Plague - Apr 25

________(我们应该从中得到教训); we must convince ourselves that there is no island of escape in time of plague.

And ________(在那种崇高的境界中) ________(一切都会很清晰), all discords be resolved, and truth ________(闪现出来) from the dark cloud of seeming injustice.

He reminded his hearers how, toward the close of the epidemic, the Bishop, having done all that it behooved him, shut himself up in his palace, behind high walls, after ________(储存) a stock of food and drink.

Thus in a moment of weakness the Bishop had proposed to isolate himself from the outside world—and, ________(你瞧), corpses ________(雨点般大量地落下) on his head!

In his opinion the sermon had displayed more uneasiness than real power, and at Paneloux’s age, a priest ________(不应该做某事) feel uneasy.

________(嘈杂的声音) which usually followed the moment when the preacher paused were beginning to make themselves heard when, unexpectedly, he raised his voice, making as if to put himself ________(处于某人的境地) and ask what then was the proper course to follow.

As for the rest, we must ________(坚定不移/不让步/不改变主张), trusting in the divine goodness, even as to the deaths of little children, and not seeking personal respite.

That it’s illogical for a priest to ________(召来) a doctor.

The young deacon, his head bowed to protect his face from the wind, replied that he saw much of the Father, had followed the evolution of his views, and believed his forthcoming pamphlet would be bolder still; indeed, ________(它很可能会被拒绝出版).

No, ________(没有斡旋的余地). We must accept the dilemma and choose either to hate God or to love God. And who would dare to choose to hate Him?

The plague-stricken Persians and the monks were equally ________(出毛病/错了).

But, on the other hand, it would be no less wrong to imitate the monks at Cairo who, when plague was raging in the town, distributed the Host with pincers at the Mass, so as to avoid contact with wet, warm mouths ________(感染的机会可能潜伏在那).