上帝造物

Without a scientific explanation,

缺乏科学的解释

imagine how disturbing it would have been to see the Sun vanish.

想象一下会让人们有多么惊惶 看到太阳消失

The Vikings responded in the only way that made sense to them.

维京人 以他们唯一相信的方式回应

They tried to scare away the wolf.

他们试图把狼吓走

The Vikings believed that their actions caused the Sun to return.

维京人认为是他们的行为 可以找回了太阳

Of course,we now know they had nothing to do with it.

当然如今我们知道 这和他们毫无关系

The Sun would have reappeared anyway.

太阳迟早会重现

It turns out that the Universe is not as supernatural or mysterious as it seems.

事实证明宇宙 并非表象那般超自然或神秘

But it takes more courage than even the Vikings had to discover the truth.

但得比维京人更勇敢 才能发现真相

Mere mortals like you and I can understand how the Universe works.

像你我这样的凡人 也能了解宇宙如何运行

This was realized long before the Vikings in ancient Greece.

这点早在维京人之前 古希腊就已有人发现

In about 300 B.C.,a philosopher called Aristarchus was fascinated by eclipses,too,

约在公元前300年 有位哲学家阿里斯塔克 也对食的现象感到惊奇

especially eclipses of the Moon.

尤其是月食

重点讲解

1、explanation

解释;说明

She told the court she would give a full explanation of the prosecution's decision on Monday.

她告诉法庭她会在星期一对原告方的决定作出全面解释。

There was a hint of schoolboy shyness in his explanation.

他的解释中带有一丝学生的羞涩。

理由；原因

The deputy airport manager said there was no apparent explanation for the crash.

机场副经理说那次飞机失事没有明显的原因。

Digging further into the medical literature, I found out there was a scientific explanation for all this.

进一步翻阅医学文献后我发现，这些都是有科学解释的。

阐述;详细的说明

Haig was immediately impressed by Charteris's expertise and by his lucid explanation of the work.

查特里斯的专业知识和他对作品浅显易懂的阐释立即给黑格留下了深刻印象。

2、turn out

(以某种方式)发生;最后是;结果是

If I had known my life was going to turn out like this, I would have let them kill me.

如果我早知道自己的人生结局会是如此，我当时宁愿让他们杀了我。

Sometimes things don't turn out the way we think they're going to.

有时事情并不像我们认为的那样发展。

原来是;结果发现

Cosgrave's forecast turned out to be quite wrong.

科斯格雷夫的预测最后证明是大错特错。

It turned out that I knew the person who got shot.

结果发现我认识那个中枪的人。

(尤指把某人从其长期居住处)撵走，赶出,逐出

Surely nobody would suggest turning him out of the house.

当然不会有人建议把他从房子里赶出去。

They were turned out of the hotel

他们被赶出了旅馆。