时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:美国英语听力80篇


英语课

[00:05.36]Some people depend on the calendar to tell them when spring has arrived.

[00:11.00]But many others know spring is here because it is time to celebrate the religious holidays of Passover and Easter.

[00:21.00]Jewish 1 people observe Passover to remember the time when Moses led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt.

[00:30.48]The holiday also celebrates the real beginning of the Jewish nation.

[00:36.18]And it represents the first for freedom by an oppressed 2 group of people.

[00:42.24]Easter is the day when Christians 4 believe that Jesus Christ 3 rose from the dead.

[00:48.67]Most Christians believe Jesus was sent to earth to save humans from wrongdoing, and to give them everlasting 5 life.

[00:58.17]Passover is one of the oldest holidays in the world.

[01:02.77]It started more than 3,000 years ago.

[01:06.74]It begins at sundown on the fourteenth day of the Jewish month of Nisan.

[01:13.51]This year, Jews begin celebrating the holiday on April Nineteenth.

[01:19.78]The book of Exodus 6 in the Hebrew Bible--the Jewish holy book--tells the Passover story.

[01:27.82]The Israelites were slaves in Egypt.

[01:32.68]The ruler of Egypt would not release 7 them.

[01:36.26]Moses was the leader of the Israelites.

[01:40.10]God gave Moses the power to force the Pharaoh to let the Israelites leave.

[01:46.16]God gave Moses the power to strike the Egyptians with terrible events to kill their animals and crops.

[01:54.21]The first Passover took place when Moses warned that God would killthe first-born children of Egypt.

[02:02.80]On that night, the Israelites remained inside their houses.

[02:08.76]They ateflat bread that did not rise, called matzoh.

[02:13.20]And they ate lamb.

[02:14.95]Moses told his people to mark the doors of their houses with the blood of lambs.

[02:22.18]That night, God killed the firstborn Egyptian children.

[02:27.12]But He did not kill the children of the Israelites.

[02:31.72]He passed over their houses.

[02:34.46]The Egyptian ruler was afraid.

[02:37.49]He told Moses to lead his people out of Egypt'immediately.

[02:42.80]Later, however, Egyptian forces tried to recapture the Israelites.

[02:48.86]But Moses separated the waters of the Red Sea so his people could escape.

[02:55.88]The Egyptian forces drowned in the sea.

[02:59.41]Today, Jewish families still retell the story of being saved from death in Egypt.

[03:08.24]They attend Passover services in religious centers.

[03:12.47]And, they hold a Passover ceremonial meal called a Seder in their homes.

[03:18.61]Family members and friends gather to read the story of the Israelites' freedom from slavery.

[03:26.68]They read the story from a special book called The Hagaddah,

[03:31.59]and they eat several special foods that help them remember their ancestors in Egypt.

[03:38.41]The Seder foods include the traditional matzoh.

[03:43.29]This represents the time when their ancestors left Egypt so quickly they did not have time to let their bread rise.

[03:52.65]A lamb bone represents the blood used to mark their doors.

[03:58.08]Bitter herbs recall 8 the hard life of slavery.

[04:02.49]A mixture of apples, nuts,spices and wine is called haroseth.

[04:08.79]It represents the bricks 9 and building materials the slaves used in Egypt.

[04:14.77]Each person at the Seder drinks four cups of wine.

[04:19.84]Another cup of wine on the table is for Elijah.



1 Jewish
adj.犹太人的,犹太民族的
  • The coin bears a Jewish symbol.硬币上有犹太标记。
  • They were two Jewish kids;I was friendly with both of them.他们是两个犹太小孩;我同他们都很要好。
2 oppressed
n.基督,救世主,耶稣
  • I regarded him as the Christ.我把他当作救世主。
  • Christ preached that we should love each other.基督在布道中说人们应该互爱。
3 Christians
n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )
  • 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。
4 everlasting
adj.永恒的,持久的,无止境的
  • These tyres are advertised as being everlasting.广告上说轮胎持久耐用。
  • He believes in everlasting life after death.他相信死后有不朽的生命。
5 exodus
v.大批离去,成群外出
  • The medical system is facing collapse because of an exodus of doctors.由于医生大批离去,医疗系统面临崩溃。
  • Man's great challenge at this moment is to prevent his exodus from this planet.人在当前所遇到的最大挑战,就是要防止人从这个星球上消失。
6 release
vt.发布,发表,发行;释放,放开
  • After my examination I had a feeling of release.考完试后我有如释重负之感。
  • This medicine will give you release from pain.这药吃后会解除你的疼痛。
7 recall
n.回忆,召回,取消;vt.回想起,召回,与...相似,恢复
  • As you may recall, he was in the army then.你可能记得当时他正在从军。
  • We demand that you recall your army from our border.我们要求你们撤回在我们边境的部队。
8 bricks
n.砖( brick的名词复数 );砖块;积木;可靠的朋友
  • He compounded water, sand and soil and formed bricks. 他用水拌和沙和泥土做成砖块。
  • The United Auto Workers hit the bricks against General Motors. 联合汽车工人工会举行罢工,反对通用汽车公司。
学英语单词
a pair of colours
adjoining sheets
amnemonic aphasia
anisothermal diagram
annular crucible
arundells
astun
australis surora
balance oscillator
blanket washing machine
branchiostegal ray
brevipetala
capelongo (folgares)
Cassia nodosa
clathrinid
clithon oualaniensis
cnc milling machine
cocoa tree
colloquial speech
component test facility
compression vacuum gauge
conioscinella opacifrons
controlled mine
dense element
diagnostic work
down-draw process
draf
eat well
error of the second type
ewes produce twins
family carabidaes
FMCG
fonge
for-sure
fructus xanthoxyli
glassy tuff
government-organized
guarantor employment status
hand pressure condensation
have the ability to do sth
heave a ship apeak
high-frequency induction coil
high-voltage pulser
hollinshead
horn gap switch
Hugh Capet
hull structure similar model
inherent nature of commodity
injury of elbow fascia
inspection charge
intensicon
Jenner,Sir William
joint snakes
kepi
litharch sere
Lossburg
Machanao, Mt.
melero
message entropy
mountain blacksnake
New Age Movement
orchiotomy
paper and board
patrocinations
pelvis aequabililer justo minor
pentadecylene dicarboxylic acid
periodic file
phenyl-dihydroquinazoline tannate
pius i
popcorn balls
potentiometric wheel
ppkis
preference-field index number
protein glycation
radar rainfall integrator
reencourages
refudiated
relation of market supply and demand
responsibilized
run across sth
russell-simmons
sabelline
sara crewe
scarlet toxin
shit-stirrers
siphon recording barometer
sir jack hobbss
siskind
sour odour
spool flange
stuprum
subsectional
Talidine
tempilaq
tissue roentgen
tocandiras
tongguansan
truncatella amaniensis
urnsful
warrioress
wave selector
weald-clay