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A new Book of Common Prayer required in all parishes for the first time

所有教区首次指定 《公祷书》为唯一祈祷用书

brought English into the heart of the church service.

将英语作为礼拜仪式的核心

To get a measure of the cultural revolution that took place,

若想感受这里发生的 宗教改革的程度

you need only come here to Hailes Church in Gloucestershire.

你只需来到 格洛斯特郡的黑尔斯教会

Three years of state-sponsored iconoclasm have produced this.

三年里 全国发起的去除旧习的行动 成果如下

No more stone altar,just a user-friendly communion table.

祭台不复存在 只剩下实用的圣餐台

This whole arrangement is designed to abolish the distance between the priest and his flock.

所有这些布置 意在拉近神父与民众的距离

The screen which had been a barrier protecting the mystery of the Mass is now just a way in to the communion,

这个曾被用来 捍卫弥撒仪式神秘性的地方 如今变成了信徒与神父

a gathering of the faithful along with their priest.

沟通和聚会的场所

As if all this wasn't shocking enough,imagine that some day in 1550,

如果这一切还不足以令你震惊 请想像1550年的某天

when, for the first time, the priest invited the congregation to partake of communion,

神父第一次 邀请其教徒一起

using those English words never before heard in church,"Dearly beloved".

甚至用到了从未在教堂中出现过的词汇: "挚爱的"

The familiarity of this must have made many of them squirm,

这样的亲切感 肯定使很多教徒诚惶诚恐

rather like these days hearing a trendy vicar insist, "Call me Bob."

就像如今我们在教堂中 听到一位神父执意让你亲昵地直呼名讳一样

词汇解析

1、arrangement

安排；准备；筹划

The staff is working frantically on final arrangements for the summit.

工作人员正紧张忙乱地为峰会做最后准备。

She telephoned Ellen, but made no arrangements to see her.

她给埃伦打了电话，但没有约她见面。

商定；约定；协议

The caves can be visited only by prior arrangement.

这些洞穴只接受预约参观。

Her class teacher made a special arrangement to discuss her progress at school once a month.

她班上的老师作了特别安排，每月讨论一次她在学业上的进展情况。

排列；布置；整理

The house was always decorated with imaginative flower arrangements.

这所房子总是摆放着富有创意的插花。

an arrangement of dark-blue armchairs around a coffee table.

咖啡桌周围摆放了一些深蓝色扶手椅

2、insist

坚持;坚决认为(或主张、要求)

My family insisted that I should not give in, but stay and fight.

家里人坚持认为我不应让步,而应该留下来继续抗争。

She insisted on being present at all the interviews.

她坚持所有采访自己都要在场。

坚称;坚持说

The president insisted that he was acting out of compassion, not opportunism.

总统坚持说他如此做是出于同情而不是为了投机。

It's not that difficult, she insists.

“并没有那么困难,”她坚持说。