英语泛读(江苏自考).docx

英语泛读(江苏自考) 英语泛读(江苏自考) PAGE PAGE 8 英语泛读(江苏自考) essay on america 美国杂文 当清教徒住在英国时，他们因宗教信仰而受到迫害。 The church of england prohibited them from worshipping in their own way. 英国教会禁止他们以自己的方式崇拜。 there was no debate about the validity of the puritans doctrine. 关于清教徒教义的有效性，没有争论。 they were considered heretics by the absolute power and authority of the church ,exercising the power of the status quo. 他们被认为是异端的绝对权力和权威的教会，行使权力的现状。 (当清教徒居住在英国时，他们因其宗教信仰而受到迫害。英格兰教会禁止他们以自己的方式礼拜。没有关于清教徒教义的有效性的辩论。他们被教会的绝对权力和权威视为异教徒，行使现状的权力。) the Church of Englang believed in Christianity. 英国教会信奉基督教。 but was it the teaching of their founder to persecute others,lock them and take away their freedom simply because their beliefs were different? 但是，仅仅因为他们的信仰不同，他们的创立者的教导就是迫害他人，锁住他们，剥夺他们的自由吗？ In this case ,if they had cared to see,their own professed beliefs would have acted as a mirror to expose their hypocrisy and evil. 在这种情况下，如果他们想看的话，他们自己宣称的信仰就会成为一面镜子，揭露他们的虚伪和邪恶。 having the change to resettle in America the puritans acted. 清教徒们改变了在美国定居的计划。 if they had stayd in England,the Church and the Government would have destroyed them because of their beliefs and because they did not have the support from the general populace at the time. 如果他们留在英国，教会和政府就会因为他们的信仰而摧毁他们，因为他们当时没有得到一般民众的支持。 what happened to the Puritans and their choice to settle in America set in motion a wave of determination so great,it not only became the driving force of the development and character of America society,but it also became the impetus for the spreading of human rights and democracy worldwide. 清教徒所发生的事情，以及他们在美国定居的选择，掀起了一股如此强烈的决心浪潮，它不仅成为美国社会发展和品格的动力，也成为人权和民主在世界范围内传播的动力。 Why was this force so powerful that nothing could stop it form displaying its indomitable resolve in human spirit? 为什么这股力量如此强大，以至于任何东西都无法阻止它在人类精神中表现出其不屈不挠的决心？ The Church of England tried to suppress the individual in their spiritual beliefs,their private domain, the seat of life where all people inquire about their own existence. 英格兰教会试图压制个人在他们的精神信仰，他们的私人领域，生活的中心，所有的人询问他