英语流利说小班课课件
1.One planet,the earth,is the third planet from the Sun.
我们的行星，地球，是来自太阳的第三颗行星
2.It is a beautiful,rotating sphere.
它是一个美丽的旋转球体
3.The side facing the Sun is in daylight.
面向太阳的一面是在白天
4.The side facing away from the Sun is in darkness.
背靠太阳的一面是黑暗的
5.For example,when it’s daytime in the US,it’s nighttime in China.
例如，在美国白天，在中国是夜晚
6.In fact,there’s a 12-hour time difference between Boston and Shanghai.
事实上，波士顿和上海有12小时的时差
7.When it’s midnight in Shanghai,it’s noon in Boston.
上海是午夜，在波士顿是正午
8.The Earth rotates from west to east.
地球从西向东旋转
9.To know which direction is east or west,watch the Sun.
要知道哪个方向是东或西，看太阳
10.The Sun travels through the sky from east to west.
太阳从东向西穿过天空
11.The Sun comes up in the east and goes down in the west.
太阳从东方升起，从西方落下
12.Again, this is because the Earth rotates.
同样，这是因为地球在自转
13.It takes 24 hours for the Earth to make a complete rotation.
地球完全自转需要24小时
14.And that is the length of one day.
这是一天的长度
15.Because of the Earth’s rotation,the Earth is divided into time zones.
由于地球的自转，地球被分成了时区
16.Some countries,such as the US,have several time zones.
一些国家，如美国，有几个时区
17.When it’s 10 am in New York,it’s 7 am in San Francisco.
纽约是早上10点，旧金山是早上7点
18.Europe and the US are separated by several time zones.
欧洲和美国被几个时区分开
19.When it’s 5:00 pm in Paris,it’s 11:00 am in Boston.
巴黎是下午5点，波士顿是上午11点
20.So there’s a six-hour difference between Paris and Boston.
巴黎和波士顿之间有6个小时的时差
21.One large country,China,has just one time zone for the whole country.
一个大国，中国，整个国家只有一个时区
22.As a result,at the same time,some parts of the country can be dark and other parts can be
light.