上帝造物

He was brave enough to question whether they really were caused by gods.

但他勇于质疑 月食是否真实神所造成

Aristarchus was a true scientific pioneer.

阿里斯塔克是真正的科学先锋

He studied the heavens carefully and reached a bold conclusion.

他仔细研究天象后

He realized the eclipse was actually the shadow of the Earth passing over the Moon and not a divine event.

他发现食只是地球的影子 遮住月球 而非神迹

Liberated by this discovery,

这项发现让他跳脱窠臼

he was able to work out what was really going on above his head

得以推论出 天空中的真相

and draw diagrams that showed the true relationship

绘出真正的相对位置图

of the Sun...The Earth...And the Moon.

包括太阳 地球 以及月球

From there,he reached even more remarkable conclusions.

他并依此得出更惊人的结论

He deduced that the Earth was not the center of the Universe,

他推论地球并非宇宙中心

as everyone had thought,but instead orbits the Sun.

不是和众人所想的一样 相反是绕着太阳运转

In fact,understanding this arrangement explains all eclipses.

事实上了解了这相对关系 就能解释所有的食现象

When the Moon casts its shadow on the Earth,that's a solar eclipse.

月球的影子遮住地球时 就出现了日食

And when the Earth shades the Moon,that's a lunar eclipse.

而当地球遮住月球 就形成了月食

But Aristarchus took it even further.

但阿里斯塔克还进一步推论

He suggested the stars were not chinks in the floor of heaven,

他推测星星并不是的天顶的裂缝

as his contemporaries believed,

非其他人所认为

but that stars were other suns like ours,

而是其它太阳 就和我们的一样

only a very long way away.

只不过距离非常遥远

重点讲解

1、conclusion

结论;推论

Over the years I've come to the conclusion that she's a very great musician.

这些年来，我得出的结论是她是一位非常伟大的音乐家。

I have tried to give some idea of how I feel — other people will no doubt draw their own conclusions.

我试着说了一些我的感受，其他人无疑会有他们自己的结论。

必然会发生的事;事先料定的结局

It was a foregone conclusion that I would end up in the same business as him.

早已注定我最终会和他干同一行。

The championship result was almost a foregone conclusion.

锦标赛的结果差不多在意料之中。

匆忙地下判断;草率地下结论

I didn't want her to jump to the conclusion that the divorce was in any way her fault.

我不想让她草率地断定离婚完全是她的错。

Forgive me. I shouldn't be jumping to conclusions.

原谅我，我不该草率地下结论。

2、discovery

发现;发觉;察觉

I felt I'd made an incredible discovery.

我觉得我有一个天大的发现。

the discovery that both his wife and son are HIV positive.

查出他妻子和儿子艾滋病病毒检测都呈阳性

(第一个)发现

In that year, two momentous discoveries were made.

那一年，有两个重大发现。

the discovery of the ozone hole over the South Pole.

南极上空臭氧洞的发现