英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Nile尼罗河—18
时间：2019-01-16 作者：英语课 分类：自然百科2015年
Rising up alongside confluence 1 is the Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. I'd arrived in the city on a Friday. Islamic mystics known as Sufi were gathering 2 at the edge of the city to perform a weekly sunset ritual. It harks back to the earliest days of Islam on the Nile. These are whirling dervishes of Sudan. The journalist Ismal Kushkush was at hand to help me understand this magical. It's fairly chaotic 3 spectacle. What are they doing? It's called zikr or rememberance. It's a way to purify the heart by reciting the certain chants, certain poetry. To purify them, purifying the heart, does that mean effectly clensing the body of evil. Absolutely. Through remembering the Gods, through these recitations, that heart is purified from any evil. It becomes closer and in oneness with the Lord. As the Sufi spin to rhythmic 4 chants of crowd, then enter into a kind of trance. Their meditative 5 state is intensified 6 by the overwhelming fragrance 7 of frankincense. That's beautiful, beautiful smell.
Islam dictates 8 almost every aspect of daily life in Sudan. Under ?arī?a Law, everything from crime, politics and economics to sex, hygiene 9 and diet is governed by Koran.
- They built the city at the confluence of two rivers.他们建造了城市的汇合两条河流。
- The whole DV movements actually was a confluence of several trends.整个当时的DV运动，实际上是几股潮流的同谋。
- He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
- He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
- Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
- The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。
- Her breathing became more rhythmic.她的呼吸变得更有规律了。
- Good breathing is slow,rhythmic and deep.健康的呼吸方式缓慢深沉而有节奏。
- A stupid fellow is talkative;a wise man is meditative.蠢人饶舌，智者思虑。
- Music can induce a meditative state in the listener.音乐能够引导倾听者沉思。
- Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。
- The drought has intensified. 旱情加剧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The apple blossoms filled the air with their fragrance.苹果花使空气充满香味。
- The fragrance of lavender filled the room.房间里充满了薰衣草的香味。
- Convention dictates that a minister should resign in such a situation. 依照常规部长在这种情况下应该辞职。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He always follows the dictates of common sense. 他总是按常识行事。 来自《简明英汉词典》