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玛德琳·米勒（Madeline Miller）小说处女作，奥兰治奖得奖小说。描写毛手毛脚的青年王子帕特罗克洛斯流亡佛提亚，与强健俊美的超级大英雄阿喀琉斯相识相恋的故事。

再润色一下

When I was delivered,a boy,he plucked me from her arms,and handed me to a nurse.
当我这个小男孩出生的时候，他把我从母亲的怀里拽出来，丢给了奶妈。
In pity,the midwife gave my mother a pillow to hold instead of me.
遗憾的是，助产师给我母亲一个枕头抱着来代替我。
My mother hugged it.She did not seem to notice a change had been made.
我的母亲紧紧地抱着它。她根本没有注意到发生了变化。I

Quickly,I became a disappointment:small,slight.I was not fast.I was not strong.I could not sing.
很快，我就变得令人失望，又矮小又脆弱。我既长不大，又不强壮，声如蚊蚋。（妥妥受）
The best that could be said of me was that I was not sickly.
关于我的传言中最好的是我并不疾病缠身。
The colds and cramps that seized my peers left me untouched.
感冒和腹痛让我不能和同龄人过多接触。（这两句神逻辑，求大神解读到底怎么回事。）
This only made my father suspicious.
这让我的父亲多疑起来。
Was I a changeling,inhuman?
难道我竟然是个低能儿？
He scowled at me,watching.
他怒视着我，死死盯着。
My hand shook,feeling his gaze.
我的手颤抖起来，感受到他的盯视。
And there was my mother,dribbling wine on herself.
而我的母亲，还在一边乐呵呵的往自己身上洒酒。（脑补的，啊妹喂，他娘真的疯得不轻）

I am five when it is my father's turn to host the games.
我五岁的时候，我的父亲迷上了赌博。
Men gather from as far as Thessaly and Sparta,and our storehouses grow rich with their gold.
人们从遥远的塞萨利和斯巴达聚集到这，我们的宝库随着他们带来的金子而充盈起来。
A hundred servants work for twenty days beating out the racing track and clearing it of stones.
一百个仆人忙碌了二十天清理出碎石，铺平了赛马道。
My father is determined to have the finest games ot his generation.
我的父亲决定举办一场他这一代最出色的赌博。

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