VOA标准英语2008年-Saddle Up! It's Time for Church
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（八月）
Earlier this month, the Chicago Tribune newspaper sent a reporter to church — four hundred kilometers away in the little town of Mount Vernon, in southern Illinois.
Minister Coy Huffman holds services during pro 1 rodeo events. Here he delivers a Power Up sermon and blessing 2 of contestants 3 in the National Finals in Las Vegas
And it was no ordinary house of worship. The congregation meets in a riding arena 4, normally home to horse shows and rodeos where bulls and bucking 5 broncos toss cowboys into the dust. Its name is the New Frontier Cowboy Church.
At this cowboy and cowgirl — church, the minister preaches from the saddle. He wears a big,— white, ten-gallon hat like the hero in western movies. All hats come off during prayer, of course. And one of them gets passed around the bleachers when it comes time to collect the weekly cash offering.
Rope Myers, a champion rodeo steer 6 wrestler 7 who's now a cowboy minister, baptizes a boy at one of his and his wife Candice's youth camps
There are more than 600 cowboy churches across America, meeting in arenas 8, barns, and out in the open in state fairgrounds. There's even an online directory of some of these homespun churches.
During the service, according to the Tribune article, Preachers tell corny jokes. Worshipers whoop 9, holler and clap. The bands jam with banjos, mandolins, guitars, drums and sometimes a worn washboard. It's not unusual to be baptized in a horse trough.
Just about everybody — minister, band, adult and child worshipers — wears a western hat to services at this cowboy church
You don't see many suits and ties and Sunday-go-to-meetin' dresses at these services. Folks wear cowboy garb 10, right down to neckerchiefs and fancy belt buckles 11 and spurs if they're riding.
According to the Tribune, the service in Mount Vernon closed, not with a traditional recessional hymn 12, but with a recording 13 of the cowboy song made famous by the late King of the Cowboys, Roy Rogers, and his singing wife, Dale Evans: Happy Trails to You, Till We Meet Again.
- The two debating teams argued the question pro and con.辩论的两组从赞成与反对两方面辩这一问题。
- Are you pro or con nuclear disarmament?你是赞成还是反对核裁军？
- 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。
- The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries. 这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。
- Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency. 两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
- He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。
- a bucking bronco in the rodeo 牛仔竞技表演中一匹弓背跳跃的野马
- That means we'll be bucking grain bags, bustin's gut. 那就是说咱们要背这一袋袋的谷子，得把五脏都累坏。 来自辞典例句
- If you push the car, I'll steer it.如果你来推车，我就来驾车。
- It's no use trying to steer the boy into a course of action that suits you.想说服这孩子按你的方式行事是徒劳的。
- The wrestler tripped up his opponent.那个摔跤运动员把对手绊倒在地。
- The stronger wrestler won the first throw.较壮的那个摔跤手第一跤就赢了。
- Demolition derbies are large-scale automobile rodeos that take place in big arenas. 撞车比赛指的是在很大的竞技场上举行的大型汽车驾驶技术表演。
- Are there areas of privacy in the most public of arenas? 在绝大部分公开的场合中存在需要保护隐私的领域吗？
- He gave a whoop of joy when he saw his new bicycle.他看到自己的新自行车时，高兴得叫了起来。
- Everybody is planning to whoop it up this weekend.大家都打算在这个周末好好欢闹一番。
- He wore the garb of a general.他身着将军的制服。
- Certain political,social,and legal forms reappear in seemingly different garb.一些政治、社会和法律的形式在表面不同的外衣下重复出现。
- She gazed proudly at the shiny buckles on her shoes. 她骄傲地注视着鞋上闪亮的扣环。
- When the plate becomes unstable, it buckles laterally. 当板失去稳定时，就发生横向屈曲。
- They sang a hymn of praise to God.他们唱着圣歌，赞美上帝。
- The choir has sung only two verses of the last hymn.合唱团只唱了最后一首赞美诗的两个段落。