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@ 40811 Stargazing
A 喜歡和我來海邊看星星嗎？
xǐhuan hé wǒ lái hǎibiān kàn xīngxing ma?
Do you like sitting here with me on the beach looking at the stars?
B 呃......
e......
Uh...
A 我對星星很有研究。你知道，右面的那顆是什麼嗎？
wǒ duì xīngxing hěn yǒu yánjiū. nǐ zhīdào, yòumiàn de nà kē shì shénme ma?
I study the stars. Do you know what that is over on the right?
B 是什麼？
shì shénme?
What is it?
A 水星。其實不用望遠鏡，我們肉眼就能看到所有的行星。
shuǐxīng. qíshí bùyòng wàngyuǎnjìng, wǒmen ròuyǎn jiù néng kàndào suǒyǒu de xíngxīng.
Mercury. Actually, you don't even need a telescope. You can see all the planets with your naked eye.
B 是嗎？連海王星也能看見？
shì ma? lián hǎiwángxīng yě néng kànjiàn?
Really? You can even see Neptune?
A 當然咯。你看我手指的方向，那顆就是。
dāngrán lo. nǐ kàn wǒ shǒu zhǐ de fāngxiàng, nà kē jiùshì.
Of course. Look where I'm pointing. That's it right there.
B 我記得肉眼只能看見幾顆離地球比較近的行星，比如木星、金星、火星、土星。
wǒ jìde ròuyǎn zhǐnéng kànjiàn jǐ kē lí dìqiú bǐjiào jìn de xíngxīng, bǐrú mùxīng, jīnxīng, huǒxīng, tǔxīng.
I recall that you can only see a few planets that are relatively close to earth. Like, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Saturn.
A 那是以前，現在科技發達了，我們都能看到。
nà shì yǐqián, xiànzài kējì fādá le, wǒmen dōu néng kàndào.
That was before. Now science has developed, and we can see them all.
B 好像不對吧。而且太陽系裡的行星也不是每天都看得到的。要等它們運行到同一個方位才可以。
hǎoxiàng bù duì ba. érqiě tàiyángxì lǐ de xíngxīng yě bù shì měitiān dōu kàndedào de. yào děng tāmen yùnxíng dào tóngyī ge fāngwèi cái kěyǐ.
I think that is wrong. Also, the planets in our solar system can not be seen every day. You need to wait until they are on the same place on its orbit.
A 呃......哎，你知道我為什麼喜歡看星星嗎？
e......āi, nǐ zhīdào wǒ wèishénme xǐhuan kàn xīngxing ma?
Uh...Hey, do you know why I like stargazing?
B 這我怎麼知道？
zhè wǒ zěnme zhīdào?
How would I know?
A 因為它們一閃一閃，就像你的眼睛。
yīnwèi tāmen yīshǎnyīshǎn, jiù xiàng nǐ de yǎnjing.
Because they twinkle, just like your eyes.
B 哦？是嗎？
ó? shì ma?
Hmph. Really?
A 我現在特別想抱著你，和你一起數星星。
wǒ xiànzài tèbié xiǎng bào zhe nǐ, hé nǐ yīqǐ shǔ xīngxing.
I really want to hold you in my arms and count the stars with you.
B 行了，我受不了了！你沒有一句說得對，而且今天根本看不到行星。
xíng le , wǒ shòubuliǎo le! nǐ méiyǒu yī jù shuō de duì, érqiě jīntiān gēnběn kānbudào xíngxīng.
That's it! I can't take it anymore! Not one sentence you said was correct, and today you can't see one single planet.
A 完了！露餡兒了！
wán le ! lòuxiànr le!
I'm finished! I've been found out!
Key Vocabulary
星星 xīngxing
研究 yánjiū
望遠鏡 wàngyuǎnjìng
肉眼 ròuyǎn
行星 xíngxīng
海王星 hǎiwángxīng
木星 mùxīng
金星 jīnxīng
火星 huǒxīng
土星 tǔxīng
科技 kējì
發達 fādá
太陽系 tàiyángxì
運行 yùnxíng
方位 fāngwèi
一閃一閃 yīshǎnyīshǎn
受不了 shòubuliǎo
露餡兒 lòuxiànr
Supplementary Vocabulary
水星 shuǐxīng
地球 dìqiú
天王星 tiānwángxīng
星系 xīngxì
恆星 héngxīng
衛星 wèixīng
天文 tiānwén
大猩猩 dàxīngxing
黑猩猩 hēixīngxing
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