忏悔

She knelt at her mother’s feet in penance.

她地跪母亲脚下。

I could not confess all my sins to the priest.

我不能向神父我所有的罪孽。

6 Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes.

为此，我收回我所说过的话，坐灰尘中。

St Ambrose would weep bitter tears when confessing a sinner.

圣安布罗斯聆听罪人时，会流下悲苦的泪水。

Columban introduced to Europe the Irish penitential discipline, including private confession.

高隆邦把包括私下内的爱尔苦修条例介绍给欧洲。

I confess it with shame--shrunk icily into myself, like a snail.

我羞愧地——冷冰冰地退缩，像个蜗牛。

The priest confessed the criminal.

神父听取那罪犯的。

Around Scotland the day had different names such as Bannock Night, Beef Brose and Shriften E'en.

周围，这一天有不同的名字，比如燕麦饼之夜、牛肉麦片汤、之夜。

I am curious to see what happens in the next world to one who dies un--shriven.

Pietro Perugino, Italian painter 我急切地想知道没有的人死去后，别一个世界会怎么样。

We are fascinated by rogues, from Chaucer's Pardoner to Del Boy. 9 We are bad at risk-assessment, and repeated surveys show that we fear crime far more than is justified.

从乔叟笔下的者到热播喜剧中的人物德尔小子，这些流氓无赖无一不让我们心向往之。我们并不善于准确判断风险，一次次的调查表明，我们对于犯罪行为的恐惧大大超出正常范围。