1. Most Americans are Christian.
大部分美国人是基督教徒。
2. I don’t like going to church.
我不喜欢去教堂。
3. There are different religions all over the world.
世界上有很多不同的宗教。
4. Religion is important to many people.
对许多人来说,宗教是很重要的。
5. It’s hard to define what is a superstition.
很难定义什么是迷信。
6. Faith is often a cause for some people to fight.
信仰经常是导致人们斗争的原因。
7. Some people believe in miracle.
有些人相信奇迹。
8. Fear often causes non-believers to pray.
恐惧经常会使不信教的人也来祈祷。
9. It’s comforting to believe in a life after death.
相信有来生,会让人感到欣慰。
10. Faith can keep people from doing bad things.
信仰可使人不做坏事。
11. I was wondering if you would like to go to the church with me this coming Sunday.
我在想这星期天你能否陪我去一趟教堂。
12. It’s just that I’m not very religious.
只不过我并不是很虔诚的教徒。
13. The past few years I've really become an agnostic.
过去几年来,我真可说成了一个不可知论者。
14. I just thought you might like my church’s Sunday service.
我只不过是想你可能会喜欢我那教堂的礼拜仪式。
15. Even though you aren’t religious, are you any particular| religion?
虽然你不很虔诚,但你是不是某个教派的教徒?
【生词解读】
1. Christian [5kristFEn] n. 基督教徒
2. religion [ri5lidVEn] n. 教派;宗教团体
3. define [di5fain] v. 解释,给...下定义
4. superstition [7sju:pE5stiFEn] n. 迷信;迷信行为
5. miracle [5mirEkEl] n. 奇迹;奇迹般的人(或物)
6. pray [prei] v. 祈祷,祈求
7. agnostic [A^5nCstik] n. 不可知论者
8. particular [pE5tikjulE] a. 特殊的;特定的;特别的