大学英语自学教程 上册 un03

[08:40.99]only those parts of the moon which are lighted up by the sun are bright.
[08:44.56]他们的绘画也许会更美好。
[08:48.14]This shows that the moon gives no light of its own.
[08:50.66]这也说明月球本身并不发光，
[08:53.19]It merely reflects the light of the sun,
[08:55.46]它如同悬挂在天空中的一面巨大的镜子，
[08:57.73]like a huge mirror hung in the sky.
[09:00.15]仅仅反射太阳光。
[09:02.56]Yet the dark part of the moon's surface is not absolutely black;
[09:05.68]不过月球表面黑暗的并不是绝对的漆黑。
[09:08.81]generally it is just light enough for us to be able to see its outline,
[09:12.39]一般说来它的亮度刚好足以让我们看清它的轮廓，
[09:15.96]so that we speak of seeing "the old moon in the new moon's arms."
[09:19.74]因此我们将这一景色称为“新月抱旧月”。
[09:23.51]The light by which we see the old moon
[09:25.64]看旧月所凭借的光线
[09:27.77]does not come from the sun,but from the earth.
[09:30.45]来自地球而不是太阳。
[09:33.13]We know well how the surface of the sea or of snow,
[09:36.07]我们很清楚海面、雪面
[09:39.00]or even of a wet road,
[09:40.92]或者湿漉漉的路面
[09:42.84]may reflect uncomfortably much of the sun's light on to our faces.
[09:46.03]如何将大量的太阳光反射到我们的脸上，
[09:49.22]In the same way
[09:50.84]使我们感觉不舒服。
[09:52.46]the surface of the whole earth reflects enough of the sun's light
[09:55.49]整个地球表面同样将充足的太阳光反射到月球表面，
[09:58.52]on to the face of the moon for us to be able to see
[10:01.60]使我们得以看见
[10:04.68] the parts of it which would otherwise be dark.
[10:07.22]本来会是很暗的那部分月面。
[10:09.75]If there were any inhabitants of the moon,
[10:11.97]假使月球上有居民，
[10:14.19]they would see our earth reflecting the light of the sun,
[10:17.27]他们也会见到反射太阳光的地球
[10:20.36]again like a huge mirror hung in the sky.
[10:23.14]如同悬挂在天空中的一面巨大的镜子；
[10:25.92]They would speak of earthlight just as we speak of moonlight.
[10:29.24]他们也会像我们谈论地球之光。
[10:32.56]"The old moon in the new moon' s arms"
[10:34.83]“新月抱旧月”
[10:37.10]is nothing but that part of the moon's surface on which it is night,
[10:40.38]只不过是在夜间被地球
[10:43.66]lighted up by earth light.
[10:45.49]照亮的那部分月面。
[10:47.31]In the same way,
[10:48.84]同样，
[10:50.37]the lunar inhabitants would occasionally see part of our earth in full sunlight,
[10:54.25]月球人有时也会见到地球的一部分阳光普照，
[10:58.13]and the rest lighted only by moonlight;
[11:00.45]而剩下的另一部分被月光照亮，
[11:02.78]they might call this "the old earth in the new earth's arms."
[11:06.04]他们也会把这一景色称为“新地抱旧地”。