美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-07-12

 A couple of weeks ago, there was a particularly tragic¹ event in the waters outside of Sicily  where ten people died. They were caught in a fisherman's nets and the fisherman cut the nets and let them go, ten people died.  

 

Pope Francis says that particularly moment, particularly touched him, that story, he wanted to make his first visit, at Lampedusa, to sort of memorize, all the many people who have died. By some estimates 25,000 people have lost their lives in the last 15 years also, making  their way from North Africa to Lampedusa. As he approached the port of the Lampedusa, he made a reef of flowers in the water and said a prayer for the people who have died. And then he gave a mass on 15,000 people wearing purple vestments which are normally reserved for him appears in the morning. And he stood as a very emotion behind an ultimate, the remnant, of some of these migrant ships that crashed on the shores of this rocky island of Sicily. 

 

I think this really does underscore that he is a pope that peoples hope in many way. He wanted to shun² the pageantry, that nornally goes with papal visit. He didn’t want any politician to accompany him on this papal trip. He didn’t want even some of the cardinals³ from Rome to come with him. He wanted to meet the people of Lampedusa and thank them for their, for opening their hearts and their homes to these migrants and refugees that come. And he also wanted to do it in the most simple way possible which we have seen time and time again of this pope since he taken office in March earlier this year.

1 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

2 shun   

vt.避开，回避，避免

参考例句：

• Materialists face truth,whereas idealists shun it.唯物主义者面向真理，唯心主义者则逃避真理。
• This extremist organization has shunned conventional politics.这个极端主义组织有意避开了传统政治。

3 cardinals   

红衣主教( cardinal的名词复数 )； 红衣凤头鸟（见于北美，雄鸟为鲜红色）； 基数

参考例句：

• cardinals in scarlet robes 身披红袍的枢机主教
• A conclave of cardinals was held to elect the new Pope. 红衣主教团举行了秘密会议来选举新教皇。