英语听力：Wild China 美丽中国：彩云之南-1
时间：2019-02-03 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力：文化博览2008年
英语课
Beneath billowing clouds in China’s far southwestern Yunnan Province lies a place of mystery and legend. Of mighty 1 rivers and some of the oldest jungles in the world, here hidden valleys nurture 2 strange and unique creatures, and colorful tribal 3 cultures. Jungles are rarely found this far north of the tropics. So why do they thrive here? And how has this rugged 4 landscape come to harbor the greatest natural wealth in all China?
In the remote southwest corner of China, a celebration is about to take place. Dai people collect water for the most important festival of their year. The Dai call themselves “the people of the water”. Yunnan's river valleys have been their home for over 2,000 years. By bringing the river water to the temple, they honor the two things holiest to them: Buddhism 5 and their home.
The Dai give thanks for the rivers and fertile lands which have nurtured 6 their culture. Though to some, it might seem just an excuse for the biggest water fight of all time. Dai lives are changing as towns get bigger and modernized 7 but the Water Splashing Festival is still celebrated 8 by all.
The rivers which lie at the heart of Dai life and culture flow from the distant mountains of Tibet, southward through central Yunnan in great parallel gorges 9.
adj.强有力的；巨大的
- A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
- The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。
n.养育，照顾，教育；滋养，营养品；vt.养育，给与营养物，教养，扶持
- The tree grows well in his nurture.在他的培育下这棵树长得很好。
- The two sisters had received very different nurture.这俩个姊妹接受过极不同的教育。
adj.部族的，种族的
- He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
- The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。
adj.高低不平的，粗糙的，粗壮的，强健的
- Football players must be rugged.足球运动员必须健壮。
- The Rocky Mountains have rugged mountains and roads.落基山脉有崇山峻岭和崎岖不平的道路。
n.佛教（教义）
- Buddhism was introduced into China about 67 AD.佛教是在公元67年左右传入中国的。
- Many people willingly converted to Buddhism.很多人情愿皈依佛教。
养育( nurture的过去式和过去分词 )； 培育； 滋长； 助长
- She is looking fondly at the plants he had nurtured. 她深情地看着他培育的植物。
- Any latter-day Einstein would still be spotted and nurtured. 任何一个未来的爱因斯坦都会被发现并受到培养。
使现代化，使适应现代需要( modernize的过去式和过去分词 )； 现代化，使用现代方法
- By 1985 the entire railway network will have been modernized. 等到1985年整个铁路网就实现现代化了。
- He set about rebuilding France, and made it into a brilliant-looking modernized imperialism. 他试图重建法国，使它成为一项表面华丽的现代化帝业。
adj.有名的，声誉卓著的
- He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
- The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。