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Adoption & Fostering Pub Date : 2021-07-06 , DOI: 10.1177/03085759211019723
Roger Bullock 1
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Fifty years ago, I helped an elderly uncle fulfil his end-of-life wish list. One item was to attend evensong at the city cathedral. The preacher was a guest who ran a charity in a very poor suburb. She described situations associated with gross deprivation to a congregation mostly comprised of comfortably off, middle-aged citizens. My uncle’s illness had made him uncharacteristically cantankerous and in the midst of a prayerful silence, he muttered, ‘I don’t know what she’s doing talking to that lot. She’ll only get nodding approval and a bit extra on the collection plate.’ Indeed, one could not imagine many of those listening having much in common with the people described, although some probably did meet them in a professional capacity.

中文翻译:

衷心恳求还是改革议程?

五十年前,我帮助一位年迈的叔叔完成了他的临终愿望清单。一项是参加城市大教堂的晚会。传教士是在一个非常贫穷的郊区经营慈善机构的客人。她向主要由舒适的中年公民组成的会众描述了与严重贫困相关的情况。我叔叔的病让他一反常态地脾气暴躁,在祈祷的沉默中,他喃喃自语:“我不知道她在做什么和那么多人说话。她只会得到点头认可,并在收集盘上多加一点。确实,人们无法想象许多倾听者与所描述的人有很多共同之处,尽管有些人可能确实以专业身份与他们会面。
更新日期:2021-07-07
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