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.
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1. to → /：did这里代表前文提到的动词loved，是及物动词，不用介词就可直接加宾语。
2. companion → company：keep sb. company是固定搭配，意为“与某人做伴”，companion与company是同义词，都是“伴侣”之意，但companion是可数名词，而company则不可数。
3. times ∧ to → not： warn sb. not to do sth. 是固定搭配，意为“警告某人不要做某事”。很多有“警告某人做某事”的说法，况且这里根据上下文知道Aphrodite常警告Adonis不要捕猎狮、狼一类凶猛的野兽。
4. to → for：leave for a place,意为“出发去某地”，介词用for不用to。
5. that → which： 这里是一个非限制定语从句，应该用which引导。
6. and → but：这里有一个语气的转折，前一个分句说“他用标枪投中了这头野兽”，后面一个分句紧接 着就说“但这只野猪却向他扑来……”前后形成对比，一个讲人的行动，一个讲兽的行动，两者互相攻击。
7. low → lower：做形容词用的low，有“地位低下”之意，但也常有“品质、道德”败坏之意，所以引申意常代替本意。这里lower world指的是“冥府,地下”，是和地下世界比较而言，因此较常用low的比较级形式。
8. therefore → however：上下文说Aphrodite把死去的Adonis变成了一种美丽的花，但仍不感到安慰，又向宙斯求助要他向冥王把Adonis讨回。因此，这里如果用therefore则隐含“感到安慰”之意，如果是however，则表转折，意为“仍不满足”。
9. the → ／：dispute是不可数名词，意为“争辩、讨论”。much dispute表示“大量争吵，讨价还价”，the完全不必要。
10. rest → remaining：rest表“剩下”时，可说the rest of… 或只说the rest，在这里说“剩下的六个月”是the rest of the year或the remaining 6 months。
