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

英语歌曲:Rivers of Babylon

Rivers of Babylon by the rivers of babylon. there we sat down yeah we wept. when we remembered zion. by the rivers of babylon. there we sat down yeah we wept. when we remembered zion. for there they that carried us away in captivity. requiring of us

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—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—9

We're travelling along the Ganges, travelling down the Ganges, and i just want to know if you could perhaps help us to understand why is the Ganges so sacred to Indians? Ganga and me has a very special relation, when i was on the banks of Ganga, i co

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—23

I don't really understand, Hinduism the faith teaches respect and love for nature, this is the sacred Ganges, why are Indians doing this to the Ganges? Even i can't understand this, this is the river we worship and revere and whose waters we consider

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—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—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

The Rivers and the sea

Once upon a time the rivers combined against the sea，and con-verging into a whole，accused her，Why is it that when we rivers pour our water into you so fresh and Sweet，you straightway render it salty and unpalatable？The sea，observing the t

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

英文乡村歌曲：Till the rivers all run dry-Don Williams

Till the rivers all run dry Till the sun falls from the sky Till life on earth is through I'll be needing you I know sometimes you may wonder From little things I say and do But there's no need for you to wonder If I need you cause I'll need you Till