这个问题成为最近共和党侯选人在拉斯维加斯辩论中的焦点。罗姆尼是摩门教徒。
But in recent weeks, Romney has been on the defensive about his religion and the issue came into focus during the latest Republican candidates' debate in Las Vegas.
根据今天发布的搜捕令，警方在西得州摩门教庄园搜查到结婚证和出生证明等大量文件。
Police seized dozens of documents from a West Texas polygamous ranch including marriage and birth certificates. That's according to copies of search warrants released today.
摩门教会说这是那些希望诋毁摩门教的人经常问的问题；它来源于摩门教的信仰，即上帝是世间万物之父。
The Mormon church says this is a question often asked by those who wish to denigrate Mormonism; it refers to the Mormon belief that God is the father of all.
一些无法收回这一整套字面说法的自由派摩门教徒相信斯密曾受神启示，但他们认为围绕这些神启纠缠于历史细节没有多少意义。
Some liberal Mormons, unable to swallow the whole story literally, believe that Smith was divinely inspired but think it unimportant to dwell on the historical details surrounding his revelations.
但是尽管如此，最具典型性的摩门教国会议员ChrisCannon，他是犹他州的共和党人，他的选区有全国数量最多的儿童。
But still, the typical Mormon Congressman is Chris Cannon, a Utah Republican whose district has the highest number of children of any in the country.
1952年生的克里斯滕森是个个子高高、轻声细语、信奉摩门教的哈佛商学院教授，凭借《创新者的窘境》一书而声名大噪。
A tall, soft-spoken Mormon academic at Harvard Business School, "Clay" Christensen (born 1952) sprang to prominence on the strength of one book, "the Innovator's Dilemma".
因为摩门教徒几乎没有什么坏习惯，因此他们的领导者通常都很老：现在的会长GordonHinckley已经97岁了。
Since Mormons have few unhealthy vices, their leaders are typically very old: Gordon Hinckley, the current President, is 97.
因此如果你所面向的听众是共和党人、摩门教徒或者黑人，而你又不是其中的一员，在这样的情况下讲述有关对方所在群体的笑话是非常危险的。
So if you are speaking to a group of Republicans or doctors or Mormons or blacks, it is probably risky to target jokes toward their specific group if you are not one of them.
在纽约北部，约瑟夫·史密斯挖出了古老的金页天书——《摩门经》，从而创建了摩门教。书中所述种种出人意料，连同名音乐剧也不走寻常路。
Now, like the ancient gold plates that Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, unearthed in upstate New York, the musical's saviour has come in an unexpected package.
在那些受过良好教育的美国人(64%的高校毕业生对他们持有正面看法)以及那些实际了解一个摩门教徒的人中，对摩门教徒的反感就少得多了。
Antipathy towards Mormons is rarer among well-educated Americans (64% of college graduates have a favourable view of them) and among people who actually know a Mormon.
普罗沃美国犹他州中北部的一城市，在盐湖城东南偏南1849年由摩门教徒建立，现在是布赖厄姆·扬大学（建立于1875年）的所在地。
A city of north-central Utah south-southeast of Salt Lake City. It was settled by Mormons in1849 and is the seat of Brigham Young University(established1875). Population, 86, 835.
尽管史蒂芬·金(StephenKing)说她“不会写作”，但不到4年时间，这位亚利桑那州身为三个孩子母亲的摩门教徒就成了世界最畅销作家之一。
In less than four years, Meyer, a Mormon mother of three from Arizona, has become one of the world's bestselling authors, despite Stephen King saying she "can't write".
尽管教会的财政收入是保密的，但是因为虔诚的摩门教徒必须缴纳什一税，也就是说他们必须把收入的十分之一交给教会，因此教会掌握了巨大的财富。
Since good Mormons tithe-that is, they give a tenth of their income to the church-the church is colossally wealthy, though its finances are secret.
我的生活轨迹本应该像这样：在二十出头和另一位摩门教徒在摩门教堂宣布结婚，生几个孩子，养大他们，一直到他们嫁娶出门，我成为奶奶外婆，然后死去。
My life was supposed to go like this: get married in my early twenties to another Mormon in a Mormon temple, have children, raise them, marry them off, become a grandmother and die.
对派尤特人来说，布赖斯峡谷是这么回事，而对现在以其名字命名这片峡谷不毛之地的拓荒者- - -摩门教徒埃比·尼泽·布赖斯来说，这里只不过是“丢失母牛的活地狱”。
To the Paiutes, Bryce Canyon was one thing. But to Mormon pioneer Ebenezer Bryce, the badlands of the Canyon that now bears his name were simply "a helluva4 place to lose a cow."
但倡导SB1070的亚利桑那州参议员罗塞尔·皮尔斯(Russell Pearce)也同样是摩门教徒。因此人们大概能猜到摩门教会至今都不对这件事表明自己道德立场的原因了。
The Arizona state senator who sponsored SB1070, Russell Pearce, is also Mormon, which has led to speculation that this is why the Mormon Church has not yet expressed a moral opinion on the matter.
托马斯.凯恩于1858年初到达了犹他地区的首府盐湖城，他发现，摩门教徒并没有决定要开战，相反，他们正准备寻找他们的新家园，他们谈到要向墨西哥或南太平洋上的什么岛屿迁移。
Thomas Kane arrived in Salt Lake City, the territorial capital, early in eighteen fifty-eight. He found that the Mormons had decided not to fight.
托马斯.凯恩于1858年初到达了犹他地区的首府盐湖城，他发现，摩门教徒并没有决定要开战，相反，他们正准备寻找他们的新家园，他们谈到要向墨西哥或南太平洋上的什么岛屿迁移。
Thomas Kane arrived in Salt Lake City, the territorial capital, early in eighteen fifty-eight. He found that the Mormons had decided not to fight.
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