1）Words
1.colonize vt 开拓为殖民地
2.stern adj 严格的/苛刻的 the stern reality
3.jubilant adj 兴高采烈的 jubilant crowds
4.scripture n Holy scriptures 圣经 /经文
5.catharsis n 情感的宣泄 净化She found singing a catharsis /通便（医）
6.congregation n【C】人群 （教堂中的）会众
2）Sentences
1.The more time we spent at church, the more blessings we accrued, like Starbucks Rewards Card.
这段话让我想起了我妈，她有时候对一些事情人的很较真，但是这种执着又让你觉得她既烦人又可爱。
2.Death was never far away from anybody back then. At that point my mother could be raped. We could be killed. These were all viable options. I didn't fully comprehend the danger we were in at the moment; I was so tired that I just wanted to sleep. Plus my mom was stayed very calm.She didn't panic， so I didn't panic.
妈妈总是保护你使你安心的那个人，有可能travis 的妈妈自己也怕得要死，但是她不能表现出来，因为孩子肯定会害怕惶恐。记得以前看过一个电影叫下流女孩，里面有一句台词“就像每个爸爸都会离开，只有妈妈一直都在，默默地保护你。”
3.She broke out in a huge smile and started laughing. I started laughing, too, and we stood there, this little boy and his mom, our arms and legs convered in blood and dirt, laughing together through the pain in the light of a petrol station on the side of the road in the middle of the night.
3）other
He-man：希曼 希曼，让80后眼眶湿润的回忆 希曼(He-Man)是上个世纪80年代美国动画片《宇宙的巨人希曼》的。
for next to nothing ：一无所有 什么也没有
