10分钟英语史
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钦定版《圣经》
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chapter 4The King James Bible or light there be
light reading In 1611 'the powers that be' turned
the word upside down' witha 'labour of love'
a new translation of the bible. A team of scribes
with the 'wisdom of Solomon - went the extra mile'
to make King James's tramslation a'all things to all men
whether from their heart's desire' to
fight the good fight or just for the fithy lucre.
This sexy new Bible ent from strength to strength
getting to the root of the matter in a language even
the salt of the earth could understand.
The writing wasn't on the wall, it was
in handy little books and with fire and brimstone
preachers reading from it in every church,its
words and phrases 'took root' to the ends of
the earth' ell at least the ends of Britain.
The King James Bible is the book that taught us
that 'a leopard can't change its spots', that 'a
bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,that
a wolf in sheep's clothing is harder to spot
than you would imagine, and how annoying
ti si to have 'a fly in your ointment.
In fact,just as Jonathan
begat Meribbaal; and
Nerubbaak begat Nucag,
And Micah begat
Pithon',the King James Bible begat a whole
glossary of metaphor and morality the still
shapes the way English is spoken today.Amen