A Visit to Kitt Peak
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 Solar Telescope.
4 太阳望远镜。
6 Star Telescopes.
6星望远镜.
10 Star Searching from Home.
10星从出家找.
14 Conclusion.
14 结论。
15 Glossary/Index.
15 词汇表/索引。
16 Introduction Hi, I’m Sherry, and I’m an amateur astronomer, which means that just for fun I like to learn about faraway stars and planets and other mysterious things in space.
导言 嗨,我是雪莉,我是业余天文学家, 也就是说,为了好玩,我喜欢学习遥远的恒星和行星,
I recently toured Kitt Peak National Observatory.
我最近去过Kitt Peak国家天文台
It sits high atop a 6,875-foot tall mountain outside of Tucson, Arizona.
它坐落于亚利桑那州图克森外的高地上,高度为6,875英尺.
The land the observatory is built on belongs to a Native American tribe.
天文台建造的土地属于美洲原住民部落。
I heard the tribe wasn’t going to let astronomers build on its sacred mountain, but the tribe changed its mind after looking through a telescope!
但部落在透过望远镜观察后,
They started saying the astronomers had “long eyes,” since they could see so far with their telescopes.
他们开始说天文学家有"长长的眼睛",因为他们用望远镜可以看见。
That made me laugh.
这让我笑了。
I pictured people looking up at the stars with eyes longer than their arms!
我想象人们仰望恒星 眼睛比手臂长!
But it made a lot of sense because a telescope does make it seem as though your eye can reach the stars.
但它有很多意义 因为望远镜确实 似乎你的眼睛可以到达恒星。
The mountaintop is perfect for stargazing.
山顶极能出星.
Away from city lights, it stays pitch dark at night.
远离城市灯光,它保持 投出黑暗的夜晚。
Being on a mountain keeps the telescopes above the dusty dirt that the wind churns up in the valley below.
在山上把望远镜 放在尘土上 风在下方谷地上起伏
Besides, being up high gets you even closer to the planets and stars.
再说了,高高的身高让你更接近行星和恒星.
Before going inside the telescopes, we stood at the edge of the mountain to look out at the small city of Tucson in the distance.
在进入望远镜之前,我们站在了山的边缘,远处望去图克森的小城市.
I could see the base of the mountain near where I live.
我能看见我住的地方附近的山底
Though it was a hot and dusty summer day in Tucson, we had to wear jackets on the cool, windy mountaintop.
虽然在图克森是炎热而尘埃的夏天 我们不得不穿着外套 在凉爽而多风的山顶上。
I was glad to have a break from Tucson’s heat!
我很高兴能从图克森的热量中解脱出来!
Kitt Peak has a collection of 26 humongous telescopes!
Kitt Peak收藏了26个大型望远镜!
These aren’t telescopes you can hold in your hand.
这些不是望远镜,
All these telescopes need an entire building to hold them up and protect them.
所有这些望远镜都需要一整栋建筑来支撑和保护他们.
The tour at Kitt Peak let me get close to three of them.
Kitt Peak的巡回演出让我接近其中的3个.
One is a solar telescope that astronomers use during the day for studying the Sun.
一个是天文学家白天用来研究太阳的太阳望远镜.
The other two are star telescopes they use at night for studying stars and planets and other mysterious things in space.
另外两台是他们晚上用来研究星等和行星等太空中神秘事物的恒星望远镜.
Solar Telescope I had never heard of a solar telescope before going to Kitt Peak.
太阳望远镜 在去Kitt Peak之前 我从未听说过太阳望远镜
Since the Sun is a star, I had always thought that astronomers studied it with the same telescopes they used for other stars.
由于太阳是一颗恒星,我一直认为天文学家用他们用于其他恒星的望远镜来研究它.
But I learned that because the Sun is so bright, scientists need different equipment to look at it.
但我知道,由于太阳如此明亮,科学家需要不同的设备来观察.
Kitt Peak has the largest solar telescope in the world!
Kitt Peak拥有世界上最大的太阳望远镜!
Standing next to it I felt like an ant.
站在它旁边,我觉得像只蚂蚁。
It is as tall as a ten-story building.
其高如十层楼.
On the top of the telescope it looks as if there is a picket fence, which is actually a windbreak to keep one of the telescope’s mirrors from shaking.
在望远镜上方看起来好像有栅栏,
Then there is this large ramp that looks like a slide coming off one side.
然后有一个大坡道 看起来像一个滑出一边。
The slidelike ramp actually continues at the same angle four stories below the ground.
滑行式坡道实际上在地下同角度上持续了四个故事.
This thing is huge!
这东西真大!
From the inside, the Mc Math-Pierce Solar Telescope looks like a roller coaster track.
从内部看,麦克马斯-皮尔斯太阳望远镜外观像过山车轨道.
It has 200 feet of track aboveground and 300 feet below.
它有200英尺的地上轨道和300英尺的地下轨道.
It needs that much space to keep the Sun’s reflected light from burning up the equipment.
让太阳反射出光线,
The solar telescope has three mirrors that do most of the work by reflecting the Sun’s light.
太阳望远镜有三道镜子,通过反射太阳光来完成大部分工作.
The mirrors are on a trolley so astronomers can move them along a track.
镜像在推车上,这样天文学家就可以沿着轨道移动.
I learned that the trolley moves the mirrors really slowly—four feet per minute.
我得知推车移动镜面的速度非常缓慢——每分钟4英尺.
That would make it a really boring roller coaster.
这会使它成为一个非常无聊的过山车。
I could run up and down the distance of the track at least twice before the mirrors move four feet.
在镜子移动出四英尺前,我至少可以跑上跑下跑道的距离两次.
From the air, Kitt Peak’s solar telescope looks like a giant slide.
从空中看,克特峰的太阳望远镜看起来像一个巨大的滑行.
Astronomers move the mirrors so they can follow the Sun across the sky.
天文学家将镜相移取来,可以跟随太阳过天.
They sit in an observation room underground and watch the Sun through the telescope.
他们坐在地下的一个观察室里,通过望远镜观看太阳.
The room is full of computers that position the mirrors and record what the astronomers see.
房间充满了将镜像定位并记录天文学家所见的电脑.
They record things such as sunstorms: when they happen, how long they last, and how large an area the storm covers.
它们记录出太阳暴等事物:当它们发生时,它们持续了多久,风暴覆盖了多大的地区.
Star Telescopes On the tour, I also got to see two star telescopes: the 2.
恒星望远镜 在巡演中,我还得看到两台恒星望远镜: 2.
1- meter Telescope and the 4-meter Telescope.
1米望远镜和4米望远镜.
They look like giant fat pencil tops with rounded erasers.
它们看起来像有圆形擦拭的巨型脂肪铅笔顶.
The eraser- looking part is called the dome.
擦除器的外观部分叫做穹顶.
The telescope is inside the dome.
望远镜在圆顶内.
Mayall 4-meter Telescope building and its control room (inset) 2.
迈尔4米 望远镜大楼及其控制室(内置) 2. 联合国
1-meter Telescope building and its telescope (inset) Sunlight from the second mirror reflects off the third mirror to go down into the observing room.
1米望远镜大楼及其望远镜从第二道镜反射出从第三道镜向下走入观测室.
The first of three mirrors used to look at the Sun sits atop the solar telescope.
用来看太阳的三面镜子中的一面坐落在太阳望远镜上.
Remember, never look directly at the Sun!
记住,永远不要直接看太阳!
The building for the 4-meter Telescope is almost 200 feet high.
4米望远镜的建筑高近200英尺.
It’s so big that you can see it from 50 miles away.
这幅画很大,
These star telescopes are much bigger than any telescopes I’ve seen at my astronomy club meetings.
这些恒星望远镜比我在天文俱乐部会议上看到的任何望远镜都大得多。
Through my backyard telescope, I can see Jupiter’s spot and the rings of Saturn.
通过我的后院望远镜,我可以看到木星的位置和土星环.
Imagine what I could see with 90 more feet of telescope!
想象一下,我还能看到90英尺的望远镜!
To work the star telescopes, astronomers use computers to turn the dome so the telescope points to the part of the sky they want to study.
天文学家们用电脑把穹顶翻转 这样望远镜就能指向他们想研究的天空部分
Scientists open the door in the dome to let in the outside air.
科学家们在穹顶中打开门 让外面的空气进入
The tour guide explained that you need to keep the temperature of the air around the telescope the same temperature as the air outside.
导游解释说,你需要保持望远镜周围的空气温度与外面的空气温度相同.
If the two temperatures are different, the air will move and change the image that is seen in the telescope.
如果两种温度不同,空气会移动并改变望远镜所看到的图像.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Have you seen the air above a hot road look wavy?
你见过热路上面的空气吗?
Just like that, air moving in the dome will change what astronomers see.
就像那样,穹顶中的空气会改变天文学家所看到的。
Data from the WIYN 3.
数据取自WIYN 3.
5-meter Telescope on Kitt Peak combined with data from the Hubble Space Telescope produced this image of the Starburst Galaxy M82.
Kitt Peak上的5米望远镜与从哈勃太空望远镜得到的数据相结合,产生了这幅"星爆银河"M82的图像.
The open dome of the Mayall 4-meter Telescope shows a great view of the sunset.
Mayall4米望远镜的露天穹顶展示了夕阳的壮观.
Since astronomers use the star telescopes to look at the night sky, they get to stay up all night and sleep all day!
由于天文学家使用恒星望远镜来观察夜空,所以他们可以整夜不眠地睡一觉!
Signs outside say, “Day Sleepers.
外面的标志说,“睡觉日。
Quiet Please.”
请安静 “
My older brother could use one of those signs on his bedroom door.
我哥哥在卧室门上需要这些标志
Star Searching from Home I study the stars from home with a pair of binoculars or my telescope.
家星搜索 我用双筒望远镜或望远镜从家里研究星星
A star chart helps me know where to look for certain stars, planets, moons, or constellations.
一个恒星图可以帮助我找到 某些恒星、行星、月球或星座
I can see most of these things with binoculars, but I need to use a telescope to see nebulae and most galaxies.
我用望远镜可以看到这些东西, 但我需要用望远镜来观测星云和大多数星系。
Each season, the evening sky looks a little different.
每一季,晚天看起来都有些不同.
As Earth moves and rotates in its orbit, you can see different things.
随着地球在它的轨道上移动并自转,你可以看到不同的事物.
I make sure to have an up-to-date star chart because I want to know what’s in the sky above me each night.
因为我想知道每天晚上我上面的天空是什么。
I found a cool star chart on the Internet by typing the words star chart into a search engine.
我在互联网上找到一个很酷的星图,把星图的词打入了搜索引擎.
Astronomer Jim De Veny pulls an all-nighter at the 2.
天文学家吉姆·德·维尼在2号机上拉了个通宵器.
1-meter Telescope.
1米望远镜.
Use a star chart made for your area and the time of year you are looking at the sky.
使用为您区域绘制的星图,以及您每年的视星等。
Conclusion Are you one of those kids who wonders whether astronomers search for aliens in their telescopes?
结论 你是其中之一 谁想知道 天文学家 搜索外星人 在他们的望远镜?
I actually heard someone ask that question during my tour of Kitt Peak.
我在Kitt Peak巡演时听到有人问这个问题
But most people know that’s science fiction, not science.
但大多数人都知道这是科幻,而不是科学。
Astronomers, even amateurs like me, study stars, planets, and galaxies, and write about the facts.
天文学家,甚至像我这样的业余爱好者,研究恒星,行星,和星系,并写下事实.
Science fiction writers study astronomy and use their imagination to tell a story.
科幻作家学习天文学,并用他们的想象力讲述一个故事.
I think the truth is often much more amazing than any imagined story!
我认为真相往往比任何想象中的故事都惊人!
Don’t you?
你没有吗?
Glossary amateur a person who does something for fun, not to get paid; not a professional (p.
术语表业余 一个人为了好玩而做一些事,而不是得到报酬;不是专业人士(p.
4) astronomer a scientist who studies objects in space, such as stars and planets (p.
4) 天文学家是研究空间物体的科学家,如恒星和行星(p.
4) constellations groups of stars that form a shape and are named (p.
4) 组成外形并被命名的星团群(p.
14) image a picture (p.
14) 图像一幅相片 (p.
12) observatory a building with a telescope in it to study stars, planets, moons, and weather (p.
12)观测一栋大楼,里面有望远镜来研究恒星,行星,月球,和天气(p.
4) reflected light light that is picked up on a mirror and bounced to another place (p.
4)反射出被取入镜子并反弹到另一个地方的光线(p.
7) telescopes instruments used to make far-off objects look closer through the use of mirrors (p.
7) 用来使远方物体通过使用镜像更近的望远镜仪器(p.
5) trolley a cart that runs on rails (p.
5) 有轨电车(p.
8) windbreak something that slows the force of the wind (p.
8) 有风能能能减慢风力的东西被打碎(p.
6) Index astronomers, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15 binoculars, 14 computers, 9, 12 Jupiter, 11 Mayall Telescope, 10–12 Mc Math-Pierce Solar Telescope, 7–9 Data from the 0.
6) 索引天文学家,4,6,8,9,12,13,15个望远镜,14个计算机,9,12个木星,11个Mayall望远镜,10-12 Mc Math-Pierce太阳望远镜,7-9数据从0.
9-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak produced this image of the Horsehead Nebula.
在克特峰的9米望远镜产生了这个马头星云的图像.