Where's the equator, what are the vacations, a-and the holidays?

赤道在哪里？假期和节日分有哪些？

The weather is very hot near the equator.

赤道附近的天气非常热。

Earth is actually ever-so-slightly squished and fatter near the equator.

地球其实被微微地压扁，而赤道部分比较凸出。

Which of these world capitals is located closest to the equator?

这些世界首都中，哪一个最靠近赤道？

Which of these countries is located closest to the equator?

下面这些国家，哪一个距离赤道最近？

It doesn't make much difference if you live on or very near the equator.

如果你住在赤道上或离赤道很近的地方，白天和夜晚的时长是相同的。

The United States is north of the equator.

美国在赤道的北边。

The Spirit rover, much further from the equator, stopped reporting back to NASA in 2010.

“勇气号”探测器距离火星赤道远得多，它在2010年就止向NASA报告信息。

Opportunity is very close to the equator, so there's lots of solar power.

“‘机遇号'非常靠近火星赤道，因此有许多太阳能。”

That means they're parked down at the equator.

也就是说他们驻在了赤道。

It discovered the Tharsis bulge, the source of potbelly of the planet, near the equator.

它发现了塔尔西斯高地，火星大肚皮的地方，靠近赤道。

The center is in a good place because it is close to the equator.

该中心地理位置优越，靠近赤道。

The Northern Hemisphere is the part of the world north of the equator.

北半球是地球赤道以北的部分。

As the cycle progresses, it follows the spots towards the equator.

随着活动周期的进展，高速气流随着太阳黑子向太阳的赤道方向移动。

At the north pole, you only see stars north of the celestial equator.

在北极，你只能看到天球赤道以北的星星。

At the Earth's south pole, you only see stars south of the celestial equator.

在地球的南极，你只能看到天球赤道以南的恒星。

The atmosphere of Jupiter is banded, with multiple stripes running parallel to its equator.

木星大气呈条带状，由平行于赤道的若干条带组成。

This is because there'd be more mass around the equator.

这是因为赤道处质量更大。

Venture to the equator, where our particles are packed lush and thick.

到赤道去冒险吧，那里的粒子茂密而稠密。

And this might explain a reason why more species coexist near the equator.

这可能是生物更多在赤道附近共存的原因。