英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—15

 And this evening Abra and I were joining them.

You must stop for flower and fire to Ganga.

Flowers and fire.

Yeah. Flowers?

Yes, those are meant for that.

So do we get one of these? It's a honor, it's on me.

There is a fire, okay 100 Rupees, less than a pound, it's a bargain, happy with that sir? Thank you very much.

So today is going to be your first service to the Ganges.

It is, you are right, and it is * for me to be doing this with you Abra.

For Hindus this religious service is an opportunity to express their gratitude¹ to the life giving river. Come F. And to celebrate their belief that as humans we are small parts of a great whole.

There are not a lot of western faces here, this is a very real faith pilgrimage for Indians, tens of thousands of have been coming here every week.

The priests² begin by making offerings of milk to the river.

1 gratitude   

adj.感激，感谢

参考例句：

• I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
• She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

2 priests   

n.（基督教和罗马天主教的）神父( priest的名词复数 )；牧师；（非基督教会的）教士；祭司

参考例句：

• the ordination of women priests 女司祭的授职礼
• The clergy remain divided on the issue of women priests. 在女性教士的问题上，牧师们意见不一。 来自《简明英汉词典》