时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:美国英语听力80篇


英语课

[00:05.77]The youngest child in the family asks four questions during the Seder.

[00:05.85]The first question is "Why is this night different from other nights?"

[00:07.65]The family answers the questions to explain the story of Passover.

[00:13.74]During the Seder, the family also sings traditional Passover songs in Hebrew.

[00:20.63]Passover Seders also take place in houses of worship.

[00:26.77]Many Jewish temples invite the public to attend their seders.

[00:31.87]Sometimes special guests are invited to seders.

[00:36.41]Jews celebrate Passover for seven or eight days.

[00:41.30]During that time,they may not eat any bread or baked goods that have risen.

[00:47.67]Instead, they eat matzoh or baked goods made from matzoh.

[00:53.10]Passover also plays a part in the events of Easter--a major holiday of the Christian 1 religion.

[01:01.49]Jesus was arrested, tried and executed during Passover week.

[01:07.92]His Last Supper with his followers 2 in Jerusalem probably was a Seder.

[01:14.13]Many Christian churches hold Seders to remember the  connection between Passover and Easter.

[01:22.36]Jesus lived about two thousand years ago.

[01:26.02]He taught about human responsibility and the love of God.

[01:31.11]The Bible says he also performed impossible actions called miracles.

[01:37.70]For example, he was said to heal sick people and give sight to blind people.

[01:44.85]Many people became supporters of Jesus as he traveled and spoke 3.

[01:50.50]But Roman government officials began to suspect that he was plotting against them.

[01:56.90]Religious officials accused him of insulting God.

[02:02.17]Jesus was arrested when he went to Jerusalem during Passover.

[02:08.15]He was tried before the Roman governor of Judea,Pontius Pilate.

[02:13.38]Pilate surrendered Jesus for execution.

[02:16.83]Jesus was put to death on a cross and was buried.

[02:21.74]His followers set a heavy stone.at the opening of his burial place.

[02:27.38]But when they went there three days later, the stone had been moved.

[02:32.66]The body was gone.

[02:34.33]The New Testament 4 Bible says Jesus had risen from the dead.

[02:39.95]Today, Christians 5 observe Easter on a Sunday in the spring,

[02:45.56]Western Christians will observe Easter on April Twenty-Third.,

[02:50.63]Eastern Orthodox Christians will observe the holiday on-April Thirtieth.

[02:56.59]The meaning of the holiday,however, is the same.

[03:00.84]Its message is joy and hope for life after death.

[03:05.83]To celebrate Easter, Christians often sing the "Hallelujah Chorus" of "The Messiah" by George Frederick Handel.

[03:15.47]Thousands of American churches hold services outside at sunrise on Easter morning.

[03:22.16]This tradition is very old.

[03:24.64]It probably was started by Moravian Christians in the eastern state of Pennsylvania in 1743.

[03:33.37]This Moravian service of praise still is held today.

[03:38.12]Sunrise services in the United States usually are planned to include members of many Christian religious groups.

[03:47.37]One of the most famous takes place each Easter at the Hollywood Bowl,

[03:52.85]and outdoor center in Los Angeles, California.

[03:56.93]People arrive the night before to try to gain attendance to this event.

[04:02.94]California probably holds more sunrise Easter services than any other state.

[04:09.41]Many Americans also observe Easter customs not directly related to religious tradition.

[04:17.46]People in many cities walk through the streets on Easter morning after attending church.

[04:24.15]They wear their new Easter clothes as they parade down Fifth Avenue in New York City.

[04:30.78]Some families color eggs and hide them for their children to find.

[04:36.74]Parents say a rabbit-- the Easter bunny -- leaves the Easter eggs.

[04:42.17]Here in Washington, a big celebration takes place each year on the day after Easter.

[04:49.90]The President of the United States invites children to search for Easter eggs on the grounds around the White House.



1 Christian
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
  • 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 followers
追随者( follower的名词复数 ); 用户; 契据的附面; 从动件
  • the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
  • The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。
3 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
  • 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。
4 testament
n.遗嘱;证明
  • This is his last will and testament.这是他的遗愿和遗嘱。
  • It is a testament to the power of political mythology.这说明,编造政治神话可以产生多大的威力。
5 Christians
n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )
  • Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
  • His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。
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alkali grasses
annuals
approach indication light
atok
B-doubles
Bad Schallerbach
bilateral-symmetry
biradicular
bow weight
calgene
CANCRIZAN
carptnus viminea wall.
carry a torch for somebody
cenozone
chronic pollution
Cipadessa cinerascens
clatraten
coal resources
colourbred
conditioning process
coroebus torigaii
corrieyairack
currency of denomination
cylindrification
Damigny
decision type node
disingenuousness
elected representatives
electrical insulator
endogenous development
equatorial projection
equivalent consolidation pressure
Esox americanus
etching material
evergreen plants
false or misleading information
fixed location diving
fluorimetric
forestry regulation
freezing mechanism
frigid
front clip bolt
geo-liner
geometrical curve
gnawing beetle
guardalavaca
Hampton's hump
Henselian
high speed microhole EDM machine
highway tractor
Hlobane
IARF
Kohlrausch veins
kolbe
lateral restrain
libelous
lithothyptic
logging console
lowton
men-of-war bird
mobile communication network
naphthylisothiocyanate
noumeite
onair
open a port
open side container
opened onto
Ork.
packhouse
pancreatic mass
parallel parsing
passive process
Primary Circuits
punctator
R&QC (reliability and quality control)
radio frequency permeameter
radiodeviation
rain collar
reflective thought
ribose nucleoprotein
road project
rpr.
rupture of uterus
ruridecanal
sangeh
scattering effect
SCBC
Secos, Ilhéus
shitfuckers
span range
spot height
streperosity
stripperless
submarine cable buoy
subpremium
taggery
talk channel
umbrella silk
vertical relevance trees
vesicularity
visual target
volcanic hydrothermal solution