你在学校里学到的这6个“事实”已经不再准确_BEC初级作文

你在学校里学到的这6个“事实”已经不再准确

But in 2003, an astronomer found a larger object beyond Pluto — which he named Eris, according to NASA. The new information caused a bunch of other astronomers to question what really makes a planet a planet, and they decided, based on size and location, that Pluto just didn't make the cut. Neither did Eris, actually. Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet.

但是，根据美国宇航局的消息，2003年，一位天文学家发现了冥王星之外的一个更大的天体，并将其命名为阋神星。这一新发现促使一大批天文学家开始质疑，成为一个行星的条件到底是什么，并且基于冥王星的体积和位置决定冥王星不够资格成为行星。阋神星也没能跻身行星的行列。冥王星自此被降级为矮行星。

Needless to say, elementary schools kids were pretty bummed.

不用说，这么一来让小学生们挺郁闷的。

But there may be hope. Researchers have recently been debating whether to make Pluto a planet again.

不过，也许还有希望。研究人员最近正在讨论是否重新让冥王星成为一颗行星。

THEN: Witches in Salem were burned at the stake

过去认为：萨勒姆的女巫们是绑在柱子上烧死的。

NOW: They were actually hanged

现在认为：那些女巫们其实是被绞死的。

Even if you didn't read Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" in high school, you probably learned somewhere that the townspeople of Salem burned witches at the stake.