Narcissus is said to have been a young man of wonderful beauty, but intolerably proud,fastidious, and disdainful. Pleased with himself and despising all others, he led a solitary life in the woods and hunting grounds; with a few companions to whom he was all in all; followed also wherever he went by a nymph called Echo. Living thus, he came by chance one day to a clear fountain, and (being in the heat of noon) lay down by it; when beholding in the water his own image, he fell into such a study and then into such a rapturous admiration of himself, that he could not be drawn away from gazing at the shadowy picture, but remained rooted to the spot till sense left him; and at last he was changed into the flower that bears his name; a flower which appears in the early spring; and is sacred to the infernal deities—Pluto, Proserpine, and the Furies.
传说纳西塞斯是一名英俊的翩翩少年，但他的性格清高傲慢，傲睨自若，难以取悦。他自鸣得意，不齿于他人，宁愿在树林里猎场内独来独往地生活。与其亲近往来的世人中，他认为自己才是那位高高在上的人。其中有一位叫艾科的女神，无论他走到哪里，她都会紧随其后。虽然纳西塞斯生活就是这样随性而为，但是某天他偶然地发现了一潭清泉，走到泉边端详起自己的水中倒影。他端详良久，仔细研究了片刻，陷入对自己美貌的如痴如醉无法自拔的状态中。纳西塞斯不愿把视线从水中朦胧的倒影上挪开，一动不动地蹲在原地，仿佛已经扎根于此，直到他的所有感官消失殆尽，最终把自己化成了一株花。这花的名字以纳西塞斯的名字命名，且在早春时绽放，也是祭奠冥王普路托，冥后普洛赛皮尔那以及复仇女神的祭品。
单词
1)Intolerable
too difficult, bad, annoying etc for you to accept or deal with
2)fastidious
selecting carefully; choosing only what is good 仔细挑选的; 只选好的.
(sometimes derog有时作贬义) hard to please; easily disgusted 难以取悦的; 爱挑剔的; 吹毛求疵的:She is so fastidious about her food that I never invite her for dinner.她对食物过於挑剔, 因此我从不请她吃饭. >fastidiouslyadv.fastidiousnessn[U].
3)Disdainful
To bedisdainfulmeans to dislike something or someone because you think they are unimportant or not worth your attention.
He is highly disdainful of anything to do with the literary establishment...
=scornful, contemptuous
●disdainfully[ADV] ADV with v
`We know all about you,' she said disdainfully.
4)despise
v[~ sb/sth (for sth)feel contempt for sb/sth; consider sb/sth as worthless 鄙视﹑ 藐视﹑ 看不起某人[某事物]:despise his hypocrisy, meanness, conceit, etc鄙视他的虚伪﹑吝啬﹑自负等*Strike-breakers are often despised by their workmates.破坏罢工的人常为同事所不齿.
5)nymph
(in Greek and Roman mythology) minor goddess living in rivers, trees, hills, etc （希腊与罗马神话）（居住在河里﹑ 林中﹑ 山上等的）小仙女.
(esp in poetry 尤用於诗中) young woman, esp a beautiful one 少女; （尤指）妙龄美女.
young insect (eg a young dragonfly) that has a similar form to the adult （与成虫形状相似的）昆虫的幼虫（如蜻蜓的幼虫）.
6)all in all
同义词:altogetheron the wholetout ensemble
7)gaze
[I, Ipr] look long and steadily (at sb/sth), usu in surprise or admiration 久久地凝视, 注视（通常指因惊讶或赞赏）:She gazed at me in disbelief when I told her the news.我告诉她这消息时, 她以怀疑的目光注视着我. *He just sat gazing into space/gazing through the window.他只是坐着茫然地望着[呆呆地望着窗外]. =>Usage atlook1用法见look1.
[Ipr]~ on/upon sb/sth(fml文) look at sb/sth 看某人[某事物]:She was the most beautiful woman he had ever gazed upon.她是他所见过的最美丽的女子.
>gazen[sing] long steady look 凝视; 端详:Under his intense gaze she felt uncomfortable.他目不转睛地看着她, 使她觉得很不自在.
8)infernal
(rhet修辞) (a) of hell 阴间的; 地狱的:the infernal regions阴间. (b) devilish; abominable 魔鬼般的; 地狱似的:infernal cruelty恶魔般的残忍.
[attrib 作定语] (infml口) annoying; tiresome 讨厌的; 可恶的:That infernal telephone hasn't stopped ringing all day!那讨厌的电话整天响个不停! *aninfernal nuisance很可恶的事. >infernally/-nəlɪ; -nlɪ/adv:infernally rude粗鲁得讨人厌.
9)deity
(a) [C] god or goddess 神; 女神:Roman deities罗马诸神. (b)the Deity[sing] God 上帝.[U] divine quality or nature; state of being a god or goddess 神性; 神的身分单词
