CNN News:金星凌日

These folks aren`t at an outdoor 3D movie, but they are using special glasses to check out something we reported on earlier this week. It`s an event that is truly once in a lifetime, because it won`t happen again for more than a century.

這不是在拍3D電影，但是他們確實(shí)在用特殊眼鏡來觀看這周我們早些報(bào)道過的一些事情。這件事情一輩子也就見一次，因?yàn)樵谶@個(gè)世紀(jì)里也不會(huì)發(fā)生第二次。

We`re talking about the transit of Venus. The giant glowing thing is the sun. That little black dot passing in front of it is Venus. Now, remember, Venus and Earth are pretty close to each other in size, so this definitely gives you some perspective on just how big the sun is.

我們現(xiàn)在討論的是金星凌日現(xiàn)象。那個(gè)巨大的發(fā)光的東西是太陽，在它邊上一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)向它靠近的黑點(diǎn)就是金星，維納斯。就是現(xiàn)在，記住這個(gè)時(shí)刻，金星和地球幾乎一般大小。你能想象到太陽到底有多大。

One person who watched the transit in California said it was like watching grass grow, but he added, quote, "If you were told that grass only grows every 100 years, you`d probably want to watch it."

在加利佛尼亞一個(gè)觀察到此過程的人說，整個(gè)事件發(fā)生的過程就像草類植物的生長過程，隨后又說，如果這株草一百年長一次的話，你肯定愿意看。