在中国,约有150名天文爱好者(About 150 Chinese)聚集在北京一个有550年历史的明代天文台的屋顶上(who gathered at midnight on the roof of a 550-year-old Ming Dynasty stone observatory in Beijing)等待一睹流星雨的风采。当第一颗流星拖着火红的尾巴划破夜空时,(when the first meteor tore across the sky leaving an ephemeral fiery trail in its wake)人们不禁欣喜若狂。(were overjoyed)
这些流星之所以被命名为狮子座流星,(The meteors are called Leonids)是因为它们是从狮子星座的方向飞来的。(because they appear to come from the direction of the constellation Leo) 天文学家预测(Astronomers expect)下一次类似规模的狮子座流星雨(another such shower)将要等到2099年。
「语法小教室」
小词as用处多
虽然只有两个字母组成,as却是纵横语法界的多栖词呢!
1、做介词。
介词,顾名思义,就是起介绍作用的词,它表示的是词与词,词与句之间的关系。比如: between(在之间),
The relations between the two countries has improved since then.
两国的关系从那以后得到了改善。(between把relations和the two countries联系在了一起。)
as做介词,意思是作为:
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