【轻松英文阅读】超级月亮

 One of the best celestial¹ events of the year is set to peak this weekend. It will be the largest super moon of the year.

 

The super moon is actually the result of two phenomena² occurring at the same time. The moon’s orbit around the earth is not perfectly³ circular . It has a somewhat oval shape . So it has closer points and farther points. The closest point is called the perigee⁴ and the farthest, the apogee⁵. If a full moon occurs during the perigee , we have a super moon. The result is a moon that appears 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than a full moon at apogee. .

 

The best time to see this super moon in Japan will be around 8:30 p.m. That is when the moon will come within 360,000 km of Earth .

1 celestial   

adj.天体的；天上的

参考例句：

• The rosy light yet beamed like a celestial dawn.玫瑰色的红光依然象天上的朝霞一样绚丽。
• Gravity governs the motions of celestial bodies.万有引力控制着天体的运动。

2 phenomena   

n.现象

参考例句：

• Ade couldn't relate the phenomena with any theory he knew.艾德无法用他所知道的任何理论来解释这种现象。
• The object of these experiments was to find the connection,if any,between the two phenomena.这些实验的目的就是探索这两种现象之间的联系，如果存在着任何联系的话。

3 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

4 perigee   

n.近地点

参考例句：

• The Moon reaches its absolute perigee once a year.月球每年有一次达到它的绝对近地点。
• Once the satellite reaches perigee,it will eject a small probe which enter the planet's atmosphere.当人造卫星达到近地点时，就会发射一根小探针，这根探针将进入行星的大气层。

5 apogee   

n.远地点；极点；顶点

参考例句：

• The orbit of the artificial satellite has an apogee of 200 miles from the earth.这个人造卫星的轨道，其最远点在离地球200英里的地方。
• Apogean tides occur when the moon is at the apogee of its orbit.远月潮在月球位于其轨道的最远点时发生。