情景英语口语100主题 077religion宗教

077　religion

Words
Christianity Buddhism² lslam Taoism Christian¹ Buddhist³ muslim tao monk⁴ priest belief god
Temple church teachings bible pray pope cathedral mosque⁵ shrine⁶ reincarnation atheist⁷

Phrases
Attend a church service
Hold religious beliefs
Believe in (a ) god/hell
Have faith in
Worship (a) god
Life after death
Go on pilgrimage

Beginner
A: do you believe in god?
B: not at all. I’m an agnostic. Go you?
A; I’m not sure. Why don’t you believe there is a god?
B; I think everything has a scientific explanation rather than a theological one.
A: I basically believe in science over theology. I mean, I believe in evolution for example. However, there are many things that science hasn’t explained yet.
B; I’m sure that science will explain everything eventually. I think that the strangest thing about religion is that so many religions people act in ways that their religion claims are wrong.
A: for example?
B; religions preach tolerance⁸, but many wars are caused by intolerant religious fanatics⁹.
A; yes. Such people don’t appear to be acting¹⁰ in accordance with their religious beliefs.


Intermediate
A: hi! What are you watching?
B: it’s a programme about islam. It’s very interesting.
A: wow! So many people! Where are they and what are they doing?
B: they are muslims on a pilgrimage to mecca. Muslims call this pilgrimage “haj”.
A; why do they go there?
B; muslims believe that every man who is able should go on a haj at least once in his life. Mecca is the spiritual centre of the muslim faith.
A; when muslims pray, they face towards mecca.
B; that’s right. Unfortunately, so many people go on the haj each year that there are often stampeds and people get killed.
A: I heard about that. The pilgrims must walk around a large, sacred black stone.
B; that’s right. That’s when accidents often happen. The Saudi government tries to limit the number of pilgrims, to reduce the chances of accidents.
A: pilgrimages are common in many faiths.
B; yes. In England, Christian pilgrims might go to Canterbury and many Christians¹¹ go to the Vatican on pilgrimages.
A; isn’t there a place in france where people go to get healed?
B: I think that place is Lourdes. There are many stories of people being healed after visting there.
A; do you think that there is something magical about that place?
B: personally. I think that people believe they will be healed and that faith causes a change in their mind that cures them. I don’t think place is magical in any way.

1 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• 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。

2 Buddhism   

n.佛教（教义）

参考例句：

• Buddhism was introduced into China about 67 AD.佛教是在公元67年左右传入中国的。
• Many people willingly converted to Buddhism.很多人情愿皈依佛教。

3 Buddhist   

adj./n.佛教的，佛教徒

参考例句：

• The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
• In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。

4 monk   

n.和尚，僧侣，修道士

参考例句：

• The man was a monk from Emei Mountain.那人是峨眉山下来的和尚。
• Buddhist monk sat with folded palms.和尚合掌打坐。

5 mosque   

n.清真寺

参考例句：

• The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
• Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。

6 shrine   

n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣

参考例句：

• The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
• They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。

7 atheist   

n.无神论者

参考例句：

• She was an atheist but now she says she's seen the light.她本来是个无神论者，可是现在她说自己的信仰改变了。
• He is admittedly an atheist.他被公认是位无神论者。

8 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

9 fanatics   

狂热者，入迷者( fanatic的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The heathen temple was torn down by a crowd of religions fanatics. 异教徒的神殿被一群宗教狂热分子拆除了。
• Placing nukes in the hands of baby-faced fanatics? 把核弹交给一些宗教狂热者手里？

10 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

11 Christians   

n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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。