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【一起听英语】宗教信仰

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今天罗博和尼尔主要讨论的话题是宗教信仰......

Rob: Hello I’m Rob. Welcome to 6 Minute English. I’m joined today by Neil. Hello

Neil.

Neil: Hi there Rob. And I'm sure you'll join me in wishing our Muslim listeners Eid

Mubarak!

Rob: Yes, indeed, Eid Mubarak! The end of Ramadan is approaching and they will

be celebrating 'Eid-ul-Fitr', the Festival of the Breaking of Fast.

Neil: 'Fast' is the word for a period of time when you don't eat. And when you eat

after a fast you break your fast.

Rob: Today we are going to talk about Ramadan. But first a question for you, Neil.

Neil: OK. What is it?

Rob: Well, many people around the world are celebrating Ramadan at the

moment. But how many people follow Islam? Is it about:

a) 1.2 billion

b) 1.5 billion or

c) 1.8 billion people

Neil: Right. This is going to be a complete guess. I'll go for the middle option, b)

1.5 billion.

Rob: OK, interesting guess. And do you know which country has the biggest

Muslim population? Do you want to risk a guess?

Neil: I think I know this. I'm going to say Indonesia.

Rob: OK, well, all will be revealed at the end of the programme. First, let's

understand what this celebration is all about.

Neil: Muslims believe in a God called Allah. Eid is an occasion when they thank

Allah for helping1 them to have bettered themselves by giving up food.

Rob: It is. I asked Muna, our colleague from the Arabic Service at the BBC World

Service, to explain the main purpose of Ramadan. Listen out for the word

which means the ability to control yourself.

Muna, BBC World Service's Arabic Section:

Ramadan is the holy month when we fast. We begin the day with one meal after dawn.

We finish our fast with another meal with the sunset. After this whole month comes Eid

to reward ourselves for this worship. And it's a kind of discipline, to discipline

ourselves and to let us feel how people in need feel when they don't have enough food.

And every Muslim should give an amount of money to the people in need after this

fasting.

Neil: Muna uses the word 'discipline'. When you fast you resist the temptation of

eating.

Rob: And she also talks about reward. After a month of fasting and worship, which

means showing a strong admiration2 and respect for God – Allah in this case –

the followers3 of Islam reward themselves with the festival called Eid.

Neil: She says people fast in order to understand the way others in need live.

Rob: People in need – poor people – don't have enough food to eat and might feel

hungry for most of the time and this period of fasting helps Muslims to

experience that.

Neil: And then every Muslim is required to donate – that's give money or gifts - to

the poor. And what does Muna do during Eid?

Rob: Well, Muna, who is a Palestinian living in London, tells us. Listen out for what

she does in the mosque4, or the Islamic temple.

Muna, the BBC World Service's Arabic Section:

We go to the mosque after the sunset and we pray together. Then we have coffee and

sweets together. We visit each other. We spend the whole night talking and celebrating

and… in Saudi Arabia for example they can go to festivals, go to coffee shops… yes,

(there are) different ways of celebrating Ramadan and Eid.

 

Neil: Pray – it's when you speak to God privately5 or in a religious ceremony, when

you want to express love for God or ask for something or just say 'thank you

for helping me'. Ramadan and Eid also seem to be very social occasions.

Rob: Muna will go to the mosque and after she prays with other Muslims, they eat

together and talk a lot.

Neil: So, there's a personal challenge of fasting, when you have to have discipline.

And also the social aspect of making donations to the poor and sharing a

meal with friends and fellow Muslims.

Rob: And there's another Eid coming up, Neil. It's called 'Eid-ul-Adha'. It's going to

be celebrated6 in October. Let's listen to what Muna has to say. What happens

before that other Eid is celebrated?

Muna, the BBC World Service's Arabic Section:

The other Eid comes after (the) pilgrimage to the holy places in Saudi Arabia and in

this Eid also the other worship we do is to slaughter7 sheep or cow or camel and give this

meat to people in need.

Neil: Ah, a pilgrimage – it means a visit to a special place to show respect. In this

case, it is a visit to holy places in Saudi Arabia. It's after the 'Hajj", the

journey to Mecca.

Rob: And again there's a concern about the poor. Muna said the meat of an animal

is offered to those who haven't got enough to eat.

Neil: And now I'm very keen to know how many Muslims there are in the world,

Rob. Was I right at the beginning of the programme?

Rob: Well, the options were a) 1.2 billion; b) 1.5 billion; and c) 1.8 billion people.

Neil: And I said b) 1.5 billion.

Rob: You did, didn't you? And you were right. According to a 2010 study by the

Pew Research Center in the US, Islam is followed by 1.57 billion people,

making up over 23% of the world population. The largest Muslim population

in a country is in Indonesia, a secular8 nation home to 12.7% of the world's

Muslims. Well done! You got both questions right, Neil.

Neil: Fantastic!

Rob: Unfortunately, we're running out of time but before we go, could you please

remind us of some of the English words we’ve heard today?

Neil: We heard:

fast

breaking (a fast)

reward

worship

discipline

in need

to donate

mosque

pray

pilgrimage

Rob: Thank you, Neil. Well that’s it for this programme. Please join us soon again

for 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.

Both: Bye and Eid Mubarak!


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1 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
2 admiration afpyA     
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕
参考例句:
  • He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。
  • We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。
3 followers 5c342ee9ce1bf07932a1f66af2be7652     
追随者( follower的名词复数 ); 用户; 契据的附面; 从动件
参考例句:
  • 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。
4 mosque U15y3     
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。
5 privately IkpzwT     
adv.以私人的身份,悄悄地,私下地
参考例句:
  • Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
  • The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。
6 celebrated iwLzpz     
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的
参考例句:
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
7 slaughter 8Tpz1     
n.屠杀,屠宰;vt.屠杀,宰杀
参考例句:
  • I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
  • Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。
8 secular GZmxM     
n.牧师,凡人;adj.世俗的,现世的,不朽的
参考例句:
  • We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
  • Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。
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