欧美文化博览 文森特·凡· 高传(21)

Vincent, remember, spoke¹ four languages fluently, and he decided² to produce a translation of the Bible in all of them simultaneously³, Dutch, French, German and English.

文森特仍然记得流利的讲4种语言,并且他决定同时开始进行荷兰语、法语、德语和英语版本圣经的编纂。

He divided his paper into four columns and inched his way through the Bible in four languages at once.

他把他的文章分为四大板块，并且用4种语言演绎圣经。

This is a painting he did some years of his father's Bible.

这是一幅他为自己父亲绘画的圣经。

It's still being used in Zundert.

而在津德尔特他还在继续使用。

The book-selling job didn't work out, of course.

图书销售的工作显然没有成功,。

Vincent was still determined⁴ to join the church, like his father and his grandfather.

文森特仍然决定加入教会,就像他的父亲和他的祖父一样。

Amsterdam University had a six-year theology course, and Pastor⁵ Theodorus fixed⁶ it for his son to get on it, providing he passed some exams in Latin and Greek.

阿姆斯特丹大学有一个六年的神学课程,而牧师苏格拉底认为这就是自己儿子应该去的地方,他通过了一些拉丁语和希腊语的考试。

Vincent, at last, turned out to be unusually hopeless at both of those.

最终文森特原在这两种境遇中遇到了不同寻常的绝望。

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 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

4 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

5 pastor   

n.牧师，牧人

参考例句：

• He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。
• We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师：教会的事是由五位执事管理的。

6 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。