Introducing Planet Earth

Introducing Planet Earth. Written by Celeste Frazier. Illustrated by Len Epstein.

《认识行星地球》。作者：塞莱斯特·弗雷泽。绘者：莱恩·爱泼斯坦。

Let me introduce myself. I am planet Earth. I am the luckiest planet in our solar system. I can support life.

让我来介绍一下自己吧。我就是行星地球。 我是太阳系里最幸运的星球哦。 我可以孕育生命呀。

Look at Mercury so close to the sun. Hot, hot, hot. Even one of my desert rats could not live in that heat. Cold dwarf planet Pluto sits so far from the sun. Brr. How would you like to be a frozen popsicle planet? Not me.

你看离太阳特别近的水星。 烫死啦烫死啦。 就连我身上的沙漠鼠都受不了那么高的温度。 冷冰冰的矮行星冥王星离太阳远极了。 唔噜噜。 你想变成一颗冻成冰棍的星球吗？ 我可不想。

I have all the things life needs. Land, water, air, and energy from the sun. I have five oceans and seven huge pieces of land called continents. On land I even have lakes and rivers filled with fresh water that plants and animals need.

我拥有生命需要的一切：土地、水、空气，还有太阳送来的能量。 我有五大洋，还有七块大大的陆地，叫做大洲。 陆地上还有满是淡水的湖泊和河流，那可是动植物都需要的哦。

I spin like a top so that all living things have day and night. People call this rotating.

我像陀螺一样转呀转，这样所有生物就有了白天和黑夜。 人们把这个叫做自转。

Try this. Want to see what makes day and night? Get a flashlight and a friend to be the Sun. You be Earth. Earth spins around slowly. It's daytime on the side of your body facing the Sun. It's nighttime on the side turned away from the Sun.

试试这个小实验哦。 想知道白天和黑夜是怎么来的吗？ 拿个手电筒，找个朋友当太阳，你当地球。 地球慢慢转呀转， 你身体对着太阳的那一侧就是白天。 转开背对太阳的那一侧就是黑夜啦。