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Chinese in Daily Life-0024(Sentence:141--143): The Moon's Orbit

 

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Since our childhood, we have heard various stories about the moon. Together with the sun, the moon is something that is often described by writers and artists in their works. It also relates to and affects our daily lives. So today I would like to introduce some new sentences in Chinese and hope that they are a little help to your Chinese language learning...

Please click any Chinese character that you need help with to see its Chinese pinyin, pronunciation and meaning, and then read it after me.

NEW SENTENCES:

No.141: -- 月亮可能按照一个椭圆形轨道围绕我们的地球飞行
               -- The Moon may be flying around our Earth in an oval-shaped.

No.142: -- 科学家们尚未拿出一个令人信服的模型解释月球不同寻常的形态测量它的维度
               -- Scientists have not yet put forward a persuasive model both to explain the Moon's odd shape and fit its dimension.

No.143: -- 麻省理工学院科学家认为月亮奇特形状可能象征着它的早期历史上一个不同的轨道
               -- According to the MIT's scientists, the Moon's peculiar shape may indicate a different orbit early in its history.

Not: The English news is from Poeple's Daily -- August 4, 2006

NEW WORDS:

Please click on any Chinese character that you need help with to see its Chinese pinyin, pronunciation and meaning, and then read it after me.


If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn , or shirleyz004@yahoo.com, You are also welcome to publish your opinions in Forum For Friends. :-)   

--Shirley
Written and Recorded On Sun, August 6, 2006