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LESSON XII.—Ecclesiastical.

1. This is a monastery.
2. Are there any priests?
3. There are no priests; there are priestesses.
4. How many are there
5. Over twenty.
6. What do they do?
7. Read the Sutras.
8. That is a temple.
9. Is it a Buddhist or Taoist (temple)?
10. It is a Buddhist temple.
11. What is the difference?
12. There is a great difference.
13. Do priests live here?
14. There are no priests at a temple.
15. He is a Missionary.
16. Have you become a convert.?
17. I have not.
18. Is there a chapel here?
19. There are two.
20. Are they Protestant or Catholic?
21. One is Protestant.
22. The other (lit. one) is Catholic.
23. Who are the Catholic Missionaries?
24. They are all Frenchmen.
25. Have they families?
26. They have no families.
27. They are not allowed to marry.
28. They wear Chinese clothes.
29. They eat Chinese food.
30. What is the intention is this?
31. They want to be like Chinamen.
32. Is there any other meaning?