英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 Yangtze 长江—21

  If Mao could build this giant edifice¹, he could prove that the communist party could conquer nature, and it was greater and more powerful than the ancient Gods.

  So we have been landing on the top of the dam. This is a sensitive strategic location because the consequences of the dam being breached² would be catastrophic.

Mao didn't live to see the dam built. It wasn't finished and fully³ funciotnal until 2012Yangtze river.

  Look at that. It's an inland sea. Thirteen cities, hundreds of towns, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced to make way for this. This lake or the reservoir behind the dam stretches back almost the length of England.

1 edifice   

n.宏伟的建筑物(如宫殿，教室)

参考例句：

• The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。
• There is a huge Victorian edifice in the area.该地区有一幢维多利亚式的庞大建筑物。

2 breached   

攻破( breach的现在分词 )； 破坏，违反

参考例句：

• These commitments have already been breached. 这些承诺已遭背弃。
• Our tanks have breached the enemy defences. 我方坦克车突破了敌人的防线。

3 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。