英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—5（在线收听）

 From their origins of melting glacier in the high Himalayas, thewaters of Ganges descend more than 12,000 feet, carving their way throughprecipitous gorges. There is half a mile drop. Although the Ganges is steepedin history and religious tradition, in modern India it's not just seen assomething to be worshiped. Very nice to meet you, looking you will be *. Welcome to D, land of thelords. Thank you. D is a Ganges river guide, 40 years ago few Indians couldafford to go on holiday, now there are around 250 million middle class Indians,on their holidays they are finding new ways of celebrating and enjoying theriver. look in the water, rafting on the Ganges, it's very calm here, I expectit isn't all like that. The first rapids on this stretch of the river wasrelatively gentle, it's nicknamed good morning.