This is a key to his character; these two episodes are the two that we're given of Moses' life.

这也是他性格的一大特点;,这是我们所看到描写摩西生平的两个片段。

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Mythology is used to describe stories that deal with The birth, the life events of gods and demi-gods, sometimes legendary heroes, but narrating a sequence of events.

神话是指一些这样的故事,它们有关神或者半人半神的诞生及生平，也有时候是一些传奇英雄，讲述他们的一系列事迹。

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And so when the figure of Orpheus appears in this poem, it's the second half of the Orpheus story that Milton is forced to tell.

因此当俄耳甫斯的形象出现在这首诗中时，弥尔顿要讲的是他生平的后一段。

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Some of you probably know a little bit about Nabokov's life.

可能你们已经对Nabokov的生平有所了解了。

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He has no life story, no mythology, and his will is absolute.

他没有生平故事，没有神话传说，他的意愿是绝对的。

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