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下面的文本材料中空缺部分里面要填的词都很简单,不过是一些值得注意的连读或者典型的美式发音哦,有些语速比较快。试试看,你能不能全部写对?
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Lesson28 Religion
A hundred years ago, life in Europe and the USA was very different. Then, nearly everyone went to a church or synagogue 1 . Now, many people never go at all. Religion is still important though, especially to the Americans.
In the States, over 2 of the population goes to a church or synagogue. There are over 70 million Protestants, nearly 50 million Roman Catholics, and over 6 million Jews. Religion is an important part of American life. Americans like their President to be a religious man. They spend a lot of money on beautiful new churches, and many of them enjoy modern services with 3 music and drama.
British people are less interested in religion than Americans.
About 16% go to church. Of these, 2.5 million are Protestants, and 1.5 million are Roman Catholics. There are also about one million Muslims and 400,000 Jews in Britain. Religion still 4 British life. There are beautiful old cathedrals and churches in every town and village, many people prefer to get married in a church and lots of people go to church at Christmas and Easter, the two main Christian festivals. 5 , fewer and fewer British people have gone to church, but now things seem to be changing. The churches are very slowly growing again.
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