1、A story about an abbess 一个女修道院院长的故事 Once upon a time, there was an abbess in a small abbey. She was very kind, but one day she wasabetted by an abject abbot. He abducted her abed! After several months, her abdomen grew high, which abashed her very much and abased her to some degree. She abjured the abhorrentrelationship. The abbot was taken aback and could not abide her abeyance. So she decided toabdicate. She gave a simple ablution and left the abbey with tears ablaze in her eyes. The pain in her heart abated. She abhorred her baby so much that she abandoned her in the abbey. That day when she left, she only brought with her a lovely abacus, which had the abbreviation of her name. 很久以前，一个小修道院里有一个女修道院院长。她人很好。但有一天她被一个卑鄙的男修道院院长教唆，诱拐她上了床。几个月后，她的腹部鼓了起来，这使她非常羞愧，也在一定程度上使她降低了身份。她发誓断绝这种令人憎恶的关系。男修道院院长很吃惊并且不能忍受她的终止。于是她决定退位。她进行了一个简单的仪式，然后眼里含着闪耀的泪花离开了修道院。她心中的疼痛减少了。她憎恶她的婴儿，于是她将其遗弃在修道院。走的那天，她只带走了她心爱的算盘。算盘上有她名字的缩写。 aback adv.意外地、吃惊地，向后 be taken aback 突遇逆风、吓了一跳 abacus n. 算盘 abandon vt. 离弃, 丢弃 We will never abandon our principles. 我们应该坚持原则。 abase vt.使谦卑, 使感到羞耻使降低(地位、身份等) The president is not willing to abase himself before the nation. 总统不愿在全国人民面前降低自己的威信。 abash vt.使羞愧, 使局促, 使窘迫 Your kindness quite abashed me. 你的好意使我十分不安。 abate vt. vi. 减少, 减轻, 减退; 消除 The storm began to abate slightly. 风暴开始稍有所减弱。 abbess n. 女修道院院长,女庵主持 abbey n.修道院 abbot n. 男修道院院长,神父，方丈，主持 abbreviate vt.缩略 The name Susan is often abbreviated to Sue. 人名Susan经常被缩写为Sue。 abdicate vt. 放弃(职责、权力等) He abdicated all responsibility for the care of the child. 他放弃了抚养孩子的全部责任。 abdomen n. 腹部 abdominal adj. 腹部的 The nurse tapped the patient's abdomen. 护士给病人放出腹水。 abduct vt.劫持; 诱拐 The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。 abed adv. 在床上,卧病在床 abet vt.教唆(犯罪) He abetted the thief in robbing the bank. 他教唆那个贼去抢劫银行。 abeyance n.中止 暂搁 The rule has been in abeyance since 1980. 这一规定自1980年起失效。 abhor vt.憎恶, 厌恶, 讨厌 abhorrent adj.可恶的, 讨厌的不相容的 They abhor all forms of discrimination on the basis of race or sex. 他们憎恶种族和性别上的歧视。 abide vt. 容忍, 忍受 How can you abide such a person? 你怎么能屈从于这样的人? abject adj. (指境况)凄惨的，绝望的 （人或行为）卑鄙的 This policy has turned out to be an abject failure. 这一政策最后以惨败而告终。 abjure v. 发誓放弃,避免,公开放弃 ablaze adj. 着火; 燃烧 明亮; 灿烂 The wooden house was soon ablaze. 那幢木头房子很快就烧起来了。 The palace was ablaze with lights.那座宫殿灯火辉煌。 ablution n. 净身礼, 洗手礼, 洗身, 沐浴 He is performing his ablutions. 他在行净身礼。 （原文写于2009-07-26 11:46:28 新浪博客）
上个月去意大利开可降解金属国际会议，期间安排了半天旅游去了一个修道院，今天google查了下，居然找不到中文的介绍，想来应该还不在中国游客的经典旅游线路（其实老外去的很多，里面的装饰保留了几百年下来，可见当时的奢华）。所以值得写一下。 维基百科的介绍如下： http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certosa_di_Padula Padula Charterhouse , in Italian Certosa di Padula (or Certosa di San Lorenzo di Padula ), is a large Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse, located in the town of Padula , in the Cilento National Park (near Salerno ) in Southern Italy . It is a World Heritage site . The monastery is the second largest charterhouse in Italy after the one in Pavia . Its building history covers 450 years, but the principal parts of the buildings are in Baroque style. It is a very large monastery, comprising 51,500 m² (12.7 acres), with 320 rooms and halls. 分享下照片（我随便用手机照的，如果要专业的效果，网上一搜就有了） 修道院的正门 殿内的装饰— “几百年前就有 CAR 这个词了” 阳光下的修道院
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