談?wù)勱P(guān)于圣女貞德的事跡，為什么她被捕時(shí)被宣稱是個(gè)巫婆

今天的這段對(duì)話，在討論圣女貞德，

談?wù)勱P(guān)于圣女貞德的事跡，為什么她被捕時(shí)被宣稱是個(gè)巫婆

來聽今天的講解:

A: I'm looking for some materials about Joan of Arc, where might I find them?

我在查一些關(guān)于圣女貞德的資料，哪兒能找到呢？

B: I'll show you. Are you doing some research?

我指給你看吧。你在做研究嗎？

A: Yes, I'm writing a book about famous figures in history.

是的，我正在寫一本有關(guān)歷史上著名人物的書。

B: Well, Joan of Arc is certainly famous. She was the most famous fighting woman in European history.

嗯，圣女貞德的確很有名，她也是歐洲歷史上最著名的女英雄。

A: On the battlefield, she motivated her troops to drive the enemies from her homeland.

在戰(zhàn)場上，她激勵(lì)她的士兵們把敵人趕出國土。

B: Although she knew nothing about warfare, she claimed to be guided by visions of saints. Few people believed her and many thought she used sorcery.

雖然她不懂戰(zhàn)術(shù)，但她聲稱受了圣徒的指引。很少有人相信她，很多人還認(rèn)為她使用了巫術(shù)。

A: Yes, that's why when she was captured, she was declared a witch and burnt at the stake I don't really believe she was a witch.

是的，這就是為什么她被捕時(shí)被宣稱是個(gè)巫婆，最后被燒死在火刑柱上的原因。我真的不相信她是個(gè)巫婆。

B: Maybe she was schizophrenic. She stared to hear voices and have visions at the age of 13.

她可能得了精神分裂癥，從13歲起她就開始幻聽、幻視。

A: Yes, I suppose so.  Seeing things is a symptom of mental problems.  These visions, there were of saints, weren't they?

是的，我也這么認(rèn)為。出現(xiàn)幻覺就是精神疾病的癥狀。這些幻影都是圣徒，對(duì)吧？

B: St. Michael, the captain-general of the armies of Heaven, and St. Catherine and St. Margaret who were both early Christian martyrs.

是的，圣米歇爾，他是天堂里軍隊(duì)的統(tǒng)帥。還有圣凱瑟琳和圣瑪格麗特，她們都是早期的基督教殉教者。

A: Well, nowadays Joan of Arc is a saint herself. I bet she never believed she would end up in such company.

哦，如今圣女貞德自己也成了一個(gè)圣徒。我敢說她從沒想過自己會(huì)加入這個(gè)行列。

B: I think all that she cared even considered the fact about was fighting for king and country, she probably never that many years later people would admire her and make her a saint.

我想她最關(guān)心的是為國千和國家而戰(zhàn)．她可能從未料到很多年以后人們會(huì)贊美她，把她當(dāng)作圣人。

A: Around the time she was born, France was at war with the English. I guess she couldn't have been born at a better time!

在她出生前后的那段時(shí)間里，法國正與英國交戰(zhàn)。我想她生得正是時(shí)候。

B: This conflict was not really a war, it lasted for more than l00 years. That's why we call it "The Hundred Years War".

這次沖突并不是真正意義上的戰(zhàn)爭，它持續(xù)了一百多年，所以我們把它叫做“百年戰(zhàn)爭”’。

A: A hundred years is certainly a long time to be fighting. A victory here would have allowed the English a chance to control all of southern France.

打了一百年，時(shí)間的確不短。要是英國人勝了，他們就有機(jī)會(huì)控制整個(gè)法國南部，

B: Yes, but they were stopped by the French, who were led by a seventeen-year-old peasant girl-Joan.

是的，但是他們卻遭到法國軍人的阻擋，被一個(gè)17歲的法國農(nóng)村女孩貞德所率領(lǐng)的隊(duì)伍擊退。

A: It's hard to think that someone so young could have led an army. This particular battle took place in Orleans.

很難想象一個(gè)如此年輕的人可以帶領(lǐng)軍隊(duì)。這次特別的戰(zhàn)役發(fā)生在奧爾良。

B: Now Joan is known as "The Maid of Orleans".

如今，貞德也被稱為“奧爾良少女”。