英语听力:自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—31(在线收听) |
-Oh, my goodness! That is what we are here for.-Yeah. That's S*, the famous cricketer. -The best cricketer in history?
-S*, yes, of course. -And that is the world cup in his hand.
-The Cricket World Cup?
-Yeah.
-He's a world-famous cricketer, but here he looks as if he's being revered as something even more than that.
-He's not just revered. Here, he is worshipped. -This is a temple they are making around it.
-They're making a temple here to him, and they worship him when they're every morning and evening.
-Like Lord Shiva.
-My goodness! So he's been turned into what a living god?
-Yeah. -Is that acceptable?
-Yeah, we do worship humans, like religious gurus, and he's a cricketer guru, so we can worship him.
-That's odd that everybody's gathered here. My goodness! When's the temple gonna be built? And how big will the temple be? How many people do you expect would be worshipping in it?
-500 people. It's a better day that I bet.
-Put it in the car?
-Open the door.
The villagers are even composed a recorded devotional song to what they say is their new demi-god. |
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