For example, this is the Gordian worm.

例如，这个蠕虫病毒。

Gordian worms seem to affect crickets' brains directly.

蠕虫似乎直接影响蟋蟀的大脑。

Similarly, crickets infected by the Gordian worm are compelled to act self-destructively.

同样，被戈尔迪乌斯线虫感染的蟋蟀也被迫采取自毁行为。

The Gordian worm needs water to mate, but the cricket prefers dry land.

蠕虫需要水交配 但蟋蟀喜欢乾燥的土地。

She also loved reading about Alexander the Great, who was told that whoever untied the Gordian knot would conquer Asia.

她还喜欢读有关亚历山大大帝的故事，据说谁能解开“戈尔迪之结”，谁就能征服亚洲。他掏出剑来砍了它，而是，或者传说是这样。布托说，基本上，她最喜欢的书都是关于伟大成就者的。

The solution to where I was stuck, I saw, could be pretty much the same as the situation that got me going—an explosion instead of a plague, but still one quick, hard slash of the Gordian knot.

我发觉，要从我卡住的困境中摆脱出来，可以用前面驱动故事发展相似的办法——这次不是瘟疫而是爆炸，总之就是快刀斩乱麻的方法。