疯狂英语口语现场 Un02_1

[03:43.56]He usually gives good advice and can help point you in the right direction.
[03:46.69]他通常能提出很好的建议，能帮助你指出正确的方向。
[03:49.83]He gave me some information,
[03:51.71]他给了我一些信息，
[03:53.59]and next week I'm going to take a look at some of the colleges he recommended.
[03:56.62]下周我打算去看一看他给我推荐的几所大学。
[03:59.65]Ann:  Thanks for the information.  And good luck in your college search.
[04:02.52]——多谢你给我提供这些信息。祝你找学校时好运。
[04:05.39]Laura:  I’m not a Christian.
[04:08.18]——我不是一个基督徒。
[04:10.96]I just want to know why Americans believe that sort of thing.
[04:13.48]我只想知道为什么美国人相信那种事情。
[04:16.00]John:  Believe what?
[04:17.58]——相信什么事？
[04:19.16]Laura:  You know… like, say God is the creator of the universe,
[04:21.89]——你知道……像上帝是宇宙的创造者，
[04:24.62]the Bible, and Jesus Christ...
[04:26.70]圣经，以及基督耶稣……
[04:28.77]John:  You don’t believe that?
[04:30.46]——你不相信这些？
[04:32.14]Everyone interprets the Bible in a different way.
[04:34.42]每个人对圣经有不同的理解
[04:36.69]To some people, the Gospe is a source of much comfort.
[04:39.47]对一些人来说，圣经福音是安逸、舒适的源泉。
[04:42.25]Laura:  What do you believe, John?  Are you Christian?
[04:44.63]——约翰，你相信什么？你是基督徒吗？
[04:47.01]John:  To tell you the truth, I don’t know if I’m a Christian or not.
[04:50.04]——说实话，我不知道我是否是基督徒。
[04:53.07]Christians don’t often share the same belief.
[04:55.50]基督徒并不常常有共同的信仰。
[04:57.93]But I believe that we all possess, by the grace of God,
[05:00.51]但我相信在上帝的慈悲下，
[05:03.10]the potentia to create fantastic changes on this earth.
[05:05.58]我们都拥有潜力使这个世界发生一些了不起的变化。
[05:08.06]Laura:  Do you believe that one religion is better than another?
[05:10.54]——你认为一种教派比另一种好吗？
[05:13.03]John: No, all religions are essentially based on the same ideals,
[05:16.00]——不，所有教派基本上都基于相同的理想，
[05:18.98]so no one is really better.
[05:20.90]所以没有一个真正比另一个好。
[05:22.82]Laura:  Do you go to church regularly?
[05:24.86]——你定期去教堂吗？
[05:26.90]John:  When I’m home in the States, I go, but not in China.
[05:29.33]——当我在美国的家时，我去，但是在中国不去。
[05:31.76]Candy:  Which church do you attend?
[05:34.79]——你去哪一所教堂？
[05:37.82]Joseph:  I am Mormon,
[05:39.44]——我是摩门教徒，
[05:41.05]so I go to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
[05:43.58]所以我去摩门教堂
[05:46.10]Candy:  What’s the difference between this and other Churches?
[05:48.53]——这个教堂和其他的有什么区别？
[05:50.96]Joseph:  Mormons believe that,
[05:52.73]——摩门教徒相信，
[05:54.51]after the death of Christ and the death of the Apostles,
[05:56.94]在耶稣和使徒死后，
[05:59.37]their church Christ founded became corrupt
[06:01.50]耶稣成立的他们的教堂开始变得腐败，
[06:03.62]and the authority of Christ on earth was lost to men.
[06:06.00]（叛教者）男人滥用世上的基督权利。
[06:08.38]In 1830,a prophet named Joseph Smith was brought up by God to restore the church.
[06:12.31]在1830年，一个名叫约瑟夫?史密斯的先知被上帝养大使教堂复原。
[06:16.24]Candy:  Then does that mean the other churches are corrupt?
[06:18.81]——那么，那就意味着其他教堂很腐败吗？
[06:21.39]Joseph: That means that they all have parts of the original gospel, but not all.
[06:24.37]——那意味着他们都有部分最初的福音，但并不是所有的。
[06:27.34]Candy:  Do you believe that Mormons have all of it?   Joseph:  Yes.
[06:29.77]——你认为摩门教就全有吗？ ——是的。
[06:32.20]Candy:  Why do you really go to church?
[06:34.42]——你去教堂的真正原因是什么？
[06:36.64]Joseph:  We gather together to encourage each other;
[06:38.88]——我们聚在一起互相鼓励，
[06:41.11]because we have common beliefs.
[06:42.83]因为我们有共同的信仰。
[06:44.56]We come together and call it church.
[06:46.67]我们聚在一起，并称之为教堂。
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