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Perpetua is charged with treason.
佩尔培图阿被指控为叛国
She's sent to prison to await her fate.
被关进监狱的她等候着残酷命运的到来
She keeps a diary,The earliest words that still survive
她喜欢写日记 现存最早的文字

Written by a Christian woman:
是由一位基督教妇女写下的:
"I am not to fight with beasts but against the devil."
和我斗争的并不是野兽 而是邪恶
"And I know that victory is waiting for me!"
"我知道胜利的曙光已经不远了!"
The ultimate test for any believer.To die for your faith.
信徒们的终极考验.就是为你的信仰而死
Christian dissident Perpetua faces a horrible death
基督教徒佩尔培图阿即将面对
In the arena at Carthage.
迦太基竞技场上残酷的死刑
Christians are thrown to wild animals,
基督教徒们会被扔向猛兽
Or covered in tar and burned alive,Or beheaded.
或全身涂上焦油活埋 或者是砍头
But Perpetua can still save herself
不过只要佩尔培图阿能够主动信仰罗马教神
If she makes an offering to the Roman Gods.
她仍然有一线希望活下来
The Romans come to these people and they say,
罗马人会跟这类人说
"Look you're stirring up trouble for us."
瞧你给我们惹出的麻烦
"Make some public declaration"
你公开声明
"That says you're not against the state."
说你没有反对这个国家
"Admit that the emperor is a god,"
承认罗马帝国就是你所敬重的神
"And that'll show that you are okay."
"你就能安然无恙"

重点讲解

1、survive
生存;存活;幸存
the sequence of events that left the eight pupils battling to survive in icy seas for over four hours.
致使这 8 个小学生在冰冷的海水里挣扎求生四个多小时的一连串事件
Those organisms that are most suited to the environment will be those that will survive.
最适宜该环境的微生物将会存活下来。
挺过;艰难度过
On my first day here I thought, 'Ooh, how will I survive?'
我第一天到这儿时就想，“天哪，我怎么能挺过去呢?”
people who are struggling to survive without jobs.
艰难度日的失业者
幸存;幸免于难;留存
When the market economy is introduced, many factories will not survive.
引入市场经济后，许多工厂将面临倒闭。
The chances of a planet surviving a supernova always looked terribly slim.
行星躲过超新星爆发的几率总是十分渺茫。
2、dissident
持不同政见者;异议者
political dissidents.
持不同政见者
former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky.
前苏联持不同政见者纳坦·夏兰斯基
有不同意见的;持不同政见的
a dissident Russian novelist.
持不同政见的俄罗斯小说家
She was suspected of having links with a dissident group.
她被怀疑与一个持不同政见的政治团体有关联。