199. Another sermon再一次布道 seinsitive-shell
The Reverend Jessie Johnson gives another sermon:
“My brethren, tonight I’m gonna talk about a sensitive topic. It’s about what the Lord can do for you and what you can do for the Lord. I want you all to turn on your sensory mechanisms and pay attention. The Lord can be the good shepherd and shatter your shackles, shear you clean, and lead you to lie down in the serenity of the shade by the still waters, or the Lord can be as an avenging angel with a serrated sword that he will pull from its sheath, sharpen, and use to shatter that spiritual shell you have around you. You have the choice. Do I hear an amen?”
“Amen!” answers the congregation.
The Reverend dances around the stage shaking his bum and shaking his hands in the air.
“All you must do is follow the sequence that the Lord has provided for you. First, you must get that sewerage out of your life. Give up that shallow, shabby, shameless behavior that you think is fun. Next, shed that thing you call pride cause pride is just sheer arrogance, and arrogance keeps you from getting sentimental with the Lord. Yes, don’t be afraid to sentimentalize. Sentimentalism with the Lord is what counts. Finally, you must give to the Lord. So now take out them wallets and start giving. I say to you sharply and with sensitivity don’t you shaft the Lord. If you shaft the Lord, he’s gonna shaft you. Do I hear an amen?”
“Amen!” shouts the congregation.
The Reverend shouts, “Whoopee!” jumps down from the platform, and starts passing around the offering plate. “Come on ya’ll! Don’t be stingy with the Lord!”
sensitive adj.敏感的,灵敏的,易受伤害的,易怒的
sensitivity n.敏感
sensory adj.感觉的,感官的
sentimental adj.感伤性的,情感脆弱的
sentimentalism n.感情主义,感情用事
sentimentalize v.伤感
sequence n.序列,顺序
serenity n.平静,安宁
sermon n.说教,布道
serrated adj.锯齿状的
sewerage n.排水设备,污水
shabby adj.褴褛的,破旧的,卑鄙的
shackle v.束缚
shade n.荫,阴凉处,阴影,遮光物,帘
shaft n.杆状物,轴v.欺骗
shallow adj.浅的
shameless adj.不知羞耻的
sharpen vt.削尖,使敏锐,使敏捷
sharply adv.突然地,猛烈会
shatter v.使粉碎,破碎
shear v.剪羊毛
sheath n.鞘,外壳
shed n. 棚,小屋vt.脱落,蜕
sheer adj.陡峭的,纯粹的,绝对的
shell n.壳vt.去壳,使脱落 |