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Judeo-Christian:美语= Judaeo-Christian形容词意为：兼犹太教与基督教的；为犹太教与基督教共有的。有名词意为：信奉犹太教与基督教共有教义的人。
ponder：思索，考虑；衡量，估量；回想，反思
ponder a vexing problem思索一个恼人的问题。
vestige：残留部分，残余；遗迹；痕迹，一点儿，丝毫。the last vestige of resistance最后的抵抗
rally：重新集合，重整（溃散的队伍等）The
leader rallied his scattered men指挥官重整溃兵。 |
 A frightening artifact 一个令人恐惧的史前古器物It is perhaps the most sacred object mentioned in the Bible - said to contain the stone tablets upon which the Ten Commandments were inscribed by the finger of God. It was believed to be the literal manifestation of God on Earth.
约柜可能是《圣经》中提到的最神圣的东西--据说内有放置在石板的出自上帝之手记下的《十诫》。人们相信它是上帝在世间的文字表示。
But the Ark of the Covenant is also one of the  most
frightening artifacts described in all of biblical history. A golden
box with the power to strike men dead, to the ancient Hebrews, the Ark
was both a divine manifestation and a talisman so powerful that they
carried it with them into battle - a weapon of God. To their enemies,
it was a treasure to be coveted - but once captured, a terrible punishment.
It came to occupy the most revered spot in Jerusalem, the Holy of Holies
at the Temple of Solomon, and then - six centuries before the birth
of Christ - it mysteriously disappeared.
但是按照《圣经》所述的历史，约柜也是最令人恐惧的史前古器物。一个具有使人死亡能量金黄色的盒子，对于古希伯来人来说，约柜不仅是神的表现形式而且还是一个强大的护身符，他们带着约柜--上帝的武器上战场。对于他们的敌人来说，约柜是他们垂涎的宝物-但是一旦拥有，可怕的惩罚将会降临。约柜占据着耶路撒冷最神圣的地方，所罗门宝殿的至圣所（Holy
of Holies），但在耶稣降生前的六世纪它神奇得失踪了。  A sacred quest 一个神圣的寻求 For the pop-culture-minded, the Ark of the Covenant is the prize sought by the intrepid Indiana Jones in the 1981 Steven Spielberg film, "Raiders of the Lost Ark." But in Judeo-Christian culture, the Ark has a far more profound significance.
在大众眼里，约柜是斯皮尔伯格的影片《夺宝奇兵》（1981）中无畏的印第安纳·琼斯寻求所得奖励。但是在犹太教和基督教的共有文化中，约柜有更为多的深邃意义。
Even today, men still search for it - pondering clues in ancient texts and 
clambering through dark caves, while others have journeyed to a small
Ethiopian village to beg priests for a glimpse into the chamber where
some believe it may be hidden. And there are those that search for scientific
explanations of its miraculous powers. Could the Ark have been the technological
vestige of lost knowledge, brought back into service by Moses to rally
and defend the Israelites during their desert wanderings?
即使今天，人们仍旧在寻求着约柜－－思索古书中的线索、爬过黑暗的洞穴，其他的人则苦旅到一些据信可能是藏有约柜的埃塞俄比亚的小村子，请求教士让他们进那可能藏有约柜的小室里看一眼。这些人是为了寻求对约柜神奇能量的科学解释。约柜真的具有拥有失落文明的技术痕迹，特意回来服务于摩西、
重整队伍和保护以色列人的沙漠迁旅？＝＝>> Constructing the Ark |
Notes： Ark：基督教《圣经》中的约柜，内藏有《摩西五经》；（基督教《圣经》中诺亚为避洪水而造的）方舟，<喻>避难的地方、安全的地方：an
ark of refuge避难所。本文说的是约柜，常写为：the Ark of the Covenant 。
sacred：神圣的；崇为神物的；庄严的；不可违背的。例如： the sacred altar圣坛。
commandment：戒律；（基督教十诫中的）一诫；（一项）命令，法令。
manifestation：表明，表现形式，现象；神秘现象的具体化；（政府或政党的）公开声明。人们都相信约柜是上帝在世间的文字表现。
covenant：盟约，契约；用盟约（或是契约）保证；立契约，缔结盟约。
biblical：《圣经》的；有关《圣经》的；按照《圣经》的；似《圣经》的。 例如：biblical history 《圣经》中所述的历史。
Hebrews：希伯来人（尤指古以色列人）；犹太人；希伯来语。作为形容词等同于Jewish。
divine：神的，上帝的；神授的，天赐的，神圣的；如神的，天才的，非凡的。believe in the
divine right of king相信君权神授（说）。
talisman：护（身）符，驱邪物（如刻有符号或人像的石块、戒指等）；被认为能创造奇迹的东西，法宝。
covet ：贪求，垂涎；Never covet wealth and power切勿追求钱财权势。
intrepid：勇猛的，勇敢的，无畏的；坚韧不拔的； an intrepid fighter无畏的战士 an intrepid attitude 坚韧不拔的态度。 |
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