Planet Earth
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Let me introduce myself.
让我自我介绍一下
I am Planet Earth.
我是行星地球。
I am the luckiest planet in our solar system.
我是太阳系最幸运的行星
I can support life!
我可以维持生活!
Look at Mercury so close to the Sun.
看水星离太阳这么近
Hot, hot, hot.
有热有热.
Even one of my desert rats could not live in that heat!
连我的一只沙漠老鼠都活不下去!
Cold dwarf planet Pluto sits so far from the Sun.
冷矮行星冥王星坐落在离太阳很远的地方.
Brrrr.
好冷啊。
How would you like to be a frozen Popsicle Planet?
你想成为冰冰星球吗?
Not me.
我没有。
I have all the things life needs— land, water, air, and energy from the Sun.
我拥有生活需要的一切 土地、水、空气和来自太阳的能量
I have five oceans and seven huge pieces of land called continents.
我有五大洋和七块被称作"大陆"的大块地。
On land, I even have lakes and rivers filled with fresh water that plants and animals need.
在陆地上,我甚至有充满了植物和动物需要的淡水的湖泊和河流.
I spin like a top so that all living things have day and night.
我像顶部一样旋转 让一切活物有昼夜
People call this rotating.
人们称之为旋转。
Because I am round like a ball, sunlight hits me unevenly.
因为我像球一样圆 阳光照到我的身上
This makes parts of me hot and parts of me cold.
这使我部分的热 和我部分的冷。
My fat belly gets the most direct sunlight, so it is hottest along my belt.
我的肥肚得到最直接的阳光, 所以它最热在我的腰带。
This area is called the equator.
这个区域被称为赤道.
Try This!
试试这个!
Want to see what makes day and night?
想知道什么是昼夜吗?
Get a flashlight and a friend to be the Sun.
取出手电和朋友作"太阳".
You be Earth.
你们是地球
Earth spins around slowly.
地球旋转缓慢。
It’s daytime on the side of your body facing the Sun!
面对太阳,
It’s nighttime on the side turned away from the Sun.
晚上,
My North and South Poles get the least direct sunlight.
我的北极和南极的阳光最不直接
The Sun’s rays are weaker here than at my equator.
太阳的光线比赤道弱。
These areas are my coldest.
这些地区是我最冷的。
Whether it’s hot, cold, or in between, creatures live all over me.
无论是炎热、寒冷,还是介于两者之间,
People live on all my continents; a few even live around the South Pole in Antarctica.
人们生活在我所有的大陆上;少数甚至生活在南极的南极周围。
Most people live in my milder parts where they can build homes and grow crops.
大多数人住在我比较温和的地方,在那里他们可以建造房屋并种植农作物.
People travel all over my planet.
人们走遍了我的星球。
Long ago, people got lost when sailing across my oceans.
很久以前 人们在穿越我的海洋时迷路了
They needed a way to identify locations.
他们需要一种方法来确定地点。
So they invented a global grid, or lines that cross each other to form points anywhere on Earth.
于是他们发明了一个全球网格,或者相互交叉的线来形成地球上任何地方的点.
The lines that run north and south are longitude lines.
南北走向的线路为经纬线.
The lines running east and west are latitude lines.
东西走向的线路为纬线.
This grid tells people where they are.
这个网格告诉人们他们在哪里。
Oh, I almost forgot.
哦,我差点忘了。
I am tilted, too.
我也倾斜了
As I travel around the Sun during my yearlong trip, I stay in my tilt.
当我在一年长的旅程中环游太阳时,我停留在倾斜中.
Sometimes I tilt toward the Sun, and sometimes away from it.
有时 我向太阳倾斜 有时远离太阳
My tilt creates seasons.
我的倾斜创造了季节。
In January, my top half, or northern half, is tilted away from the Sun.
1月,我的上半身即北半身被斜去太阳.
That’s winter when children in the northern half go sledding.
北半部的孩子们在冬天去滑雪。
At the same time, the southern half is pointed toward the Sun.
同时,南半部被指向太阳.
It’s summer there.
这是夏天。
When I get halfway around the Sun and it’s July, I’m still tilted.
当我在太阳下半个月,
But this time, my northern half is tilted toward the Sun, and it’s summer.
但这次,我的北半部向太阳倾斜,现在是夏天。
My southern half is pointed away from the Sun, and it’s winter there.
我的南半部远离太阳,
I am a fair planet.
我是一个公平的星球。
I give each of my halves seasons and equal amounts of sunlight.
我每半个季节 和相等的阳光。
They just get it at different times of year.
他们只是在一年的不同时间得到它。
To all my creatures on Earth, I make you a promise.
我向地球上所有生物保证
I will rotate every 24 hours to give you daytime and nighttime.
我会每24小时轮换一次 给你白天和晚上的时间
I will continue to tilt to give you seasons.
我会继续倾斜 给你季节。
I will travel around the Sun once each year.
我每年都会环游太阳
And I will do all these things for billions of years to come.
我将在未来数十亿年里做所有这些事情。