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英语课

By Sabina Castelfranco
Rome
24 December 2006






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Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during the Angelus noon prayer at the Vatican, 24 Dec 2006




Pope Benedict addressed pilgrims gathered in Saint Peter's Square this Sunday and said that the celebration of Holy Christmas is now imminent 2. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome.


A long applause broke out in Saint Peter's Square Sunday when Pope Benedict appeared at his study window. He told those gathered that today's vigil prepares us to live intensely the mystery that this night will help us contemplate 3 with the eyes of faith.


Pope Benedict said the Christmas of Christ helps people understand the importance of the life of every human being, from first instance to natural death.


The pope also urged the faithful to be committed to overcome prejudice, knock down barriers and eliminate divisions to build together a world of justice and peace. The pope then greeted the faithful in various languages.


Today is the fourth Sunday of Advent 4 and also, this year, Christmas Eve. The Liturgy 5 of today's celebration invites all believers to welcome joyfully 6 the promised Messiah who comes to us through the Virgin 7 Mary.


Thousands of Romans and tourists are expected to turn out tonight at the Vatican for Pope Benedict's second midnight mass. Millions more will be watching the service on television around the world.


The mass in Saint Peter's Basilica will celebrate the birth of Jesus. The pope will then address the faithful again on Christmas Day and deliver his Urbi et Orbi message and blessing.



n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿
  • The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
  • A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。
adj.即将发生的,临近的,逼近的
  • The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
  • The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。
vt.盘算,计议;周密考虑;注视,凝视
  • The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate.战争的可能性太可怕了,真不堪细想。
  • The consequences would be too ghastly to contemplate.后果不堪设想。
n.(重要事件等的)到来,来临
  • Swallows come by groups at the advent of spring. 春天来临时燕子成群飞来。
  • The advent of the Euro will redefine Europe.欧元的出现将重新定义欧洲。
n.礼拜仪式
  • A clergyman read the liturgy from the prayer-book.一名牧师照着祈祷书念祷文。
  • The mass is the church a kind of liturgy.弥撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。
adv. 喜悦地, 高兴地
  • She tripped along joyfully as if treading on air. 她高兴地走着,脚底下轻飘飘的。
  • During these first weeks she slaved joyfully. 在最初的几周里,她干得很高兴。
n.处女,未婚女子;adj.未经使用的;未经开发的
  • Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗?
  • There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。
学英语单词
64th note
a flight of fancy
adolescent growth spurt
arthritis of connective tissue disease
asplenics
Aster macrophyllus
athalposis
audit of working capital
aurotherapy
backspikes
bioscrubbing
canton flannel
carbon-steel bit
cayuga
cherry-coal
cif price
Coma type cluster
contrast area
core audience
craping machine
cryomachining
d cable
deep-in-the-money
Dick, George Frederick
Dobo
dolefully
double-action engine
dynamic link library
electro-optical effect
error propagation limiting code
family Asilidae
flash and fire point test
flouren
free-ended
fremdness
gapless track
gearbox main drive shaft
green state
guarishing
heartblood
Hermite's polynomials
himst
hydrocirsocele
iata rate
immersible apparatus
inclined lever
inverse video
Jeroboam I
kalotypography
Kraut
La Garita
leafing agent
lemmata
LeukotrieneC4
level of consumption
linearity region
local officials
location - based services
Makhuwa-Meetto
message pprocessing time
milksoppy
mind-numbing
momentany
mouse print
nozzle outlet gas angle
odontoglyp
ontrast
out end
overfortifying
oyster grass
Parula americana
phyllites
potabilizer
prime form
procladius lacteiclava
protection indicator
protective leader
PSl.
radio colloid
rickia ancylopi
sampled-data systems
silk weighting
soak up tax
soft self-excitation
sonata-rondo form
stratification of hot gas
streamline flow motion
stumplike
superscaled
surface pinhole
teleguided missile
the happy
the retail sector
tie-plate type journal box positioning device
todis
two-floor
two-wires
violent acceleration
vortex cloud system
western grey squirrel
wilhelm tell
wood panel