洪恩在线 - 丘比特和普赛克

　　 Psyche lay on the ground and wept. After a few deep breaths, she opened her eyes and saw that the palace was gone. She was back on the hillside where she had started. She went to her sisters, who pretended to be sorry for her.
　　 Psyche did not stay in the presence of their false sympathy long. She decided to wander the countryside and search for her husband. For days she neither slept nor ate. One day she fell upon a temple in disarray. Being as fastidious as she was, Psyche straightened up the messy place of worship. The temple turned out to be that of Ceres, goddess of the harvest, who advised Psyche on how to get her husband back.

* wander：“漫游”、“游荡”，一般是不及物动词，这里用作及物动词是“在……漫游、游荡”的意思。关于含有“漫游”意思的词很多，例如stroll(漫步、闲逛)、stray(迷失、散步)、ramble(游荡、逍遥地漫步)。
* disarray：“混乱”、“衣冠不整”的意思。Psyche 连日来不吃不睡，再加上伤心疲劳，当然会衣冠不整地晕倒了。
*fastidious：“过分讲究”的意思，这里形容Psyche非常爱干净，近乎挑剔了。　　

　　 "You have scorned Venus. Go and surrender yourself to her and perhaps she will pity you. If you obtain her forgiveness, you will have Cupid's too." 　　
　　Psyche went to Venus, who promptly shouted at her for clumsily pouring oil on her son's arm. She made Psyche her servant and placed her by an enormous grain bin. "There are six grains in this storehouse and they are all mixed up. Sort them before evening falls."

* scorn：“轻蔑”、“鄙视”的意思。漂亮的女人总是会嫉妒比自己更漂亮的人，即使神仙姐姐Venus也不能例外，她实在嫉妒Psyche的美貌。
* clumsy：“笨拙的”、“手脚不灵便的”等意思。Venus 因为嫉妒Psyche，就以她笨手笨脚伤了Cupid为借口，对她大加训斥。还罚她在一天内把谷仓里的六种混在一起的谷物分开　　

　　 Venus left and Psyche lay there on the ground whimpering at the unfairness of such an impossible task. Cupid saw her misery and sent ants, who quickly sorted the grains for her. That evening Venus returned unimpressed. "I know this is not of your doing, but my son's. Your next task will be to go across the river and fetch me wool from each of those sheep with golden fleece."

* whimper：“呜咽”、“悲号”，指那种很压抑地“低声抽泣”，而不是象cry一样放声大哭。Whine和whimper的意思很相近，都是指“呜咽、抽泣”。
* unimpressed：“不受感动的”。Venus 想惩罚Psyche的计划没有得逞，更生气了，当然会不为所动了。
* fleece：“带羊毛的生羊皮”、“一次所剪的羊毛”的意思。　　

　　 Psyche set out toward the river. As she prepared to cross, the river god stopped her. 　　
　　 "Fair Psyche, if you seek fleece wait until the sheep have moved on and collect it from the bushes. Do not wander close to them, for they are viscous." Psyche did as the river god instructed and returned to Venus with her arms full of golden fleece.