英语听力：探索发现 2014-03-26 Sex for Sale -4
时间：2019-01-23 作者：英语课 分类：探索与发现2014年
英语课
The church also prohibited freelancers 1 and streetwalkers who weren't working for the church. It's a lot like' and I trust the law now. They are monopolizing 2 and controlling a very, very lucrative 3 market.
The Catholic church was a spiritual entity 4, but it was always also a governing entity and a economic entity.
But that isn't all.
Not only were the clergy 5, and bishops 6 and popes involved in taxation 7 of prostitution, and in the running of the brothels, they also were the clients themselves. Most of the church fathers of any status had absolutely no interest in the celibacy 8, and to appease 9 the powerful, it was necessary to supply them with regular sexual activity. In fact, at one point, 20 percent of all the people who visited the prostitutes were from the clergy.
Experts estimated that for nearly a thousand years the men upstairs and the ladies of a night were co-workers. But that all changed in the early 16 century when the prostitute reformation called the catholic church sexy sidelines into question.
I am to listen to the voice of the God.
When Henry the Eighth forced the separation of the church of England from Rome, the Catholic church re-examined its ways and closed shop on the Brothels. While prostitution was no longer good for PR, it certainly helped fund the church's rise to power. It just goes to show you never know where you'll find sex for sale.
n.自由作家，自由记者( freelancer的名词复数 )
- A lot of proof-reading is put out to freelancers. 校对工作有很多是请外人做的。 来自辞典例句
- Its benefits plan for freelancers is highly competitive in the industry. 在本行业内它的福利方案是很有竞争力的。 来自互联网
v.垄断( monopolize的现在分词 )；独占；专卖；专营
- United States antitrust legislation prohibits corporations from dominating or monopolizing an industry. 美国反托拉斯法禁止公司控制或垄断一项工业。 来自辞典例句
- Only nobody else must be kind to him: I'm jealous of monopolizing his affection. 可就是用不着别人对他慈爱：我一心要独占他的感情。 来自辞典例句
adj.赚钱的，可获利的
- He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
- It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。
n.实体，独立存在体，实际存在物
- The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
- As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体，公司必须纳税。
n.[总称]牧师，神职人员
- I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望，我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
- All the local clergy attended the ceremony.当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。
（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。
n.征税，税收，税金
- He made a number of simplifications in the taxation system.他在税制上作了一些简化。
- The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
n.独身(主义)
- People in some religious orders take a vow of celibacy. 有些宗教修会的人发誓不结婚。
- The concept of celibacy carries connotations of asceticism and religious fervor. 修道者的独身观念含有禁欲与宗教热情之意。