VOA慢速英语2015 缅甸和越南对新红衣主教有不同的反应
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2015年VOA慢速英语(一)月
AS IT IS 2015-01-08 Different Reactions in Myanmar, Vietnam on New Cardinals 2 缅甸和越南对新红衣主教有不同的反应
The leader of the Roman Catholics around the world, Pope Francis, named Archbishop Charles Maung Bo as one of 20 new cardinals on January fourth. The position of cardinal 1 is the second highest office in the Roman Catholic Church.
Other religious leaders from Myanmar, including Buddhist 3 and Muslim ones, have praised the choice of Archbishop Bo. He is the current archbishop of Yangon.
Pyinya Thiha, a Buddhist monk 4, says he hopes the new cardinal will actively 5 work for the entire country.
["We do hope he will be able to work more widely including the remote border areas. In this time of great need to work for better social and civic 6 issues for the development of our country, I'm so happy that he has been named a cardinal." ]
Myanmar is predominately a Buddhist nation. It has about 700,000 Catholics in a population of more than 50 million.
At the same time, nearby Vietnam is getting its third Roman Catholic cardinal since the end of the Vietnam War nearly 40 years ago.
Pope Francis also named Archbishop Pierre Nguyen Van Nhon as a cardinal on Sunday. His choice has received only warm praise in Vietnam.
Father Vincent Pham Trung Thanh in Ho Chi Minh City says he considers the decision as nothing more than a thank you note to the archbishop. He said he does not expect too much from the cardinal.
Le Thanh Tung is a Catholic activist 7. He says he wants a cardinal who is willing to fight for truth, justice and freedom of religion in Vietnam.
All 20 new cardinals will be installed next month during a ceremony at the Vatican.
Words in this Story
predominant -adj. more important, powerful, successful or noticeable than people or things
praise – n. spoken or written words about the good qualities of someone or something
install – v. to put someone in an official or important job
- This is a matter of cardinal significance.这是非常重要的事。
- The Cardinal coloured with vexation. 红衣主教感到恼火，脸涨得通红。
- cardinals in scarlet robes 身披红袍的枢机主教
- A conclave of cardinals was held to elect the new Pope. 红衣主教团举行了秘密会议来选举新教皇。
- The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
- In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。
- The man was a monk from Emei Mountain.那人是峨眉山下来的和尚。
- Buddhist monk sat with folded palms.和尚合掌打坐。
- During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
- We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。
- I feel it is my civic duty to vote.我认为投票选举是我作为公民的义务。
- The civic leaders helped to forward the project.市政府领导者协助促进工程的进展。