VOA常速英语2008年-Slain Iraqi Catholic Archbishop Buried in Mosul
时间：2019-02-06 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（三月）
Irbil
14 March 2008
Iraq's Christian 1 minority has been mourning the death of the Catholic Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul. The Christian leader's body was found Thursday, more than two weeks after he was abducted 3 by gunmen in the northern Iraqi city. Daniel Schearf reports from the nearby city of Irbil.
Thousands of Chaldean Christians 4 gathered across Iraq Friday to pay their respects to the Chaldean Archbishop, Paulos Faraj Rahho.
The archbishop was abducted in late February by gunmen as he was leaving Mass. The abductors shot and killed three of his colleagues. Rahho's body was found this week in a shallow grave just outside of Mosul.
He appeared to have died some days ago, but it was not clear if his abductors murdered him or if he died of natural causes while in captivity 5.
Rahho was laid to rest in a church in the village of Kirmles, just east of Mosul, in services broadcast live on national television.
Mourners threw flowers on the rose-covered coffin 6 as it was carried through the church and ritually tapped against the walls.
In the Christian village of Ankawa, just north of Irbil, hundreds gathered to pray for a man they say was universally loved.
Bishop 2 Rufaael Bettu of the Saint Rafaael Church spoke 7 to Iraqi television.
He says the bishop was a man of peace, a man of prayer, a man of love, a man of dialogue and a man of tolerance 8. He says to those who committed this crime, they should not think that Christianity will end in Iraq. But rather, he says, the blood of martyrs 9 like Archbishop Rahho will flower new life.
The death of the archbishop was condemned 10 by Iraqi officials and internationally.
There are fewer than 1 million Christians in Iraq and Chaldeans are the largest group.
But thousands have fled since sectarian violence broke out following the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
Muslim terrorists and criminal groups have targeted Iraqi Christians accusing them of being "crusaders" for American-led forces. Many have been killed and abducted.
Rahho was the second archbishop abducted in Mosul in the last three years. In 2005 the Assyrian Archbishop was taken by gunmen, but released a day later unharmed.
- They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
- His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
- He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
- Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。
- Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
- The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。
- Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
- His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。
- A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
- He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。
- When one's coffin is covered,all discussion about him can be settled.盖棺论定。
- The coffin was placed in the grave.那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
- Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。