【英音模仿秀】两个男人眼中的上帝

模仿文本：Oh, yes. There was controversy¹. In fact, occupying more column entries or anything else in the papers. Only Jennens had the inspiration to see that a statement of faith riding as it were on Handel's music would be more effective than any number of sermons or tracts². Messiah has survived with Handel's music when all these sermons and tracts are long forgotten.

 

译文：但是，如何捍卫信仰却是有争议的。根据各项记录来看，只有詹南斯意识到驰骋在亨德尔音乐马背上的信仰宣言会比任何的布道及宣传册更加有效。《弥赛亚》使亨德尔的音乐得以流传，但是布道和宣传册却早已销声匿迹。

 

 

1 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

2 tracts   

大片土地( tract的名词复数 )； 地带； （体内的）道； （尤指宣扬宗教、伦理或政治的）短文

参考例句：

• vast tracts of forest 大片大片的森林
• There are tracts of desert in Australia. 澳大利亚有大片沙漠。