英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Nile尼罗河—34

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 The Nile has always been synonymous with Egypt. The ancient Greek historian H* called Egypt the gift of the Nile. Nowhere else is more evident than in the country's breadbasket, the Delta¹. From above, it's been described as a flowering lotus plant, as the river split into thousands of channels, flowing through a vast expanse of some of the most fertile land on the planet. Over half of all Egpytians live in the Delta, many growing fruit, vegetables and thirsty crops, like rice and cotton. But Delta is famous for being the source of the luxury Egyptian cotton sheets sold on the high streets. To see where they come from, I met up with farmer Mus*.