We have a solar eclipse taken place in April, and it's a leap year.

四月有日食，今年又是闰年。

A lunar eclipse from the moon looks a lot like a solar eclipse from Earth.

月球上的月蚀看起来很像是来自地球的日食。

Ancient Greeks thought of an eclipse as a time when the sun abandoned the earth.

古老的希腊人认为当太阳抛弃地球的时候就会发生日食和月食的现象。

There's an angular solar eclipse set for June 10th.

6月10日将会发生角日食。

Out of that data has come nearly all the breakthroughs in recent decades, came the discovery that it predicted eclipses, that it followed the variable notion of the moon.

近几十年所有研究上的突破，几乎都来自这些数据，发现它预测了日食，遵循了月球的可变概念。

You will hear a lecturer talking about the solar eclipse in history.

你将听到位讲师在谈论历史上的日食。

An eclipse occurs when an object in space blocks the view of another object.

当物挡住了物的视野就会发生日食或者月食。

The truth is, a quick glance at a solar eclipse won't leave you blind.

事实上，短暂地看眼日食并不会让你失明。

Unlike a solar eclipse, you don't need any special equipment to enjoy a lunar eclipse.

与日食不同，欣赏月食不需要任何特殊设备。

Carpoff's machine-a solar generator on wheels-was a sun-fueled alternative. He called it the Solar Eclipse.

卡波夫的机器——带轮子的太阳能发电机——以太阳能为燃料，是柴油发电机的替代品。他将其称之为“日食”。

And then we'd be bored, but we're not bored because most months the Moon goes above or below the place where the line goes from the Earth to the Sun.

如果那样我们就会日食也没什么新鲜的了，但我们现在觉得日食很罕见，是因为大部分的月份，月亮的轨道或低或高的越过了地球和太阳之的平面。

And so, in the swinging of an oil lamp, he discovered his important principle, the law of motion, which is applied today in the measurement of time, the eclipses of the sun and the movement of the stars.

于是，在油灯的摇摆，他发现了重要的规律，也就是今天应用于计量时、日食以及星移动的运动规律。

The unusual spectacle of her busy mother rocking comfortably and reading early in the morning made Jo feel as if some unnatural phenomenon had occurred, for an eclipse, an earthquake, or a volcanic eruption would hardly have seemed stranger.

平日忙忙碌碌的母亲，这回清早就坐在摇椅上舒适地看着书。这罕见的景象，使乔感到仿佛某种不寻常的自然现象出现了，因为日食、月食、地震或火山爆发都没有这样奇特。

In 1604, for example, his attempt to figure out the best way to observe an eclipse sent him down a rabbit hole that ended in discovering how light travels through the human eye.

例如，在 1604 年，他试图找出观察日食的最佳方法，结果却发现了光是如何通过人眼的。

So it's no wonder that ancient people came up with all sorts of different explanations for both solar and lunar eclipses and tried to understand when they might happen again.

因此，古代人们想出了各种不同的解释来说明日食和月食，并试图弄清它们何时会再次发生。

If a solar eclipse happens when the Moon is at the far end of its orbit, it can actually be smaller than the Sun in the sky.

如果日食发生在月球处于其轨道远端时，它实际上可能比天的太阳还要小些。

Those lucky enough to view one in person should only look at the solar eclipse through specialized viewing glasses in order to avoid permanent eye damage.

那些有幸亲眼目睹日食的人应该只能通过专门的观察眼镜来观察日食，以免对眼睛造成永久性伤害。

Over the next 14 days, Blue Ghost will take pictures of an eclipse and a rare phenomenon last seen by astronauts more than 50 years ago.

在接下来的14天里，“蓝色幽灵”将拍摄次日食和种罕见现象，这种现象上次被宇航员观测到还是在50多年前。

Which is good news for people, especially kids, in South America and Asia who might not be able to afford or otherwise acquire new eclipse glasses.

这对于南美洲和亚洲负担不起或无法获得新日食观测眼镜的人来说，尤其是对孩子们来说，是好消息。

Other explanations are that the place was a temple, a center for healing, or a structure for astronomy used to predict eclipses and other solar events.

其他的解释是，这地方是座寺庙，治疗心，或者是用于预测日食和其他太阳事件的天文学结构。