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
ACROPORIDAE
active scanning interval
Ad def.an.
additive colour
adrenocorticotropin (ACTH)
affadavit
aggregated nodule
approacher
as the actress said to the bishop
Asian Bond Market Initiative
Asurbanipal
Augustenborg Fd.
baisemain
Barcadera
barrel races
Basedow's pseudo-paraplegia
cadiminate
catheter slipjoint
chain ligature
chest compressions
circulation factor
coil heating
common elm (ulmus campestris l.)
controlled tap
cranchiid
cyamarin
date prompt
disk mill
drydocking survey
dynamic adjustment
elastic line method
ergot
family Alopiidae
fanjet engines
ferment odo(u)r
fev
fibroma of vagina
fishing games
foredoing
fringings
full-face tunnelling method
gastrointestinal disorders
glidepath tracking
glymidine sodium
goldsher
grissinoes
handmills
hapaxanthous
harrowest
high resolution infrared radiometer
hits the bricks
holopneustic type
Huntsman process
illuminating apparatus
input/output storage
irregularly scheduled
isoantigen
karyochromes
kicks out
kill stolen
kryptonites
lairg
liver sinusoid system
low tension wire
microreactors
movable action
Mussaenda hainanensis
Naphthol AS-GR
net.abuse
nonconsummated
open delta connection
panmixia, panmixis
paucispinis
play the violin
preapplies
PTSC
quick bread
redemptionism
rovner
samarium(iii) fluoride
schollenen
screw micrometer caliper
sink head
squdde
St-Christophe-du-Ligneron
step tread plate
streptobaeillus moniliforrais
supersonic density transmitter
talk sb out of sth
thank-worthy
the daylights out of
thick-heeled
thinocorid
three combination
time locks
tout
tuberculosis cutis indurativa
turnhout
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
unproductively
urgency of urination
weived