英语听力：自然百科 走进西藏 tibet—4
时间：2019-01-22 作者：英语课 分类：自然百科2010年
英语课
Fed by the mountain glaciers 1, the Tibetan plateau even has its own inland sea.
This is Qinghai Lake, China's largest. Millions of years of evaporation 2 has concentrated the minerals in the lake, turning the water salty. Rich in fish, its waters attract thousands of cormorants 3. But it's not just wild life that values Tibet's lakes and seas. Their life-giving waters are also important to people.
Tibetan religion is a unique mix of Buddhism 4 and much older Shamanic beliefs that were once widespread throughout the region. This hybrid 5 religion forms the basis of an extraordinary relationship with nature. In Shamanic belief, the land is imbued 6 with magical properties which aid communication with the spirit world.
Here, animal skulls 7 are decorated, and rocks are carved with sacred mantras, groups of syllables 8 that are considered to have spiritual power. The reciting of the mantras is believed to create a magical sound that reverberates 9 through the universe.
The landscape is decorated with multi-colored flags which represent the five elements--fire, wood, earth, water and iron. The flags are painted with prayers to purify the air and pacify 10 the gods. And the wind blows the prayers to heaven.
The poles on which the prayer flags are mounted are regularly replenished 11 with fresh flags. The old flags are treasured. Those nearest to the top of the pole are the most auspicious 12, so competition for these can get fierce.
冰河，冰川( glacier的名词复数 )
- Glaciers gouged out valleys from the hills. 冰川把丘陵地带冲出一条条山谷。
- It has ice and snow glaciers, rainforests and beautiful mountains. 既有冰川，又有雨林和秀丽的山峰。 来自英语晨读30分（高一）
n.蒸发，消失
- Be careful not to lose too much liquid by evaporation.小心不要因蒸发失去太多水分。
- Our bodies can sweat,thereby losing heat by evaporation.我们的身体能出汗，由此可以蒸发散热。
鸬鹚，贪婪的人( cormorant的名词复数 )
- The birds are trained cormorants. 那些鸟是受过训练的鸬鹚。
- The cormorants swim down and catch the fish, and bring them back the raft. 鸬鹚又下去捉住鱼，再返回竹筏。
n.佛教（教义）
- Buddhism was introduced into China about 67 AD.佛教是在公元67年左右传入中国的。
- Many people willingly converted to Buddhism.很多人情愿皈依佛教。
n.(动，植）杂种，混合物
- That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
- The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。
v.使（某人/某事）充满或激起（感情等）( imbue的过去式和过去分词 )；使充满；灌输；激发（强烈感情或品质等）
- Her voice was imbued with an unusual seriousness. 她的声音里充满着一种不寻常的严肃语气。
- These cultivated individuals have been imbued with a sense of social purpose. 这些有教养的人满怀着社会责任感。 来自《简明英汉词典》
颅骨( skull的名词复数 )； 脑袋； 脑子； 脑瓜
- One of the women's skulls found exceeds in capacity that of the average man of today. 现已发现的女性颅骨中，其中有一个的脑容量超过了今天的普通男子。
- We could make a whole plain white with skulls in the moonlight! 我们便能令月光下的平原变白，遍布白色的骷髅！
n.音节( syllable的名词复数 )
- a word with two syllables 双音节单词
- 'No. But I'll swear it was a name of two syllables.' “想不起。不过我可以发誓，它有两个音节。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
回响，回荡( reverberate的第三人称单数 )； 使反响，使回荡，使反射
- His voice reverberates from the high ceiling. 他的声音自天花板顶处反射回来。
- No single phrase of his reverberates or penetrates as so many of La Bruyere's do. 他没有一个句子能象拉布吕耶尔的许多句子那样余音回荡，入木三分。
vt.使(某人)平静(或息怒)；抚慰
- He tried to pacify the protesters with promises of reform.他试图以改革的承诺安抚抗议者。
- He tried to pacify his creditors by repaying part of the money.他为安抚债权人偿还了部分借款。
补充( replenish的过去式和过去分词 )； 重新装满
- She replenished her wardrobe. 她添置了衣服。
- She has replenished a leather [fur] coat recently. 她最近添置了一件皮袄。
adj.吉利的；幸运的，吉兆的
- The publication of my first book was an auspicious beginning of my career.我的第一本书的出版是我事业吉祥的开始。
- With favorable weather conditions it was an auspicious moment to set sail.风和日丽，正是扬帆出海的黄道吉日。