It's the first meteor shower of Spring.

天琴座雨是春季的第一场雨。

That would take something highly dramatic like, oh, I don't know, a massive meteor.

要真正地毁灭还是得需要一些突发情况，比如说巨大的。

A meteor that scientists say was probably a few meters across.

科学家说这颗的直径可能只有几米。

Researchers say more than 90 percent of them burn up completely.

研究人员表示，超过90%的会完全燃烧。

Imagine if we had spent hundreds of billions per year subsidizing giant meteors.

这就比恐龙每年给巨大的补贴千亿的路费来撞地球。

Shooting stars down in Kent - I'll bet that was Dedalus Diggle.

肯特郡下的那场雨— 我敢说准是迪歌干的。

They may be captured asteroids from the nearby asteroid belt.

它们可能是从附近的小行带被捕获而来的。

Shower me with a show of hands if you set meteor showers.

如果你选的是雨，请举手示意我。

We get questions here all the time about comets asteroids and meteors, meteorites.

我们总是收到很多有关彗、小行、，陨石的问题。

What would happen if a giant meteor came crashing down to Earth?

如果一颗巨大的坠落地球会发生什么呢？

Now, most meteoroids burn up entirely as meteors.

现在，的大部分完全燃烧。

Here's why this is happening. There's a comet named Thatcher.

下面来解释一下发生天琴座雨的原因。有一颗名为“佘契尔”的彗。

The annual Perseid meteor shower is about to reach its peak.

一年一度的英仙座雨将达到高峰期。

As with all things Rolls-Royce, customers can create bespoke starlight designs, including randomly generated shooting stars.

所有劳斯莱斯的车，客户都可以参与创造个性化的光设计，包括随机产生的。

We get questions here all the time about comets, asteroids and meteors, meteorites, what's the difference.

我们经常收到关于彗、小行、和陨石的问题，问它们有什么区别。

Obviously, shooting stars aren't really stars.

显然，并不是真正的。

This as scientists detailed a massive meteor strike that gouged out parts of the planet's surface.

科学家们详细描述了一场巨大的撞击，撕裂了火的部分表面。

What would happen if a giant meteor hit Earth?

如果一颗巨大的撞击地球会发生什么呢？

This particular meteoroid didn't just burn.

这颗特殊的不只是燃烧。

But meteor storms, which can send out thousands of meteors per hour, are rare and notoriously unreliable.

但是风暴非常少见，而且很难预测，风暴每小时可以产生数以千计的。