Step by Step 3000 第1册 Unit12:Dictation item(10)

 　　Item 10.

　　Vocabulary. eclipse¹.

　　One way to think about time is to imagine a world without time.

　　There could be no movement because time and movement cannot be separated.

　　A world without time could exist only as long as there were no changes, for time and change are linked.

　　We know that time has passed when something changes.

　　In the real world, the world with time, changes never stop.

　　Some changes happen only once in a while like an eclipse of the moon.

　　Others happen repeatedly, like the rising and setting of the sun.

　　Humans always have noted² natural events that repeat themselves.

　　When people began to count such events, they began to measure time.

1 eclipse   

v.使黯然失色，使相形见绌，日食，月食

参考例句：

• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
• There will be an eclipse of the moon next month.下个月有月食。

2 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。