These Americans Are Stuck in the 1800s (Mennonites) · Drew Binsky
探索美国门诺会社区的生活方式，了解他们不使用互联网、不接受高等教育等独特习俗。适合练习文化、生活和英语听力。
One of the most mysterious communities in America lives right over that tree line.
美国最神秘的社区之一就位于那片树木茂密的区域之上。
You've heard about the Amish, but what about the Mennonites?
你可能听说过阿米什人，那么门诺会教徒呢？
This extreme Christian community doesn't believe in high school or college, lives off what their land provides and completely bans the Internet.
这个极端基督教社区不承认高中或大学的存在，依靠自己的土地资源为生，并且完全禁止使用互联网。
Are you familiar with...
您熟悉……吗？
YouTube?
YouTube？
I mean, I've heard the name a lot.
我的意思是，我经常听到这个名字。
What would happen if I sneak in to spend 24 hours in their lives?
如果我偷偷潜入他们的生活中，和他们一起度过24小时，会发生什么呢？
I'm heading to northern Wisconsin to find out.
我正前往威斯康星州北部去弄清楚真相。
Drew, nice to meet you.
德鲁，很高兴见到你。
I'm Marcus Martin's my name.
我叫马库斯·马丁。
Come worship with us.
来和我们一起敬拜吧。
The Mennonites take church very seriously.
门诺派教徒非常重视宗教仪式和教会活动。
And if you're wondering why those dudes just kissed?
如果你想知道为什么那些人突然接吻了，答案其实很简单……
It's because of their strict interpretation of the Bible.
这是因为他们对《圣经》的解释过于严格。
Take this line from Thessalonians.
请看这句出自《帖撒罗尼迦前书》的话：
Greet all with a holy kiss.
用神圣的吻向所有人致意。
I shake a few hands and everyone is wondering, what am I doing here?
我与几个人握了手，这时在场的所有人都很好奇：“我为什么会在这里呢？
Outsiders never come.
外人从来都不会来这里。
But the minister invites me to join Sunday mass and hear their choir sing.
不过，那位部长邀请我参加周日的弥撒，并聆听他们的合唱团演唱。
Notice how the men and women are separated?
注意看，男性和女性是如何被分开的吧？
It doesn't matter if you're a family, because gender is one of the ways the Mennonites organize their society and understand their roles.
无论你是否属于一个家庭，这其实都无关紧要；因为性别是门诺会（Mennonites）组织社会结构、以及界定人们社会角色的重要因素之一。
Amen.
阿门。
Depart in peace.
安详地离开吧。
Well, it was different, wasn't it?
嗯，情况确实有所不同，不是吗？
Very nice.
非常不错。
I enjoyed it.
我很喜欢它。
Thanks.
谢谢。
And your name again?
那么，您的全名再次确认一下是什么？
Yeah!
是的！
Drew.
德鲁。
-- Yeah.
-- 是的。
Drew?
德鲁？
After Mass, the minister, Joel takes me under the church to check out the only school in the community which stops after eighth grade.
弥撒结束后，神父乔尔带我去了教堂的地下室，那里有一所当地唯一的学校——这所学校只提供到八年级的教育。
This is first and second grade.
这是小学一年级和二年级的学生。
We don't generally do college and that type of thing.
我们通常不会去上大学或做类似的事情。
A lot of downsides to college.
上大学有很多缺点。
And...
然后……
if you're interested in serving the Lord and living out the Bible..
如果你有兴趣侍奉主，并按照圣经的教导去生活的话……
I'm inside the first grade classroom here in the school.
我现在正在学校的一年级教室里。
Pretty bizarre.
真是太奇怪了。