英语听力：自然百科 古格 消失的西藏王朝(7)

In 1624, a Jesuit missionary¹, Father Antonio Andrade, wrote a book highly popular across Europe.

1624年,耶稣会传教士安东尼奥安德拉德神父写的一本书深受整个欧洲的欢迎。

In it, he describes his visit to an amazing country called Tibet.

在书中,他描述自己拜访了一个被称为西藏的了不起的国家。

Father Andrade and his companion trecked from their missioning goal in search for long-forgotten Christian² state called Shambhala.

神父安德拉德和他的同伴以传教士目的为由寻访被遗忘很久的称为香巴拉的基督教国家。

Instead, they discovered Guge.

然而他们发现了古格。

By this time the story goes, tensions between Khri bKra shis Grags pa lde and his brother were at an all-time high, and they were about to get worse.

此时,克里克巴和他的兄弟之间的关系剑拔弩张,而且即将变得更糟。

The king warmly welcomes Andrade.

然而国王却热忱的欢迎安德拉德。

In his book, Andrade writes, as holy men, the king treated us with great reverence³,

在他的书中,安德雷德写道,身为圣人, 国王很尊敬的招待我们,

and then explains somewhat to my surprise that he wishes to understand our faith.

然后解释的令我有些吃惊,他希望了解我们的信仰。

1 missionary   

adj.教会的，传教(士)的；n.传教士

参考例句：

• She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.她在一所教会学校教了两年书。
• I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。

2 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• 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。

3 reverence   

n.敬畏，尊敬，尊严；Reverence:对某些基督教神职人员的尊称；v.尊敬，敬畏，崇敬

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• We reverence tradition but will not be fettered by it.我们尊重传统，但不被传统所束缚。