1. Though he was tortured to make him change his religion, the prisoner would not recant.
    那囚犯虽受酷刑迫他改变他的宗教信仰，但他绝不改变。

2. He doesn´t believe in religion.
    他不信教。

3. Abjure one´s religion
    发誓放弃其宗教信仰。

4. Some people are surprised when they learn of this old custom because they think people of southern Germany followed the Catholic (天主教的) religion, which teach marriage is a holy right given by God in order to create children.
    有些人在得知这个古老的风俗后感到很吃惊，因为他们认为德国南部的人信奉天主教，天主教教导人们: 婚姻是上帝赐给人们生育孩子的一种神圣权利。

5. One can draw examples from genius in any field, from religion, philosophy, and literature to art and music, even in mathematics, science, and technical invention, although these are often thought to depend only on logic and experiment.
    无论是宗教、哲学、文学，还是艺术、音乐，甚至数学、科学，以及技术发明，在任何领域的天才人物身上，我们都能找到这样的例子，虽然人们常常认为数学、科学，以及技术发明所依赖的仅仅是逻辑和实验。

6. Indonesians have traditionally favored large families, and their major religion, Islam, frowns on birth control.
    印度尼西亚人传统上偏爱大家庭，他们的主要宗教伊斯兰教不赞成节制生育。

7. It is assumed that they are of the same religion and social level.
    一般认为双方都应有同一宗教信仰，属于同一社会阶层。