时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(九月)


英语课

 


Reality of Mormon Life More Complex Than Romney Image



Iconic temples, a world-famous choir 1, and clean-cut missionaries 2 sent worldwide by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. But a visit to suburban 3 Salt Lake City shows how members of the church, or Mormons, live out their faith at home.


Tami Larsen says family is sacred to Latter-Day Saints. "We believe that we will be a family forever not just until death," says Larsen.


The Larsens go every week to church, where even grownups attend Sunday school.


Mormons spend three hours in church every Sunday. They don't smoke, and don't drink coffee, tea or alcohol.


But there are rewards.


This is "Welfare Square" where food is packaged and sent to enormous "Bishops 4' storehouses." They in turn supply cashier-less supermarkets like this one for families in need.


Happy occasions can be celebrated 5 at the main temple in Salt Lake City, or one of many others around the world.


"This is now the 139th temple," says the church elder William Walker.


And it was just built in Brigham City. Like all Mormon temples, the lavish 6 interior is supposed to evoke 7 being in heaven. 


Mormon temples are modeled after the biblical Temple of Solomon. They are considered so sacred that non-Mormons may not set foot inside. But before this temple was dedicated 8, the public was allowed to visit. Still, they could not take pictures inside.


These Mormons may look like a portrait of the perfect family - an image the Romneys also present.


But church critic Tom Kimball says the reality is more complex.


"We’re told to have these large families we can’t afford," he says. "And we’re supposed to be happy and supposed to be idealistic, clothes, manicured yards, and when we don’t - and most of us don’t - depression sets in."


Kimball says the image of the Mormon community that the Romney campaign presents is also not entirely 9 true. Several years ago, he began questioning his church leaders' conservative views.


"As soon as I start saying 'no, I have a problem, I'm struggling here.' As soon as you start saying 'no' in the echo chamber 10, things start to come apart quickly," says Kimball.


He says he is now banned from ceremonially blessing 11 his own children.


Kimball works at a publishing house that is reexamining early church history, when Mormons practiced polygamy.


"Mormons from the 19th century and Mormons now could not have a cogent 12 conversation with each other," says Kimball. "They wouldn't even be able to discuss Mormon topics. They would call each other heretics."


Kimball says the current church leadership is trying hard to align 13 the faith with the American religious mainstream 14. And it's hard to imagine what would help that effort more than having a Mormon as president of the United States. 




n.唱诗班,唱诗班的席位,合唱团,舞蹈团;v.合唱
  • The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
  • The church choir is singing tonight.今晚教堂歌唱队要唱诗。
n.传教士( missionary的名词复数 )
  • 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》
adj.城郊的,在郊区的
  • Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
  • There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。
(基督教某些教派管辖大教区的)主教( bishop的名词复数 ); (国际象棋的)象
  • 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。
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
adj.无节制的;浪费的;vt.慷慨地给予,挥霍
  • He despised people who were lavish with their praises.他看不起那些阿谀奉承的人。
  • The sets and costumes are lavish.布景和服装极尽奢华。
vt.唤起,引起,使人想起
  • These images are likely to evoke a strong response in the viewer.这些图像可能会在观众中产生强烈反响。
  • Her only resource was the sympathy she could evoke.她以凭借的唯一力量就是她能从人们心底里激起的同情。
adj.一心一意的;献身的;热诚的
  • He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
  • His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
  • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
  • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所
  • For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说,牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
  • The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
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.强有力的,有说服力的
  • The result is a cogent explanation of inflation.结果令人信服地解释了通货膨胀问题。
  • He produced cogent reasons for the change of policy.他对改变政策提出了充分的理由。
vt.使成一线,结盟,调节;vi.成一线,结盟
  • Align the ruler and the middle of the paper.使尺子与纸张的中部成一条直线。
  • There are signs that the prime minister is aligning himself with the liberals.有迹象表明首相正在与自由党人结盟。
n.(思想或行为的)主流;adj.主流的
  • Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
  • Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。
学英语单词
acholias
algaes
anticoagulations
arch twilight
arreola
arrived-at
arthroderma uncinatum
azacosterol
Bakuninist
bipolar monolithic memory cell
blasthole
boat nomenclature
canned paragraph
carry out an experiment upon
centering circuit
ceremonialize
chiaramonte
chuckey
combustion fog machine
contact rail (or ramp)
dairy processing
dependent differentiation
diagonal turbine
digital
draft out
effective distance
exotherm
far below
first states
flat sawing
froggily
general census
genus Hippeastrum
green deformation
gustation
huckled
IAMMM
incisurae radialis
inquire
interior stairway
interplical
interstand
invaded tissue
iris wavebeam guide
irishmen
japanneries
jigg by jowl
kalkadoons
King Hussein
kragans
La Chapelle-d'Angillon
laissez-fair(e)ist, laisser-fair(e)ist
leather and prunella
lecithin(phosphatidylcholine)
lentins
lightpenia
lupinus albus l. white lupine
makes something of oneself
manicon
mbius
McKees Rock
metagalaxies n
microwave subcarrier
natillas
neighbo(u)r
nonhemispheric
Orites
overplucks
parting strap
profiled die
push-button reset
reverse blocking triode thyristor
rope guider
rough-machine
single-crust
single-room
single-stand reversing cold-reduction mill
solids content
sour grass
speech balloons
Spiradiclis oblanceolata
St-Brévin-les-Pins
ST_time_describing-people-who-are-old
stack-gate avalanche injection type MOS memory
subtrajectory
swing-arm
synthesis table
tabura (india)
tailpin
tanniferous
telemetering line
the separation of examination and enrollment system
the wolf
total capacity
voice group call service
wallachian
Walpole, Sir Hugh Seymour
wedeman
Winklern
woodland caribous
xciiiest
Zyzz