1 Mars

Mars BY MARION DANE BAUER ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN WALLACE

《火星》马里恩·戴恩·鲍尔著，约翰·华莱士配图

Have you ever dreamed of visiting Mars? Flying to Mars in a spaceship would take six months or more. It would be a journey filled with surprises.

你曾经梦想过访问火星吗？ 乘坐宇宙飞船飞往火星需要6个月或更长时间。 这将是一段充满惊喜的旅程。

Even from far away you would see why Mars is called the Red Planet. The red color comes from iron dust in the air.

即使从很远的地方你也会明白为什么火星被称为红色星球。 红色来自空气中的铁尘。

When you got to Mars, our Sun would look small, and the sky would be red. But the sunset would be blue.

当你到达火星时，我们的太阳看起来很小，天空是红色的。 但日落是蓝色的。

The night sky would hold two moons.

夜空会有两个月亮。

You could see the tallest volcano in our solar system, Olympus (say: uh-LIM-puhs) Mons. Olympus Mons is 374 miles wide. But it rises so gently that it is almost flat.

你可以看到太阳系中最高的火山——奥林匹斯火山。 奥林匹斯山有374英里宽。 但它上升得非常缓慢，几乎是平坦的。