047 圣诞水壶

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They come out onto the streets every year around Christmas time

每年圣诞节前后，他们都会出现在街头。

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They are dressed in army-style uniforms, and they carry a bell and a red kettle

他们身穿军装风格的制服，手里拿着一个铃铛和一个红色的水壶。

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People walking by often stop and put money into their kettles

路过的人经常会停下来，把钱放进他们的水壶里。

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Who are these people with the red kettles? And why do people give them money?

这些拿着红色水壶的人是谁？人们为什么给他们钱呢？

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They are members of the Salvation Army, which is a group of Christians who serve God by helping the poor

他们是救世军的成员，这是一个基督教团体，他们通过帮助穷人来侍奉上帝。

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Over one hundred years ago, William Booth, a Christian minister in London, England

一百多年前，在英国伦敦，一位名叫威廉·布斯的基督教牧师

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organized a small church group to help feed and provide housing for the poor

组织了一个小教会团体，帮助穷人们获得食物和住所。

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As more and more people joined his group, William Booth decided to organize his church like an army

随着越来越多的人加入，威廉·布斯决定像军队一样组织他的教会。

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Booth became the general of the army, and his ministers became the officers

布斯成了这支军队的将军，而他的牧师们则成了军官。

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But unlike other armies that fight and kill people, Booth's army fought for God and the poor

但与那些打仗杀人的军队不同，布斯的军队是为上帝和穷人而战。

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Many people were attracted to Booth's church because it was not very formal

许多人被布斯的教会吸引，因为它不太正式。

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In Booth's church, people sang joyful songs, played instruments, and clapped their hands

在布斯的教堂里，人们唱欢乐的歌，演奏乐器，拍手。

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At his church, praising God was fun

在他的教堂里，赞美上帝很有趣。

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Also all people were treated equally and fairly in the Salvation Army

此外，在救世军里，所有人都得到平等和公平的对待。

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It didn't matter if you were rich or poor, a man or a woman

无论你是富是穷，是男是女，都没有关系。

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Catherine Booth, William Booth's wife, was also very involved in her husband's church

威廉·布斯的妻子凯瑟琳·布斯也积极参与她丈夫的教会工作。

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She believed that women and men were equal in every way

她相信女人和男人在各方面都是平等的。

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So in their church, the female members and the male members were all treated the same

所以在他们的教会里，女性成员和男性成员都受到同样的对待。

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Many women were able to become officers in the Salvation Army

许多妇女能够成为救世军的军官。

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Many Christians began to join the Salvation Army

许多基督徒开始加入救世军。

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Soon the church services were full, and the Army was able to help the poor in great ways

很快，教会礼拜就座无虚席，救世军也得以大规模地帮助穷人。

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Before long, members of the Salvation Army started to spread out around the world

不久，救世军的成员开始扩展到世界各地。

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Some officers went to Australia and others to America

一些军官去了澳大利亚，另一些则去了美国。

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It was in America that one of these officers began the tradition of the Christmas kettle

正是在美国，其中一位军官开创了圣诞募捐桶的传统。

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In 1891 Captain Joseph McFee decided that he wanted to provide a free Christmas dinner for the poor people in San Francisco

1891年，约瑟夫·麦菲上尉决定，他想为旧金山的穷人们提供一顿免费的圣诞晚餐。

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However, he didn't have enough money to pay for it

然而，他没有足够的钱来支付这笔费用。

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He spent several days thinking about how he was going to raise enough money for his dinner

他花了好几天时间思考如何为他的晚餐计划筹集到足够的钱。

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Then he came up with a great idea

然后，他想出了一个绝妙的主意。

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He remembered back to when he lived in Liverpool, England

他回想起自己住在英国利物浦的时候。

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People in that city had a large pot that they put money into for the poor

那个城市的人们会放一个大罐子，让人们往里面投入给穷人的捐款。

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So the next day he got permission to set up a similar pot near the docks where the San Francisco ferry came in

所以第二天，他获准在旧金山渡轮进出的码头附近设置一个类似的罐子。

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As people got on and off the ferry, they saw his pot and read a sign asking for donations

当人们上下渡轮时，他们看到他的罐子和请求捐款的牌子。

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He also put a smaller pot, called an urn, in the ferry waiting room

他还在渡轮候车室里放了一个较小的罐子，叫做瓮。

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It was a wonderful success. Captain McFee gathered enough money that Christmas to provide the poor people in San Francisco with a good Christmas dinner

这次取得了巨大成功。那年圣诞节，麦菲队长募集了足够的钱，为旧金山的穷人提供了一顿丰盛的圣诞晚餐。

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By 1895 the idea of Christmas kettles spread all across the west coast of the United States

到1895年，圣诞水壶的想法传遍了美国整个西海岸。

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Soon the Salvation Army was preparing over thirty large Christmas dinners for thousands of poor people

很快，救世军开始为成千上万的穷人准备三十多场大型圣诞晚餐。

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Then in 1897 a young officer named William McIntyre, who had helped Captain McFee start the Christmas kettle donations

然后在1897年，一位名叫威廉·麦金泰尔的年轻军官，他曾帮助麦菲队长发起圣诞水壶募捐，

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was sent to the east coast of the United States

被派往美国东海岸。

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He wanted to bring the Christmas kettle tradition with him

他想把圣诞水壶的传统带过去。

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However, when he arrived in Boston, the other officers thought it was a strange idea and refused to help him

然而，当他到达波士顿时，其他军官认为这个想法很奇怪，拒绝帮助他。

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But the poor people in Boston were very lucky because McIntyre didn't listen to the other officers

但波士顿的穷人非常幸运，因为麦金泰尔没有听从其他军官的话。

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McIntyre, his wife, and his sister went onto the streets of Boston with their kettles and began to raise money for a Christmas dinner for the poor

麦金泰尔、他的妻子和他的妹妹带着他们的水壶走上波士顿街头，开始为穷人的圣诞晚餐募款。

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That year over 150,000 poor people across the United States received a good Christmas dinner

那一年，全美国有超过15万穷人享用了一顿丰盛的圣诞晚餐。

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Over a hundred years later, the tradition of the Salvation Army Christmas dinner is stronger than ever

一百多年后，救世军圣诞晚餐的传统比以往任何时候都更加兴盛。

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The kettles are now used all over the world to help make Christmas better for unfortunate people

如今，水壶在世界各地被用来帮助不幸的人改善圣诞节。

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In addition to helping the poor, the Salvation Army also provides dinners for elderly people without families

除了帮助穷人，救世军还为没有家人的老人、

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sick people in hospitals, and even prisoners in jail

医院里的病人，甚至监狱里的囚犯提供晚餐。

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Providing dinners for those who need them is not the only way the Salvation Army helps others

为需要的人提供晚餐并不是救世军帮助他人的唯一方式。

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In over eighty countries throughout the world, the people of the Salvation Army operate hospitals, schools, and homeless shelters

在全球八十多个国家，救世军的人们经营着医院、学校和流浪者收容所。

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They truly are God's soldiers

他们确实是上帝的士兵。

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These days their Christmas kettles look very different from the old pot that McFee used in San Francisco

如今，他们的圣诞水壶看起来与麦菲在旧金山使用的旧罐子大不相同。

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Some have fancy self-ringing bells, and others have speakers to play traditional Christmas carols

有些有花哨的自鸣铃，还有些有扬声器播放传统的圣诞颂歌。

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However, they still announce the same message that " sharing is caring."

然而，它们仍然传达着同样的信息：“分享就是关爱。”