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BY THE SUMMER OF 2005,
2005年夏天，
the Reverend Richard Joyner of Conetoe Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
小鎮(zhèn)傳教浸信會(huì)的牧師——理查德·喬伊納
realized he was conducting funerals twice a month
意識(shí)到自己一個(gè)月主持兩次葬禮
—a startling number given his town's tiny population.
——考慮到小鎮(zhèn)人口稀少，這個(gè)數(shù)字令人吃驚。
Nearly 300 souls call Conetoe home.
將近300位死去者的靈魂在這里安息。
The predominantly African American hamlet is situated in North Carolina's Edgecombe County,
這個(gè)以非裔美國人為主的小村莊位于北卡羅來納州的埃奇康比縣，
where a quarter of households live below the poverty line
四分之一的家庭生活在貧困線以下
and heart disease kills more 20- to 39-year-olds than do car accidents.
20到39歲死于心臟病的人數(shù)大于車禍死亡人數(shù)。
"I've closed too many coffins on young people," Joyner, 64, says.
64歲的喬伊納說：“我為年輕人蓋的棺材太多了?！?/div>
The pastor found it difficult to comfort the grieving:
牧師發(fā)現(xiàn)這種悲傷情緒一直難以治愈：
"How do you tell someone who's just lost a child to poor nutrition that this was God's plan when it was totally preventable?
“你如何告訴一個(gè)剛剛因?yàn)闋I養(yǎng)不良而失去孩子的人，這是上帝的計(jì)劃，而這是完全可以預(yù)防的?”
Who would hang out with that God?"
誰會(huì)和上帝在一起?”
Driving home one day and beginning to doubt his own beliefs,
一天喬伊納開車回家，開始懷疑自己的信仰，
Joyner pulled over and began to pray.
喬伊納把車停在路邊，開始祈禱。
"I heard a voice saying, 'Maybe you'd get further with your eyes open,'"
“我聽到一個(gè)聲音說，‘也許你睜開眼睛就能走得更遠(yuǎn)?！?/div>
he remembers.
他回憶道。
He looked around, and all he saw was farmland. It gave him an idea:
他環(huán)顧四周，除了荒涼的土地外一無所有，他突然想到一個(gè)主意：
Get the kids involved.
讓孩子們參與進(jìn)來。
| 重點(diǎn)單詞 | 查看全部解釋 | |||
| comfort | ['kʌmfət] |
想一想再看 n. 舒適，安逸，安慰，慰藉 |
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| nutrition | [nju:'triʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 營養(yǎng) |
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| original | [ə'ridʒənl] |
想一想再看 adj. 最初的，原始的，有獨(dú)創(chuàng)性的，原版的 |
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| poverty | ['pɔvəti] |
想一想再看 n. 貧困，貧乏 |
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| preventable | [pri'ventəbl, pri:-] |
想一想再看 adj. 可預(yù)防的；可阻止的；可防止的 |
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| chapel | ['tʃæpəl] |
想一想再看 n. 小禮拜堂，禮拜儀式，私人祈禱處，唱詩班，印刷廠工會(huì) |
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| startling | ['stɑ:tliŋ] |
想一想再看 adj. 驚人的 動(dòng)詞startle的現(xiàn)在分詞 |
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| population | [.pɔpju'leiʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 人口 ，(全體)居民，人數(shù) |
聯(lián)想記憶 |
