英语听力：探索发现 2014-03-23 Sex for Sale -3

 The church brothel was formed during the Middle Ages, which meant that the revenue was flowing into the church. It allowed the church to licence the brothel.

Brothel revenue was essential to the growth of Roman Catholic Church in the Middle ages. Even some of the higher officials embraced it.

-The Bishop¹ of Winchester in the Middle Ages used to direct rooms to prostitutes. It was so well-known that people will go and visit and like, they called it "Winchester geese".

And that was just a start.

-Grand Council in Venice in the 15th century declared that the prostitution was indispensable to the world. 

-Queen Johanna of Nei Pori actually opened up a brothel right next to the Pope’s residence, and she gave the local nunnery control of that particular brothel.

You might think that the Pope would have a problem with the prostitution in the neighborhood, but you’ll be wrong. 

-At the rise of Renaissance², Pope 6th taxed the prostitution. Pope Alexander rented out rooms and brothels for prostitutes.

-How does the church take that money? Well, they developed all kinds of work-arounds to finally get the money, but not compromise their own beliefs too strongly. At times the prostitution keep the money if she uses it for charitable causes. At times, the church said the prostitutes, you can give us the money, if they repent³ first. They just put it like this. The money got to the right place. It always did.

 

1 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

2 renaissance   

n.复活，复兴，文艺复兴

参考例句：

• The Renaissance was an epoch of unparalleled cultural achievement.文艺复兴是一个文化上取得空前成就的时代。
• The theme of the conference is renaissance Europe.大会的主题是文艺复兴时期的欧洲。

3 repent   

v.悔悟，悔改，忏悔，后悔

参考例句：

• He has nothing to repent of.他没有什么要懊悔的。
• Remission of sins is promised to those who repent.悔罪者可得到赦免。