20100402 The Story of Easter (1)

The Story of Easter

What is the real reason that people celebrate Easter

More than 2,000 years ago, a special baby named Jesus was born in Israel. Around at 30, Jesus began teaching people about God's love, claiming that he was God's son. People were amazed. They were also surprised by his ability to heal, and some traveled long distances to be healed. Jealous of Jesus' popularity the Jewish religious leaders began plotting to capture him.

The arrest and crucifixion
One night while Jesus was praying in a garden, soldiers arrested him. They took him to the local religious leaders for questioning.


The leaders wanted to put him to death but could find no evidence. Then they took him to Pilate, the region's Roman governor, and he couldn't find Jesus guilty of anything either. However, the people, swayed by the local leaders demanded his death. And so, Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified. After beating him, the soldiers hammered Jesus' hands and feet to a cross. With people mocking him as he suffered, Jesus displayed his love by asking God to forgive them. After about six hours, he breathed his final breath.


plot n. 計謀/情結
plot v. 密謀/策劃
=> 三態變化 plot plotted plotted
=> ing型: plotting
eg: The prisoners plotted an escape but got caught.
=> 囚犯密謀要躍獄，但是被識破。
eg: The robbers were plotting to rob the bank on the corner.
=> 強盜密謀搶奪角落的銀行。

crucify v. 把某人的手腳釘在十字架上處以極刑
The criminal was crucified.
=> 這名罪犯被釘在十字架上處死。

crucify v. 嚴厲的對待/虐待某人
eg: Sandra knew she would be crucified if her boss found out that she lost the important document.
Sandra知道如果她的上司發限了她搞丟了這份重要文件時，一定會讓她會吃不完兜著走。

mock v. 嘲弄/嘲笑
eg: Kids at school mocked the boy because of his height.
=> 這個男孩在學校裡由於他的身高而被嘲笑。


mock v. 嘲弄地模仿
eg: The naughty students mocked the way the teacher spoke and acted.
這些淘氣的學生們嘲弄了老師的說話和舉止


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cross n. 十字架
a heavy cross to bear 忍受/承擔痛苦
=> 字面上為背負沉重的十字架，意義則為忍受/承擔痛苦

cross v. 交叉
cross one's fingers 祝福/祈求好運
eg: I am crossing my fingers that nothing bad will happen to him.
eg: Keep your fingers crossed. 希望未來有好運

cross v. 躍過/渡過
cross your mind 浮在你的腦海裡

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Jealous of Jesus' popularity, the Jewish religious leaders began plotting to capture him.
=> The Jewish religious leaders were jealous of Jesus' popularity, so they began plotting to capture him.

句型: adjective phrase + subject + verb

Jealous of Jesus' popularity +
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Phrase phrase

the Jewish religious leaders +
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Verb

began
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Verb



eg: Angry at his parents' decision, Torn stomped back to his room.
eg: Confused about her test scores, Theresa called herteacher for an explanation.