中英对照读新闻》Rare ’Christmas Star’ To Light Up Night Sky For First Time In Hundreds Of Years 罕见的「耶诞之星」数百年来首度将点亮夜空

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    土星与木星将于12月21日「大合」。图为美国堪萨斯州议会大厦顶端的印地安人雕像与土星(上)、木星(下)。(美联社)(photo:LTN)
    土星与木星将于12月21日「大合」。图为美国堪萨斯州议会大厦顶端的印地安人雕像与土星(上)、木星(下)。(美联社)(photo:LTN)

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    The planets of Jupiter and Saturn will appear on the winter solstice to be so close from Earth that they may look like one shining star, even though they’ll actually be 450 million miles apart.

    木星与土星将在冬至的时候相当靠近,从地球看起来像是1颗闪耀的星星,虽然他们实际上仍相距4.5亿英里。

    The so-called "Great Conjunction" last happened in 1623 but could not be seen from Earth. Before that, the phenomenon previously occurred on March 4, 1226.

    被称为「大合」的现象上次出现于1623年,但当时可能无法从地球看见。在这之前,前一次这种现象出现于1226年3月4日。

    2020’s celestial event has been christened by some as the "Christmas Star," due to its proximity to Christmas Day.

    2020的天空盛典被称为「耶诞之星」,得名于其靠近耶诞节。

    "Alignments between these two planets are rather rare, occurring once every 20 years or so, but this conjunction is exceptionally rare because of how close the planets will appear to one another," said Patrick Hartigan, a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University.

    「这两个行星的对齐排列很稀有,20年才会出现1次,但这次的交合格外罕见,因为两个行星间的距离相当近」,莱斯大学物理学与天文学教授派翠克.哈蒂根表示。

    新闻辞典

    occur:动词,发生、出现。例句:There is a serious traffic accident occurred in front of the city hall.(市政府前发生一起严重的车祸。)

    celestial:形容词,天的、天空的。例句:We can observe the celestial bodies in the Museum of Natural Science.(我们可以在科学博物馆内观看天体。)

    proximity:名词,接近、邻近。例句:Proximity to the school is the biggest advantage of the house.(离学校近是这间房子最大的优点。)