英语听力:探索发现 2012-08-08 爱尔兰的故事 Story Of Ireland—11
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His memory would be obliterated1 by events which would create Ireland's first and most enduring cult2 of personality. It is the story of a spiritual revolution born in an age of imperial collapse3.
Since the beginning of the fifth century,
barbarian4 attacks on Roman had
escalated5 and the legions were called from Britain to defend the eternal city. In the vacuum after the departure of the army, Irish raids on the British coast expanded.
The expansion was driven by a
lust6 for
plunder7 and by trade. And one of the most
lucrative8 markets of all was slavery. From harbours up and down the Irish coastline, slave-raiding boats set out to attack British settlements. But one of those raids would have consequences that the rough
warriors9 on board could never have imagined. For amongst the thousands carried off was a Welshman who would become the most
celebrated10 Irishman of all.
The Saint Patrick we
commemorate11 each March 17th escaped from Ireland but returned after a vision in which the pagan Irish called him back to spread the
Christian12 faith. But much of what was taken to be the truth of his life was invented by others, like the 18th-century clergyman who claimed the shamrock was used by Patrick to explain the Holy Trinity.
Patrick
hovers13 between the pagan past and the Christine future. He is the man who
vanquishes14 troubles and kings with magic spells,
banishes15 the snakes from the face of Ireland. But what do we know of the real Patrick, beyond myth and symbol?
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