英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Nile尼罗河—2

“This is one of the greatest potential flashpoints in the world.”With the people and countries along the Nile arguing over how their can use this great river. I want to know who really owns the sacred waters. My journey began in the central highlands in Ethiopia.“I was heading for what many Ethiopian say is the source of the Blue Nile. Few rivers has captured the imagination quite like the Nile. For thousands of years, the source of the Nile was a secret nomen to the people who live beside it. Please glorious sorted out venturing deep to the heart of Africa, many of them never returned. Like here, it's just a stream, but eventually, the Blue Nile will widen, it will become a river in its own right it would join up with the Whie Nile, together they form the all powerful Nile river. Gripe though, it's not very impressive at this point. I think actually here...who like me to jump that? I jumped the Nile! So says this way.”I've come to this site Geyshiabay where the water's begining the epic¹ journey north to the Mediterranean² Sea. Because millions believe it is the source of the Nile and a place of divine power.“I get this so come a number of people here.”

1 epic   

n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的

参考例句：

• I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
• They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。

2 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。