It's the first meteor shower of Spring.

天琴座流星雨是第一场流星雨。

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，比如说巨大流星。

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

科家说这颗流星直径可能只有几米。

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

研究人员表示，超过90%流星体会完全燃烧。

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

这就比恐龙每年给巨大流星补贴成百上千亿路费来撞地球。

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

肯特郡下那场流星雨— 敢说准是迪歌干。

They may be captured asteroids from the nearby asteroid belt.

它们可能是从附近小行星带被捕获而来流星。

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

如果你选是流星雨，请举手示。

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

们总是收到很多有关彗星、小行星、流星，陨石问题。

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

如果一颗巨大流星坠落地球会发生什么呢？

Now, most meteoroids burn up entirely as meteors.

现在，流星体大部分完全燃烧成流星。

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

下面来解释一下发生天琴座流星雨原因。有一颗名为“佘契尔”彗星。

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

一年一度英仙座流星雨将达到高峰期。

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

所有劳斯莱斯车，客户都可以参与创造个性化星光设计，包括随机产生流星。

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

们经常收到关于彗星、小行星、流星和陨石问题，问它们有什么区别。

Obviously, shooting stars aren't really stars.

显然，流星并不是真正星星。

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

科家们详细描述了一场巨大流星撞击，撕裂了火星部分表面。

What would happen if a giant meteor hit Earth?

如果一颗巨大流星撞击地球会发生什么呢？

This particular meteoroid didn't just burn.

这颗特殊流星体不只是燃烧。

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

但是流星风暴非常少见，而且很难预测，流星风暴每小时可以产生数以千计流星。