欧美文化博览 南西班牙:领略无限风情(5)

When Saint Teresa first entered the convent, she was appalled¹ by the other sisters'lack of piety².

当圣特蕾莎修女首先进入修道院,她对于缺乏虔诚的其他姐妹感到震惊。

So to make a point, she staged her own personal reenactment of Christ being dragged to his crucifixion.

所以为了重视,她将以自己的方式再现基督被拖到十字架的情境。

She got on all force.

她全身心的投入。

She had herself saddled up with a mull pack full of stones, and she got one of the other sisters to lead her around the convent, on a halter.

她给自己背上一个塞满石头的大包,并且被束缚的她让其中一位姐妹带领自己穿梭于修道院。

These were the rooms where Teresa experienced her visions.

这是特蕾莎修女经历了自己幻想的房间。

She claimed that Christ appeared to her, right here, tight to the pillar on which she was scourged³.

她声称基督出现在她面前,就在这里,紧紧挨着她被鞭打的柱子。

Later, the power of the Holy Spirit took hold of her so strongly that her body shook and she began to levitate⁴.

后来,圣灵的能力强烈的抓住她,以至于她的身体颤抖并开始轻轻浮起。

And then, there was the most baffling phenomenon of all, a transverberation of the heart,

然后,最令人困惑的她的神秘经历现象出现

in which she felt she’d been speared through the heart by an angel and infused with the Holy Spirit.

她感到她被一位天使洞穿心脏而且心中充满了圣灵。

1 appalled   

v.使惊骇，使充满恐惧( appall的过去式和过去分词)adj.惊骇的；丧胆的

参考例句：

• The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
• They were appalled by the reports of the nuclear war. 他们被核战争的报道吓坏了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 piety   

n.虔诚，虔敬

参考例句：

• They were drawn to the church not by piety but by curiosity.他们去教堂不是出于虔诚而是出于好奇。
• Experience makes us see an enormous difference between piety and goodness.经验使我们看到虔诚与善意之间有着巨大的区别。

3 scourged   

鞭打( scourge的过去式和过去分词 )； 惩罚，压迫

参考例句：

• He was scourged by the memory of his misdeeds. 他对以往的胡作非为的回忆使得他精神上受惩罚。
• Captain White scourged his crew without mercy. 船长怀特无情地鞭挞船员。

4 levitate   

v.升在空中

参考例句：

• I often dream that I can levitate.我经常梦想我能够飞起来在空中飘浮。
• The guru claimed that he could levitate.这位宗教领袖声称他能够浮在空中。