词汇提示

1.planetarium 天文馆

2.stargazing 观星

3.worship 崇拜

4.phenomena 现象

5.constellations 星座

6.mighty 强有力的

7.phases 月相盈亏

8.meteor 流星雨

9.demonstrated 演示

原文

The Planetarium

All around the world stargazing is a popular activity.
The night sky lit up with stars is one of the most impressive scenes in nature.
Beside sits natural beauty, people study the night sky for many reasons.
Others think that the stars influence the weather while some people worship the stars and the planets.
There is a problem with stargazing.
If the night is cloudy, people on the ground cannot see the stars, also bad weather makes being outside at night uncomfortable.
Besides,not everybody wants to stay up late at night.
A planetarium is an ideal solution to all these problems.
A planetarium is usually a large dome-covered building.
It has seating like a theater.
The program here is a star show.
A special projector throws a picture of the night sky on the ceiling of the planetarium theater.
Like a movie projector, the planetarium projector can show a constantly changing program.
It can show how the stars look right now, how they looked thousands of years ago,and how they will look in the future.
Planetarium scan be both entertaining and educational.
Schoolchildren can go to learn about the nine planets of the solar system, or about the various groupings of stars.
Planetarium scan teach you how to find the stars and planets yourself when you are out at night.
There can also be dramatic showings about changes to the universe over time.
This is also a way to view special phenomena, like Halley's Comet, which only appears once in a lifetime.
Planetarium scan also show how ancient people viewed the skies.
Shepherds,living out under the sky, imagined that groups of stars represented wonderful people and huge animals.
Stories were told about these constellations.
Sometimes,the story explained how the people or animals became stars.
For example, why Orion, the mighty hunter, is chasing Taurus the Bull.
Planetarium scan project these figures on their screen.
It takes about 28 days for the moon to travel through all its phases.
Changes in the moon, or in the sun, can be shown easily.
Planetarium scan also show the sky the way it appears in another part of the world.
Or the way it appeared on a famous historical occasion.
Special heavenly phenomena, such as a meteor shower, can also be demonstrated.
A planetarium is usually concerned to put in special programs to keep its audience coming back.
Since the heavens are always moving and changing, there is no shortage of ideas for programmers.

翻译

天文馆

在世界各地，观星是一项很受欢迎的活动。
被星星照亮的夜空是大自然中最令人印象深刻的景象之一。
除了它的自然美，人们研究夜空还有很多原因。
其他人认为星星影响天气，而有些人崇拜星星和行星。
观星有一个问题。
如果夜晚阴天，地面上的人就看不到星星，而且恶劣的天气也会让晚上在外面的人感到不舒服。
此外，不是每个人都想熬夜。
天文馆是解决所有这些问题的理想方案。
天文馆通常是一个巨大的圆顶建筑。
它的座位像剧院一样。
这里的节目是明星秀。
一个特殊的放映机将夜空的画面投射到天文馆的天花板上。
像电影放映机一样，天文馆的放映机可以播放不断变化的节目。
它可以显示恒星现在的样子，几千年前的样子，以及它们未来的样子。
天文馆既有娱乐性又有教育性。
学校的孩子们可以去学习太阳系的九大行星，或者不同的恒星群。
天文馆可以教你如何在晚上外出时自己寻找恒星和行星。
随着时间的推移，宇宙也会发生戏剧性的变化。
这也是一种观察特殊现象的方式，比如哈雷彗星，它一生中只出现一次。
天文馆还可以展示古人是如何看待天空的。
生活在天空下的牧羊人把成群的星星想象成奇妙的人和巨大的动物。
关于这些星座的故事流传着。
有时，故事解释了人或动物是如何成为星星的。
例如，为什么猎户星座追逐金牛座。
天文馆可以把这些数字投射到屏幕上。
月球经过所有的相位大约需要28天。
月亮或太阳的变化可以很容易地显示出来。
天文馆还可以展示天空在世界另一端的样子。
或者它在一个著名的历史场合出现的方式。
特殊的天文现象，如流星雨，也可以被证明。
天文馆通常会安排一些特别的节目来吸引观众的回头客。
由于天空总是在移动和变化，所以节目从不缺乏想法。

Level 4-Day 75.The Planetarium

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