欧美文化博览 文森特·凡· 高传(17)

This is the minute books of the Turnham Green Congregational Church for 1876.

这是1876年特纳姆格林公理教会的记录薄。

Look who's in them, named as a new church worker and assistant preacher, Mr.Van Gogh.

看看谁在其中,一位新的教会工人兼助理牧师,他就是梵高。

Look at the spelling, it's wrong.

看一下这位伟人的拼写,还拼写错误了。

That's why he began calling himself Vincent, he was fed up with the English getting his name wrong.

这就是为什么他开始称自己为文森特的原因,他已经受够了英语将他的名字弄错。

As Mr. Richardson proposed, Mr. Stembridge seconded that Mr. Vincent Van Gof, spelt GOF be accepted as a co-worker.

理查森先生提议,斯特姆布里奇再次附议,文森特梵高夫,高夫已经成为一位我们的其中一员。

The Reverend Slade Jones pestered² mightily³ one of imagines by Mr. Van Gogh and boy could Mr. Van Gogh pester¹ was finally persuaded to allow Vincent to step across that crucial religious divide that separate the sheep from the shepherds.

斯莱德琼斯牧师为梵高和梵高纠缠说服的男孩而烦恼，而文森特终于被允许跨过那至关重要的宗教分歧从牧养人的羊群中脱离出来。

On the 29th of October, 1876, on a sunny autumn Sunday Vincent rose before the faithful at the Richmond Methodist Chapel⁴ in suburban⁵ west London and delivered his first sermon.

在1876年10月29日,在一个阳光明媚的秋天的周日，文森特站在了西伦敦郊区虔诚的里奇蒙德卫理公会教堂前进行他的第一次布道。

1 pester   

v.纠缠，强求

参考例句：

• He told her not to pester him with trifles.他对她说不要为小事而烦扰他。
• Don't pester me.I've got something urgent to attend to.你别跟我蘑菇了，我还有急事呢。

2 pestered   

使烦恼，纠缠( pester的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Journalists pestered neighbours for information. 记者缠着邻居打听消息。
• The little girl pestered the travellers for money. 那个小女孩缠着游客要钱。

3 mightily   

ad.强烈地；非常地

参考例句：

• He hit the peg mightily on the top with a mallet. 他用木槌猛敲木栓顶。
• This seemed mightily to relieve him. 干完这件事后，他似乎轻松了许多。

4 chapel   

n.小教堂，殡仪馆

参考例句：

• The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
• She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午，她在小教堂的演出，可以说是登峰造极。

5 suburban   

adj.城郊的，在郊区的

参考例句：

• Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
• There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。