相信不少的同學(xué)在學(xué)英語的時候可能會有些?倦怠，提不起興趣，如何才能打起十二分的精神好好學(xué)英語呢？不妨來看看英語神話故事哦，本期的英語神話故事情節(jié)非常有趣，人物充滿著激揚(yáng)的斗志、神異的能力和英雄氣概，趕緊來看看下面的神話故事吧：

?Prometheus was a Titan ．In the war between Zeus the giants he had stood on the side of the new Olympiangods．Out of the clay he made the first man，to whom Athena gave soul and holy breath．
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Prometheus spent a lot of time and energy in creating the gift of fire．And fire raised man above all animals ．Later，there held a joint meeting of gods and men．
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The meeting was to decide what part of burnt animals should begiven to gods and what to men．Prometheus cut up an ox and divided it into two parts：under the skin he placed the fresh，and under the fat he put the bones，for he knew the selfish Zeus loved fat．
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Zeus saw through the trick and felt displeased at the Prometheus' favor towards men．So in a masterful wayhe took away the gift of fire from mankind．However，Prometheus managed to steal fire from heaven and secretly brought it down tomen．
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Flying into an anger atthis unjustified act of rebellion，Zeus let the other gods chain Prometheus to a rockon Mountain Caucasus，where a hungry eagle ever tore at his liver which ever grew again．His period of pain was to be thirty-thousand years．
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Prometheus faced his bitter fate firmly and never lost courage before Zeus．At last Heracles made Prometheus and Zeus restore to friend ship，when Heracles came over in search of the golden apple and killed the eagle and set the friend of mankind free．

詞匯學(xué)習(xí)：

Titan 巨人，成就非凡的人

Olympiangods奧林波斯山神

好了，以上就是關(guān)于“英語神話故事：普羅米修斯”的介紹。?希望大家在英語的學(xué)習(xí)過程中可以讀一些情節(jié)豐富的英語故事來更好地對詞匯、語法進(jìn)行扎實(shí)地掌握。最后，希望以上的內(nèi)容能給大家的英語學(xué)習(xí)有所幫助。