日出又日落,对地球上的绝大部分人来说,一天的作息都照此安排。然而,对挪威一个小岛上的居民们来说,他们的夏天是没有黑夜的。于是他们开始思考,还要按照每天24小时安排这段时间的作息吗?
Don't you wish those long summer days could last forever? An island in northern Norway is campaigning to do just that.
难道你不希望那些漫长的夏日能永远持续下去吗?挪威北部的一个岛正打算这样做。
With the Northern Hemisphere's summer solstice just around the corner on June 21, Sommarøy -- meaning "Summer Island" -- wants to swap its watches for flower garlands and declare itself the world's first time-free zone.
随着北半球的夏至(6月21日)临近,索玛若伊岛(意思是“夏之岛”)想要用花环取代钟表,尽享夏日,并宣称这里是世界上第一个“无时间区域”。
garland ['gɑːlənd]:n.花环
On this island in West Tromsø, north of the Arctic Circle, the sun doesn't set from May 18 right through to July 26, a full 69 days.
这个岛位于西特罗姆瑟,北极圈以北,从5月18日直到7月26日的69天中,太阳都不会落山。
The locals, having endured the long polar night from November to January, when the sun doesn't rise at all, make the most of these precious months, with no regard to conventional timekeeping.
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