英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Nile尼罗河—20

 The following day I was back on the road, heading across the desert. This is a part of Sudan beyond the reach of the river where little can survive. I was traveling to a region that was once home to the ancient Nile civilization now known as Nubia, it developed to long the river five thousands years ago and stretch from northern Sudan into Southern Egypt. Archeologist like Tim shedding new light on a largely forgotten civilization. When people think of a culture along the Nile, they are only in ancient time. I think they just think of the the ancient Egypt, but we are in Sudan! Right, it was a major ancient civilization here, urban, literate¹, powerful kings that controlled the best empire in its century bigger than any empire that had ever been on the Nile before. And here we are, standing² in front of pyramids of these kings. Two thousand kilometers cells of the pyramid is Egypt. This is neary a royal cemetery³ containing pyramids for twenty kings and fifty four queens.

1 literate   

n.学者；adj.精通文学的，受过教育的

参考例句：

• Only a few of the nation's peasants are literate.这个国家的农民中只有少数人能识字。
• A literate person can get knowledge through reading many books.一个受过教育的人可以通过读书而获得知识。

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。