Rainbows
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 Where and When Rainbows Appear.
4 彩虹出现时在哪里.
6 How Rainbows Form.
6"彩虹之形"("彩虹之形").
10 The Colors of the Rainbow.
10"彩虹相会".
13 Conclusion.
13 结论。
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 Introduction When the Sun shines after it rains, run outside.
导言 当太阳在下雨后发光时,就跑出外面去.
You may see a giant rainbow sweeping across the sky.
你会看到巨型彩虹横扫天空
Sometimes you may even spot small rainbows indoors when sunlight shines through a window.
有时,当阳光从窗外照出时,你甚至可能在室内发现小彩虹.
A rainbow appears near storm clouds.
彩虹出现于风暴云附近.
Rainbows are illusions made by light.
彩虹是光所制造的幻觉.
We can see them, but we can’t touch them or walk around them.
我们可以看到他们,
Outdoor rainbows seem to move away when we go toward them.
门外的彩虹在我们走向它们时似乎会消失.
Rainbows appear when light shines through something clear like water.
当光照出像水一样清晰的东西时,彩虹就出现了.
They are beautiful tricks of light.
他们都是光线的花招
Science, though, can explain the tricks.
不过,科学可以解释技巧
Rainbows can be seen in a splash of water, but these rainbows usually don’t last long.
这些彩虹通常不会持续多久。
Where and When Rainbows Appear Look around the next time you see a rainbow.
当彩虹出现时,你看到彩虹
The Sun will be shining from behind you, and there will be rain in front of you.
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That is where you will see the rainbow.
在那里你会看到彩虹。
Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the part of the sky that is directly opposite the Sun.
由阳光所引发的彩虹总是出现在正对太阳的天空部分.
Rainbows need water drops and sunshine to form.
彩虹需要水滴和阳光来形成.
Rainbows most often appear in the morning or late afternoon.
彩虹最常出现在上午或下午后期.
That’s when the Sun is in the best places to create one.
太阳是创造太阳的最佳地点。
You might even see a double rainbow.
你甚至会看到一双彩虹
Double rainbows are special.
双彩虹是特殊的.
The colors of the outer rainbow are in the opposite order to the colors of the inner rainbow.
外出彩虹的颜色与内出彩虹的颜色相左.
You may see rainbows in the mist of a waterfall, too.
在瀑布的雾中也会看到彩虹
A splashing fountain can also create a small rainbow.
喷出喷泉也可以产生出一朵小彩虹.
Rainbows can even form under a bright moon.
彩虹甚至可以在明亮的月球下形成.
These are called moonbows.
这些被称为"月弓".
Moonbows are dimmer and much less common than rainbows.
相较于彩虹,月弓是发光而常见的.
We usually see a rainbow as a half circle.
我们通常看到一朵彩虹作为半圆.
It actually forms a full circle, but from the ground we can only see the top half.
它实际上形成了一个完整的圆形,但从地上我们只能看到上半身.
Sometimes, a lucky airplane pilot may see the complete circle of a rainbow from the sky.
有时,幸运的飞机驾驶员可能会从天空看到彩虹的完整圆相.
Rainbows in Myths and Tales • Vikings said a rainbow bridge linked their gods to Earth.
"神话"和"故事"中的"彩虹"(Rainbows in Myths and Tales) • 维京斯说有一座"彩虹桥"将他们的神与地球联系起来.
the ends of rainbows.
彩虹的尽头
Elves guard these pots of gold.
精灵守护着这些金壶.
archer’s bow to shoot lightning arrows.
弓箭手射出闪电箭头
Cameras were flown high above one of the world’s biggest waterfalls to capture a full-circle rainbow.
摄像头高高地飞过世界上最大的瀑布之一,捕捉出一整圈彩虹。
How Rainbows Form Years ago, a French scientist decided to study rainbows.
彩虹的形态 几年前 一位法国科学家决定研究彩虹
He used sunlight and a big globe of water to experiment.
他利用阳光和一大块地表水进行实验。
He found that to see a rainbow, a person must be looking at light from the right position.
他发现要看到一朵彩虹,一个人一定是从正确的位置看光.
People study and build on many of Descartes’s (day-KARTS) ideas to this day.
人们研究并借鉴笛卡尔的许多(日-KARTS)思想直到今天.
Understanding how light travels helps explain rainbows.
了解光线旅行如何帮助解释彩虹.
Think of running on land.
考虑在陆地上跑.
Now imagine trying to run through knee- deep water.
现在想象一下 试图穿过膝盖 深水
You will move more slowly through water because it is denser, or thicker, than air.
你会在水中移动得更慢,因为它比空气更稠密,或者更厚.
In the same way, light moves faster through air than through water.
同样,光通过空气移动的速度也快于通过水.
Light bends when it moves between water and air.
光在水和空气之间移动时会弯曲.
That’s why a pencil sitting in a clear glass of water looks bent.
所以坐在清水杯里的铅笔,
This pencil appears to bend where it enters the water.
这把铅笔好像弯了弯 它进入了水面
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The sunlight splits into many colors.
阳光分出多种颜色.
w Light reflects from the back of the drop.
w 从投放后反射出光.
e Light bends again as it leaves the drop.
e 灯光再次弯曲,因为它留下了落地。
Outdoor rainbows form when water drops meet sunlight.
外出虹在出水时会与阳光相接而成.
The light bends as it enters each drop.
灯光在进入每一滴时会弯曲.
The light then reflects, or bounces, off the back of each drop, like light off a mirror.
然后光线反射,或者反弹,从每滴的后部,像从镜子取出光线一样.
The light bends again as it leaves the drop.
光会再次弯曲 当它离开滴出。
Light bends and bounces in millions of water drops at once.
光会瞬间弯曲并反弹成上百万个水滴.
This process makes all the colors of a rainbow.
这个过程使得彩虹的所有颜色.
The Colors of the Rainbow Sunlight is made up of many colors.
彩虹曙光的花色由多色相组成.
We can see them when water drops split the light into different colors.
我们可以看到当水滴将光分为不同的颜色。
To see a rainbow, you have to be in the right place.
要见一彩虹相去相去相去相去.
Each water drop reflects colored light at a slightly different angle.
每滴出一滴水,以稍有不同的角度反映有色光.
We can only see red light shining from the drops at the rainbow’s top.
我们只能看到彩虹顶部的滴出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出入出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出入出出出出出出出出出出出出出入出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出入出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出
Those drops are in the right place to shine the color red back at us.
那些滴子在合适的地方 向着我们亮出红色
In the same way, we can only see violet shining from drops at the rainbow’s bottom.
同样,我们只能看到紫外线从彩虹底部的滴出而发光。
The Recipe for a Rainbow The colors of a rainbow always appear in the same order.
彩虹的食谱 彩虹的颜色总是以同样的顺序出现.
The name ROY G.
这个名字叫Roy G.
BIV can help you remember the seven main colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
BIV可以帮助您记住七种主要颜色:红色,橙色,黄色,绿色,蓝色,indigo和紫色.
Sometimes a rainbow’s colors blend together, but all seven colors can be seen clearly in bright rainbows.
有时彩虹的颜色会融合在一起,但所有7个颜色都可以从明亮的彩虹中清晰地看到.
Make Your Own Rainbow 1.
让你自己的彩虹一号。
Fill a clear glass about three-quarters full of water.
倒满了三分之四的水
Place the glass where sunlight can pass through it.
把玻璃放在阳光可以穿过的地方
a rainbow appears.
彩虹出现了
paper.
纸
How many can you see?
你能看见多少个?
What order are they in?
他们是什么顺序?
Conclusion For a long time, rainbows have been featured in art and stories from all over the world.
结论 长期以来,彩虹一直被以艺术和来自世界各地的故事为特色.
Most people find it hard not to stop and stare when a rainbow appears.
当彩虹出现时,大多数人很难不停下来并凝视.
Science explains how these colorful displays happen.
科学解释了这些多彩的展示是如何发生的.
Water drops bend, split, and reflect light.
水滴会弯曲,分出,并反射出光.
Then we are able to see the many colors of a rainbow.
然后,我们可以看到彩虹的多彩。
Still, the beauty of a rainbow is a magical sight to see.
尽管如此,彩虹的美丽是神奇的景象。
Tourists admire a rainbow at the bottom of a waterfall in Iceland.
游客欣赏冰岛瀑布下方的彩虹.