PETS－2每日对话练习 165

Jun: What? Did everyone start wearing suits and riding bicycles?
　　 Jeff: No, actually there was a local uprising. I was in a remote desert town, with very old-school Mormons. Some were polygamists. One of them wanted my fiancee.
　　 Jun: What? That's allowed?
　　 Jeff: Kind of. Back in 19th century pioneer days, Mormons were told they would go to heaven if they were polygamous. Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church, had over forty wives.
　　 Jun: No wonder there are so many Mormons! I had no idea.
　　 (续上期，下期续)
　　小君：怎么？每个人都开始穿西装骑单车吗？
　　杰夫：不是，其实是发生了一个地方*。我当时住在一个偏僻的沙漠小镇，跟一些非常老派的摩门教徒在一起。有一些人是一夫多妻论者。其中一人想要我的未婚妻。
　　小君：什么？那可以吗？
　　杰夫：算是可以。回到十九世纪的草创时期，摩门教徒被教导说要一夫多妻才可以上天堂。教会的创始人约瑟夫史密斯有超过四十位以上的老婆。
　　小君：怪不得有这么多摩门教徒！我之前都不知道。
　　重点解说：
　　 ★ uprising (n.) *
　　 ★ remote (a.) 偏僻的
　　 ★ old-school (a.) 老派的
　　 ★ polygamist (n.) 一夫（妻）多妻（夫）论者。polygamous (a.) 一夫（妻）多妻（夫）的，polygamy (n.) 一夫（妻）多妻（夫）制
　　 ★ fiancee (n.) 未婚妻。fiance (n.) 未婚夫
　　 ★ pioneer (n.,a.) 拓荒的；拓荒者
　　 ★ founder (n.) 创立者
　　 ★ harass (v.) 骚扰