23 The Sun

The Sun written by John Lockyer

约翰·洛克耶写的《太阳报》

The sun is a yellow star. It is about 5 billion years old. It will still be shining in about 5 billion more years. The sun is the nearest star to Earth. At night, you can see thousands of other stars in the sky. The stars look small to us because they are a long way away from Earth.

太阳是一颗黄色的星。它大约有50亿年的历史。 再过大约50亿年后，它仍然会发光。 太阳是离地球最近的恒星。 在晚上，你可以看到天空中成千上万的其他星星。 这些恒星在我们看来很小，因为它们离地球很远。

sun The sun is a big ball of fire. It is the hottest thing in the sky. Never look at the sun. It will hurt your eyes. The sun is also the biggest thing in the sky. If the sun was the same size as a football, then the Earth would be as small as a piece of rice.

太阳是一个大火球。 它是天空中最热的东西。 永远不要看太阳。它会伤害你的眼睛。 太阳也是天空中最大的东西。 如果太阳和足球一样大，那么地球就像一粒米那么小。

The sun is very hot and very spotty. The spots are sunspots. They are colder than the rest of the sun. Sometimes the sun has lots of sunspots and sometimes it doesn't. Some sunspots turn into fire storms. sunspots

太阳很热，而且有很多斑点。 这些黑子就是太阳黑子。它们比太阳的其他部分更冷。 有时太阳有很多黑子，有时没有。 一些太阳黑子变成了火风暴。 太阳黑子

The sun is the middle of the solar system. There are eight planets in our solar system. solar system. Everything in the solar system moves around the sun. The sun holds everything in place.

太阳是太阳系的中心。 我们的太阳系有八颗行星。 太阳系。太阳系中的一切都围绕太阳运转。 太阳使万物固定。

The sun makes warm sunlight for Earth and all the planets. Some other planets don't get as much sunlight. Other planets get too much sunlight, but Earth's sunlight is just right. sunlight On Earth, plants use the warm sunlight to help them grow. As they grow, plants make oxygen. People and animals need oxygen to live and they need plants to eat.

太阳为地球和所有行星提供温暖的阳光。 其他一些行星没有这么多的阳光。 其他星球的阳光太多了，但地球的阳光恰到好处。 在地球上，植物利用温暖的阳光帮助它们生长。 植物在生长过程中产生氧气。 人和动物需要氧气来生存，他们需要植物来吃。