对新教宣教士彭蒙惠女士来说，传福音大概没有被局限在一般新教徒 所理解的福传方法。虽然救世传播协会是一个明确的组织，但难道积极从 事英语教学本身不能是所谓的「传福音」？ 　　我曾在贵板提及过前以色列总理「拉宾」的故事，我第一次知道他的　 和平理念，正是来自彭蒙惠女士的空中英语教室杂志文章。遗憾的是读过 之後不久，拉宾就因为推动中东和平遭到自己国内的激进人士刺杀身亡。 步入二十一世纪的天主教，明确教导和指出：「缔造和平的人是有福的， 因为他们要称为天主的子女！」而空英的文章已先埋下此观念的经验种子。 　　 　　对我来说，英语教学本身，的确是一个积极的福传作为。 恰好我最近又看到一篇空英（彭蒙惠英语）的国外新闻时事报导，有 些触动，可以是一个提醒和反省材料，跟大家分享： 可以顺便学英文，也可只关注这篇与福音传播有什麽关联。 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Mohawks say jailing violates their tribal rights 莫霍克族人表示监禁违反其部落权益 ◆ by Kibret Markos / (c) 2008, The Record (Hackensack, N.J.). Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. Two Canadian-born Native Americans charged with money laundering are challenging an order by immigration officials that is keeping them in jail despite their unique status as neither citizens nor foreigners. 两位生於加拿大、被控洗钱的美洲原住民对移民官员监禁他们的命令提出异议，因为该命 令未考量他们既非公民亦非外国人的特殊身份，将他们施以监禁。 money laundering (n phr) 洗钱 movement of money, which has been obtained illegally, through banks and other businesses to make it seem to have been obtained legally movement of money, which has been obtained illegally, through banks and other businesses to make it seem to have been obtained legally Kenwenteson Jacobs and Kahnekaiento McGregor were pulled over by New Jersey police and arrested after officers found $74,000 in cash in their car. 肯文提森．杰考布斯和卡尼凯安托．麦贵格的座车在路上被纽泽西警方拦下，警员在他们 车上搜出七万四千美元现金後将两人逮捕。 They were charged with money laundering and put in jail. 他们被控洗钱，琅当入狱。 Jacobs and McGregor, who are members of the Mohawk nation and live on a reservation outside of Montreal, were ordered held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials after police reported them as Canadian citizens. 杰考布斯和麦贵格是莫霍克族人，住在蒙特娄市郊的保留区，警方将这两人以加拿大籍公 民身份提报，「移民与海关执行局」官员随即下令拘留二人。 reservation (n) 美洲印地安人保留区 an area of land set aside by the federal government, especially for the use of a Native American people The order means that they will have to remain in jail as the case proceeds, and could face deportation proceedings if convicted. 这道命令规定两人须於案件审理期间留在狱中，若罪名成立，即可能面临驱逐出境的法律 程序。 deportation (n) the process of forcing someone to leave a country, especially someone who has no legal right to be there or who has broken the law Their attorneys, however, argued that immigration officials never should have been involved. 但两人的律师主张移民局官员本来就不该插手。 Native Americans are allowed to move freely across the border under the Jay Treaty of 1794. 根据一七九四年的「杰伊条约」，法律允许美洲原住民自由穿越美加边境。 The decision also angered Mohawk leaders, who cited federal case law providing that Native Americans cannot be deported. 这个判决也激怒了莫霍克族的领袖，他们引用联邦判例，判例规定政府不得将美洲原住民 驱逐出境。 cite (v) to mention something as proof or as a reason why something has happened "For us, there is no border," said Mike Bush, one of 11 Mohawk chiefs who lead close to 150,000 Indians living in several communities in Ontario, Quebec, and upstate New York. 「边境对我们来说是不存在的。」十一名莫霍克族酋长之一的麦可．布希这麽说。他领导 近十五万名分别住在安大略、魁北克及纽约上州几个聚落的印地安人。 "It's impossible for us to 'immigrate' to what is technically our territory. 「这里严格来说是我们的领土，对我们来说根本没有『迁移』这回事， We are just like American Indians in the United States." 我们跟美国的美洲印地安人没有两样啊。」 Defense attorney Chris DiLorenzo said the case against his client is already weak because it's based on a legal principle that a large amount of cash seized from a person is presumed to have been obtained from illegal activity. 辩护律师克里斯．迪罗伦佐说这个起诉他的当事人的案件根本站不住脚，因为它依据的法 律原则是，如果从某人身上起出大笔现金，就可推论为非法活动所得。 seize (v) to take possession of something by legal authority Attorney Frank Carbonetti said it is common for Native Americans to carry large amounts of cash and use it to transact business because often, they don't use banks. 律师法兰克．卡波奈提说美洲原住民随身携带大量现金并用现金办事很稀松平常，因为他 们通常不上银行。 transact (v) to do business; to buy or sell things "They are not like you and me," he told Judge Patrick Roma. 「他们跟你我不一样。」他这麽告诉法官派崔克．罗马。 "They live in reservations, keep cash at their homes and carry cash." 「他们住在保留区，现金放在家里，会随身带现金。」 --------------------------------------------------------------------- [心得] 　 我从来没听过这个印第安族，透过这篇文章，我知道七万四千美元，折合台币约 240万，也就是两个加拿大籍的印第安人，车上有区区 240万现金，开车在美国便要 被冠上洗钱罪名锒铛入狱。 这一点都不正义。 　　时事告诉我们，那些用高级珠宝洗钱的人，一颗顶级钻戒首饰就可以上达千万， 甚至上亿。进出美国的外国有钱人不知凡几，手上的手表两三只也可以轻易超过240万 台币，却没有任何有钱人因此被当成洗钱。 　　真正要洗钱的人，比如刘伟杰以盗卖客户的股票所取得的现金，购买 4亿余元钻石 洗钱，这才是真正的洗钱。至於不使用银行的印第安族人，每人身上带一百二十万现金 就该入狱，可是在美国有人同样拥有现金，来源不明却完全没事，显然： 　　"All men are created equal" 显然美国独立宣言上的这句，是个欺骗。 对付这两个印第安人的美国司法，显然放过了另外一对在美国洗钱的外国权贵夫妇， 新闻报导说他们用现金，付了一台高级休旅车的费用。显然在他们拥有更多的美金现钞。 离谱，双重标准，差别待遇。 　　我的家人告诉我：「美国人（含美国新教和美国天主教徒）就是这样势利。 　　　　　　　　　　他们会考虑在谁身上有利可图，决定该如何去图此利。 　　　　　　　　　　尤其种族歧视，AIT办美签的时候大家都很有经验。」 　　这两个可怜的印地安人，应该声称他们打算用车上现金去买一台Volvo XC90， 　　说不定就拗过去了。 　　　 然而透过空英，很技巧地传递一些福音的理念和价值观给一些学英语的人， 对於促进天主国的来临，提供人所需要的反省资讯和材料，是不应该被忽视的。 空英教学本身，依照天主教的福传模式来分类，可说是：知识福传、在工作岗位 上的表率福传（六十年的坚持）、长期奉献爱心，以优秀的个人品质和人际关系影响 更多的人的爱德福传、（基督徒老师合作无间）团队福传。（参考下面第3点） 而教学的部份内容，具体促进天主国的来临。 　 我个人非常感谢彭蒙惠老师和其团队的教导。 　　 相关阅读： 1. 真福八端，林思川神父讲解圣经 http://epaper.ccreadbible.org/epaper/sunday_gosepel/Ordinary_1_04.htm 2. 原始新闻报导 http://www.northjersey.com/news/crimeandcourts/Mohawks_say_jailing_violates _their_tribal_rights.html 　 3. 管窥当代国内（按，对岸中国）天主教会的不同福传模式 http://www.chinacatholic.org/XindeNews.asp?Id=10555&Page=1 http://www.chinacatholic.org/XindeNews.asp?Id=10555&Page=2 http://www.chinacatholic.org/XindeNews.asp?Id=10597 -- 发觉、尊重、善用上天赋予每个人内在生命中的真善美圣及其所含的力量 -- 天主教会台湾地区主教团关怀社会公开信 --

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