Pedro, Luna, and the Moon

Pedro zigzagged around Great-Aunt Luisa’s dark front yard, holding his phone up. He was trying to get a stronger signal. Great-Aunt Luisa lived in the countryside, where there wasn’t much to do. Pedro was staying with her for a whole month. " Are you taking pictures of the moon?” a voice called.

佩德罗举着手机，在路易莎大婶黑暗的前院里曲折前行。 他试图得到一个更强的信号。 路易莎姨妈住在乡下，那里没有什么事可做。 佩德罗和她待了整整一个月。 "你在拍月亮吗？”一个声音呼叫。

Pedro spotted a girl in a neighbor’s yard. " No. I was just trying to get a signal. ” He glanced upward. The nearly full moon looked much brighter than it looked at home in the city. The girl smiled. “ I’m Luna. Want to take a look through my telescope?” " Sure. ” Pedro walked over to where Luna had set up her telescope. " I’ve never seen the moon through a telescope before. ”

佩德罗在邻居的院子里发现了一个女孩。 "不，我只是想得到一个信号。”他向上看了一眼。 接近满月的月亮看起来比城里的家里亮得多。 女孩笑了。“我是露娜。想通过我的望远镜看一看吗？” "当然。”佩德罗走到露娜安装望远镜的地方。 "我以前从未通过望远镜看到过月球。”

" One day I’d like to see it up close. ” Luna’s eyes shone. " My dream is to become an astronaut and explore the moon. ” " You sure like the moon a lot. Is it because your name means ‘moon’ in Spanish?” Pedro asked teasingly. Luna grinned. “ It could be. Hey! There’s a full moon tomorrow. Want to watch it with me?”

"总有一天我想近距离看看。”露娜的眼睛闪闪发光。 "我的梦想是成为一名宇航员，探索月球。” "你真的很喜欢月亮。是因为你的名字在西班牙语中的意思是‘月亮’吗？”佩德罗开玩笑地问。 露娜咧嘴一笑。“可能吧。嘿！明天有满月。想和我一起看吗？”

Pedro smiled. “ Definitely! ” The next night Pedro met Luna in her yard. " The moon is a different shape tonight, ” he said. Luna giggled. “ The moon doesn’t really change shape, you know.

佩德罗笑了。“肯定！” 第二天晚上，佩德罗在露娜的院子里遇见了她。 "今晚的月亮是不同的形状，”他说。 露娜咯咯笑了起来。“你知道，月亮并没有真正改变形状。

The sun lights up the moon’s surface. As the moon orbits around Earth, the amount of the sunlit surface we can see changes. These changes are the phases of the moon. ” " Aha, ” Pedro said. “ How long does it take for the moon to orbit Earth?” " About four weeks—one lunar month, ” Luna said.

太阳照亮了月球表面。 当月球围绕地球运行时，我们可以看到阳光照射的表面数量发生了变化。 这些变化就是月亮的相位。” "啊哈，”佩德罗说。“月球绕地球运行需要多长时间？” "大约四个星期一个月，”Luna说。

" Oh. Is tonight the start of a lunar month?” " Nope! The full moon is halfway through a lunar month, ” Luna explained. " The new moon is the start of a lunar month. But it’s a confusing name. ” " Why?” Pedro asked. “ Because that’s when the unlit surface of the moon is facing Earth. We can’t see the moon then. ”

"哦.今晚是农历月的开始吗？” "不！满月是一个月的一半，”露娜解释道。 "新月是一个农历月的开始。但这是一个令人困惑的名字。” "为什么？”佩德罗问。“因为那是月球未发光的表面面向地球的时候。那时我们看不到月球。”