英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 Yangtze 长江—10

The teachings of the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucious are also depicted in the Dazu Rock Carvings. This is the typical carvings to show the Confuciouss thoughts how it applies to peoples life. Confucian thoughts? Yes, thats the combination of t

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 Yangtze 长江—9

-What a beautiful sight!Buddhism originated in India, but flourished in China for centuries, until China's drive for modernity in the early 20th century, and the rise of Communism resulted in the destructional conversion of hundreds of thousands of t

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 Yangtze 长江—8

I travelled east, following the Yangtze to a small historic site close to the river just outside the booming city of Chongqing. -On my way to meet a guide who's gonna take me across the rest of China, meeting a sacred mountain. Oh, must be Lily. Lily

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 Yangtze 长江—7

Lots of issues with athnic groups in China, in some part of country athnic group has been educating for more freedioms independents. And their behavior is considered by the chinese authority to be massive threat to national unite in Navis security as

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 Yangtze 长江—6

Many Naxi songs express reverence for the Yangtze, for the creatures that live on its banks, like the frog.-Are you going to * me in, aren't you? Okay. I've got saddly rubbish action. Are you saying I have to channel my inner frog? -Yes. -Okay, I can

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 Yangtze 长江—4

At the Dragon Pool Temple, close to the first bank, I was meeting up with Hewen Wang, a Naxi musician, comes from a long line of local priests. For thousands of years, powerful dragon gods and Yangtze River have been part of Chinese folklore.-Could y

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 Yangtze 长江—3

-Without the river, without this bending river, China, as we know it, will not exist.The Yangtze river basin covers a fifth of China's land surface, and it's the bread basket of the nation. So crucial is the Yangtze to the existence of China that it

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 Yangtze 长江—2

Following the Yangtze, who've taken me into the heart of a country once cut off from the outside world, but that's now been transformed.-Look, what we as a species are capable of! It's displayed here and I think like nowhere else I've seen on planet

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 Yangtze 长江—1

I am going on a series of astonishing adventures, travelling on three of the planet's mightiest rivers. These rivers have given rise to some of the greatest civilizations. For centuries we worshiped their life-giving waters, and fear their awesome de

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—35

She didn't really have a why, an explaination about why she is going.There isn't the why, it's a practice which is going on and on and on, it's a practice, you have to go to Ganga Sagar once in your life time, that's it, that's the why. India is chan

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—34

It was an auspicious time to arrive at the end of the river. For a period of several weeks, thousands of pilgrims were travelling to the point where river enters into the sea, known as Gangasagara. In a country whose population could ultimately surpa

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—33

Basically India has the ability to turn off the taps on the river Ganges at this point. But Indias neighbor has paid high price. Since the barrage was completed in the 1970s, the Bangladesh government says the water flowing into the country has been

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 Yangtze 长江—12

-Yeah, we're on the Yangtze. We're doing what millions of Chinese migrants have done in recent decades, moving, going to the city. So it's been one of the biggest, if not the biggest, human migration in history, millions of people going from the coun

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—32

What's it saying? It's saying that S like our God you have taken our India to a different level. The villagers are hoping tourists will stop by their new shrine and no doubt buy a few souvenirs. I was on the final leg of my journey, my route took me

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—31

-Oh, my goodness! That is what we are here for.-Yeah. That's S*, the famous cricketer. -The best cricketer in history? -S*, yes, of course. -And that is the world cup in his hand. -The Cricket World Cup? -Yeah. -He's a world-famous cricketer, but her

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—30

Varanasi was the most sacred place I've visited on the Ganges. There was no mistaking the power in the pull of its waters was a profoundly moving experience. The next morning, we followed the Ganges towards Patna, the state capital of Bihar. -It's ra

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—29

-Stepping into their shadow?-Yeah. It's like that. -It's 2014. India's got a space program. That's incredible. -That's India. Cremations here are public but rich events. The oldest son of the deceased's family leads the funeral rites. First, the body

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—28

- People give whatever they can afford.-It sounds like a very difficult and upsetting job. Is it a job and a role that you find it difficult or do you enjoy it? -It is a family tradition, and I see it as a duty. It's like a family business. It doesn'

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—27

With so many people coming to the city of Varanasi to die, close to the Ganges, funerals are big business here, families go to great lengths to ensure their loved ones are cremated on the river bank, thus securing their eternal salvation. At the main

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—26

Is everybody here to die? Is that why people come here? We have come here for that, but we can only die here if it is written in our destiny. When did you come here? How long have you been here? It has been 18 years now. You both have been here for 1