英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Nile尼罗河—33

 Now, with countries to the south demanding the right to take more water from the Nile, some commentators¹ are saying Egypt cannot expect to have a monopoly on the river and might need to adapt to a future with a smaller share of the flow. I met up with an Egyptian politian Mona M*. -Has Egypt taken the Nile for granted?

-I guess so, for a very long time. Nobody has asked. Nobdy, many of the population here doesn't know that other people too are sharing the Nile waters. Unless you are educated, it is not the case for a lot of people. 40 percent of the people are illiterate². So I think you are right in a way. Egyptians have taken the Nile for granted for the long time. Now they have to wake up.

-So what does that mean for Egypt today in the 21st century, when countries to the south are starting to build giant dams and they will have the power to turn off the trumps³.

-Some of these countries were at the source of the Nile. I think that it is their right to have more of part of the Nile than they had up till now. I think that we need people who understand what experts on the Nile to see what would be the equitable⁴ distribution. -Who owns the Nile?

-Who owns the Gandhi?

-The Indians would say they do. -The Egpytian will say the same thing.

1 commentators   

n.评论员( commentator的名词复数 )；时事评论员；注释者；实况广播员

参考例句：

• Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语，真叫人腻烦。
• Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话，令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 illiterate   

adj.文盲的；无知的；n.文盲

参考例句：

• There are still many illiterate people in our country.在我国还有许多文盲。
• I was an illiterate in the old society,but now I can read.我这个旧社会的文盲，今天也认字了。

3 trumps   

abbr.trumpets 喇叭；小号；喇叭形状的东西；喇叭筒v.（牌戏）出王牌赢（一牌或一墩）( trump的过去式 )；吹号公告，吹号庆祝；吹喇叭；捏造

参考例句：

• On the day of the match the team turned up trumps. 比赛那天该队出乎意料地获得胜利。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Every time John is late getting home he trumps up some new excuse. 每次约翰晚回家都会编造个新借口。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 equitable   

adj.公平的；公正的

参考例句：

• This is an equitable solution to the dispute. 这是对该项争议的公正解决。
• Paying a person what he has earned is equitable. 酬其应得,乃公平之事。