新概念英语3第二课

It took the firemen nearly three weeks to get the forest fire under controlNow that all the great trees had been burnt. There was danger that heavy rain would cause serious floods which would destroy the surrounding villagers.To prevent this the forest authorities ordered grass-seed. Which was sprayed over the ground by planes for nearly a month. By the time it began to rain that the grass had taken root in the soil

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Our vicar always raising money for every reason ,except mending the clock.one day,at one o'clock in the morning,the church clock striking the hours woke the vicar up as it struck thirteen times.The vicar went into the clock tower,taking a torch with him.He saw Bill Wilkins,the local grocer there and Bill explained he was tring to repair the clock but hand't succeeded because at one o'clock it struck thirteen times.However,the vicar was pleased the bell was working and offered the grocer a cup of tea.

我觉得这里一开始就在说，这个牧师经常要求人们捐钱，却不修大钟，说明这个牧师贪得无厌。在讽刺教会的贪腐。后来他又说十三等于一，十三这个数字在基督教文明中是不详的啊。但是他不愿意出钱修，还说十三等于一这种话，更说明了对他而言金钱的重要性，进一步揭露教会的贪婪