神話故事水仙花-Narcissus
水仙花
【內(nèi)容提示】
根據(jù)下面的希臘神話傳說(shuō)寫(xiě)一篇小故事：
那西塞斯有一個(gè)孿生妹妹，長(zhǎng)得很漂亮。他愛(ài)她勝過(guò)世上的任何人。可是，他妹妹年紀(jì)很小就死了。那西塞斯非常思念她，甚至也想跟她一起去死。
一天，那西塞斯坐在泉水旁，心不在焉地看著水里，心中想念失去的妹妹。正在這時(shí)，他在水中看見(jiàn)一張像她妹妹的臉，正抬頭看他，好像他妹妹成了水中的仙女，但沒(méi)有對(duì)他說(shuō)話。
那西塞斯看到的那張臉實(shí)際上是他自己的臉在水中的倒影，可他卻不知道。那時(shí)還沒(méi)有像我們現(xiàn)在這樣明亮的鏡子，從光亮的銅制盾牌上得到一個(gè)人面容的概念還很模糊。所以，那西塞斯靠在水邊看著那張像他妹妹的美麗的面孔感到納悶，他是不是還能見(jiàn)到自己的妹妹。
此后，他天天到泉水旁注視那張面孔，同時(shí)還哀悼他的妹妹。眾神為此而感到難過(guò)，于是就把他變成了一朵花。這朵花就是第一朵水仙花。這種花長(zhǎng)在池塘或溪旁時(shí)，仍然低下美麗的頭看著水里自己的影子。
以下詞語(yǔ)供參考：
�、� Narcissus n. （希臘神話人物）那西塞斯（愛(ài)上自己映在水中的美麗影子以致淹死變而為水仙的美少年）
�、趙ater-nymph n. 水中女仙
【作文示范】
Narcissus
海德
Narcissus had a twin sister whom he loved better than any one else in the world. His sister was very beautiful, but died when she was young. Narcissus missed her so much that he wished he might die too.
One day as he sat on the ground by a spring, looking absently into the water and thinking of his lost sister, he saw a face like hers, looking up at him. It seemed as if his sister, had become a water-nymph and were actually there in the spring, but she would not speak to him.
Of course the face Narcissus saw was really the reflection① of his own face in the water, but he did not know that. In those days there were no clear mirrors like ours; and the idea of one＇s appearance that could be got from a polished brass shield②, for instance, was a very dim one. So Narcissus leaned over the water and looked at the beautiful face so like his sister＇s, and wondered what it was and whether he should ever see his sister again.
After this, he came back to the spring day after day and looked at the face he saw there, and mourned③ for his sister until, at last, the gods felt sorry for him and changed him into a flower. This flower was the first narcissus. All the flowers of this family④, when they grow by the side of a pond or a stream, still bend their beautiful heads and look at the reflection of their own faces in the water.
�。ㄟx自L. S.海德著、楊和玲譯《希臘神話》）
【詞語(yǔ)解釋】
�、� reflection [ri＇flekM+n] n. 倒影
② polished brass shield [＇p&liMt ＇bra:s ＇Mi:ld] 發(fā)光的銅制盾牌
�、� mourn [m&:n] v. 哀悼；哀痛
�、� family [＇f$mili] n. （動(dòng)、植物的）科
【寫(xiě)法指要】
1）這是一篇神話故事（myth）。神話是關(guān)于神仙和神話了的古代英雄的非真實(shí)的故事，一般都含有超自然的力量，至少也有超人的力量。神話總是與創(chuàng)造物有關(guān)，它解釋某種東西是怎么產(chǎn)生的，正如本文寫(xiě)的水仙花是怎么來(lái)的一樣。神話還體現(xiàn)感情和思想觀念，正如本文希臘神話中的神那西塞斯癡迷地愛(ài)著自己的孿生妹妹那樣。許多神話或半神話，都是人們對(duì)自然的東西和各種宇宙力量的原始解釋。
2）神話故事是古代勞動(dòng)人民對(duì)自然現(xiàn)象和社會(huì)生活的一種天真的解釋和美麗的向往。神話跟迷信不同，它富有積極的浪漫主義精神，往往是勞動(dòng)人民的集體口頭創(chuàng)作，所以語(yǔ)言具有大眾性和普及性，總是用簡(jiǎn)單、淺近的詞語(yǔ)和句法來(lái)表達(dá)豐富的內(nèi)容。這一點(diǎn)我們從本文中也可以看得出來(lái)。