英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 Yangtze 长江—8

 I travelled east, following the Yangtze to a small historic site close to the river just outside the booming city of Chongqing.

-On my way to meet a guide who's gonna take me across the rest of China, meeting a sacred mountain. Oh, must be Lily. Lily?

-Hi, Simon! Hi!

-Thank you so much. Thanks for coming to meet us here.

-My pleasure.

-But where you brought us here, what we're gonna see?

-Some beautiful carvings¹. Lte's go!

Hidden in the gorge² close to the river, the Dazu rock carvings are some of the few religious artifacts in China not to have been destroyed during communist rule. Dating back to 650 AD, there were more than 50,000 statues h* the rock here.

-This is magnificent! This is quite overwhelming! So these are all representations of Buddha³.

-Yeah, it shows how important is the Buddha.

-Look at the fetching fingers!

-Yes, actually each cut of the fingers has a specific meaning.

1 carvings   

n.雕刻( carving的名词复数 )；雕刻术；雕刻品；雕刻物

参考例句：

• The desk was ornamented with many carvings. 这桌子装饰有很多雕刻物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Shell carvings are a specialty of the town. 贝雕是该城的特产。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 gorge   

n.咽喉，胃，暴食，山峡；v.塞饱，狼吞虎咽地吃

参考例句：

• East of the gorge leveled out.峡谷东面地势变得平坦起来。
• It made my gorge rise to hear the news.这消息令我作呕。

3 Buddha   

n.佛；佛像；佛陀

参考例句：

• Several women knelt down before the statue of Buddha and prayed.几个妇女跪在佛像前祈祷。
• He has kept the figure of Buddha for luck.为了图吉利他一直保存着这尊佛像。