来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第4集 第4集》

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  Where they live is paradise.
  他们住的地方是天堂
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  One man, one woman,that's all you need,it's great.
  一个男人 一个女人 无限完美
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  Nothing could ever be so good.
  好得不能再好
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  Well, what happens? They transgress.
  但是 他们后来的行为越界了
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  Eve persuaded by the serpent,persuades Adam
  夏娃被蛇教唆 说服亚当
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  to do what was forbidden by God.What is forbidden by God?
  做了上帝禁止的事情 上帝禁止了什么
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  It is to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge
  食用智慧树的果实
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  because if human beings obtain knowledge,
  如果人类得到智慧
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  they will be like the gods,and that is unacceptable.
  将与诸神无二 这当然是不能接受的
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  So when you do that,you have to be punished.
  如果偷吃禁果 就要受到惩罚
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  What is punishment? To be thrown out of Eden,
  是什么样的惩罚 就是被赶出伊甸园
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  to be thrown out of this isolated condition of perfection.
  被剥夺了这种完美的世外桃源生活