英语小达人 363 Christian Bear

 　　Christian¹ Bear基督徒熊One day this preacher decided² that he would skip church and go hunting.

　　一天，牧师决定不去教堂而去打猎。

　　When in the woods he came upon a bear. He started running, and he ran for a while all of a sudden he tripped over a tree root. At this moment he was almost face to face with the bear.

　　在丛林中他遇到了一只熊。他开始跑，跑啊跑，突然他被树根绊倒了。熊就近在眼前了。

　　He dropped to his knees and said, "Dear Lord, if there is one wish I would want for you to give me it would be to make this bear a Christian."他跪倒在地，说道：“上帝，我祈祷这只熊是个基督徒。”

　　And at that instant, the bear halted to a stop and dropped to his knees and said, "Dear Lord, thank you for the food I am about to receive!"就在这时，那只熊停下脚步，跑了下来说：“上帝，感谢你赐予我的食物！”

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 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。