北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit 25(4)-2

[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 f

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—3

The Ganges river basin covers nearly a third of India and has one of the largest populations of any river basin on earth, no other river is so important to India and none as holy, a billion Hindus worship the Ganges, it's known as Ganga as a Goddess,

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—2

Can India's great river and a culture more than 3,500 years old survive the pressures of the 21st century? And there it is, the holy Ganges, it's a river that is revered as a Goddess, the reason i'm starting my journey here is because above this poin

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—1

I am going on a series of astonishing adventures. Traveling along three of the mightiest rivers on the planet.These rivers have given rights to some of the world's greatest civilizations. For centuries, we washed their life-giving waters and feared t

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—5

From their origins of melting glacier in the high Himalayas, thewaters of Ganges descend more than 12,000 feet, carving their way throughprecipitous gorges. There is half a mile drop. Although the Ganges is steepedin history and religious tradition,

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—14

Have there any connection between Shiva and the Gangers? When you see the huge drag loss that Shiva has, and that's he is supposed to have tamed. The untamed ...Gangers. In his drag loss, yeah. So the Gangers close through his drag loss like the hill

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—6

But down river the rapids are a bit more energetic, white water rafting is fairly new to India, but the tourist industry is growing rapidly along this beautiful section of the Ganges.That was fantastic. Yeah, really, really, you did it really well an

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—8

Swami is also head of foundations sponsoring free schools, a clinic, orphanages, and he is trying to organize a cleanup of the river Ganges. I'm very well, thank you, sorry to keep you waiting. Welcome home. Thank you very much indeed. Everything is

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—21

We stopped at the waste water pumping station by the side of the road. So this is some so called treated water. A study by an Indian institute of technology found it even after supposedly being treated, the waste water from the tannery still contains

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—22

In Kampool the river is effectively dead. No one ever thought this would happen. All the rubbish and sewage from the city goes into the river Ganges. Kampool has 400 tanneries. They also drain their poisonous water into the Ganges. Rack showed me a c

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—18

From Haridwar. I followed the Ganges more than 300 miles South east to the major industry city. India's population has more than doubled in the last forty years. It's now more than 1.2 billion people in the country. The impact on the river has been a

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—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—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 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—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

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I had come half-way round the World to see this sight 我曾环绕地球半圈专程来看这景观。 and had traveled days in such terrific heat that a sunstroke was as much to be feared as a stroke of lightning. 在旅行的那几天里，天气非常

英文原版对话1000个:594 The Ganges River

Todd: Nitya, now in India, the Ganges river is very famous. Why is the river so famous in India? Nitya: I guess most reason because, the Ganges River's origin is from Himalayas and it's considered very pure because it's basically by the melting of th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Will Giving The Ganges Human Rights Protect The Polluted River?

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to India, which is facing a different kind of crisis. It's an environmental crisis affecting the Ganges River. The Ganges is a part of what it means to be Indian. Many consider the river sacred. NPR's Julie McCarthy reports o

美国国家公共电台 NPR Welcome To The World's Largest Gathering Of Humans

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The biggest gathering of human beings anywhere in the world has kicked off in India. It's the Kumbh Mela, an ancient Hindu pilgrimage to dip in the waters of the Ganges River. Up to 120 million people are expected to do so