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One of his slave girls has volunteered To be cremated with him,
他的一个女奴隶自愿和他一起火葬
So she can enter valhalla with her master.
这样才能和她的主人一同进入瓦尔哈拉殿堂

Lbn Fadlan, an Arab chronicler,
伊本·法兰德 阿拉伯的年代史编者
Writes the first surviving account of a Viking funeral.
记录下了现留存最早的维京人葬礼
They took the dead man and carried him onto the ship,
他们将死者抬起 放在小船上
Where they laid him on a quilt."
船上铺着被子
A woman issued instructions.
一个女人念悼词
They called her the Angel of Death.
他们称之为死神天使
The slave girl was given an intoxicating drink.
奴隶女孩被赐予毒酒
The Angel of Death placed a rope around her neck.
死神天使在她的脖子上套上绳索
Then she took a broad-bladed dagger
然后她拿着有宽刃的匕首
And thrust it in and out between the girl's ribs,
反复刺进女孩的肋骨
While two men throttled her until she died.
与此同时 还有两个人拉紧绳子 直至她死亡
重点讲解

1、volunteer
志愿者;义务工作者;义工
She now helps in a local school as a volunteer three days a week.
目前她在当地的一家学校做志愿工作，一周去3天。
Mike was a member of the local volunteer fire brigade.
迈克是当地消防队的一名志愿消防员。
自告奋勇者;主动做事者
Right. What I want now is two volunteers to come down to the front.
好了，现在我需要两个自告奋勇的人到前面来。
Any volunteers?
有没有人自告奋勇？
主动提供（信息）
The room was quiet; no one volunteered any further information.
房间很安静，无人主动提供更多的信息。
'They were both great supporters of Franco,' Ryle volunteered.
“他们都是佛朗哥的忠实支持者，”赖尔主动说道。
志愿兵;义勇军
They fought as volunteers with the Afghan guerrillas.
他们作为志愿军和阿富汗的游击队员并肩作战。
Victory in the civil war had been achieved by a mainly volunteer army.
一支主要由志愿军组成的队伍取得了内战的胜利。
2、instruction
指示;命令
Two lawyers were told not to leave the building but no reason for this instruction was given.
两名律师被告知不得离开大楼,但对这一命令并没有提供任何理由。
教学;讲授
Each candidate is given instruction in safety.
向每位申请人都讲授了安全知识。
All schoolchildren must now receive some religious instruction.
现在所有的在校儿童都必须接受一定的宗教教育。