Zeuxis

　　Zeuxis was a Greek painter who, according to legend was awesome at painting. Unfortunately none of his work has survived to the modern-day, but according to one source, during a painting competition the grapes he painted were so realistic that birds flew down and began pecking at them.

　　据说希腊画家宙克西斯十分擅长绘画，遗憾的是，他的画作都未能存留至今。但据说在一次绘画比赛中，他画的葡萄太逼真，引得鸟儿都飞下来啄食。

　　Zeuxis eventually kicked the bucket whilst in the process of painting Aphrodite. The woman who had commissioned the painting insisted on modelling for the painting, Zeuxis found the painting so hilarious that he keeled over and died laughing at it.

　　宙克西斯在一次画爱与美之神阿芙洛狄特的时候死去。让他作画的女雇主坚持要做该画的模特。宙克西斯觉得这幅画太过滑稽，仰天大笑就此死去。Martin Of Aragon

　　Also known as Martin the Humane, the Elder and the Ecclesiastic, he was King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia and Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409.

　　马蒂诺二世有着人道者、长者、神职者等绰号。他1396年登基为阿拉贡、巴伦西亚、撒丁、科西嘉国王和巴塞罗那伯爵，1409年加冕为西西里国王。

　　Martin had eaten an entire goose and was suffering from indigestion. He was in his bedroom trying to shift the pain when his favourite jester – Borra – entered to entertain him. According to legend Martin asked him where he’d been and he replied:"Out of the next vineyard, where I saw a young deer hanging by his tail from a tree, as if someone had so punished him for stealing figs."

　　一次，马蒂诺吃了一整只鹅导致消化不良。他在卧室里休息时，最受宠的弄臣博拉进来逗他开心。马蒂诺问他刚才去哪儿了，博拉答道：“我在葡萄园里看见一只小鹿倒吊在树上，有人以此惩罚它偷吃无花果。”

　　Martin was incandescent with guffaws and promptly keeled over and died.

　　马蒂诺仰天狂笑，一命呜呼。Thomas Urquhart

　　Urquhart was a Scottish smarty pants who knew multiple languages and was a dab hand at mathematics. He translated manuscripts and released papers on maths. His father left him with a big estate which ended up being a bit of a pain as he was hassled by creditors throughout his early life.

　　托马斯·乌克哈特是个喜欢卖弄聪明的人。他会好几种语言，也擅长数学。他翻译了一些手稿，也发表过数学论文。他父亲留给他一座大房子，但这为乌克哈特的青年时代带来一些烦恼——债主们总是不断骚扰他。

　　He eventually found himself captured by Royalists and spent some time imprisoned in the Tower of London and later Windsor, before being paroled by Oliver Cromwell.

　　他最终被保皇党人捉住，关在伦敦塔中，后来转移到温莎，直到被克伦威尔释放。

　　When Urquhart heard the news that Charles II had been restored to the throne he laughed so hardily that he kicked the bucket.

　　他听说查理二世复辟后，大笑而死。

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