信息量不小,撇开和各种行星、矮行星命名相关的神话不谈,以冥王星视角讲了个科普好故事(combination fantasy and nonfiction elements)。借着冥王星的自述,重温了希腊神话,再穿插些歌曲、图片,算是近期读得很认真的一本raz了。
1、几个相关单词拓展
a minor planet of the inner solar system(内太阳系), especially between Mars and Jupiter . Asteroids orbit the Sun, but they are usually too small to become round.
an object in space like a bright ball with a long tail , that moves around the Sun
A solid body, moving in space, that is smaller than an asteroid and at least as large as a speck of dust, usually only the size of a pepple!
Meteoroid that hit Earth's atmosphere.
Meteoroids that successfully pass through Earth's atmosphere without burning up.
2、太阳家族(solar system)
the Sun and the objects that orbit it, either directly or indirectly.
(1)太阳 Sun
(2)八大行星 eight planets
其中:
(3)五颗矮行星 (dwarf planets)
★★★ 歌曲(The Dwarf Planet Song)视频:D:\妞妞资料\英语学习视频
(4)小行星(asteroids)
(5)彗星(comets)
3、太阳系两大陨石带
(1)小行星带(Asteroid Belt)
太阳系内介于火星和木星轨道之间的小行星密集区域。The asteroid belt is located roughly between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars. It contains a great many solid, irregularly shaped bodies, of many sizes but much smaller than planets, called asteroids or minor planets.
(2)柯伊伯带(Kuiper Belt)
位于太阳系的海王星轨道外侧,类似于小行星带但范围大得多,它比小行星带宽20倍且重20至200倍。It is similar to the asteroid belt, but is far larger – 20 times as wide and 20–200 times as massive.
4、本册纠错:
P.9 Some planets have no moons, and you(Pluto) have three.
实际上,现已发现冥王星至少有5颗卫星。