VOA慢速英语: 基督教徒列出最不适合基督教的国家

基督教团体列出世界上最不适合基督教的国家

An international missionary organization released its annual list of the worst countries for Christians to live in. As in past years, North Korea held the top spot.

An international religious group has released its list of the worst countries for Christians to live in. As in past years, North Korea was at the top of the list. But for the most part, the greatest threat to Christians came from an extreme form of Islam.

一个世界性的宗教组织列出最不适合基督教生存的国家。过去几年，北朝鲜一直名列首位。但是多数情况下，对基督教最大的威胁来自伊斯兰教的原因。

Damaris Atsen lives in Nigeria.

达玛瑞斯·爱特森生活在尼日利亚。

“So on their way home, he met with the Boko Haram!”

“在他们回家的路上，他碰到博科圣地组织成员。”

She remembers how supporters of the Muslim militant group Boko Haram stabbed her husband to death.

她清楚地记得这些博科圣地组织的穆斯林武装分子如何把她丈夫刺死。

“I was hopeless. I said, ‘My life is useless!’”

“我已经绝望了，我的生活没有任何价值了。”

Her story was presented at the release earlier this month of an annual list of countries said to be most dangerous for Christians. The list is a project of the Christian missionary group Open Doors.

这月初，她的故事在Open Doors年度会议上展示，会上公布的对基督教徒最危险国家榜单。这份名单是基督教传教士的一项任务。

David Curry is president of Open Doors USA. He says Islamic extremism was the main threat to Christians in Nigeria and most of the other 50 countries on the list.

大卫·科瑞是美国Open Doors的主席，他说伊斯兰教的极端主义是尼日利亚和名单上其它50个国家的基督教徒最主要的威胁。

“The world still does not get it. The persecution of Christians is real, it is horrifically violent.”

“这个世界仍然不太平，对基督教徒的迫害真实存在，非常暴力残忍。”

David Curry says the mistreatment of Christians is a serious issue.

大卫·科瑞是称对待基督教徒的不公正待遇是个非常严重的问题。

“The persecution of Christians is a bellwether for the other human rights issues. When people begin to attack people for the expression of their faith, you see the rest of the societal issues start to pop up.”

“对基督教徒的迫害是”人类其他人权问题的一个表现。人们为了扩大他们的信仰，而去袭击别人时，你会看到其它的社会问题就开始出现。”

In Iraq, militants have also targeted Muslims - both Shia and Sunni. But Nina Shea of the Center for Religious Freedom says the persecution of Christian sin Iraq is different.

在伊拉克，武装分子同样会袭击穆斯林的什叶派和逊尼派两大教派。但是宗教自由中心的妮娜·谢伊表示在伊拉克迫害基督教徒的罪与其他地方不同的。

“There will be - we can be sure - a Sunni and a Shi'ite presence when peace returns to Iraq someday. We can’t be sure that there will be a Christian presence.

“未来某一天，和平重返伊拉克时，我们可以肯定一定会有逊尼派和什叶派教徒存在。但是我们不敢肯定会有基督教徒存在。”

The group Open Doors was founded in the 1950s to smuggle Bibles to people behind what was known as the Iron Curtain. Its members worked to secretly send copies of Christianity’s holy book to the Soviet Union and its communist allies.

Open Doors团体在20世纪50年代成立，为了在铁幕政策下向人们传达圣经。该团体成员密密地将基督教圣经复制版本带到苏联和它的同盟国。

Today, for the 13th time in as many years, North Korea tops the list of worst countries for Christians. There, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is presented to the North Korean people as god-like.

而今，这么多年来，朝鲜已经第13次被列为最不适合基督教徒生存的国家。朝鲜领导人金正恩就是朝鲜人民心中神一样的人物。

I’m Anne Ball.

我是安·鲍尔。

This report was based on a story from VOA reporter Jerome Socolovsky. Anne Ball wrote this story for VOA Learning English. George Grow was the editor.

_____________________________________________________________

Words in This Story

stab - v., to wound (someone or something) with a pointed weapon (such as a knife)

annual - adj., happening once a year

persecution - n., to treat (someone) cruelly or unfairly especially because ofrace or religious or political beliefs

smuggle - v. to move (someone or something) from one country into anotherillegally and secretly

communist - adj., a person who believes in communism or is a member of apolitical party that supports communism

Now it’s your turn to use these Words in this Story. In the comments section,write a sentence using one of these words and we will provide feedback onyour use of vocabulary and grammar.