2007年VOA标准英语-Pope Benedict Acknowledges Crimes During Coloni
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（五月）
Rome
23 May 2007
Pope Benedict
Pope Benedict acknowledged on Wednesday that "unjustifiable crimes" were committed during the colonization 1 of the Americas. The pontiff, who has been criticized by Indian groups, recently returned from his first visit to Brazil. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome.
Pope Benedict on Wednesday said Christians 2 committed injustices 3 during the colonization of Latin America. Addressing pilgrims gathered for his weekly general audience at the Vatican, the pope said the memories of a glorious past cannot ignore the shadows that accompanied evangelization of the Latin American continent.
Pope Benedict says "It is not possible, indeed, to forget the sufferings and injustices inflicted 4 by colonizers on the indigenous 5 populations, whose fundamental human rights were often trampled 6 on."
The pontiff said he was making a "dutiful mention of such unjustifiable crimes," and he said some missionaries 7 and theologians in the past had condemned 8 those crimes. He added that the crimes should not detract from the accomplishments 9 of Christianity in Latin America.
The pope recently returned from his first visit to Latin America, which took him to Brazil. In a speech to bishops 10 at the end of his trip, he said the Church had not imposed itself on the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
He said indigenous peoples welcomed the arrival of European priests during the conquest and that they were "silently longing 11" for Christianity. He also said embracing Christianity purified them.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has accused the Pope of ignoring the "holocaust 12" that followed the 1492 landing of Christopher Columbus in the Americas. And Indian leaders in Brazil have voiced their displeasure with the pope's remarks. They said they were offended by Benedict's "arrogant 13 and disrespectful" comments.
Paulo Suess, an adviser 14 to Brazil's Indian Missionary 15 Council, which is Church-backed, said the pope's comments failed to take into account that Portuguese 16 and Spanish settlers enslaved Indians and forced them to become Catholic.
On Wednesday, Pope Benedict stopped short of making a formal apology. But in the past, the Catholic Church has apologized to Brazil's Indians and blacks for the "sins and errors" committed by its clergy 17 and faithful over the past 500 years. The head of Brazil's bishops' conference made that apology during the Vatican's Holy Year in 2000.
- Colonization took place during the Habsburg dynasty. 开拓殖民地在哈布斯堡王朝就进行过。
- These countries took part in the colonization of Africa. 这些国家参与非洲殖民地的开发。
- 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。
- One who committed many injustices is doomed to failure. 多行不义必自毙。
- He felt confident that his injustices would be righted. 他相信他的冤屈会受到昭雪的。
- They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team. 他们使主队吃了一场很没面子的败仗。
- Zoya heroically bore the torture that the Fascists inflicted upon her. 卓娅英勇地承受法西斯匪徒加在她身上的酷刑。
- Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
- Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。
- He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob. 他紧抓着他兄弟的胳膊，怕他让暴民踩着。
- People were trampled underfoot in the rush for the exit. 有人在拼命涌向出口时被踩在脚下。
- Some missionaries came from England in the Qing Dynasty. 清朝时，从英国来了一些传教士。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The missionaries rebuked the natives for worshipping images. 传教士指责当地人崇拜偶像。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- It was one of the President's greatest accomplishments. 那是总统最伟大的成就之一。
- Among her accomplishments were sewing,cooking,playing the piano and dancing. 她的才能包括缝纫、烹调、弹钢琴和跳舞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Each player has two bishops at the start of the game. 棋赛开始时，每名棋手有两只象。
- "Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like. “他劫富济贫，抢的都是郡长、主教、国王之类的富人。
- Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
- His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。
- The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
- Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。
- You've got to get rid of your arrogant ways.你这骄傲劲儿得好好改改。
- People are waking up that he is arrogant.人们开始认识到他很傲慢。
- They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
- Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
- She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.她在一所教会学校教了两年书。
- I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。
- They styled their house in the Portuguese manner.他们仿照葡萄牙的风格设计自己的房子。
- Her family is Portuguese in origin.她的家族是葡萄牙血统。