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#英語#
【編者按】我們今天需要注意的很簡單:star其實指的是恆星,「twinkle,twinkle,little star」,只有恆星才是會「眨眼(閃爍)」的。另外提一下,moon不光可以指月亮,也可以是更廣義的「衛星」的意思。
When looking in the sky at night, how can I differentiate between stars, satellites, planets and other objects?【譯】當我在夜晚仰望天空時,如何區分恆星、衛星、行星和其他物體?【單詞】sky [skahy][ska] n. 天空【單詞】differentiate [dif-uh-'ren-shee-eyt][df'reniet] vt. 區分;差異【單詞】stars 原型:star [stahr][stɑ] n. 星;恆星【單詞】satellites 原型:satellite ['sat-l-ahyt]['stlat] n. 衛星;人造衛星【單詞】planets 原型:planet ['plan-it]['plnt] n. 行星【單詞】objects 原型:object ['ob-jikt, -jekt]['bdkt] n. 物體;目標;對象
Stars 'twinkle,' planets generally provide a steady light.【譯】恆星「閃爍」,行星通常提供穩定的光。【單詞】twinkle ['twing-kuhl]['twkl] vi. 閃耀;閃爍;眨眼;輕快移動【單詞】steady ['sted-ee]['stedi] adj. 穩定的;穩固的;堅定的
Artificial Satellites will be visibly moving, and won't be 'twinkling.'【譯】人造衛星將明顯移動,不會「閃爍」。【單詞】Artificial 原型:artificial [ahr-tuh-'fish-uhl][ɑt'fl] adj. 人造的【單詞】visibly ['viz-uh-buhl]['vzbli] adv. 明顯;看得見地
Meteorites will be moving fast.【譯】隕石則會移動得很快。【單詞】Meteorites 原型:meteorite ['mee-tee-uh-rahyt]['mitirat] n. 隕石;流星
Stars don't move and generally twinkle because they're so far away, the appear to be just a single point of light.【譯】恆星不會移動,通常會閃爍,因為它們離得太遠,看起來只是一個光點。
Planets don't move (don't visibly move with a glance up at the sky) either and they don't twinkle (or twinkle as much) because they're not "point sources".【譯】行星也不會移動(或者說一般不會明顯地在天空中閃爍移動)也不會閃爍(或者與恆星閃爍一樣多),因為它們不是「點源」。【單詞】glance [glans, glahns][ɡlɑns] 掠過 n. 一瞥;掃視;反光;閃爍
They're actually visible discs at even low magnification.【譯】實際上,甚至在低倍放大率(的望遠鏡)下,它們是可見的圓盤。【單詞】visible ['viz-uh-buhl]['vzbl] adj. 看得見的;可見的;顯而易見的【單詞】discs 原型:disc [disk][dsk] n. 唱片;圓盤;盤狀物【單詞】magnification [mag-nuh-fi-'key-shuhn][mɡnf'ken] n. 放大;誇張;[計算機] 放大率
Satellites move slowly across the sky and don't have flashing anti collision beacons.【譯】衛星在天空中緩慢移動,並且沒有閃爍的「防撞信號燈」。【單詞】slowly ['sloh-lee]['slli] adv. 緩慢地【單詞】flashing 原型:flash [flash][fl] v. 閃光;閃現;掠過;忽然……【單詞】anti ['an-tahy, 'an-tee]['nti] adj. 反對的 prep. 反對【單詞】collision [kuh-'lizh-uhn][k'ln] n. 碰撞;衝突【單詞】beacons ['bee-kuhn]['bikn] n. 烽火;燈塔;信號燈;基地
Satellites are also normally only visible a couple of hours before sunrise and after sunset because they need to still be in the sun to reflect light.【譯】衛星通常也只能在日出前和日落後的幾個小時內可見,因為它們還需要在太陽下反射光線。【單詞】normally ['nawr-muh-lee]['nmli] adv. 通常;正常【單詞】sunrise ['suhn-rahyz]['snraz] n. 日出【單詞】sunset ['suhn-set]['snset] n. 日落【單詞】reflect [ri-'flekt][r'flekt] v. 反映;反射
Planes have flashing red beacons and flashing wingtip strobes.【譯】飛機上就有閃爍的紅色信號燈和閃爍的翼尖閃光燈。【單詞】Planes 原型:plane [pleyn][plen] n. 飛機【單詞】wingtip ['wtp] n. 翼尖,翅膀尖【單詞】strobe [strohb][st'rb] n. 閃光燈;頻閃觀測器
When in doubt, it is a star.【譯】(看星星的時候)如果有懷疑,那麼一般來說它是一顆恆星。【單詞】doubt [dout][dat] n. 懷疑;疑惑;懸而未定
There are a few thousand stars visible to the naked eye, and only few other objects.【譯】肉眼可見的恆星有幾千顆,而其他天體則寥寥無幾。【短語】a few 少量,一點點;few與a few 的區別是,a few:一點點,用於修飾可數名詞,肯定用法,表示還是有一些的。例如:There are a few apples on the table. 桌子上有幾個蘋果。 few:用於可數名詞,否定用法,表示幾乎沒有。例如:There are few apples on the table. 桌子上幾乎沒蘋果…【單詞】naked ['ney-kid]['nekd] adj. 裸體的;無掩飾的;明白的;無覆蓋的。naked eye指肉眼
Planets tend to be brighter.【譯】行星往往更明亮。【用法】tend to表示「朝某方向;趨向;偏重」,後面接動詞原形。如:We tend to make mistakes when we do things in a hurry.忙中不免出錯。【單詞】brighter 原型:bright 形容詞比較級 [brahyt][brat] adj. 明亮的
Jupiter and Venus are always brighter than any star, Mars sometimes is, and while Saturn is dimmer than the brightest stars, it is still brighter than average.【譯】木星和金星總是比任何一顆恆星都亮,火星有時也是,雖然土星比最亮的恆星暗一些,但它仍然比平均值亮。【語法】brighter than 形容詞或副詞比較級 + than,是「比……更……」的意思;例句:He is younger than me. 他比我(更)年輕。He runs faster than me. 他比我跑得(更)快。【單詞】Jupiter 原型:jupiter ['joo-pi-ter]['dupt] n. 木星;[羅神]朱庇特【單詞】dimmer 原型:dim 的比較級(更暗) [dim][dm] adj. 暗淡的;模糊的;笨的 v. 使暗淡;使失去光澤 n. 車頭近光燈;停車燈【單詞】brightest 原型:bright 形容詞最高級 最亮的【單詞】average ['av-er-ij, 'av-rij]['vrd] n. 平均數;平均水平【專有名詞】Venus ['vee-nuhs]['vins] n. 金星;[羅神]維納斯【專有名詞】Mars [mahrz][mɑz] n. 火星;[羅神]戰神【專有名詞】Saturn ['sat-ern]['stn] n. 土星 n. [羅神]農神
Mercury is usually too close to the sun to notice, and Uranus is barely visible at the best of times.【譯】水星通常離太陽太近而無法察覺,而天王星在最適宜的時候也幾乎看不見。【單詞】notice ['noh-tis]['nts] vt. 注意;留心;通知【單詞】barely ['bair-lee]['beli] adv. 幾乎不;剛剛;勉強;少量【專有名詞】Mercury ['mur-kyuh-ree]['mkjri] n. 水銀;(M~)水星【專有名詞】Uranus ['yoor-uh-nuhs, yoo-'rey-]['jrns] n. 天王星
Planet also tend to twinkle less than stars.【譯】行星的閃爍頻率也比恆星少。【短語】less than 小於;少於;不到;例句:Seven is two less than nine. 9比7少2。
If it is moving slowly and steadily it is a satellite.【譯】如果移動緩慢而穩定,那就是一顆衛星。【單詞】steadily ['sted-ee]['stedl] adv. 穩定地;穩固地;逐步地
If it is moving very quickly and only lasts a moment, it is a meteor.【譯】如果移動得很快而且只持續一瞬間,那就是流星。【單詞】meteor ['mee-tee-er, -awr]['miti] n. 流星
If it is bright and/or moving quickly but steadily, it is probably an aircraft.【譯】如果是明亮的並且移動迅速但穩定,它可能是一架飛機。【單詞】aircraft ['air-kraft, -krahft]['ekrɑft] n. 飛機
There is also a small handful of galaxies that can be seen with the naked eye, but most would not be mistaken for stars.【譯】也有少數星系可以用肉眼看到,但大多數不會被誤認為是恆星。【單詞】handful ['hand-fool]['hndfl] n. 一把;少數【單詞】galaxies 原型:galaxy ['gal-uhk-see]['ɡlksi] n. 銀河;星系【單詞】mistaken 原型:mistake [mi-'steyk][m'stek] n. 錯誤;誤會