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In his childhood, his brothers, point six, attempt to kill him
在他幼年的時候他的哥哥 第六點 試圖要殺害他
But he, seven, saved and, eight, reared in Egypt
但是第七點被救了第八點在埃及被撫養
Not bad
很不錯嘛
He, fourteen, reigns prosperously and, fifteen, prescribes law
第十四點統治期間很繁榮 第十五點制定法規
We hear nothing of his later years but the mention of a king
對于他之后的幾年我們沒有耳聞 但是提到一個
Who knew not Joseph but suggest that he fell into disfavor
不了解約瑟的國王暗示說他失寵了
So we give him twelve
所以我們給他十二分
Now somebody who we expect to do better,
現在我們期待有人做得更好
How about Moses
摩西怎么樣
Then Moses just swamps all over this list
這整個目錄上都是摩西
And some of the Characteristics he fulfils twice
其中的一些特點他完成了兩次
If you, if you believe one story about Moses
你要是相信一個關于摩西的故事的話
He actually fulfils one point three times
事實上他一個點完成了三次
His parents, one and two, were of the principal family of the Levites
他的父母來自利未族的顯赫家族 這是一二點
And, three, near relatives
第三點他們是近親
He is also reputed to be the son of a pharaoh's daughter
他也被認為是一個法老的女兒所生
Pharaoh, six, attempts to kill him at birth but he is rafted away
第六點在他出生的時候法老想要殺掉他但他被用木筏
And eight, reared secretly
給送走了 第八點也是被秘密撫養
This is what does gonna happen to Arthur
這些事情都在亞瑟王身上發生過
We were told, nine, nothing of his childhood
第九點關于他的童年我們什么也沒被告訴
But on reaching manhood he kills a man
但是成年之后他殺了個人
I'm gonna turn the page
我要翻一下頁
Goes to Median,
去了Median
Ten, where, twelve, he marries the ruler's daughter
在那里他娶了統治者的女兒第十點
Returning, ten, to Egypt
第十點回到埃及
How'd we get ten, we're back at ten again?
怎么又回到十了呢
He, eleven, gains a series of magical victories over Pharaoh
第十一點神奇般地幾次戰勝了法老
and, thirteen becomes a ruler
第十三點成為了一個統治者
His rule lasts a long time and, fifteen, he prescribes laws
他的統治持續了很長時間 第十五點他制定法規
But later he, sixteen, looses the favor of Jehovah,
但之后 第十六點他從耶和華那里失寵
He's, seventeen, removed from his leadership
第十七點他被從王位上給趕了下來
And, eighteen disappears mysteriously from, nineteen,
第十八十九點從一個山頂
The top of a mountain
神秘消失了
His children, twenty-two, twenty,
他的孩子 第二十二點
Excuse me, do not succeed him
對不起是第二十點 沒有繼承他的王位
His body, twenty-one, is not buried
二十一他的軀體沒有被埋葬
But, twenty-two, he has a Holy Sepulchre near Jerusalem
而是 二十一他在耶路撒冷附近有一個神圣墓地
So he scores twenty points
所以他得了二十分
Several of them twice or if we include Joseph's account even three times
他們中有幾個人一個點完成了兩次如果把約瑟算進來的話
The point I'm trying to make is if we go back to Roman
一個點完成了三次 我想要說的是我們要是去看
and Greek material that there are heroes of tradition,
有傳統或是有現代傳統英雄的
of you know, modern tradition
羅馬和希臘神話的時候
and their gonna share certain characteristics
他們也會有一些這樣的特點
We can even go to Japanese and Chinese literature and do the same thing
我們甚至可以用同樣的方法去讀日本或中國文學
