煤气可与烟雾缭绕的油灯和摇曳不定的蜡烛相媲美，在新世纪之初，富裕的伦敦人逐渐习惯了有煤气照明的房子，甚至街道。

Coal gas rivaled smoky oil lamps and flickering candles, and early in the new century, well-to-do Londoners grew accustomed to gaslit houses and even streets.

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宽扎节期间的每一天，通常在晚餐前，家人和朋友聚集在桌子旁，由一个人从黑蜡烛开始点燃蜡烛。

Each day of Kwanzaa, usually before the evening meal, family and friends gather around the table and someone lights the candle, beginning with the black.

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根据一些报道，丹麦人每年燃烧的蜡烛比其他欧洲国家的人多。

According to some reports, Danish people bum more candles every year than people from any other European country.

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