4. The day was fine, the sun was bright and the roses were lovely. 这天天气晴朗,阳光明媚,玫瑰花香醉人。
5. The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to the beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life. 这是因为古代埃及人把日出比作生命的开始,把日落比作生命的结束。
6. The tops of trees form a kind of roof, under which there is little light, as the sun cannot get in, and it is very quiet because the trees keep out the wind. 树冠形成一种顶篷,阳光几乎无法透入,所以林中光线很暗。又因为树木挡住了风,所以林中也很寂静。
7. The flood, laden with rich earth, reaches the lower valley about 15 June — at a time when the whole land has been burnt black by the sun. It brings "the water of life". 大约每年六月十五日,尼罗河水挟带着肥沃的泥土流到了下游,给已被太阳烤得焦黑的土地带来了“生命之水”。
8. The sun is a huge blazing ball, a million times larger than the earth. 太阳是个比地球大百万倍的巨大火球,
9. Then the sun is closest to being straight above us. 这时的太阳几乎直射着我们头顶。
10. The stars we see at night are really huge suns like our sun, but they are farther away in space. 我们晚上看到的星星,其实都是和太阳一样巨大的恒星,只不过是在更远的宇宙空间罢了。