时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:原版英语对话1000个


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Todd:Hello, Nitya. (Hi) How are you today? (Great) Now, Nitya, can you talk a little a bit about where are you from?


Nitya: OK, I'm from India, the Northern part of India, and from a very small city, but the oldest one in India. It's considered a very religious and holy city. It has a lot of temples and mosque 1 and different things.


Todd: Wow, that's cool. What is your city's name?


Nitya: Varanasi


Todd: Varanasi.


Nitya: Yep.


Todd: And how do you spell Varanasi in English?


Nitya: Varanasi.


Todd: That's a cool name. Varanasi. And it's the oldest city...


Nitya: The oldest city in India.


Todd: Now you said it's a holy city. What kind of holy city? For what religion?


Nitya: Because that's the greatest part, that it has all the religions, buildings there are like mosques 2 for muslims and it has temples and it has (gan) temples, different kind of, and buddhist 3 temples. (Wow) It has a place where Buddha 4 gave his first lecture (seriously) in the world, yeah, it's called Saranat. You ask any buddhist people and they know about it.


Todd: Saranat


Nitya: Yeah, Buddha gave his first lecture sitting under a tree, and the tree's been preserved there for ages.


Todd: Man, that's incredible 5. (Yep) Wow, now are you buddhist?


Nitya: NO.


Todd: Oh, what religion are you?


Nitya: I'm hindu.


Todd: Hindu, OK, and there's hindu temples naturally. (Yeah) OK, so what is the difference between say, a buddhist temple, in architecture, and a hindu temple, do they look the same?


Nitya: Not exactly because Buddhist temple, OK, it has Buddha basically, right, (right) Hindu temples have like 33,000 gods so you go in different temples and you find different, like different sculptures sitting there so it's...


Todd: Are there really 33,000 gods?


Nitya: There are really! There are 33,000 gods, but I think I know maybe not even 50 of them.


Todd: Oh, really.


Nitya: But, come on, it's basically just God.


Todd: Right, right.


Nitya: You just see them in different forms. That's it so.


Todd: Oh, OK, well of the different forms, which is a more popular one? Which is a very common one?


Nitya: I think Shiva because they say he's the, he created the earth so


Todd: Shiva.


Nitya: Yeah, Shiva.


Todd: Wow, interesting. OK, and is your town, is it big, is it small, is it medium-sized?


Nitya: I think, it's like medium, not very big, not very small.


Todd: OK, so sounds like a good place. Do you see yourself living there forever when you get older?


Nitya: I wish but I don't think so, I don't think that I will be there, for my life?


Todd: Oh, why?


 


 



n.清真寺
  • The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
  • Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前,清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。
清真寺; 伊斯兰教寺院,清真寺; 清真寺,伊斯兰教寺院( mosque的名词复数 )
  • Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下?
  • The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺,过去年久失修,现在已经修复。
adj./n.佛教的,佛教徒
  • The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
  • In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里,人世上一切事情都是空的。
n.佛;佛像;佛陀
  • Several women knelt down before the statue of Buddha and prayed.几个妇女跪在佛像前祈祷。
  • He has kept the figure of Buddha for luck.为了图吉利他一直保存着这尊佛像。
adj.难以置信的,不可信的,极好的,大量的
  • Some planets run at incredible speed.某些星球以难以置信的速度运行着。
  • Her answer showed the most incredible stupidity.她的回答显示出不可思议的愚蠢。
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