英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Nile尼罗河—31

 The one thing that won't change in the future is Egypt's complete and art dependence¹ on the Nile. So far Egypt has been able to discover all threaten other Nile state to prevent them tapping into the supply of Nile water. Most Egyptians believe it's their historical birth right. On road island which sit the center of the Nile in Cairo, I went in searching of a rather forgotten site. There illustrates² the enormous³ importance of the river for the whole of Egypt. This place is in rely on the tourist's traveling. There might be a tourist. Where is it? This way. OK. Oh my, this is a fascinating place, absolutely center to the story of the Nile. This is the Nile lonmiter. It does look like what sound it does. It measures the height of the Nile. Long before the S one dam regulated⁴ the flow of the Nile, the Nile lomiter record the critic level of the aniou flood. So there are three points where the water would come in. The water would fill this cabin⁵, would rise up through the chain but. The height of the water could make or break the Egyptian harvest.

1 dependence   

n.依靠，依赖；信任，信赖；隶属

参考例句：

• Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。
• He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。

2 illustrates   

给…加插图( illustrate的第三人称单数 )； 说明； 表明； （用示例、图画等）说明

参考例句：

• This historical novel illustrates the breaking up of feudal society in microcosm. 这部历史小说是走向崩溃的封建社会的缩影。
• Alfred Adler, a famous doctor, had an experience which illustrates this. 阿尔弗莱德 - 阿德勒是一位著名的医生，他有过可以说明这点的经历。 来自中级百科部分

3 enormous   

adj.巨大的；庞大的

参考例句：

• An enormous sum of money is injected each year into teaching.每年都有大量资金投入到教学中。
• They wield enormous political power.他们行使巨大的政治权力。

4 regulated   

控制( regulate的过去式和过去分词 )； 管理； 调整； 调节

参考例句：

• The activities of credit companies are regulated by law. 信贷公司的业务受法律的制约。
• A person's behavior is often regulated by his circumstances. 人的行为常受其所处环境的约束。

5 cabin   

n.(结构简单的)小木屋；船舱，机舱

参考例句：

• They threw up a new cabin in a couple of hours.在几小时之内他们就建起了一座新的小屋。
• It's very hot in the cabin;let's go on deck.舱室内很热，我们到甲板上去吧。