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美国学生世界地理教材(MP3+中英字幕) 第191期:白象(1)

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There was once an Indian prince named Gautama. Gautama was rich and had everything in the World he wanted, so he grew up gay and light-hearted. He had never seen any poor people, nor known any misery in his life, so he thought every one in the World was just as well off and just as happy as he. Then one day when he was grown up he went on a trip and, to his amazement, saw for the first time in his life people who were sick, poor, and unhappy. The sights he saw filled him with such pity that he gave up all he had and spent the rest of his life helping the needy. As Gautama went about from place to place he preached that certain things were right and certain things wrong. People began to call him Buddha, which meant “the one who knows,” and to worship him, and thus started a religion called Buddhism. This was about five hundred years before Christ.
After Buddha died, Buddhists sent missionaries to other countries to teach the people Buddhism too, just as Christians now send missionaries to other lands to teach Christianity. After a long while most of the peoplein India got tired of Buddhism and took up other newer religions. Many became Mohammedans, but in the countries east of India they still held to Buddhism, although now this worship has become chiefly a worship of idols.
The two countries next door to India are Burma and Thailand. A Mohammedan church is called a mosque, a Buddhist church is called a pagoda.

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misery ['mizəri]

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n. 痛苦,悲惨的境遇,苦难

 
worship ['wə:ʃip]

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n. 崇拜,爱慕,做礼拜
vi. 做礼拜

 
pity ['piti]

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n. 同情,怜悯,遗憾,可惜
v. 同情,怜悯

 
certain ['sə:tn]

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adj. 确定的,必然的,特定的
pron.

 
unhappy [ʌn'hæpi]

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adj. 不快乐的,不高兴的

 

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