我要去瓦拉纳西,我到了能提醒我一下吗?
I wanna go to Varanasi, would you please remind me when I get there?
作为德里新的水治理计划,坎普尔和瓦拉纳西建议一切还都没有消失。
Still, as the new water-management plans in Delhi, Kanpur and Varanasi suggest, all is not lost.
在湿婆三叉戟的尖顶上,矗立着一座城市,它就是瓦拉纳西。
On the tip of Shiva's trident stands a city, which is Varanasi.
瓦拉纳西的市声喧嚣渐行渐远,时间行进也似乎回复到远古的节奏。
The noise of Varanasi floats away as time slows to an ancient rhythm.
浮动贡物的花朵和蜡烛销售在瓦拉纳西开灯路径因为虔诚的典礼。
Floating offerings of flowers and candles are sold in Varanasi to light the way for pious rituals. But locals also use the river in ordinary ways, doing laundry or washing hair.
当恒河流经印度最神圣的城市瓦拉纳西的时候,河水或多或少的被一些支流修复了。
By the time the Ganges reaches Varanasi, India's holiest city, the river has been somewhat restored by several tributaries.
瓦拉纳西(Varanasi)的日食是我最引以为傲的自然事件电视记录。
The natural event I was most proud of bringing to people's TV screens was the solar eclipse at Varanasi.
瓦拉纳西是一个拥挤的城市,过去几十年来,其基础设施几乎没有什么变化。
Varanasi is a crowded city and its infrastructure has hardly changed in the past decades.
在印度,易篑之人去诸如瓦拉纳西的圣地朝圣,以求火葬之后将骨灰撒入恒河之中。
In India the dying make pilgrimages to sacred sites, such as Varanasi, to be cremated and released into the River Ganges, India's holiest waterway.
从瓦拉纳西直达尼泊尔边境的巴士在Sunauli口岸,路程9小时,路费100印度卢比。
Direct buses from Varanasi to the Nepalese border at Sunauli take 9 hours and cost about rs 100.
瓦拉纳西比历史还年迈,比传统更久远,比传说更古老,甚至比这些加起来更古老两倍。
Benares is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together.
这些竞争的需求降低了恒河全流域的水位,一场危机很明显的在圣城瓦拉纳西(Varanasi)展开了。
These competing demands are lowering water levels all along the Ganges, a crisis most apparent in the sacred city of Varanasi.
如瓦拉纳西的这两头牛一样,在印度拥挤的街上随处可以见到牛。印度教徒敬畏牛,认为他们只提供食物,不思回报。
Cows, such as these two in Varanasi, are a common sight on India's congested streets. Hindus Revere cows, believing that they offer sustenance and ask nothing in return.
就像我们的导游AshokVerma后来在瓦拉纳西告诉我们的那样,“手工艺品是最值得买的东西,里面有人们的梦想。”
As our guide, Ashok Verma, later told me in Varanasi, India: “Crafts are the best thing to buy; they have people’s dreams woven into them.”
即使这样,水位还是下降了很多:在瓦拉纳西,恒河曾经平均水深197英尺(60米),但是有些河段现在只有33英寸(10米)。
Even so, water levels have fallen steeply: the Ganges once had an average depth of about 197 ft. (60 m) around Varanasi, but in some places it is now only 33 ft. (10 m).
即使这样,水位还是下降了很多:在瓦拉纳西,恒河曾经平均水深197英尺(60米),但是有些河段现在只有33英寸(10米)。
Even so, water levels have fallen steeply: the Ganges once had an average depth of about 197 ft. (60 m) around Varanasi, but in some places it is now only 33 ft. (10 m).
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