2006年VOA标准英语-Pope, on Second Day in Germany, Calls for Toler

By Sabina Castelfranco
Munich
10 September 2006

Pope Benedict XVI wavea to pilgrims, Sunday, September 10, 2002

Pope Benedict spoke¹ out against mockery of what is sacred during his first open-air mass Sunday in the southern German region of Bavaria. The pope is spending six days visiting the places where he was born and grew up. 

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Under a brilliant sun, thousands of enthusiastic pilgrims gathered in a field on the outskirts² of Munich for the first of the masses the pope will celebrate during his visit. When he arrived in his glass enclosed popemobile, many in the crowd cheered and waved the blue and white flag of Bavaria as well as the white and yellow Vatican flag.

The Benedict Bell, a gift by the city of Traunstein, pealed³ before the start of the mass. The pope and concelebrants were dressed in green vestments, the color of hope. After being welcomed by the Archbishop of Munich, Cardinal⁴ Fredrich Wetter, the pope addressed those gathered.

He said that making a mockery of the sacred is often considered an exercise of freedom. But he said this cynicism is not the kind of tolerance⁵ that the people of the world want or are looking for.

He also said that the poorer parts of the world have something important to teach the wealthier West about faith. People in Asia and Africa, he said, admire the scientific and technical progress of the West, but at the same time they are frightened by a form of rationality prevalent in the West that totally excludes God from man's vision.

The pope said that the tolerance that the world urgently needs includes the fear of God and respect for what others hold sacred. He added that this sense of respect can be reborn in the Western world only if faith in God is reborn.

Pope Benedict has been getting a warm welcome in his native Germany. On the plane, he said he was coming to his native land with a sense of joyful⁶ expectation of a great feast of faith.

His first message to his countrymen after arriving was to urge them to keep their faith. The pope has been concerned about growing secular⁷ trends in the West.

This trip marks the second time he has visited Germany since his election as pope in April of last year. Shortly after becoming pope, he attended the World Youth Festival in Cologne. This visit is entirely⁸ focused on the southern German region of Bavaria, where he grew up and lived before being assigned to the Vatican in 1981.

During his six-day trip he will visit the small town where he was born and spent the first two years of his life. He will also go to Freising, where he was ordained⁹ a priest, and to Regensburg, where he taught theology.

Before returning to the Vatican, on Wednesday the pope will also visit the graves of his sister and parents and spend a day with his elder brother, Monsignor Georg Ratzinger.

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

3 pealed   

v.（使）（钟等）鸣响，（雷等）发出隆隆声( peal的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The bells pealed (out) over the countryside. 钟声响彻郊野。 来自辞典例句
• A gun shot suddenly pealed forth and shot its flames into the air. 突然一声炮响，一道火光升上天空。 来自辞典例句

4 cardinal   

n.(天主教的)红衣主教；adj.首要的，基本的

参考例句：

• This is a matter of cardinal significance.这是非常重要的事。
• The Cardinal coloured with vexation. 红衣主教感到恼火，脸涨得通红。

5 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

6 joyful   

adj.欢乐的，令人欢欣的

参考例句：

• She was joyful of her good result of the scientific experiments.她为自己的科学实验取得好成果而高兴。
• They were singing and dancing to celebrate this joyful occasion.他们唱着、跳着庆祝这令人欢乐的时刻。

7 secular   

n.牧师，凡人；adj.世俗的，现世的，不朽的

参考例句：

• We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
• Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。

8 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

9 ordained   

v.任命（某人）为牧师( ordain的过去式和过去分词 )；授予（某人）圣职；（上帝、法律等）命令；判定

参考例句：

• He was ordained in 1984. 他在一九八四年被任命为牧师。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was ordained priest. 他被任命为牧师。 来自辞典例句