)的女儿。

宙斯有一个儿子和一个女儿，儿子叫"阿波罗"。

他是一个俊美的男生,他力大无比，是专门掌管太阳的"太阳神" 。

女儿则是掌管月亮的"月亮女神" ，有一天阿波罗接到父亲的指示去射杀一个妖怪，在回来的路上看到一个小孩在玩弄一张弓，他就走到孩子的面前说:"你们小孩不可以玩弓"并提起射杀得的妖怪给他看。

好说了很多轻蔑的话~ 那个小孩就是就是掌管爱的伊烙克，也有人叫他丘比特。

丘比特因阿波罗的话十分生气，就说:"你信不信我回会用我的箭射中你." 阿波罗当然不相信。

于是丘比特对着天空射出了两支特别的箭：第一支箭会使人深深陷入爱河；第二只箭则使人不会对异性动心。

第一支箭射中了阿波罗，第二只箭射中了河神的女儿,一个名叫达芙妮的美丽少女,她是神界中第一大美女。

阿波罗一看到达芙妮就深深爱上了她，他对她的爱就像疾病一样无法控制。

他如影随形地跟着达芙妮。

不过那名少女崇尚月亮女神，想追随她成为一个永恒的处女，因此对男性非常排斥，根本不理会阿波罗的追求。

可阿波罗并没有放弃。

一天啊波罗在树林里见到了达芙妮，就走过去想向他表白可是因为丘比特的箭的作用，她不停的逃开他，达芙妮越跑越惊慌，因为这一次阿波罗是铁了心肠不让她离开，就在他快要追到的时候，终于她停住了,因为他被一条大河拦住了。

达芙妮向他前面的大河求救:"爸爸你请你张开大口把我吞下去吧."河神向来疼爱这个美丽的女儿，因此施展河神将她变成一株月桂树.阿波罗看到了变成月桂树的达芙妮，感到懊悔万分，他轻拥着月桂树向她道歉，并且言明虽然她无法成为自己的妻子，但他对她的爱慕永远不变，他要用她的木材做他的竖琴，用她的花朵装饰他的弓箭，让她永远青春永驻，不必担心衰老。

因此，古希腊人把月桂树看做是阿波罗的神木，称为“阿波罗的月桂树”(The Laurel of Apollo)。

阿波罗和达芙妮《阿波罗和达芙妮》（Apollo and Daphne）是意大利雕塑家济安·劳伦佐·贝尼尼在约1622~1623年（或1622~1625年）创作的大理石人物雕塑。

该作品现收藏于意大利罗马博而盖塞博物馆。

该雕塑取材于一个古希腊神话，表现了达芙妮在被阿波罗的手触到时，就开始变为一棵月桂树动势和变化的过程。

该雕塑采用了奔跑的动态构图，两个人的手臂伸展成了一个半圆的弧线，与脚下的动作协调一致，从而使他们的身体曲线优美得如同飘逸的舞姿。

雕塑内容该雕塑表现了阿波罗的手触到达芙妮身体时的一瞬间，两人都处在乘风奔跑的运动中，身体轻盈、优美。

在雕塑的表现中，达芙妮的身体如此温润与真实，她开始变成月桂树，行走如飞的腿幻化为树干植入大地，飘动的头发和伸展的手指缝中长出了树叶。

然而，达芙妮的整个身体仍具有凌空欲飞的姿态。

她侧着头，眼睛斜视，目光由惊恐变为麻木。

阿波罗眼睁睁地看着达芙妮变成了月桂树，神情由惊讶转为悲伤，却无力挽回。

他的一只手仍然放在达芙妮的身体上，另一只手则向斜下方伸展，同达芙妮的手臂形成一条直线。

创作背景《阿波罗和达芙妮》是贝尔尼为罗马的红衣主教皮奥涅·波尔盖兹教皇的别墅创作的雕塑，一共有四组雕塑，这是其中的一组。

该雕塑取材于神话故事，传说太阳神阿波罗因得罪了爱神丘比特，调皮的丘比特将那支能够点燃爱情火焰的箭射向了太阳神阿波罗，把另一支驱散爱情的箭射向了河神的女儿达芙妮。

当阿波罗向达芙妮求爱时，达芙妮果断地拒绝了，甚至一看到阿波罗，达芙妮就会跑开。

当阿波罗就要追逐到达芙妮时，达芙妮向父亲河神发出求救，就在阿波罗碰触到达芙妮身体的时候，达芙妮变成了一棵月桂树，她的头发变成了树叶，手腕变成了树枝，两条腿变成了树干，双脚变成了树根扎入泥土里。

懊恼的阿波罗却依然爱着达芙妮，他用达芙妮变成的月桂树的枝叶做成了自己的桂冠，这也是“桂冠”一词的由来。

阿波罗的行为最终还是感动了变成月桂树的达芙妮。

Forgotten Paradise'I'm leaving for school,' Apollo shouted loudly after putting on his brother's hand-me-down shoes, 'Goodbye!'But no one responded. He closed the door and left without looking back.Turning around the corner, he met Daphne who was waiting for him and walked together quietly as they always did. However, at the last corner to school, they turned left rather than right. An hour later, they escaped the town and climbed to the top of a mountain, overlooking the town that they had never left since they were born. But sure enough, they left it without missing it now.They began walking down a steep path to the valley below. The cloud was getting heavier and it was getting so dark. In no time, it rained cats and dogs.‘Put on your raincoat quickly!’ Apollo said, ‘There’s a cave. Get inside!’‘It’s such a heavy rain.My hair almost gets wet.’ Daphne complained as she took off her rain coat and fixed her chestnut silky hair. When she turned around, she cried out, ‘Look, there’s a spot of light over there.’ She backed up a few steps in panic.Apollo put up his head immediately. ‘Then let’s go and have a look.’The path in the cave was very small at the beginning, narrowly passing one person. Continuing for over tens-of-feet distance, they found the viewinstantly clearing up.Out of the cave, the rain had already stopped and they found a valley full of violets, as if the air was painted purple. Feeling like soaking into the fragrance, they would never forget about the luminous dewdrops on the flowers in some golden sun rays. However, among these enjoyable scenes, they still could not ignore an upset, disharmonious noise letting out from the cabin. They heard gears and bearings grinding. So they opened the door with great curiosity, only to see a machine, hanged on the wall, transporting and unloading all kinds of stuff here. The house tasted like a humid garage after the heavy rain.Apollo removed some old musty and wrecked furniture and find something which was familiar to him. ‘How ridiculous! There are things from people around me.’In front of him was the teddy bear which belonged to his cousin a couple of months ago There were flames radiating from its eyes like a poor, abandoned, begging dog, though its cloth was still quite clean and tidy. On his left was the incomplete fairy tale book lying on the floor, like an old beggar, covered with layers of worn-out, tattered and patched blankets. On the footer of the faded page, Apollo recognized the signature, Anne, one of his classmates in primary school.Daphne squatted down, searching like Apollo did. Then she found a shaver. She could almost hear the annoying buzz from the bathroom when her father shaved in the morning.‘Oh, a bottle of perfume! The smell is too strong. It’s uncomfortable to stay in such a room where smells were mixed with extremely strong perfume, d ecaying vegetables and musty …’ She stopped as she noticed a photo covered by heavy dust.‘Look, Apollo. It’s my parents’ wedding photo. Well, though it can be a wedding photo, my parents even didn’t hold a wedding or officially register a marriage. And you know that when my mother was pregnant, my father left us and I became a illegitimate child. It’s obvious that my mother had forgotten this photo completely though she used to stare at it for a long time every day.’Suddenly, Apollo found a painting. There was thick and awful dirt on the frame, like overmuch toppings on cakes and puddings, making it much more klunky than that in his memory. It’s a painting of violet in which the colors of the flowers were difficult to recognize. When he touched the mottled pigment on it, a feeling of extreme familiarity spread through his finger like an electric shock to his brain.‘Daphne, do you still remember this painting?’ he said unsteadily.‘It is the painting that the kind old lady, who used to live at the corner of the street to our school and whose windows were always decorated with a bowl of violet, gave us as a Christmas present. She was later sent into the nursing home and we never see her again. Do you still remember her name?’Apollo was lost in contemplation. He lived in a big family. He had four brothers and two sisters. They were all so talented and brilliant that he, such a ordinary boy, did not seem like a member of his family. Lived in such a family he seldom found the meaning of his existence and never be noticed by any one in or out his family, except for that old lady.‘Her name was Delores.’‘Wow, you have a retentive memory!’Apollo did have a very good memory, but no one had ever noticed before.‘Wait a moment.’ It’s like he suddenly found th e most important thing in the world. ‘I remembered we put this painting in the garage in my home but later we forgot it and we all moved. You used to think that it was missing but now it is here, with so many things forgotten or abandoned by people. Maybe, this is a place where all the abandoned things were collect.’‘If this is a place to hold abandoned things by people, why are we here? It seemed no one has come before, unless…’‘Unless we are forgotten by other people.’ Apollo said it calmly just like he’s just analyzing a math problem, ‘therefore, the rusty machine on the wall must transporting all the forgotten things from all over the world to this small house.Realizing this, they slept with loneliness and disappointment that night. They were used to being ignored by people around, but not untiltoday did they clearly noticed that they were forgotten. Their existence had nothing to do with anyone, even their family.Two days later, a news was reported on the local newspaper, which said two teenagers was missing since they left for school and they could be found nowhere on the town. At first, their parents, teachers, and classmates were looking for them in every place they can think of. But later on, it seems as if nothing had happened. They give up the searching and the two teenagers were considered to be dead.One night, an old lady, who got Alzheimer and was sent to the nursing home, was reading a newspaper. She notice the news that two teenagers were missing. Surprisingly, she recognized them even tho ugh she couldn’t remember anything else. It should be a miracle in medical history, isn’t it? Then she immediately decided to set out to find them. Not understanding why, she thought they can arouse her memory.She escaped from the nursing home quietly when the guard was taking a nap at midnight. Though she didn’t know where to go, but something in her heart, just like an angel, telling her to went through the mountain cave to the cabin in the violet valley. That was a tough such an old lady like her. But she insisted with great determination.It was a warming morning. Apollo and Daphne were so tired looking for food in the valley last night that they couldn’t wake up even though plenty sunshine was on their faces. During the two weeks after theirarrival, they cook, eat and sleep in the small house, for they couldn’t the way back home. Suddenly, the door crunched. They woke up and saw a woman walking in.‘Delores?!’ they asked, all in one voice. What a hack! They didn’t the woman’s face, but they cried out the name immediately as if someone had told them. I may say that is called ‘mind acts upon mind’.‘Are you guys? Daphne and Apollo?’ said the old lady.‘Yes,’ said Apollo, excitedly, but soon changed into a sad tone, ’as you see, we are all forgotten and that’s why we are all here. Here is a forgotten paradise.’‘Really? Never mind. Go out f or an adventure. We are not thoroughly forgotten. At least we treasure each other.’Apollo and Daphne were shocked. They almost ignore this fact if Delores didn’t tell them. They looked at Delores, feelingly, or rather, gratefully. Delores held their hands. The warmth, like an electric shock, again, spread through their fingers to his heart.They went out of the cabin. Perhaps they will eventually find their home; or perhaps they will live in this forgotten paradise, yes, a paradise, not corner, with love f rom each other ever after…Who knows?。

Apollo and Daphne一．The introduction of the charactersApollo:As we all know, Apollo is the most widely admired god among the Olympian gods. He is the son of Zeus and Leto. He is the god of sun and the god of music and poetry. As Apollo is an energetic and handsome man, he is welcomed and beloved by many beautiful goddesses. But the love story between Apollo and Daphne is a very appealing and attractive one.Daphne :Daphne is a lovely blooming fairy maiden. She is the daughter of the river god Peneus.Eros:The love story between them may be considered as a tragedy. And the culprit is Eros, the god of love, who is better known by his Latin name--- Cupid. Cupid in Roman mythology, Goddess of love and beauty Aphrodite and Ares, younger son of Ares, often shaped as a bow and arrow in hand, dorsal wings naughty little boy. His Golden arrows have pierced the heart will love, and arrows have pierced the heart of lead will produce disgust, often with no blind firing.二．The storyApollo and Daphne is a story from ancient Greek mythology, retold by Hellenistic and Roman authors in the form of an amorous vignette; "Apollo and Daphne" by Antonio Pollaiuolo.The curse of Apollo, the god of the sun and music, was brought onto him when he insulted the young Eros (a.k.a. Cupid) for playing with bow and arrows Apollo was a great warrior and said to him, "What have you to do with warlike weapons, saucy boy? Leave them for hands worthy of them. Behold the conquest I have won by means of them over the vast serpent who stretched his poisonous body over acres of the plain! Be content with your torch, child, and kindle up your flames, as you call them, where you will, but presume not to meddle with my weapons."The petulant Eros took two arrows, one of gold and one of lead. The gold onewas supposed to incite love, while the lead one was supposed to incite hatred.With the leaden shaft, Eros shot the nymph Daphne and with the golden one, he shot Apollo through the heart. Apollo was seized with love for the maiden, Daphne, and she in turn abhorred him. In fact, she spurned her many potential lovers, preferring instead woodland sports and exploring the woods. Her father, Peneus, demanded that she get married so that she may give him grandchildren. However, she begged her father to let her remain unmarried, like Apollo's twin sister, Artemis He warned her saying, "Your own face will forbid it." By saying this he meant that she was too beautiful to keep all her potential lovers away forever.Apollo continually followed her, begging her to stay, but the nymph continued her flight. They were evenly matched in the race until Eros intervened and helped Apollo gain upon Daphne.Seeing that Apollo was bound to catch her, she called upon her father, "Help me, Peneus! Open the earth to enclose me, or change my form, which has brought me into this danger!”三. ReflectionsThis story reminds me of the poem “Life is precious and love is even more precious. For love, they can be thrown. " Daphne does not love Apollo, do not love the God of light, son of the god Zeus. Even if he plays a pivotal role in God, even if he is a near-perfect image. However, love is a strange thing, not because of who have status have the right to have others love, Apollo encountered closed the heart of Daphne, she does not love him, even could say that Apollo is a totally one-sided. Unrequited love is love, but just one person’s thing .Apollo would have ran even when Daphne escaped .Apollo also went to the trouble of chasing. Perhaps some people try to persuade Daphne and says, "You promise to Apollo's love ! You see he was right and had the potential, and also still infatuated with you, he will take care of you in the future, with fear in my mouth, hold it in your hand is afraid to fall, you have to seize the good opportunities, but do notappreciate favors! "But our Daphne was not moved by their words. I think she must have thought:He has powerful magic, but he has not opened my heart, I don't favor on him . He is noble, but humble, he has a noble heart! Love needs fate, we have acquaintance did not have love .As a result, Apollo struggling to catch up, he wouldn't stop, Daphne would rather her father turned her into a Laurel tree. At that moment she was set free, she was neither status nor the power up to hundreds or thousands of God than she won the dignity. Maybe some people will think this is a tragedy for Daphne , but I did want to say she got her most valuable thing--freedom,her life obtained the sublimation. You look! Near the Laurel , it was a picture of long boom and putrid aroma!In this story we can know that love is freedom that we can not use our power , our money to get it . In this story we can realize that Apollo feels he is the best man in the world , so when he shows his love to Daphne ,she will be very happy and accept him . This is only his own thought , so when he showed his love , Daphne ran away and would rather to be a laurel in the end . Maybe , we would say Daphne is a stupid girl , but in fact ,only in this way ,she would obtain her freedom and peaceful life . Daphne is a brave girl , she know what she want , and she would concentrate on it even if she will pay more effect to achieve it . As for cupid , he is really a irresponsible person , he has very powerful right , but he abuse of his right . This is a very bad thing . In our daily life , this king of things is very universal , they use their right to achieve their desires , even if their behavior will hurt our interests .From this story we realize that we all have desires in our mind , but we also know that we can not hurt other people’s interests . For love , we also must know it is the relationship between two person , we have the right to love , at the same time ,we also have the duty to let others happy .。

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人教版九年级下册英语Unit12 SectionB课文翻译：2a 部分翻译Have you ever played jokes on others, especially on April Fool's Day? Have you ever been fooled by others? Tell your story to your partner.你曾经捉弄过别人吗，特别是在愚人节这天?你曾经被别人捉弄过吗?向你的同伴讲述你的故事。

人教版九年级下册英语Unit12 SectionB课文翻译：2b 部分翻译Read the passage quickly.Then match each paragraph with the main idea.快速阅读文章。

然后把每一段和中心意思搭配起来。

Paragraph 1 The most famous trick played第一段最著名的恶作剧Paragraph 2 Examples of funny stories that happened on April Fool's Day第二段发生在愚人节的有趣的故事的例子Paragraph 3 An introduction to April Fool's Day第三段愚人节的介绍Paragraph 4 A sad story that happened on April Fool's Day 第四段发生在愚人节的一个伤心的故事USING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE运用背景知识Carefully reading the first sentence in each paragraph can activate your own knowledge of the topic and help you guess what the whole text is about.认真阅读每一段的第一句可以激活你自己对于这一话题的知识，并且帮助你猜测整篇文章的内容。