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 shrine¹ and no doubt buy a few souvenirs.

I was on the final leg of my journey, my route took me past a controversial dam on the Ganges that's nearly 7,500 feet long.

Here it is, the Farakka Barrage², now what is the Farakka Barrage? in the 1960s India had a major problem because from this point on, the river forks, one part goes to Bangladesh, it becomes the river Patma, and another part turns right here and heads towards Calcutta, and becomes the river Hooghly, but the river Hooghly wasn't getting much water in it, so what did India do? It built a massive barrage across the river so it can regulate the flow.

1 shrine   

n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣

参考例句：

• The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
• They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。

2 barrage   

n.火力网，弹幕

参考例句：

• The attack jumped off under cover of a barrage.进攻在炮火的掩护下开始了。
• The fierce artillery barrage destroyed the most part of the city in a few minutes.猛烈的炮火几分钟内便毁灭了这座城市的大部分地区。