2006年VOA标准英语-Pope Benedict Fuels Sainthood Hopes at John Pau

By Sabina Castelfranco
Krakow, Poland
27 May 2006

Pope Benedict followed in the footsteps of his predecessor¹, Pope John Paul II, on the third day of his visit to John Paul's native Poland. Benedict visited John Paul's hometown, and then met with hundreds-of-thousands of young Poles in Krakow.

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Pope Benedict XVI is presented with a portrait of late Pope John Paul II
  

More than half-a-million young people lined the streets of Krakow and filled the park of Blonia for a meeting with Pope Benedict, at the end of his third day in Poland. The enthusiastic multitude sang and waved Polish and Vatican flags.

They cheered, clapped and called out Benedict's name, many times interrupting a long speech.

The pope told them not to be afraid or run from the desire for a full, happy and successful life. The fear of failure, he said, can sometimes frustrate² even the most beautiful dreams. The pope told the young not to be afraid to build their lives on the Church and with the Church.

Benedict addressed the huge crowd from the same place where, in the past, Pope John Paul addressed similar crowds. Saturday was a day devoted³ to the memory of John Paul.

In the morning, Benedict visited the cathedral where John Paul was baptized and his childhood home in the town of Wadowice. He also stopped at two shrines⁴ where John Paul used to pray. At one of them, he said he hoped that John Paul would be made a saint soon.

He said, "May providence⁵ allow us to enjoy in the near future the beatification and canonization of the beloved John Paul the Second."

Benedict is scheduled to visit the Nazi⁶ death camp at Auschwitz on Sunday. The papal spokesman, Joaquin Navarro-Valls, said this stop had not originally been planned. But Benedict said he could not fail to go there.

The spokesman said it would not be Benedict's first visit to Auschwitz. When he was not yet pope, he went with John Paul in 1979, and, the following year, he led a group of German bishops⁷.

The papal spokesman said Pope Benedict would go there as a son of the German people, just as John Paul had gone there as a son of the Polish people.

1 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。

2 frustrate   

v.使失望；使沮丧；使厌烦

参考例句：

• But this didn't frustrate Einstein.He was content to go as far as he could.但这并没有使爱因斯坦灰心，他对能够更深入地研究而感到满意。
• They made their preparations to frustrate the conspiracy.他们作好准备挫败这个阴谋。

3 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

4 shrines   

圣地，圣坛，神圣场所( shrine的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• All three structures dated to the third century and were tentatively identified as shrines. 这3座建筑都建于3 世纪，并且初步鉴定为神庙。
• Their palaces and their shrines are tombs. 它们的宫殿和神殿成了墓穴。

5 providence   

n.深谋远虑，天道，天意；远见；节约；上帝

参考例句：

• It is tempting Providence to go in that old boat.乘那艘旧船前往是冒大险。
• To act as you have done is to fly in the face of Providence.照你的所作所为那样去行事，是违背上帝的意志的。

6 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

7 bishops   

（基督教某些教派管辖大教区的）主教( bishop的名词复数 )； （国际象棋的）象

参考例句：

• Each player has two bishops at the start of the game. 棋赛开始时，每名棋手有两只象。
• "Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like. “他劫富济贫，抢的都是郡长、主教、国王之类的富人。