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（单词翻译）

 -We're just coming into the city of Varanasi. It's one of the oldest continued things inhabit1 its citizens in the world. It's a place that's said to be as old as Babylon.The same religious rituals2 have been practiced in the temples here for more than a thousand years and remaind virtually unchanged. At dawn each morning, people come to worship the river and bathe in the sacred waters. The American writer, Mark Twain, who came here in the 1890s, wrote that the city is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend. Varanasi has been a place of faith for 30 centuries.

-It's absolutely stunning3. It's one of the most amazing places I've ever been to.
Along the banks of the river, a dozens of g* or flights of stone stairs leading up to temples, palaces and guest houses.

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1 inhabit 8bTzA     
vt.居住于，（动物）栖居于
参考例句：
  • Thoughts inhabit his mind.各种思想占据了他的心灵。
  • Wild tribes still inhabit part of the Philippines.菲律宾部分地区仍然居住着一些原始部落。
2 rituals b06e3d3e24116eaa062b253320f0a474     
（宗教等的）仪式( ritual的名词复数 )； 例行公事，老规矩
参考例句：
  • A cognac before bed is one of our little nightly rituals. 临睡之前喝点儿干邑是我们每天晚上的小习惯之一。
  • Many of the tribe's customs and rituals are as old as the hills. 这部落的许多风俗、仪式都极其古老。
3 stunning NhGzDh     
adj.极好的；使人晕倒的
参考例句：
  • His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
  • The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。

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