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, orphanages¹, 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 amazing. There are often hundreds of foreign visitors staying at the ashram, paying just a few pounds for a simple room and a chance to experience a completely different way of live, the ashram is also home to 200 local boys from disadvantaged backgrounds who receive academic and spiritual education as well as food and shelter. I'd been presented with a tree, watered by the Ganges, i was told it symbolized² the life giving power of the water and need to protect the river.

1 orphanages   

孤儿院( orphanage的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It is Rotarians running orphanages for children who have no homes. 扶轮社员们为没有家的孩子办孤儿院。
• Through the years, she built churches, hospitals and orphanages. 许多年来，她盖了一间间的教堂、医院、育幼院。

2 symbolized   

v.象征，作为…的象征( symbolize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• For Tigress, Joy symbolized the best a woman could expect from life. 在她看，小福子就足代表女人所应有的享受。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
• A car symbolized distinction and achievement, and he was proud. 汽车象征着荣誉和成功，所以他很自豪。 来自辞典例句