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Early in his reign, Edward,perhaps acting from religious conviction,

在统治的早期 爱德华 或许是根据教会的裁定

outlawed money lending, and so putting most of England's Jews out of business.

禁止了资金借贷 导致大部分英格兰的犹太人破产

He then forced them to wear yellow felt badges of identification.

随后他强迫犹太人佩戴黄色毛毡徽章以标识身份

And so be recognised as the sub-species of humanity.He undoubtedly believed they were.

犹太人被界定为下等民族 爱德华对这一点确信无疑

A year after his first Welsh invasion,

在他入侵威尔士一年之后

Edward arrested all the heads of the Jewish households and hanged nearly 300 in the tower.

爱德华抓捕了所有犹太家庭的户主 并在伦敦塔上吊死了其中将近300人

Not satisfied with this,he expelled the entire community,perhaps 3,000 people in 1290,

他对此并不满足 在1290年 他将整个犹太族群 大约3000人 逐出了国境

an act so overwhelmingly popular,especially with the Church that it awarded him a huge tax grant.

此举获得了广泛的支持 特别是教会 奖赏了他丰厚的税务补贴

So it's Edward's England which became the first country to perform a little act of ethnic cleansing on its Jews,

爱德华统治的英格兰可谓 对犹太人进行种族清洗的始作俑者

the violent uprooting of communities in York, Lincoln and London.

在约克郡 林肯郡和伦敦 犹太族群被暴力地连根铲除

It was not plain sailing for the Jews aboard one deportation boat in the Thames.

犹太人沿着泰晤士河的放逐之旅 并非风平浪静

At Queenborough,the captain encouraged his Jewish passengers

在昆伯勒 船长诱骗那些犹太乘客

to stretch their legs as the ship beached on the receding tide.

在船因退潮搁浅的时候 下船去活动筋骨

As it returned, he barred them from getting back aboard,

当潮水袭来时 船长却禁止他们上船

challenging them to call on their god to part the waves as he had with the red sea.

并要求他们祈祷 让他们的主劈开波浪 就如传说中劈开红海那般

But there was no miracle this time.They all drowned.

但是这次神迹没有显灵 他们全部溺水而亡

词汇解析

1、conviction

坚定的信念(或主张)

It is our firm conviction that a step forward has been taken.

我们坚信已经向前迈进了一步。

Their religious convictions prevented them from taking up arms.

由于宗教信仰的原因，他们不会拿起武器进行反抗。

定罪;判罪

He will appeal against his conviction.

他会对判决提起上诉。

The man was known to the police because of previous convictions.

因为有犯罪前科，警察们都认识这个人。

令人信服;有说服力

Nor did his denial carry conviction.

他的否认也没有说服力。

2、expel

开除;将…除名

More than five-thousand secondary school students have been expelled for cheating.

5,000多名中学生因为作弊被开除。

a boy expelled from school for making death threats to his teacher.

因为威胁要杀死老师而被学校开除的男孩

逐出;驱逐

An American academic was expelled from the country yesterday.

昨天一位美国学者被逐出该国。

They were told at first that they should simply expel the refugees.

一开始有人告诉他们应该直接将那些难民驱逐出境。