时间:2019-01-16 作者:英语课 分类:2017年NPR美国国家公共电台8月


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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:


Protestants have a major birthday to celebrate this year. It has been 500 years since Martin Luther brought about the Reformation. But many Protestant denominations 1 are concerned about a modern phenomenon they see every Sunday - empty pews, more and more of them. So clergy 2 are turning to new media to try and reel back in those who won't take the time to attend worship in person. Esme Nicholson reports from a, quote, "Twitter service" in Magdeburg, Germany.


(SOUNDBITE OF CHURCH BELLS)


ESME NICHOLSON, BYLINE 3: Here in the eastern city of Magdeburg, the monotone peal 4 of a single church bell calls a modest flock of parishioners to evening prayers. As the faithful file into a high-Gothic church where Martin Luther once delivered a sermon, most fumble 5 around in handbags and pockets, looking for their cell phones. But instead of dutifully switching off their phones and putting them away, these churchgoers take a pew and bow their heads over their lit-up devices as if they were prayer books.


RALF PETER REIMANN: (Speaking German).


NICHOLSON: This is a Twitter service, where the congregation is encouraged to tweet about the liturgy 6 and share their prayers online. Pastor 7 Ralf Peter Reimann says it's an experiment. He believes that social media can help the Protestant church retain and even gain followers 8.


REIMANN: There are lots of people who live online. And we want to include these people and offer them to participate in a way that's comfortable to them.


NICHOLSON: While Pastor Reimann preaches from behind the lectern, a chorus of young parishioners perching in the choir 9 stalls tweets about his sermon. Above them, a large screen displays a hashtagged feed, which, in real time, shows tweets coming from both within the church and from around Germany.


REIMANN: Luther talked about the priesthood of all believers. So if you use social media, it's like not only the pastor communicating on behalf of the church but Christians 11 commuting 12 among each other.


NICHOLSON: Embracing the latest media trend is nothing new for Protestants. Five hundred years ago, when Martin Luther first protested against corruption 13 in the Catholic Church, it was the printing press that helped his challenge to papal authority to, well, go viral.


ULRIKE ZITZLSPERGER: I think the parallels with the use of Twitter today are really strong.


NICHOLSON: Ulrike Zitzlsperger is a professor of German Studies at the University of Exeter. She says that in the 16th century, the pamphlet was the social media of the day.


ZITZLSPERGER: You've got a topic that engages not just an educated public but really the wider public, the laypeople. Everybody has a say.


NICHOLSON: Luther's followers shared these pamphlets and responded to them by printing their own. These Twitter-like discussions spread so rapidly that the Catholic Church could do little to censor 14 what it called heresy 15. Today though, it's no longer dissent 16 but disinterest that threatens the Christian 10 church in Europe. Back in Magdeburg, 86-year-old Ingeborg Brunner tiptoes out of church before the Twitter service is over. She doesn't have a smartphone. So she feels a little left out.


INGEBORG BRUNNER: (Through interpreter) It was certainly interesting. But it's not my cup of tea. I'm a little old for Twitter.


NICHOLSON: While Brunner says she's pleased the church is appealing to the digitally devout 17, regular churchgoers like her would rather sing than tweet.


(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)


UNIDENTIFIED CHOIR: (Singing in German).


NICHOLSON: After all, congregational singing is another major legacy 18 of the Reformation. For NPR News, I'm Esme Nicholson in Magdeburg.


(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)


UNIDENTIFIED CHOIR: (Singing in German).



n.宗派( denomination的名词复数 );教派;面额;名称
  • Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
  • The service was attended by Christians of all denominations. 这次礼拜仪式各教派的基督徒都参加了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.[总称]牧师,神职人员
  • I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望,我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
  • All the local clergy attended the ceremony.当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。
n.署名;v.署名
  • His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
  • We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。
n.钟声;v.鸣响
  • The bells of the cathedral rang out their loud peal.大教堂响起了响亮的钟声。
  • A sudden peal of thunder leaves no time to cover the ears.迅雷不及掩耳。
vi.笨拙地用手摸、弄、接等,摸索
  • His awkwardness made him fumble with the key.由于尴尬不安,他拿钥匙开锁时显得笨手笨脚。
  • He fumbled his one-handed attempt to light his cigarette.他笨拙地想用一只手点燃香烟。
n.礼拜仪式
  • A clergyman read the liturgy from the prayer-book.一名牧师照着祈祷书念祷文。
  • The mass is the church a kind of liturgy.弥撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。
n.牧师,牧人
  • He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。
  • We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师:教会的事是由五位执事管理的。
追随者( follower的名词复数 ); 用户; 契据的附面; 从动件
  • the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
  • The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。
n.唱诗班,唱诗班的席位,合唱团,舞蹈团;v.合唱
  • The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
  • The church choir is singing tonight.今晚教堂歌唱队要唱诗。
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.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )
  • Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
  • His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。
交换(的)
  • I used the commuting time to read and answer my mail. 我利用上下班在汽车中的时间来阅读和答复给我的函电。
  • Noncommuting objects are as real to the mathematicians as commuting objects. 对于数学家来说,不可交换的对象与可交换的对象是一样真实的。
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
n./vt.审查,审查员;删改
  • The film has not been viewed by the censor.这部影片还未经审查人员审查。
  • The play was banned by the censor.该剧本被查禁了。
n.异端邪说;异教
  • We should denounce a heresy.我们应该公开指责异端邪说。
  • It might be considered heresy to suggest such a notion.提出这样一个观点可能会被视为异端邪说。
n./v.不同意,持异议
  • It is too late now to make any dissent.现在提出异议太晚了。
  • He felt her shoulders gave a wriggle of dissent.他感到她的肩膀因为不同意而动了一下。
adj.虔诚的,虔敬的,衷心的 (n.devoutness)
  • His devout Catholicism appeals to ordinary people.他对天主教的虔诚信仰感染了普通民众。
  • The devout man prayed daily.那位虔诚的男士每天都祈祷。
n.遗产,遗赠;先人(或过去)留下的东西
  • They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
  • He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。
学英语单词
2-ethylhexyl methacrylate
a-ethical
abrasive hardness tester
Aglaia spectabilis
allouez
almost
am broadcast receivers
animal society
apparent wave height
back step
baggie
Barbaste
Benjamin bush
boughing
breaks out into
C13
calycinal
cerebrum exsiccatum
compensating equipment
content-addressed memory
contributing interests and value
curve of transverse metacenter
day on earth
dead reckoning (dr)
dejak
delirium cordis
difference in groups
dog-sitter
embryonal nuclear cataract
engine coolant
fairy doubler
fan tracery
Federal Travel Regulation
feel ill at east
finesterre
fouramine
functional factor
fusiform body
gameshows
genus attaleas
gorgan
guey calf
highrise
hyperconjugation effect
in different forms
in the mainour
independent risk
infracercal plates
inornata
insurance of unexpected injury of passenger
knee-piece
kom hamada (kawm hamadah)
landmannalaugars
lichen tropicus
lightman
locomotive braking distance
logotherapists
lynx caracals
machining fluid
mancophalic acid
Maxwell body
mcgeary
midwifery forceps
multiple-step
musculi interossei dorsales manus
mutter against sb
narrow-leaf cattails
New Zealand black mice
nibea albiflora
non-random search
olympic stadium
operating type
over-regulated
packoff bushing
paskoff
plain song notation
plastic card
primary battery
Ramón Gordo
ready use
response time window
reynold's number critical
ring of steel
Roman snail
sanctums
scrap-metals
Spirochaeta bronchialis
strength of blade
subfamily Loriinae
suspense receipts
thermochrome
trade settlement
transition kernel
UACTE (universal automatic control and test equipment)
unpercussive
unrespecting
unsavoured
velamentum abdominale
Vitis chungii
water discharging tube
well-integrateds
Wijs iodine number