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Attitudes toward Religion

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ID: 0260 Upper Intermediate
Between 1937-39, over 20,000 Jewish families migrated to Shanghai. Today, north of the city center, there is still a flourishing Jewish community. China is also seeing more and more Christian churches popping up. So how does the average Chinese feel about others who pray to a different higher being? We’ll learn all about it in Mandarin Chinese, in a podcast on the subject.
Wed Sep 20 2006 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
做礼拜 zuò lǐbài to attend religious services
信 xìn to believe in
基督教 Jīdūjiào Christianity
基督教徒 Jīdū jiàotú Christian
这个周末过得怎样？
zhège zhōumò guò de zěnyàng ？
How was your weekend?
还不错。周日我还和朋友去教堂做礼拜了。
háibùcuò 。zhōurì wǒ hái hé péngyou qù jiàotáng zuò lǐbài le 。
Not bad. On Sunday I went to church with a friend.
原来你信基督啊？
yuánlái nǐ xìn Jīdū ā ？
Oh, you’re a Christian?
不是的，我并不是基督教徒。昨天是我第一次去教堂，也是我第一次参加这么正式的主日礼拜。这真是一次特别的体验。与其说我在参与一种宗教的活动，还不如说我受到了一种宗教文化的熏陶。
bùshì de ，wǒ bìng bù shì Jīdū jiàotú 。zuótiān shì wǒ dìyīcì qù jiàotáng ，yě shì wǒ dìyīcì cānjiā zhème zhèngshì de zhǔrìlǐbài 。zhè zhēnshì yīcì tèbié de tǐyàn 。yǔqí shuō wǒ zài cānyù yīzhǒng zōngjiào de huódòng ，hái bùrú shuō wǒ shòudào le yīzhǒng zōngjiào wénhuà de xūntáo 。
No, I’m not at all. Yesterday was my first time in a church, and it was my first time attending a formal Sunday service. It was a really special experience. Rather than saying I was participating in a kind of religious activity, it was more like receiving a kind of religious cultural experience.
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