3 The Night Sky

THE Night Sky BY MARION DANE BAUER ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN WALLACE

玛丽昂·戴恩·鲍尔的《夜空》，约翰·华莱士的插画

Did you know that stars shine day and night? We do not see stars in the daytime because the star closest to us, our sun, outshines them all.

你知道星星日夜闪烁吗？ 我们在白天看不到星星，因为离我们最近的那颗星星，我们的太阳，比它们都亮。

To see the night sky in all its glory, leave city lights behind. Wait for your eyes to get used to the dark. Then look up. Wow!

看夜空的辉煌，把城市的灯火抛在脑后。 等待你的眼睛习惯黑暗。 然后抬头看。哇!

On most nights, you can see our moon first. Because it is so close, it seems larger than anything else. The moon's face changes every night. Sometimes it is round. Sometimes it is just a sliver.

在大多数夜晚，你可以先看到我们的月亮。 因为离得很近，它看起来比其他任何东西都大。 月亮的脸每晚都在变。 有时它是圆的。有时它只是一条银条。

Then there are all those twinkling stars. They twinkle because their light bounces and bumps through our atmosphere to reach us. Atmosphere

还有那些闪烁的星星。 它们之所以闪烁，是因为它们发出的光通过我们的大气层反弹和颠簸到达我们这里。 大气

Humans have always made connect-the-dots pictures with the stars. We call those pictures constellations.

人类总是把星星连在一起。 我们称这些图像为星座。