Introducing

YOU MAY SEE HER walking through your town or along the highway—asilver-haired woman dressed in navy blue slacks and shirt, and a short tunicwith pockets all around the bottom in which she carries her only worldly possessions.
It says “PEACE PILGRIM” in white letters on the front of the tunicand “25,000 Miles On Foot for Peace” on the back. She has walked the25,000 miles. However, she continues to walk, for her vow² is,“I shall remaina wanderer until mankind has learned the way of peace, walking until I amgiven shelter and fasting until I am given food.” She walks without a pennyin her pockets and she is not affiliated³ with any organization. She walks as aprayer and as a chance to inspire others to pray and work with her for peace.
She speaks to individuals along the way, to gatherings⁴ such as church groupsor college groups, through newspapers, magazines, radio, television—relatinginteresting and meaningful experiences, discussing peace within and without.
She feels we have learned that war is not the way to peace—that security doesnot lie in stockpiles of bombs. She points out that this is a crisis period inhuman⁵ history, and that we who live in the world today must choose betweena nuclear war of annihilation and a golden age of peace. Although she doesnot ask to see results, thousands of letters testify that her journey has not beenin vain—saying, in effect,“Since talking with you I’ve decided⁶ that I shouldbe doing something for peace also.”

(This message was printed on a brief
leaflet, a few copies of which Peace
Pilgrim carried in her tunic¹ in order
to introduce herself.)

1 tunic   

n.束腰外衣

参考例句：

• The light loose mantle was thrown over his tunic.一件轻质宽大的斗蓬披在上衣外面。
• Your tunic and hose match ill with that jewel,young man.你的外套和裤子跟你那首饰可不相称呢，年轻人。

2 vow   

n.誓(言)，誓约；v.起誓，立誓

参考例句：

• My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母许愿，每星期日都去做礼拜。
• I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。

3 affiliated   

adj. 附属的, 有关连的

参考例句：

• The hospital is affiliated with the local university. 这家医院附属于当地大学。
• All affiliated members can vote. 所有隶属成员都有投票权。

4 gatherings   

聚集( gathering的名词复数 )； 收集； 采集； 搜集

参考例句：

• His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
• During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次，其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。

5 inhuman   

adj.残忍的，不人道的，无人性的

参考例句：

• We must unite the workers in fighting against inhuman conditions.我们必须使工人们团结起来反对那些难以忍受的工作条件。
• It was inhuman to refuse him permission to see his wife.不容许他去看自己的妻子是太不近人情了。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。