文档介绍：Unit Two Myths and Legends Myths and Legends Task 2 Task 1 Task3 New College English Book 3 Unit 2 Myths and Legends ? Pandora's Box : ? A source of many unforeseen troubles: ? At one time the only mortals (凡人, 人类) on the earth were men. Prometheus 普罗米修斯(造福于人类的神) had made them, Athene had breathed life into them. The chief god Zeus did not like them. Task 2 Task 1 Task3 New College English Book 3 Unit 2 Myths and Legends ? One day Prometheus was trying to solve a quarrel that was raging between the gods and the men. At a festival the men were going to sacrifice a bull for the first time. They asked him which parts of the bull should be offered to the gods and which should be eaten by men. Prometheus decided to play a trick on Zeus. He killed the bull, skinned it and butchered it. He split it into two portions, in one he put the best, lean meat. In the second he put bones followed by a thick layer of fat. Task 2 Task 1 Task3 New College English Book 3 Unit 2 Myths and Legends ? Prometheus offered both to Zeus to take his choice. Zeus looked at both portions, one looked good but was rather on the small side, the other was much larger and covered in a layer of fat which Zeus felt must cover the best, tastiest portion of meat. He chose that one. When Zeus realized that he had been tricked he was furious. He took fire away from man so that they could never cook their meat or feel warm again. Task 2 Task 1 Task3 New College English Book 3 Unit 2 Myths and Legends ? Prometheus reacted immediately flying to the Isle of Lemnos 利姆诺斯岛(位于希腊) where he knew the smith Hephaestus (赫菲斯托斯:火和锻冶之神) had fire. He carried a burning torch back to man. Zeus was enraged. He swore vengeance and started making an evil plan. ? Zeus, set Hephaestus the task of creating a clay woman with a human voice. Hephaestus worked and worked and created a masterpiece. Athene , goddess of wisdom and Zeus' daughte