时间:2019-02-14 作者:英语课 分类:环球英语 Spotlight


英语课

  Voice 1

Hello, I’m Marina Santee.

Voice 2

And I’m Rachel Hobson. Welcome to Spotlight 1. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.

Voice 3

“It felt like the hardest news we have ever felt in our lives. We had been hoping. We had been praying. We really believed that these seven brothers would return to us. But then we heard that they had died - and died violently.”

Voice 1

Richard Carter, an English priest 2, spoke 3 these words. You may remember the story of these seven men from an earlier Spotlight programme. The men belonged to a Christian 4 religious community called the Melanesian Brotherhood 5. The members of the community are called ‘brothers’. This community was based near Honiara, the capital city of the Solomon Islands. Normally, these islands were peaceful. But in 1998 fighting started between two ethnic 6 groups. The Melanesian Brothers acted as peace-makers to try to end the conflict. They offered help to families on both sides. And they persuaded rebel leaders to surrender their weapons.

Voice 2

But in 2003, a tragic 7 event happened to the community. One rebel leader had refused to hand over his weapons. The leader’s name was Harold Keke. So, one of the brothers decided 8 to visit Keke. He wanted to persuade the rebel leader to change his mind. But Keke did not believe the brother’s offer of peace. So he kept the brother, Nathaniel, as his prisoner. Later, he killed him.

Voice 1

When Brother Nathaniel did not return, six other brothers went to look for him. Harold Keke also took them hostage 9. He treated some of them very badly. And then, he killed these six men also.

Voice 2

Richard Carter had been working as a priest with the Melanesian Brotherhood. He had been good friends with these seven men. He wrote about what each one meant to him:

Voice 3

“I called Robin 10 Lindsay ‘The Encourager’. He had time for everyone. He loved to help people find out what they are good at.

“Francis Tofi was gentle and wise. The last words he said to me were: ‘I am not frightened to die in God’s service doing something that is good.’

“Alfred Hill was quiet and kind. It is hard to write about the death of such a about young man.

“Ini Paratabatu had lots of energy. He loved to act in the plays that we performed.

“Patteson Gatu was full of joy. He always smiled from ear to ear when you met him.

“Tony Sirihi came to the community when his father died. We were a family and home for him. He was very brave during the time of conflict.

“Nathaniel Sado looked after the community’s animals. There was no darkness in this young man. People say that he sang songs to Jesus as he died.”

Voice 1

But the death of these brothers did not just affect the brotherhood. Richard Carter explained more:

Voice 3

“The death of those brothers helped the whole country to return to its normal state of mind. It showed what happens when you let violence rule - innocent people suffer and innocent people die. The seven brothers became an example of a different way to live. We too can choose to live our lives differently. We can live in a way that brings goodness and hope to a nation.”

Voice 1

The funeral was a time of national mourning in the Solomon Islands. But it was also a time of hope. Richard Carter continued:

Voice 3

“All kinds of people attended the brothers’ funeral. Those brothers represented a deep sadness for the nation. But they also represented a great hope. They showed that peace and goodness were stronger than evil and hatred 11.”

Voice 2

Richard Carter had lived through all these experiences with the Melanesian Brothers. And he did not want people to forget the sacrifice that his friends had made. So he wrote a book about their story. It is called, “In Search of the Lost.” In it, he talks about his own struggles to understand all that happened. He did not always see how God could bring good from such a tragic situation. However he did a lot of thinking about the life of Jesus Christ. And it was only then that things began to make sense. He wrote:

Voice 3

“I was walking through [the city of] Honiara. A man came to me. He asked me about the brothers who have died. Everyone is asking us. I kept silent. And then he asked me:

Voice 4

“What is wrong with the Brotherhood? How can the brothers die? Why did God not protect them?”

Voice 3

“I knew what the man was really asking. He wanted to know what the brothers had done wrong. He thought that if you do good, then nothing bad will happen to you. So he thought that the brothers must have done something wrong because they died. We do not find these ideas in the teachings of Jesus. And so I answered the man: “Why did the brothers die? Why did Jesus Christ die? They died because all humans die if people beat them and torture them and kill them.”

Voice 1

Two thousand [2000] years ago, Jesus Christ was executed. He was hung on a cross. And he was innocent. Richard believes that God brought Jesus Christ to life again the third day after his death. This gives Richard a great feeling of hope. Death does not have to be the end.

Voice 2

Richard Carter felt deeply the pain of knowing that people he loved had suffered and died. But he knew that God cared about people’s pain. And this helped him to have courage for the future. He wrote:

Voice 3

“The mystery of the events on the Solomon Islands will never go away. But I am discovering a little more about the truth of Christ’s message. If we believe in Christ’s death, we must also believe in his resurrection, his rising again.”

Voice 1

The brothers’ deaths had brought new life and peace to the Solomon Islands. So, Jesus’ death - and life - could bring hope to the most tragic of situations. And this was not just for the islanders. It was for everybody.

Voice 2

Richard Carter is now working as a priest in a large church in London. His desire is to share God’s love with the lonely and homeless people of this city. But he will never forget his brothers in the Solomon Islands. And he will possibly return to live there one day. When Richard was with the community, he wrote this poem:

Voice 5

“Resurrection begins in darkness...

And I look around

And I cannot find who I am looking for...

And then Christ comes

to chase away all fear...

he comes

like rain on a dry land

And there is song

and a hope

and a future.

We are surprised by his love,

but he is not.

Because although he kept us waiting and trusting

Christ always knew he would never leave us.”

 



n.公众注意的中心,聚光灯,探照灯,视听,注意,醒目
  • This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
  • The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。
n.神父,牧师,司铎,司祭,领导者,神甫;vt.使成为神职人员
  • He confessed to a priest that he had sinned.他向神父忏悔他犯了罪。
  • The priest visited all the old people in the parish.牧师探望了教区里的所有老人。
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
n.兄弟般的关系,手中情谊
  • They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
  • They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。
adj.人种的,种族的,异教徒的
  • This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏,这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
  • The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的
  • The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
  • Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
n.人质,抵押品
  • One group claimed to have executed the American hostage.一个组织声称已经处决了那名美国人质。
  • Have you read the article about the rescue of the hostage?你看了关于营救人质的文章了吗?
n.知更鸟,红襟鸟
  • The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
  • We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟,知道春天要到了。
n.憎恶,憎恨,仇恨
  • He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
  • The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。
学英语单词
acroosteolysis
Adeodatus
angular reduction
antidoron
argentaffincell
aurantius
boiler dust
calyx drill boring
carrier format
cash on hand in bank account
cast-in diaphragm
celebritizations
cgus
check them out
churchiest
classification facilities
club culture
conditional capture
converter dolly
COPICS
Cotui
cryptoscope
Daricayiri
dolphin-safe
doping agent
drain-trap
dresses
dual sensitivity voltmeter
e'ryting
epigastrorrhaphy
establishment of business relations
Estonian monetary unit
ettens
F process
filled polytetrafluoroethylene
franche
genus amphiumas
gift card laundering
Gindie
go to town on
grid inductance
grind rough
half router
hang round
heteromorphas
hoists
horizontal insertion of needle
immunochemically
imported product
interrupted arc
ISBD
jaros
jellily
Jesus freaks
kidskins
kinesiphony
laser orbital rendezvous apparatus
limited protection
LIOH
looked up
lost sodium reactivity
luminatus
Mansil
maryinsky
member moving
memo motion study
merostomate
metakaolinite
minister-without-portfolio
mug-house
multiple-stage decision problem
natural unemployment rate
near enough
non resonant circuit
observation cars
partial birth
partial half
Pfc.
phaenna
pinnage
poecilisomella cryptica
point space
prenitol
purchase list
Rakhines
rhodea sapogenin
shed-stick
single vernier
squirminess
step training
stereochromy
study of mineral deposit
supply chain visibility
thjorsa r.
travel(l)ing-cap
tuberositas raaii
UMIST
unselecting
wellfortified
white-tailed jackrabbits
winter salmon
zero shifting