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英语故事：The Flood 洪水 Men grew hungry, impolite and ungodly（邪恶的） . Neither right nor law was respected any longer, and the rule of hospitality was forgotten. Dressed up in human form, Zeus visited Arcadia and Thessaly, and disliked the deadly wrongs of men. He decided to clear the earth of them all. Without hesitation he released the rainy south wind and called upon the heartless Poseidon to help. Soon the whole world sank in a vast ocean, and the entire humanrace disappeared in the unheard of（前所未闻的） flood, all but two poor Thessalians.These were an old childless couple, kind and faithful and contented with life. The man was called Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha. Son of Prometheus, Deucalion had been warned beforehand by his father of the coming flood.He made himself a huge chest. When the roaring flood came the couple hid themselves in it and floated for nine days until it touched land again on Mt Parnassus.The once active world presented a frightening sight. It was all death and ruin. Feeling lonely and unsafe, the old couple prayed to the gods for help. A sage（圣人） instructed them to cast the bones of their mother about. The son of the wise Titan, having guessed the true meaning of the mysterious command, started throwing stones behind him.A miracle occurred. The stones that the man cast became men, the stones that the woman threwturned into women. Since then, people appeared on the land again. The Heroic Age had begun.到了青铜期末代，人类世界变得特别残忍，人类也变得贪欲、粗鲁且不虔诚。公理与法律不再受到敬重。殷勤好客的风俗被遗忘。宙斯装扮成凡人的样子查看了阿卡迪亚和色萨利两地。他不喜爱凡人极度的罪恶，决心将他们从地球上铲除。他毫不迟疑地释放了夹雨的南风，并召来冷酷无情的波塞冬帮助他。很快整个人类世界被沉没在一片汪洋之中。除了两名恭顺的色萨利人幸免于难外，人类被史无前例的洪水吞噬。英语学习群这对老夫妻没有孩子。他们和善、虔诚、对生活心满足足。丈夫是普罗米修斯的儿子，名叫丢卡利翁，妻子名为皮拉。丢卡利翁的父亲事先就警告他会爆发洪水，因此，他制了个巨大的箱子。当咆哮的洪水涌来时，夫妻俩就隐藏在箱中，这样漂泊了九天，最终漂到了帕那萨斯山。曾经生气勃勃的大地呈现出恐惧的景象。死亡与消灭四处可见。老夫妻深感孤独和危急。他们就向上帝祈祷，恳求帮忙。一位圣人指示他们把母亲的遗骨掷向四周。这位聪慧的泰坦的后代，立刻悟出了这个神奇指示所隐含的意义。他们开头将石头抛向身后。奇迹消失了。男人抛出的石头变成了男人，女人抛的则变成了女人。从今人类再次在陆地上消失，英雄时代降临。