许多人成为这个教的教徒。
Since Mormons have few unhealthy vices, their leaders are typically very old: Gordon Hinckley, the current President, is 97.
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。
Consider the Millerds, a family of Mormons who live not far from the Allens in south-west Georgia. They have eight children.
比如说米勒兹一家,他们住在佐治亚州西南地区,距离艾伦一家不算远,他们家就有八个孩子。
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。
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.
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。
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.
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。
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.
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。
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.
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。
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.
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.
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。
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