《新编西方故事 中学2000词》

TABLE OF CONTENTS1

目录1

前言1

Section Ⅰ．“In the Beginning...”19

1．Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden19

2．Prometheus and Pandora22

3．Mami the Creator25

4．Adapa and the Joke of the Gods27

5．Gilgamesh and the Search for Everlasting Life29

Section Ⅱ．The Great Flood39

6．Utnapishtim39

7．Noah s Ark42

8．Deucalion and Pyrrha44

9．Yima and Ahura Mazda47

Section Ⅲ．Some Famous Births53

10．Moses54

11．Jesus55

12．Oedipus57

13．Perseus59

14．Athene and Dionysus61

15．Hercules63

16．King Arthur66

Section Ⅳ．Gods and Men Against Monsters72

17．Apollo and Python75

18．Zeus and Typhon77

19．Marduk and Tiamat80

20．Perseus and Medusa83

21．Oedipus and Sphinx87

22．Theseus and the Minotaur90

Section Ⅴ．Men Against Giants98

23．David and Goliath101

24．Odysseus and the Cyclops103

25．Beowulf and Grendel106

26．Gawain and the Green Knight108

27．Jack and the Beanstalk111

Section Ⅵ．Men Against Temptresses118

28．Odysseus and Circe118

29．Hippolytus and Phaedra125

30．Joseph and Potiphar s Wife129

31．Gawain and the Lady132

32．Samson and Delilah137

Section Ⅶ．Men Against the Devil149

33．The Trials of Job149

34．The Temptations of Jesus152

35．The Contract That Doctor Faustus Made154

36．The Devil and Daniel Webster159

Section Ⅷ．The Quest for the Golden Fleece171

37．The Coming of the Golden Fleece172

38．The Journey to Colchis176

39．The Getting of the Fleece181

40．The Return to Greece186

Section Ⅸ．The Trojan War199

41．The Judgment of Paris200

42．The Gathering of the Troops at Aulis202

43．The Death of Hector206

44．The Trojan Horse212

45．The Returns to Greece218

Section Ⅹ．Moses and the Exodus from Egypt228

46．The Ten Plagues231

47．The Crossing of the Red Sea236

48．The Journey to Mount Sinai239

49．The Meeting with God on Mount Sinai242

50．The Death of Moses245

Notes to the Texts254

New Words and Expressions260

Personal Names277

Place Names290