Four Phases of the Moon月亮變臉啦

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在城市的空氣污染和燈光污染下，我們夜晚抬頭已經很難再看到漫天的星星了。幸好，我們還能看到每晚都在變化的月亮。本期我們就先來認識一 月亮是怎么“變臉”的吧！

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The moon’s sunlitchanges every night.People call this as moonphase. Moon phase’ ’schanges depend on theposition of the sun， themoon and the earth. Thefour major phases of themoon are： new， firstquarter， full and thirdquarter.

words

sunlit /?s?nl?t/ 名詞，光照面

moon phase月相

phase /fe?z/ 名詞，（月亮的）位相，盈虧

moon phase’s changes月相的變化（這里的’s是名詞所有格，表示“……的”，如：Li Ming’s book李明的書）

depend on 依靠，取決于

depend /d??pend/ 動詞，依靠，取決于

position /p??z??（?）n/ 名詞，位置

major /?me???（r）/ 形容詞，主要的

New Moon

When the moon is positioned between the earth and the sun， the new moon occurs. People on the earth cannot normally see a new moon， because only the dark side of the moon faces the earth. Sometimes， if the moon fully blocks the sun， solar eclipse occurs.

Words

position /p??z??（?）n/ 動詞，安置，使處于（過去分詞：positioned）

occur /??k?∶（r）/ 動詞，出現

normally /?n?∶m?li/ 副詞，通常地

face /fe?s/ 動詞，面對，面向

fully /?f?li/ 副詞，完全地

block /bl?k/ 動詞，擋住

solar eclipse日食

solar /?s??l?（r）/ 形容詞，太陽的

eclipse /??kl?ps/ 名詞，日食，月食

first Quarter moon

During the first quarter， people on the earth can see half of the moon’s sunlit. In northern regions of the world， people can see the right part of the moon. But people in the southern regions can see the left part.

full moon

When the earth is between the moon and the sun， full moon occurs. People on the earth can see the moon’s entire sunlit. If the whole moon is in the earth’s shadow， a total lunar eclipse occurs.

Words

northern /?n?∶e?n/ 形容詞，北方的

region /?ri∶??n/ 名詞，地區

southern /?s?e?n/ 形容詞，南方的

entire /?n?ta??（r）/ 形容詞，全部的，整個的

shadow /???d??/ 名詞，陰影

total /?t??t（?）l/ 形容詞，全部的，總的

total lunar eclipse月全食

lunar /?lu∶n?（r）/ 形容詞，月亮的

thind Quarter moon

When the third quarter moon occurs， people on the earth can see the other half of the moon compared to the first quarter.

let's try！

Ⅰ. Choose the best answer.

（1） Solar eclipse（日食） may occur at the .

（2） Lunar eclipse（月食） may occur at the .

A. new moon B. first quarter moon

C. full moon D. third quarter moon

Ⅱ. Choose the right moon phases to complete the following picture.

New Moon First Quarter Moon

Full Moon Third Quarter Moon

Answers：

Ⅰ. （1）A （2）C

Ⅱ. A. New Moon B. First Quarter Moon

C. Full Moon D. Third Quarter Moon