英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Nile尼罗河—8

But it wasn't the only major religion to find an earlier foothold here. Before christianity, Judaism had arrived. And according to legend, this area has been the resting place for one of the region's holiest tresures for almost 3000 years, an artifact, precious to Jewish people and many Christians¹ and Muslins as well. It's said to be guarded by the priests of Ethiopian church. There is lots of amazing myth and legend surrounding it, the monastery² of the lake Tana. The greatest surely is that one of them houses the Ark of Covenant³ for a while...... So the ark held the tablets on which were written the 10 commandments. The story is the queen of Hebrew came from a land that we now call it Ethiopia. When to visist King Solomen in Israel, she'd heard the story that this great wisdom wanted to meet her. Turned out there, they got on very well. So willing in fact, they had a son together. He went his home with his mom and went back to his dad as a young man. And when he returned home to Ethiopia, amongst his entourages was brought the Ark of Covenant. And it was apparently⁴, kept safe in the monastery on lake Tana. And now, according many Ethiopians, it's still here in the country.

1 Christians   

n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
• His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。

2 monastery   

n.修道院，僧院，寺院

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• She was appointed the superior of the monastery two years ago.两年前她被任命为这个修道院的院长。

3 covenant   

n.盟约，契约；v.订盟约

参考例句：

• They refused to covenant with my father for the property.他们不愿与我父亲订立财产契约。
• The money was given to us by deed of covenant.这笔钱是根据契约书付给我们的。

4 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。