英语听力精选进阶版 11446

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059 Borobudur Buddha¹ head 24 Jun 2010

Thu, 24 Jun 10

Head of a Buddha statue from Borobudur in Java. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, examines a stone head from Borobudur, one of the world's greatest monuments. He looks at the monument, which is built from one-and-a-half million blocks of stone and devised as an architectural aid to spiritual practice, and considers the trade routes that brought Buddhism² to South East Asia. With contributions from anthropologist³ Nigel Barley⁴ and writer and Buddhist⁵ teacher Stephen Batchelor.