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1.Pygmalion，King of Cyprus，was a famous sculptor．He made an ivory image of a woman so lovely that he fell in love with it．Every day he tried to make Galatea up in gold andpurple，for that was the name he had

given to this mistress of his heart．塞浦路斯的國王皮格馬利翁是一位著名的雕塑家。他塑造了一位異常可愛的象牙少女雕像以至于愛上了它。每日他也給蓋拉蒂穿上金、紫色相間的長衫。蓋拉蒂是他給意中人所起的名字。

2.He embraced and kissed it，but it remaineda statue．In despair he went to Aphrodite‘sshrine for help．Offering rich sacrifice and sending up a passionate prayer，he begged the goddess to give him a wife as graceful as Galatea．他相擁它、親吻它，但它始終是一尊雕像。絕望中，他來到阿芙羅狄蒂的圣殿尋求幫助。他奉上豐盛的祭祀品，而且深情地祈禱，祈禱這名女神賜予他一位如同蓋拉蒂一樣舉止優雅的妻子。

3.Back home，he went straight up to the statue．Even as he gazedat it a change came over it．A faint colour appeared on its cheeks，a gleam shone from itseyes and its lips opened into as weet smile．Pygmalion stood speechless when Ualatea began to move towards him．She was simple and sweet and alive！Soon the room was ringing with her sliver voice．The work of his own hands became his wife．回家后，他直接來到雕像旁。當他在凝望它的時候，雕像逐漸有了變化。它面頰逐漸展現出微弱的鮮血，它雙眼釋放出光輝，它唇輕輕打開，現出甜蜜的微笑。蓋拉蒂邁向他的時候，皮格馬利翁站在那里，說不出話來。她單純、溫婉、活力四射！不久房間內傳來她銀鈴般悅耳的聲音。他的雕塑變成他的妻子。