Iraqis living near the Tigris River are worried.

在底格里斯河附近居住的伊拉克人对这座随时可能倒塌的大坝感到担惊受怕。

Some have drowned trying to escape across the river Tigris.

许多人在穿越底格里斯河时不幸落水。

The same scenario played out last month at a dam in the Tigris River.

同一幕在上个月曾在底格里斯河大坝上演。

They have also closed off the bridges over the River Tigris with concrete barriers.

他们还用混凝土障碍物封锁了底格里斯河上的桥梁。

One is Iranian-backed. The other theater that's opening up is the upper Tigris River Valley.

其中一个是伊朗支持的战斗。另一个是底格里斯河上游的战场。

And we are stressed. We live very close to the Tigris.”

而且我们非常紧张。我们住的地方离底格里斯河太近了。”

The group also says it has taken control of a major dam on the Tigris River.

该组织还宣称他们控制了底格里斯河上一个主要的大坝。

Violent, unpredictable, and difficult to navigate: Oh, Tigris and Euphrates, how you remind me of my college girlfriend.

暴力、不可预测、无法驾驭：哦，两河，你们让我想起我的大学女友。

Mesopotamia means " between two rivers" — the Tigris and the Euphrates.

美索不达米亚的意思是“在两条河流之间”——底格里斯河和幼发拉底河。

The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur.

第三条河的名字叫底格里斯河；它沿着阿舒尔的东侧延伸。