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1.媒體來源:
Washington post

2.記者署名:
Peter Hermann, Sarah Pulliam Bailey and
Michelle Boorstein

3.完整新聞標題:
Fire set at historic St. John’s church during protests of George Floyd’s
death
歷史建築聖約翰教堂遭示威者縱火

4.完整新聞內文:

影：https://tinyurl.com/yayvta4b

A fire was set in the basement of historic St. John’s Episcopal Church,
across Lafayette Square from the White House, during demonstrations Sunday
night expressing outrage at the death of George Floyd in police custody,
police said.
位在白宮外Lafayette Square的聖約翰教堂在周日晚間遭示威者縱火

Although the protests were largely peaceful in the afternoon and evening,
small groups of people began setting fires and smashing windows once darkness
fell.
雖然大多是和平示威，入夜後仍有少數群體開始縱火和破壞

Shortly after 10 p.m., someone tore down the American flag that hangs outside
the butter-yellow church and appeared to toss the flag into a nearby fire. A
glass door or window was shattered.
晚間十點過後有人撕下教堂懸掛的美國國旗並投入火堆，教堂玻璃門窗也遭破壞

A person sprayed graffiti: “The Devil is across [the] street.”
有人噴漆塗鴉: 惡魔就在對街

D.C. police said a small fire was deliberately set in the basement. Under
police escort, D.C. firefighters quickly extinguished it. Fire department
spokesman Vito Maggiolo said the blaze did not appear to cause any
significant damage.
DC警方表示縱火點在地下室，消防部門盡速撲滅，沒有重大損失

“I guess God was on its side,” Maggiolo said. “It didn’t seem to have
spread very much.”
消防發言人表示: 「上帝在這守著，火勢沒有擴散很快」

The Right Rev. Mariann Budde, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington,
said the fire was in the basement of the parish house, which holds offices
and the church’s nursery. No one from the church was in the building, she
said.
華盛頓主教牧師表示地下室是辦公室和托兒所，事發時教堂內沒人。

“It’s heart-rending,” said the Rev. Robert W. Fisher, church rector. “
This is a very historic building.”
教會牧師表示: 這件事令人心碎，這是一座歷史悠久的建築。

St. John’s Episcopal Church was built in 1815 and its first service was Oct.
27, 1816. It’s often called the “church of the presidents.” According to
the church website, every president since James Madison has attended at least
one service there.
Pew 54 is considered the “President’s Pew,” reserved for the president’s
use when visiting the church.
聖約翰主教教堂始建於1815年，1816年10月27日啟用。常被稱為“總統教堂”服務過每
一位總統

Budde said she had stood outside the church earlier Sunday to participate in
the demonstrations, when people were handing out water bottles and protesting
in a civil manner.

the church to be a place of haven and safety,” she said.
她說這令人心碎，但我們希望教堂是庇護所且安全的地方

Before his swearing-in ceremony, President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt
attended a service at St. John’s, setting a precedent that has been followed
by presidents ever since, including President Trump.
President Barack Obama did not formally join a church while he was in the
White House, but he attended St. John’s more than any other church during
his time in office.
富蘭克林開始了總統教堂歷史的先例，歷任美國總統都有參加過聖約翰教堂活動，包括
川普；歐巴馬雖然沒有移入教籍，但他參加過這裡的活動比誰都多

Budde is from Minneapolis, the city where Floyd died last week when a police
officer trapped him on the asphalt by placing a knee on the back of his neck,
even after Floyd said he couldn’t breathe.
The bishop said she does not condone the destruction of property, but also
doesn’t want to lose sight of what the protests are calling for in the wake
of Floyd’s death: necessary change.
主教牧師來自事件發生的Minneapolis，她不容忍破壞財產，但也不想遺忘抗議活動的
要求，有些事情必須做出改變

“It’s a building. No one’s life is gone, but we have work to do and we’ll
do it,” she said. “Cleaning up, rebuild and focus on the rebuilding of our
country which is more important.”
「這只是一棟建築物。 沒有人的生命消失，但是我們更重要、必須做且要做到的事--清
理，重建和專注於我們國家的重建。」


5.完整新聞連結 (或短網址):
https://tinyurl.com/ya6vjlzn

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