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The First Peacock[qh]
第一只孔雀[qh]
Argos lived in Ancient Greece.[qh]
阿尔戈斯生活在古希腊。[qh]
He was a husband and a proud father.[qh]
他是个好丈夫，也是个骄傲的父亲。[qh]
He worked hard and did well at his job.[qh]
他工作努力，工作表现出色。[qh]
But one thing about him wasn't normal.[qh]
但他有一点不正常。[qh]
He was born with 100 eyes.[qh]
他生来就有100只眼睛。[qh]
Having many eyes was usually a benefit to him.[qh]
拥有多只眼睛通常对他是有好处的。[qh]
He had a chance to see many things.[qh]
他有机会看到很多东西。[qh]
Also, since he had so many eyes, he was very good at guarding things.[qh]
而且，因为他有这么多眼睛，他很善于守护东西。[qh]
While sleeping, he only rested a few eyes at a time.[qh]
睡觉时，他一次只让几只眼睛休息一下。[qh]
The others stayed open.[qh]
其他的眼睛都会睁开。[qh]
He worked for Hera, a great goddess.[qh]
他为赫拉——一位伟大的女神工作。[qh]
His primary function was to guard a special cow.[qh]
他的主要职责是看守一头特殊的牛。[qh]
The cow was very important to Hera.[qh]
这头牛对赫拉来说非常重要。[qh]
She loved it.[qh]
她很喜欢。[qh]
The most essential part of his job was to keep the cow alone.[qh]
他工作中最重要的部分就是让这头牛单独待着。[qh]
It had to be kept separate from all the other cows and far away from people.[qh]
它必须和其他牛分开，远离人群。[qh]
This was an easy job for Argos.[qh]
这对阿尔戈斯来说是件容易的事。[qh]
The cow just ate grass all day.[qh]
那头牛整天只吃草。[qh]
But the god Zeus wanted the cow.[qh]
但是宙斯神想要这头牛。 [qh]
He wanted to take it away from Hera.[qh]
他想把它从赫拉手中夺走。[qh]
He had a plan.[qh]
他有一个计划。[qh]
He found a great music player.[qh]
他找到了一个很棒的音乐演奏家。[qh]
He asked the man to play a beautiful song for Argos.[qh]
他让这个人为阿尔戈斯演奏一首优美的歌曲。[qh]
Zeus was certain Argos would go to sleep.[qh]
宙斯确信阿尔戈斯会睡着的。[qh]
The song had an immediate effect.[qh]
这首歌立竿见影。[qh]
Argos couldn't focus on his job.[qh]
阿尔戈斯无法专注于他的工作。[qh]
He fell asleep.[qh]
他睡着了。[qh]
Zeus saw this, and he took the cow.[qh]
宙斯看到后，就把牛带走了。[qh]
Hera was very angry with Argos.[qh]
赫拉对阿尔戈斯非常生气。[qh]
She turned him into a peacock.[qh]
她把他变成了一只孔雀。[qh]
She put his many eyes on his tail.[qh]
她把他的许多眼睛都放在了尾巴上。[qh]
Argos was very sad.[qh]
阿尔戈斯非常伤心。[qh]
Zeus saw how much trouble he had given Argos.[qh]
宙斯发现他给阿尔戈斯带来了非常大的麻烦。[qh]
He made another plan.[qh]
于是他制定了另一个计划。[qh]
He turned Argos into a group of stars.[qh]
他把阿尔戈斯变成了一群星星。[qh]
He wanted Argos to remain in the sky forever.[qh]
他希望阿尔戈斯永远留在天空中。[qh]
Even today, Argos image remains there, above the site where all his problems began.[qh]
即使在今天，阿尔戈斯的影像仍然在那里，在他所有困难开始的地方。[qh]
We can still see him in the night sky.[qh]
我们仍然可以在夜空中看到他。[qh]
