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The sun is very big and very bright. We cannot look at it. Looking at it is bad for our eyes. The moon is small and bright. The sun makes it bright to us!
We see the sun and the moon take turns in the sky almost every day.
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News For Kids — Solar Eclipses Can Burn Your Eyes. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
你不知道的去位新鮮鮮是 ICRT'S NEWS FOR KIDS The Sun is very big and very bright We cannot look at it Looking at it is bad for our eyes I can't see it I can't see it I can't see it I can't see it I can't see it I can't see it I can't see it It's bad for our eyes The Moon is small And bright The Sun makes it bright to us We see the Sun and the Moon take turns in the sky almost every day The Sun goes down The Moon comes up The Sun comes up The Moon goes down Nothing is between the Sun and the Earth But sometimes the Moon comes up
and the Sun is not down And sometimes the Moon goes between the Sun and the Earth The Moon looks black then The Sun does not make the Moon bright to us The Moon covers some or all of the Sun from us This is a solar eclipse Solar means the Sun is a solar eclipse This is a solar eclipse Solar means the eclipse is about the Sun Last month there was a solar eclipse For people in some parts of the world The Moon covered all of the Sun For people in some other parts of the world It covered part of the Sun For people in most of the world The Moon did not cover the Sun at all So we did not see the eclipse in Taiwan The eclipse was about two minutes long That is short
But the people looking at it needed to be careful The Sun is covered But there is some sunlight We cannot look at it It can burn our eyes We need to wear solar eclipse glasses They keep our eyes safe Solar Eclipses are very cool Maybe next time Taiwan can see the eclipse But remember that you cannot look at it Stay safe Wear eclipse glasses vocabulary One of the days of the Moon It was because the Moon turned to the Earth and the Sun Not at all One-tune-boo Looks like it's going to rain It can't come down You can't see the Sun at all One-tune-boo Not at all Oh no
I was planning to watch the Moon tonight It's a blue moon. The second full moon in a month. 它是藍月,一個月裡面的第二次滿月. Look at Zhu Yi-kan. So if I look at it carefully, it'll be blue. 所以我 Zhu Yi-kan的話會看說它是藍色. Of course not,當然不是. Blue moon is just a name. 那只是個名稱, but I'd like to see it. 但是我想看看. bright,光亮的, to wish for good luck, 想汽車好運. Not really, I just enjoy the bright moon light. 也不是,我只是喜歡明亮的月光. 來讀今天的單字, not at all. 完全不, moon.
月球, look at. Zhu Yi-kan. bright. 光亮的. It's quiz time! Question number one. What covers the sun during a solar eclipse? A. A cloud. B. Nothing. C. The moon. Question number two. How long was the solar eclipse? A. Two minutes. B. Two hours. C. Two days. Question number three. What do you need to wear to look at solar eclipses? A. Eclipse gloves. B. Eclipse glasses. C. An eclipse hat. The answers are all available on the ICRT website and app. If you have a fun fact, a joke, or a new story, you'd like to share with us, record your message and send it to newsbytes at icrt.com.tw.
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