2015考研英语阅读英文原刊《经济学人》：非洲五旬节派

　　2015考研英语复习正是强化复习阶段，考研英语阅读在考研英语中占了40分，所以考研英语阅读是英语科目中重要的一项。新东方名师范猛老师曾建议过考研生需要坚持每天泛读10-15分钟的英文原刊。强烈推荐了杂志《经济学人》.杂志中的文章也是考研英语的主要材料来源.希望考研考生认真阅读，快速提高考研英语阅读水平。

　　African Pentecostalism

　　非洲五旬节派

　　The power of prayer

　　祈祷的力量

　　African churches are leaving a mark on BritishChristianity

　　非洲教会在英国基督教上留下的印记

　　“WE BELIEVE in you for better jobs, raises andbonuses, finding money, money finding us, incomes, royalties, real estates, dividends,inheritances…We pray to Jesus and there shall be a turnaround.” So ends the service at theWalthamstow branch of the Kingsway International Christian Centre. Dancers in long whiteskirts carrying red umbrellas leap onto the stage. Perhaps 1,000 smartly dressed worshipperschant along while ushers collect hefty “tithes”.

　　“我们信奉您会帮助我们得到更好的工作、加薪和奖金，寻得生财之道，财运自来，收入、稿酬、地产、分红、遗产……我们向耶稣祷告，愿有转折之日。”这是在金斯威国际基督教中心沃尔瑟姆斯托分会举行的仪式的尾声。身着白色长衫的舞者手拿红色雨伞跃上舞台。约1，000名穿着得体的信徒共同吟唱着圣歌，与此同时接待人员在收取着高额的“什一税”。

　　Between 2008 and 2013 the membership of Pentecostal churches grew by 25%,to 430,000,reckons Peter Brierley, who tracks church attendance. Not all are west African—BrazilianPentecostal churches are also buzzing—and not all west African churches are Pentecostal. ButAfrican churches of all sorts do seem to be thriving. Whether as materialistic as the KICC ormore traditional in their gospel, they are all entrepreneurial. Increasingly, they arereaching out to suburbs and to whites as well.

　　记录教会信徒数的彼得·布赖尔利估算，在2008年到2013年间，五旬节派教会的信徒数增长了25%，达到了430,000人。并不是所有的都在西非——巴西的五旬节派教会也在蒸蒸日上——而且并不是所有的西非教会都是五旬节派的。但各种各样的非洲教会都看起来在蓬勃发展。无论是像KICC一样唯物主义，还是信条更为保守，这些教会都如同企业一般。他们也逐渐将枝桠伸向郊区和白人。

　　The Redeemed Christian Church of God, a particularly successful Nigerian organisation, nowhas 670 churches in Britain, including branches in Basingstoke and Guildford. The KICC wasbased in Hackney, but when it lost its building to the 2012 London Olympics it opened a newmegachurch near Chatham, a poorish part of Kent.

　　基督教救赎会是一个相当成功的尼日利亚组织，如今在英国已拥有了670个教堂，包括在贝辛斯托克和吉尔福德的分支。KICC原位于哈克尼，但为了给2012年伦敦奥运会让位它搬离了原有的建筑，在肯特一个名为查塔姆的不发达地区建立了新的大教会。

　　Some preachers see themselves as reverse missionaries, bringing back Christianity toBritain, suggests Babatunde Abedibu, the RCCG's chief policy officer in Britain. They set upnew branches of churches and relentlessly seek converts. To get them, RCCG churches areincreasingly doing the sorts of things Anglican churches do:running food banks, creches andSunday schools.

　　RCCG在英国的首席政策专员巴巴通德·阿伯迪布表示，一些传教士认为自己是反向传教士，将基督教重新带回英国。他们建立新的教会分支并不断寻求皈依者。为了赢得信徒，RCCG教会越来越频繁地效仿国教教会的做法：运营食物银行，托儿所和主日学校。

　　And African churches may be encouraging change in Anglican ones. Under the currentArchbishop of York, John Sentamu, it is not unusual to see full outdoor adult baptisms, notesDavid Goodhew of Durham University. That is perfectly compatible with Anglicantheology—but also rather new. He thinks “happy-clappy” charismatic worship is alsobecoming more common, even in some quite fuddy-duddy churches. Some Africans now go totwo services each Sunday, one Pentecostal, one Anglican. The most popular churches arethose that run good primary schools.

　　非洲教会也许也在鼓励着国教教会进行变革。英国杜伦大学的大卫·古德休说，在当前约克大主教约翰·森塔穆的带领下，不难见到完整的户外成人洗礼。这与英国国教神学完全兼容——但更创新。他认为“狂热、自发的”灵恩式礼拜也越来越稀松平常，甚至在一些守旧的教堂里也是如此。一些非洲人如今每周日都去参加两个仪式，一个五旬节的，一个国教的。最受欢迎的教会是运营优秀小学的教会。

　　词语解释

　　1.real estate n.不动产，土地;房地产

　　Real estate in mountain view is expensive.

　　山景城的房地产价格较高。

　　The second is the faltering real estate market.

　　第二方面是房地产市场步履维艰。

　　2.seem to 似乎

　　The problem doesn't seem to be price.

　　价格似乎并不是问题所在。

　　Europe's troubles seem to be costing them business.

　　欧洲危机看来正在影响到当地的业务。

　　3.bring back 带回

　　Less compromise will bring back color and shape into your life.

　　更少的妥协将你的色彩和形状带回生活。

　　A stronger yuan would not suddenly bring back millions of jobs to america.

　　更强势的人民币并不会马上给美国带回数以百万计的工作岗位。

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