时间:2018-12-13 作者:英语课 分类:北师大版高中英语模块9(选修)


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[00:00.00]2 Indian English

[00:05.59]More than 70 million Hindus have begun

[00:07.66]to gather on the banks of the River Ganges

[00:10.18]in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh

[00:12.20]for the religious festival of Maha Kumbh Mela.

[00:15.32]The festival is held every twelve years,

[00:17.57]in order to commemorate 1 the mythological 2

[00:19.79]falling to earth of four drops of a liquid

[00:22.26]believed to confer immortality 3.

[00:24.78]The event began this week with

[00:26.32]a parade of sadhus--

[00:27.68]Hindu holy men living lives

[00:29.21]of strict simplicity--

[00:31.21]accompanied by parades of elephants and richly-

[00:33.35]decorated chariots.

[00:35.28]A thirty-square-mile tent city has been built

[00:37.56]to house pilgrims who have traveled

[00:39.44]from all over the world for the event,

[00:41.79]described by many as the "largest religious

[00:44.02]gathering on earth".

[00:45.74]Bathing in the River Ganges on one of the six

[00:48.05]selected days is said to wipe away

[00:49.74]the sins of seven lifetimes.

[00:53.46]3 Australian English

[00:57.26]An unexpected downpour of rain last weekend

[00:59.57]helped to douse 4 the bushfires which have been

[01:01.40]raging in New South Wales

[01:02.54]for the past fortnight.

[01:03.84]Around 45 mm of rain fell in the space

[01:06.37]of only eight hours,

[01:06.37]



1 commemorate
vt.纪念,庆祝
  • This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。
  • We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。
2 mythological
adj.神话的
  • He is remembered for his historical and mythological works. 他以其带有历史感和神话色彩的作品而著称。
  • But even so, the cumulative process had for most Americans a deep, almost mythological significance. 不过即使如此,移民渐增的过程,对于大部分美国人,还是意味深长的,几乎有不可思议的影响。
3 immortality
n.不死,不朽
  • belief in the immortality of the soul 灵魂不灭的信念
  • It was like having immortality while you were still alive. 仿佛是当你仍然活着的时候就得到了永生。
4 douse
v.把…浸入水中,用水泼;n.泼洒
  • Men came with buckets of water and began to douse the flames.人们提来一桶桶水灭火。
  • He doused the flames with a fire extinguisher.他用灭火器把火焰扑灭。
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