英语听力：自然百科:行星旅行指南 火星(2)（在线收听）

It's been said that that the first person on Mars is alive somewhere on earth today.

据说,在火星上的第一个人今天仍然在地球上的某个地方活着。

Imagine it's you what do you need to know on might you get there what should you pack?

想象你会到那里去，你需要什么,你该怎么打包?

What are some of the must-see sights what should you avoid?

什么是不容错过的景点，应当避免什么?

Think of this as your personal travel guide to exploring the red planet.

把这当作是你探索这颗红色行星的私人旅游指南。

Mars has always had mystique.

火星一直拥有神秘。

It's one of the easiest planet to spot in night sky ,

这是一个最简单的观望夜空的行星,

a constant dot of red light moving through the heavens and now we know for sure that of all planets this red rocky one is the most similar to home.

不断的红点穿越天空,现在我们知道,对于所有的行星而言，这颗红色的岩石就好像家一样。

Here are polar caps in sunbake deserts, giant volcanoes ,mighty canyons.

这里有沙漠的极地沙帽, 巨大的火山、神秘的峡谷。

Mars even spins at about the same speed of earth making a martian day only about 40 minutes longer than hours.

甚至火星旋转也和地球大约相同，而相比之下，火星的一天大约比地球多40分钟。