环球慢速英语 被毁的城市(2)

After the war, people came from the church to help, to advise. They offered hope.

战争结束以后，教会人员提供了帮助和建议。他们带来了希望。

They encouraged people in Dresden to help each other and to work hard.

他们鼓励德勒斯登民众互相帮助，努力工作。

The Christian¹ Bible² would show them how to live. And people had to learn to live with little.

基督教圣经会告诉他们如何生活下去。人们必须学会在几乎一无所有的情况下生活下去。

But these people had much to think about.

但是这些人有很多事情要考虑。

The fire had destroyed the most important Christian place in Dresden, the 'Church of Our Lady'.

大火摧毁了德勒斯登最重要的基督教堂——圣母教堂。

Five years earlier, bombs destroyed another important church. It happened in the city of Coventry, in England.

五年前，炸弹摧毁了另一座重要的教堂。被毁的教堂位于英国考文垂市。

German airplanes bombed Coventry in 1940. The bombs killed many people and destroyed the main church.

1940年，德国飞机轰炸了考文垂。轰炸造成多人死亡，主要教堂被毁。

People were shocked, and angry. They wanted to fight back.

人们既震惊又愤怒。他们要反击。

But one man resisted³ the desire to fight back. He was Richard Howard.

但是有一个人拒绝反击。他就是理查德·霍华德。

He was the chief priest⁴ of the ruined church in Coventry. He said:

他当时是考文垂被毁教堂的大主教。他说。

'Do not fight back. We must build a more simple, more kind, and more Christian world'.

“不要反击。我们必须建造一个更简单、更友好、更虔诚的世界。”

This was not an easy message.

这不是一个容易接受的信息。

Terrible things were happening in the war: people were being murdered in camps because of what they believed.

战争中一直在发生可怕的事情：人们因为他们的信仰在兵营里被杀害。

1 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

2 bible   

n.《圣经》；得到权威支持的典籍

参考例句：

• According to the Bible we are all the seed of Adam.根据《圣经》所说的，我们都是亚当的后裔。
• This dictionary should be your Bible when studying English.学习英语时，这本字典应是你的主要参考书。

3 resisted   

抵抗，抗拒（resist的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The city resisted the enemy onslaught for two weeks. 这个城市反抗敌人的猛攻达两个星期之久。
• I should congratulate you that you resisted the temptation. 我应向你祝贺，你抗住了这种引诱。

4 priest   

n.神父，牧师，司铎，司祭，领导者，神甫；vt.使成为神职人员

参考例句：

• He confessed to a priest that he had sinned.他向神父忏悔他犯了罪。
• The priest visited all the old people in the parish.牧师探望了教区里的所有老人。