跟读练习: Who were the Vestal Virgins, and what was their job? - Peta Greenfield - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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A lone priestess walks towards an underground chamber.
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A lone priestess walks towards an underground chamber.
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People line the streets to watch as she proclaims her innocence.
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It doesn't matter.
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She's already been judged and found guilty.
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The sentence?
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Live burial.
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The underground chamber contains a portion of bread, water, milk, and oil.
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She will have a lamp,
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a bed, and a blanket,
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but she won't emerge alive.
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At the threshold, the priestess pauses,
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claims her innocence one last time,
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then enters the chamber never to be seen again by the Roman people.
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The priestess is one of Rome's six Vestal Virgins,
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each carefully selected as children from Rome's most aristocratic families.
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But now, with her death,
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there are only five, and a new priestess must be chosen.
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The six-year-old Licinia witnessed the spectacle,
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never suspecting that a few days later she'd be chosen as the next Vestal Virgin.
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Her age, her patrician family lineage,
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and her apparent good health makes her the best candidate to serve the goddess Vesta in the eyes of the Romans.
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Her parents are proud that their daughter's been chosen.
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Licinia is afraid, but she has no choice in the matter.
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She must serve the goddess for at least the next 30 years.
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For the first 10 years of Licinia's service,
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she's considered in training, learning how to be a Vestal Virgin.
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Her most important duty is keeping vigil over the flame of Vesta,
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the virgin goddess of the hearth.
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Vesta doesn't have a statue like other Roman gods and goddesses.
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Instead, she's represented by the flame,
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which burns day and night in her temple,
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located next to the forum in the center of the city.
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Like all Vestal priestesses, Licinius spends part of each day on shift,
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watching and tending to the flame.
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The flame represents two things.
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The first is the continuation of Rome as a power in the world.
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The Romans believe that if the flame goes out, the city's in danger.
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The flame also symbolizes the continuing virginity of Vesta's priestesses.
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For the Romans, a Vestal's virginity signaled not only her castitas,
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or modest spirit and body,
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but also her ritual purity.
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So Licinia knows she must never let the flame go out.
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Her life, the lives of her fellow Vestals,
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and the safety of Rome itself depends upon it.
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Licinia learns to collect water each day from a nearby fountain to cleanse the temple.
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She learns the fasti, the calendar of sacred rituals,
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and she watches while the senior priestesses conduct sacrifices.
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By the time Licinia completes her training, she's 16 years old.
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Licinia understands that the way she must act is a reflection of the goddess she serves.
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When it's her turn to collect the water,
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she keeps her eyes lowered to the ground.
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When she performs sacrifices, she focuses intently on the task.
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Licinia directs her energy towards being the best priestess she can be.
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It's worried that someday the state will claim her life for its own purposes to protect itself from danger.
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Licinia could be accused of incestum,
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meaning unchastity, at any time and be sacrificed,
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whether she's innocent or guilty.
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Licinia fully understands now why her predecessor was buried alive.
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Ten years ago, the flame of Vesta went out.
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The priestesses knew that they couldn't keep it a secret.
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The future of Rome depended upon it.
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They went to the chief priest and he opened an investigation to discover why the flame had failed.
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Someone came forward and claimed that one of the Vestals was no longer a virgin.
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That was the beginning of the end.
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The accused protested her innocence, but it wasn't enough.
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She was tried and found guilty.
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That Vestal's death was meant to protect the city,
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but Licinia weeps for what has been lost and for what she knows now.
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Her own path was paved by the death of another.
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And her life could be taken just as easily for something as simple as a flame going out.
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关键词汇与短语
- Vestal Virgins - 处女祭司
- priestess - 女祭司
- innocence - 清白，天真
- ritual purity - 祭祀的纯洁
- flame - 火焰
- continuation - 继续，延续
- patrician - 贵族，贵族的
- sacred rituals - 圣祭，神圣仪式
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