地球人合起双手期待吧, namaste Earthlings,
大众最喜闻乐见的最震撼人心的天象 one of the most amazing celestial experiences witnessed by Utilitarians,
即将再次来临 is about to occur once again.
所以，拿出你的日食眼镜，搭好你的躺椅 So pull out your solar viewers，set up your lawn chairs
准备好来上一堂关于日食的课吧。 and get ready for a quick lesson about my moment in the sun.
谁把光都弄没了？2017年日全食 Who turned out the lights the two thousand and seventeen total solar eclipse?
我的老兄太阳 My pal sun here
它的直径比我大400倍。 is about four hundred times bigger in diameter than myself.
但是对你们这些小小的地球人来说 but to you tiny Earthlings,
我们看起来差不多大小 we appear about the same size.
那是因为太阳离地球的距离是我离地球的400倍 That's because sun is four hundred times farther away from Earth than I am
因为地球绕着太阳转，月球绕着地球转。 because Earth orbits around me and moon orbits around earth.
月亮偶尔从我面前经过 The moon occasionally passes in front of me.
它挡住了我照向地球的光。 It blocks out my light to you guys on Earth.
这叫做月食 That's called an eclipse
没错，但因为我的轨道是椭圆的，而不是圆， right scent, but since I orbit in an ellipse and not a perfect circle,
我与地球的距离并不总是一样远 I am not always the same distance from Earth.
所以日食在地球上出现的方式各不相同 So the way in eclipse appears to people on earth varies
在这里,我将向您展示。 here，I'll show you.
如果我经过地球时离地球更远 If I am farther from Earth when I passed some,
那么我看起来会更小 I'm going to appear smaller,
所以我不能把所有的阳光都遮住 so I won't cover up all of Sun's light.
这叫做日环食。 That's called an annular eclipse .
对，但是如果我靠近地球， right，but if I am close to earth,
然后我显得更大了 then I appear bigger.
当我走过的时候 我可以把所有的阳光都遮起来 I can cover up all of sun when I passed by.
亲爱的朋友们 这就是我的计划 And that dear friends is what I've got planned for.
今年8月 this August,
日全食 a total solar eclipse.
但不是每个人都能看到演出 But not everyone gets to see the show.
只有在我投射在地球上的影子里才能看到日食 The eclipse is my shadow cast on Earth blocking out the sun.
如果你站在一个被阴影覆盖的地方 If you're standing in a spot covered by shadow,
就像晚上一样 it will look like nighttime,
但我的影子很小不能覆盖整个地球 but my shadow can't cover the globe,
所以大部分区域都看不到 so most areas will be left out.
希望大家能在日历上做个日食的标记 We hope you could make it mark your calendars Everybody
8月, August,
2017年 Twenty first two thousand and seventeen.
没错,太阳 That's right, sun
别忘了直接用肉眼看日食 and don't forget looking at my pass sun here
对眼睛有害 is dangerous for the eyes,
所以一定要戴上专门的日食眼镜来观看日食 so make sure you have special glasses to watch the eclipse.
我们到时候见哦~ We'll see you for my big moment.