美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-06-25
时间：2018-12-02 作者：英语课 分类：CNN2013年(六)月
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The oldest organization so-called ex-gamemovement shuts up and apologize it. I am telling you why. Also the medical breakthroughthat help three-year old boy here for the very first time with the great radioamazing moment. Let's get started.
We begin though tonight keep them honestthe oldest organization so-called ex-game movement shutting its doors andapologizing, saying the world view has been quoted:" neither honoringtoward our fellow human being nor biblical." The organization was calledexdus international, maybe you hear about it for more than three decades now inchapters across the country, they promoted what's often called reparativetherapy based on petition of Christian 1 teaching. They told people they canchange their sexual orientation 2. Exdus began in the mid-1970s and even one ofits founding members renounced 3 the organization at the end of that decadeadmitting that he wasn't ex-gay at all but was in fact still very gay. Exdushas continued to claim that he could help people get over their same sexattractions. Ellen Chambers 4 was the most recent head of Exdus International. He personally now is apologizing to gay people.
"I'm sorry for the pain and the hurtthat many of you have experienced. I'm sorry that some of you spent yearsworking through shame and guilt 5 you felt when your attractions didn't change.I'm sorry that we promoted sexual orientation change efforts and reparativetheories about sexual orientation that stigmatize 6 parents." That's Ellen Chambers in documentary hostby Lisa Lin who joins us shortly tonight. In the long statement on the ExdusInternational website titled I'm sorry. He elaborates, saying quote: "I'mprofoundly sorry that many have walked away from their faith and that's some ofchoosing to end their lives. And yesterday, Exdus International officiallyclosed their shop. As I said, we're gonna talk with Lisa Lin in a moment andwe'll talk with Ellen Chambers tomorrow on this program. But first, we wanna show you what Exdus has been telling people for decades now. Here's a reportour Gary T. filed back before Exdus shut its doors back when they were still saying reparative therapy could work.
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 orientation
n.方向，目标；熟悉，适应，情况介绍
- Children need some orientation when they go to school.小孩子上学时需要适应。
- The traveller found his orientation with the aid of a good map.旅行者借助一幅好地图得知自己的方向。
3 renounced
v.声明放弃( renounce的过去式和过去分词 )；宣布放弃；宣布与…决裂；宣布摒弃
- We have renounced the use of force to settle our disputes. 我们已再次宣布放弃使用武力来解决争端。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Andrew renounced his claim to the property. 安德鲁放弃了财产的所有权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 chambers
n.房间( chamber的名词复数 )；（议会的）议院；卧室；会议厅
- The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间：Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网
5 guilt
n.犯罪；内疚；过失，罪责
- She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
- Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。
6 stigmatize
v.污蔑，玷污
- Children in single-parent families must not be stigmatized.单亲家庭的孩子们不应该受到歧视。
- They are often stigmatized by the rest of society as lazy and dirty.他们经常被社会中的其他人污蔑为懒惰、肮脏。