胡敏读故事记单词雅思词汇第3课:An adaptable administration 随机应
日期:2016-06-03 17:25

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胡敏读故事记单词雅思词汇

An adaptable administration

随机应变的管理部门

Last Advent our local Catholic Church adopted a new policy for dealing with teenagers struggling through adolescence.

上次降临节的时候.本 地天主教堂采取了一项 新政策 帮助那些青春期有问 题的青少年

The new priest. originally from New York.

新牧师来自纽约.

addressed the issue that day in his sermon about adjusting our view

在那天的布道当中谈到 了这个问题.他让大家 调整看法.

to administer help to those young people who were helpless.

给那些在这个困难 时期无助、

without support and suffering during this difficult time of life.

无援而且饱受痛苦的 年轻人以帮助.

This would include dealing with drug addicts.young single mothers.

其中包括帮助瘾君子、 年轻的单身妈妈

and youth with disciplinary problems that most people simply wanted to avoid.

以及那些大部分人不愿 理睬的不良少年.

It was admittedly a controversial talk.

无可否认.牧师的这段 话容易引起争议.

but his words spoke to us all

但他的话引起了大家的 兴趣.

and we all decided to be adaptable to trying something new for our community.

于是我们决定适应新形 势.为社区建设做一些 新的尝试.

The local catholic administration was more adverse to the concept.

我们这里的天主教管理 部门对这个观念更加充 满了敌意.

They did not want to have troublemakers adjacent to lonely widows young children.

他们不想让那些捣蛋鬼 们邻近独守空房的寡妇 小孩子、

orphans and others that the church was already adept at dealing with.

孤儿以及其他人.因为 教堂已经很擅长于照顾 这些人.

The new priest gave his admission to this

新牧师对此表示接受

and promised to build a separate addition

并且答应对教堂 进行单独的扩建.

for the adolescents he would work with.

供他开展帮助青少年 的工作使用.

He also agreed to adhere to all traditional administ -rative procedures

他还同意遵守所有传统 管理程序.

and to submit to their ultimate authority.

服从他们的最高权威.

The adaptation to the Church's focus was a great success.

对教堂工作重点的适应 取得了巨大的成功.

Troubled youth began coming in and out of the new building adjoining the Church

那些问题青年开始在毗 连教堂的新建筑中进进 出出.

with smiles on their faces and a renewed hope for life.

每个人脸上都带着微笑 对生活重新充满了希望

And while it was advisable for the priest to work with a team of volunteers

尽管牧师与一群志愿者 们一起工作可能更明智 一些.

each adolescent began to see him as the father that they had never had.

每个青少年都已经开始 把他看成是他们不曾有 过的父亲.

Lives were changed. needs were met.and attendance grew.

生活得到了改变.需要 得到了满足.来参加活 动的人越来越多.

The administration was very pleased.

教会管理部门对此 非常满意.

Tomorrow is Advent again.

明天又是降临节.

It has been one year since we changed our outlook and we have much to celebrate !

我们改变观点已经有一 年了.我们有很多东西 值得庆祝.

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重点单词
  • spokev. 说,说话,演说
  • adverseadj. 不利的
  • celebratev. 庆祝,庆贺,颂扬
  • sermonn. 布道,说教
  • administervt. 管理,执行,给与,用(药) vi. 执行管理人职
  • adoptv. 采用,收养,接受
  • adherevi. 坚守于,对 ... 忠贞,紧抓着,遵守 vt.
  • additionn. 增加,附加物,加法
  • adaptationn. 改编,改编成的作品,适应
  • adolescentadj. 青春期的,青少年的 n. 青少年