英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Nile尼罗河—11

 On this way through the Ethiopia highlands the Nile cuts its way through a canine¹ at times three hundred deep and more than two hundred fifty miles long. Remote and infestite with crocodiles and Malyry mosquitoes. The Nile has long flow through this area of Ethiopia untainted and underused. On the isolated² stretch of the Nile Ethiopia has recently started building one of the world's largest most controversial engineering projects. The multibillion pound dam will eventually hold any land see behind it. Water flowing thought the dams giant ...within general huge m...electricity tripling Ethiopia's current output. Down stream more than eighty five million Egyptians depending tili on the Nile.

1 canine   

adj.犬的，犬科的

参考例句：

• The fox is a canine animal.狐狸是犬科动物。
• Herbivorous animals have very small canine teeth,or none.食草动物的犬牙很小或者没有。

2 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。