1. But I did not know that the sun could shine and the air remain cold; no one had ever told me.
    但我不知道阳光灿烂时，空气还会是冰冷的，从来没有人告诉过我这一点。

2. We spent many idle hours just sitting in the sun.
    我们在太阳地里呆呆坐了好几个钟头.

3. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
    我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。

4. Whether a planet can support life depends on the size and brightness of its star, that is its ´sun´.
    一颗行星是否能够维持生命取决于它的恒星--即它的"太阳"--的大小和亮度。

5. When our part of the earth faces the sun, we see sunlight and have day.
    我们这半球面对太阳时，我们能看到阳光，这时是白昼。

6. When our part begins to turn towards the sun and we see the first sunlight, we call it morning.
    当我们这半球开始转向太阳时，我们看到朝阳，这就是早晨。

7. When we are facing the sun most directly, it is noon.
    我们正对着太阳时，就是中午。

8. When we begin to turn away from the sun, we have afternoon and evening and night.
    我们开始转离它时，就是下午。随后是黄昏和夜晚。

9. When the north pole is towards the sun, the sun´s rays shine down quite straight on the northern part of the earth, while they slant down towards the southern part.
    北极斜向太阳时，阳光直射在北半球，斜射在南半球。

10. When the south pole is towards the sun, the southern half of the world (or the Southern Hemisphere) is warmer, and it has its summer (December, January and February).
    当南极斜向太阳时，地球的南半部（南半球）就比较温暖，处于夏季（十二、一、二月）。