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卫报:看日食真会变瞎吗?请看安全建议

 英语语法学习 2020-10-09

美国时间2017年8月21日,美国全境将有希望见到日食,部分地区可以见到日全食,各位在美国的朋友,好好观赏,记得带日食眼镜。

(CNN)On Monday, the moon's shadow will block the sun from view in a total solar eclipse.

(CNN)星期一,从日全食方位看,月亮的影子将会遮住太阳。

eclipse/ɪ'klɪps/日蚀,月蚀

英英释义:one celestialbody obscures another

例句:the moon willblock out the sun in a hybrid solar eclipse.【NPR News,2013.11】

月亮将遮住太阳,形成混合日食。

Wherever you are in the United States, you're going to want to look up, and that's OK. Every astronomer in the country will tell you to enjoy this rare opportunity. Nomatter what superstitions you've heard, there is no risk to your health due to simply being outside during a total solar eclipse.

不管你在美国哪里,你都能抬头看到日食。这个国家的每一个天文学者将会告诉你,享受这次难得的机会。不管你听到什么迷信,在日全食出现期间,仅仅因为在外面,不会影响你的健康。

superstition迷信,迷信行为

英英释义:an irrationalbelief arising from ignorance or fear

例句:War Witch presents the struggles of people in a violent world where tradition and superstition reign. 【VOA Standard,2013.3】

战地巫师呈现出在一个传统和迷信统治的暴力世界里人们的挣扎。

But there'sone thing you shouldn't do, and that's look at the sun with your naked eye.

但是,有一件事你不应该做,那就是用肉眼看太阳。

Don't do it.Really.

不要这样做。真的。

The only time you can look at the sun with your naked eye is A) if you're in the path of totality, where the sun will be completely covered by the moon, and B) during those two minutes or less when the sun is completely covered.

你可以用肉眼看太阳的唯一一次机会是,A)如果你正位于日全食的地方,那里太阳将会完全地被月亮所挡住,和B)在太阳完全完挡住的时间里,大约2分钟或者更少。

totality/tə(ʊ)'tælɪtɪ/全食

英英释义:the state ofbeing total and complete

例句:Thisso-called totality only exists in a narrow band, where the moon’s shadow falls on the Earth. 【CNN News,2016.3】

这种全食只存在于一个窄带,月球的影子落在地球上。

During thosebrief and geographically constrained moments, the brightness of thesun is reduced to that of a full moon, which can be viewed safely withoutanything over your eyes.

那些短暂而受地理位置限制的时间里,太阳的亮度被减少到一个满月的亮度,可以不带任何护眼设备,安全地观看日食。

geographically/dʒiə'græfikəli/地理(学)地

例句:Gaza by comparison geographically very small, only about twice as big as Washington D.C., predominately Palestinian. 【CNN News,2012.11】

相比之下加沙地理位置非常小,只有华盛顿的两倍,主要是巴勒斯坦人。

brightness/'braɪtnɪs/明亮,亮度

例句:and thise xplained changes in the movement of the planets and in the brightness of the stars. 【新课人教版高中英语】

这样就说明了行星运动的变化情况以及星球亮度问题。

Otherwise, any glimpse of the sun's brightness is not only uncomfortable, it's dangerous.

否则,看到任何太阳的亮度不仅使人不舒服,而且是危险的。

glimpse一瞥,一看

词组:glimpse of 瞥见,一瞥

英英释义:a quicklook

例句:It is their first time to get aglimpse of Chinese art.【CRINews,2016.10】

这是她们首次得见中国艺术。

What happens if you ignore the warnings?

如果你不顾警告会发生什么事呢?

Your face won't melt off, "Raiders of the Lost Ark"-style,but your eyes could be severely damaged. And, yes, you could go blind.

你的脸不会融化(《夺宝奇兵》式),但是你的眼睛会严重损害。是的,你会变瞎。

Raiders ofthe Lost Ark电影《夺宝奇兵》

背景:《夺宝奇兵》是卢卡斯影业和派拉蒙公司出品的动作电影,由乔治·卢卡斯编剧,史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格导演,哈里森·福特、凯伦·阿兰、保罗·弗里曼主演。该片讲述了考古学教授印第安纳·琼斯受美国军方所托,去埃及找寻“约柜”,并与纳粹德国的爪牙斗智斗力的故事。电影于1981年上映,获得第54届奥斯卡包括最佳视效、最佳艺术指导、最佳剪辑、最佳音响等在内的多项提名。

Looking directly at the powerful brightness of the sun can cause damage to the retina, the light-sensitive part of the eye.

直接看亮度强烈的太阳,会造成视网膜的损伤,视网膜是眼睛的感光部分。

retina/'retɪnə/视网膜

英英释义:thelight-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve

例句:Randy Nelson notes that photo sensitive cells in the retina, have little to do with eyesight. 【VOA Special,2013.8】

兰迪·纳尔逊说,视网膜上的感光细胞和视力关系不大。

So you need eclipse glasses.

所以你需要日食眼镜。

感谢阅读!

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