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请那位英语高手帮忙翻译一下这篇文章，不胜感激

Some myths are stories told since ancient times to explain the causes for natural happenings. The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of seasons is about Demeter, the goddess of the harvest. She had a daughter, Persephone, whom she loved very much. Hades, god of the underworld, fell in love with Persephone, and he asked Zeus, the ruler of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his wife. Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter, so he said he would not agree to the marriage, but neither would he foebid it. Hades, therefore, decided to take the girl without permission When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden, he seized her and took her to the underworld. When Demeter found out what happened to Persephone, she became so angry that she caused all plants to stop growing . People were in danger of starving. But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow until her daughter, Persephone, was returned to her. Zeus still not wanting to disappoint Hades, decided upon a condition for Persephone’s return. She could go back to her mother if she had not eaten anything while she was in the underworld. Demeter accepted it because she did not know that Persephone had eaten several pomegranate(石榴) seeds in the underworld. When Zeus discovered this, he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with her mother, but he added that since she had eaten the seeds, she must spend part of the year in the underworld. And so it happens that when Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and therefore will not let the crops grow. That is why we have winter when plants do not grow. When Persephone returns, Demeter is happy, it is spring, and plants begin to grow again.

Answer 1

有些神话是古代人为了解释产生自然现象的原因而来的。希腊神话中，对四季变化的原因就归结于丰收女神----得墨忒耳。她有一个非常喜爱的女儿叫做普西芬尼。冥王哈迪斯爱上了普西芬尼，于是请求众神之神宙斯把普西芬尼嫁给他做妻子。宙斯既不想让哈迪斯失望又不想开罪得墨忒耳，于是表态说，他既不同意也不阻止这门婚事。因此，当普西芬尼在花园里摘花的时候，哈迪斯抓住她把她掳去了冥府。得墨忒耳得知此事后大发雷霆，她的神力让所有的植物都停止了生长。人类因此饱受饥荒折磨。得墨忒耳却不为所动，发誓如果哈迪斯不放回她女儿普西芬尼的话，就让人类永远颗粒无收。但是宙斯仍然不愿开罪于哈迪斯，因此定了一个苛刻的条件，如果普西芬尼在冥府滴水不进、粒米不沾，那么她就可以回到母亲身边。得墨忒耳答应了宙斯的条件，但是她不知道女儿在冥府早已经吃下了几粒石榴种子。当宙斯发现这些的时候，他同意让普西芬尼在一年中间隔的回母亲身边几个月，但是他补充道，因为普西芬尼已经吃下了种子，她必须在剩余的时间留在冥府。这就是事情的经过，当普西芬尼不在身边的时候，得墨忒耳感到很悲伤。这就是为什么当冬天来临的时候，植物都停止了生长。当普西芬尼从冥府回来的时候，得墨忒耳很开心，所以就有了春天，万物开始复苏。

Answer 2

一些神话般的故事告诉自古以来解释的原因，自然现象。希腊神话解释了为什么有变化的季节是狄米特女神的收成。她有一个女儿，珀耳塞福涅，她非常喜欢。阎王，上帝的黑社会，爱上了普西芬尼，他问宙斯，统治者的神，让普西芬尼他为他的妻子。宙斯不想要么失望阎王或破坏狄米特，所以他说，他不会同意的婚姻，但也不会他同意它。阎王，因此，决定采取的女孩时，未经允许采摘鲜花普西芬尼是在花园里，他抓住她，把她带到了黑社会。当狄米特发现发生了什么事普西芬尼，她变得非常愤怒，她造成的所有植物停止生长。人被饿死的危险。但是狄米特决心，不要让作物生长，直到她的女儿珀尔塞福涅，还给了她。宙斯仍不想辜负阎王，决定了条件普西芬尼的回报。她可以回到她的母亲，如果她没有吃任何东西，而她在阴间。狄米特接受，因为她不知道吃了几次普西芬尼石榴（石榴）种子在地下。当宙斯发现，他同意普西芬尼可以花费的一部分，今年与她的母亲，但他补充说，因为她吃了种子，她必须花费的一部分，今年的黑社会。所以，当发生普西芬尼是黑社会，狄米特是可悲的，因此不会让作物生长。这就是为什么我们冬季植物不生长。当普西芬尼回报，狄米特很高兴，这是春天，和工厂开始再度增长。