英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—13

 While Rishcash is a particular magnet for visitors from the west, where we're heading next is a major draw for Indian tourists. -Beautiful Ganges, *** is here. Meeting a friend who's guided me around India before. He suggested we meet at the statue of God Shiva. He says, you won't miss it. OK, he was right. I've travelled in other parts of India on a couple of previous trips with Abura.

-Abura! -Hello, Simon! -And you said we won't miss Shiva. -Yeah!

-Look at the size of it! Colossal¹! He is one of the central gods in Hinduism. -Shiva is most revered² and most feared, because he is the lord of destruction, and he's also the creator, because we believe every creation begins from destruction. So he destrorys before he creates. -It's a powerful role.

-Yeah.

1 colossal   

adj.异常的，庞大的

参考例句：

• There has been a colossal waste of public money.一直存在巨大的公款浪费。
• Some of the tall buildings in that city are colossal.那座城市里的一些高层建筑很庞大。

2 revered   

v.崇敬，尊崇，敬畏( revere的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• A number of institutions revered and respected in earlier times have become Aunt Sally for the present generation. 一些早年受到尊崇的惯例，现在已经成了这代人嘲弄的对象了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven. 中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。 来自辞典例句