日食面面观
印度占星家预测本周的日全食将会带来地球的冲突和紊乱,这是一种迷信和宗教观点。科学家认为这只是一种很正常的自然现象,月亮运行到地球和太阳中间,并在一条线上,同时,科学家完全置否这种灾难说。
Solar eclipse pits superstition(迷信) against science
MUMBAI (AFP) – Indian astrologers(占星家) are predicting violence and turmoil (混乱)across the world as a result of this week's total solar eclipse, which the superstitious and religious view as a sign of potential doom(劫数).
But astronomers, scientists and secularists are trying to play down claims of evil portent(预兆) in connection with Wednesday's natural spectacle, when the moon will come between the Earth and the sun, completely obscuring(使模糊) the sun.
In Hindu mythology(印度神学), the two demons(恶人) Rahu and Ketu are said to "swallow" the sun during eclipses, snuffing out its life-giving light and causing food to become inedible and water undrinkable.
Pregnant women are advised to stay indoors to prevent their babies developing birth defects, while prayers, fasting and ritual bathing, particularly in holy rivers, are encouraged.
Shivani Sachdev Gour, a gynaecologist(妇科学家) at the Fortis Hospital in New Delhi, said a number of expectant mothers scheduled for caesarian deliveries on July 22 had asked to change the date.
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