阅读_2000_turning of the earth

It seems to us that the earth stands quite s**** But it is really m**** all the time. It turns around a make-believe line through its c****. We call this make-believe line the earth's axis(地轴). The two e**** of the earth's axis are called itspoles(极).The earth travels t****-four hours around its axis once.

We look at the sun and say it “travel" across the s****, but the sun doesn't really d**** so. The turning of the earth makes us feel a**** if the sun were moving across the sky. We can't see that the earth is moving b**** everything else on the earth is turning with us.

As the earth turns a**** every twenty-four hours, first one half f**** the sun and then the other half does.When our h**** of the earth is facing the sun, we say it is “day”. When our half is a**** from the sun, we say it is “night”.It is the t**** of the earth that t**** us when to go to bed and when to get up.

 

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It seems to us that the earth stands quite still But it is really moving all the time. It turns around a make-believe line through its centre. We call this make-believe line the earth's axis地. The two ends of the earth's axis are called itspoles.The earth travels twenty-four hours around its axis once.

We look at the sun and say it “travel" across thesky, but the sun doesn't really do so. The turning of the earth makes us feel as if the sun were moving across the sky. We can't see that the earth is moving because everything else on the earth is turning with us.

As the earth turns around every twenty-four hours, first one half faces the sun and then the other half does.When ourhalf of the earth is facing the sun, we say it is “day”. When our half is away from the sun, we say it is “night”.It is the turning of the earth that tells us when to go to bed and when to get up.

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It seems to us that the earth stands quite still But it is really moving all the time. It turns around a make-believe line through its centre. We call this make-believe line the earth's axis地. The two ends of the earth's axis are called itspoles.The earth travels twenty-four hours around its axis once.

在我们看来，地球似乎是静止不动的，但实际上它一直在运动。它围绕一条贯穿其中心的假想轴旋转，我们称之为地轴。地轴的两端被称为两极。地球每24小时绕地轴自转一周。

 

We look at the sun and say it “travel" across thesky, but the sun doesn't really do so. The turning of the earth makes us feel as if the sun were moving across the sky. We can't see that the earth is moving because everything else on the earth is turning with us.

我们看着太阳，说它“横越”天空，但实际上太阳并没有真的移动。地球的自转让我们感觉太阳似乎在天空中移动。我们察觉不到地球的运动，因为地球上的一切都和我们一起转动。

 

As the earth turns around every twenty-four hours, first one half faces the sun and then the other half does.When ourhalf of the earth is facing the sun, we say it is “day”. When our half is away from the sun, we say it is “night”.It is the turning of the earth that tells us when to go to bed and when to get up.

由于地球每24小时自转一周，地球的一半先朝向太阳，随后另一半朝向太阳。当我们所在的半球正对太阳时，就是“白天”；当我们的半球背向太阳时，就是“黑夜”。正是地球的自转，决定了我们何时入睡、何时醒来。