时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:2014年ESL之日常生活


英语课

 


Converting to Another Religion


Debbie: Okay, I’m off. I’ll be back around eight o’clock. 


Marcelo: Hey, where are you going in such a hurry? 


Debbie: I’m going to my religious education class. 


Marcelo: Religious education class? What’s that about? 


Debbie: Well, I’ve decided 1 to convert to McQuillanism. 


Marcelo: I’m not familiar with that denomination 2. It is Christian 3, isn’t it? 


Debbie: No, it isn’t, but there are some similarities in the spiritual teachings between McQuillanism and Christianity, but we have different ways of worshiping – different prayers, hymns 4, and rituals. 


Marcelo: It doesn’t sound legit. Are you sure McQuillanism isn’t really a cult 5


Debbie: Of course not. My spiritual leader has been tutoring me on the tenets of the faith so I understand it, but I can see why you’d question it, since you don’t know anything about it. 


Marcelo: Well, as long as you’re satisfied. 


Debbie: I am and I can’t wait to become a full- fledged McQuillanite. McQuillanism is a little unconventional, but we take our faith very seriously. 


Marcelo: Have it your way. What’s that you’re carrying? 


Debbie: It’s a cat costume. As I said, we do things a little differently. 


Marcelo: I’m sorry I asked. 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 decided
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。
2 denomination
n.命名,取名,(度量衡、货币等的)单位
  • The firm is still operating under another denomination.这家公司改用了名称仍在继续营业。
  • Litre is a metric denomination.升是公制单位。
3 Christian
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。
4 hymns
n.赞美诗,圣歌,颂歌( hymn的名词复数 )
  • At first, they played the hymns and marches familiar to them. 起初他们只吹奏自己熟悉的赞美诗和进行曲。 来自英汉非文学 - 百科语料821
  • I like singing hymns. 我喜欢唱圣歌。 来自辞典例句
5 cult
n.异教,邪教;时尚,狂热的崇拜
  • Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书,但有一定的崇拜者。
  • The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。
学英语单词
agricere
alkylsiloxane
association clause
bamboo nail
Batidrol
belar
bio-hazard
brandy-cowe
bromoperoxidases
by the roots
centrolenids
Chamberlain, Neville
claimful
Claude Levi-Strauss
clytus viridescens
conic projection
consilium
constant growth rate
create file
culpose
deenergizing circuit
deep tillage area
detonator circuit
disarticulated(disarticulatus)
Embutal
emp-num
exchange frequency
Fillet of Veal
finitely additive
genus Pleurobrachia
glamourousness
homogone
hone gate
indeterminate form
indoor antenna
initial public offerings
Jerubbesheth
lithogeny
managing directors
mean inequality
mechanical integration
mephenytoin
mesotype (natrolite)
micro-filtration
mismarked
non operating company
nutritional ingredient
oil level warning sensor
Paraleucobryum
parametrix
part-timer
passenger line
payment against document
peronospora trifoliorum de bary
piezoelectric voltage
pneumoniac
poblet
power-frequency test
pressure seal
public works project
pump suction pressure
push bicycle
quantum photoelectric effect
recorder reproducer
red-sear
redroots
remain out
revised product matrix algorithm
ronroco
row against the tide
sahba
schuller
self-containing unit
self-interpreting
shipboard communication
simple wart
slave compass
spectacle stone
spread-blade cutter
spurge-wort
St-Brieuc
strand lake
sub-cooled boiling
suncup
sympathetic nerve fiber
techniphone
thebaine
thermothyrins
think different
transfer channel
trick out of
turbo prop
Ukyr
ultrasonically
undiverse
unexpected braking
variance-ratio transformation
videotransmitter
wash load
with the utmost gravity
wreck mark