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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
British (General) British (Received Pronunciation - RP, BBC)Transcript
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one of the world's greatest rivers flows from the heart of Africa. It cuts through the largest rainforest outside the Amazon, with wildlife found nowhere else on Earth. The Democratic Republic of Congo is a vast, beautiful but tormented place. Within three weeks, the multiplying cells have curled into a quivering oval ball. Inside lies a cluster of cells that have begun to fold themselves into the shape of a garden hose. The neural tube from the bottom will come the spinal cord from the top, the brain by four weeks, the first brain cells neurons are already forming. Forget about the storeys you've read in history. Books are food, customs of the most direct connexion we have to the world of the past. This is history that you can touch, smell and, above all, taste. The rituals of breakfast, lunch and dinner are something we take for granted.