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This is Scientific American — 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky.
"I expected to have this interesting intellectual experience, and instead it was just completely visceral."
Author and journalist David Baron talking about the first time he saw a total solar eclipse, in 1998 in Aruba.
"It just tapped into something very, very deep in my brain. I mean, I really think even though I knew what was going on, the gut reaction was one of absolute horror and at the same time awe. That it just sort of put my whole existence into a whole new perspective, of appreciating just how powerless and puny I am, but at the same time just how marvelous and spectacular the universe is. And so it's both incredibly humbling and also incredibly empowering. I mean, it's this great paradox."
"And that's, I think, what makes it so addictive and why I chase eclipses season and why there are other people who are eclipse junkies and why I think, frankly, after August 21st of this year there will be thousands more people who will find themselves chasing eclipses all over the world. It's just an experience unlike anything else that you just want to have again."

David Baron will be in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, August 21st, to see his sixth total solar eclipse. You can hear my entire half-hour discussion with Baron, available on the Scientific American Web site as a Science Talk podcast. We also talk about his new book American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World. It's about a scientifically and socially important eclipse back in 1878.
If you can't make it to the path of totality on August 21st check out the NASA Web site for live coverage. And then visit the Scientific American Web site for our post-eclipse wrap-up. If you will be in the path of totality, I wish you clear skies and a blown mind.
For Scientific American — 60-Second Science Science. I'm Steve Mirsky.

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谢谢大家收听科学美国人——60秒科学yJ_GfQTI3&F,y5。我是史蒂夫·米尔斯基9#S9Pa2~=Xa=。

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重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. even though 即使；尽管；纵然；
例句：Even though I'm quite a reserved person, I like meeting people.
我虽然性格极为内敛，但喜欢和人接触+YZwI]S!|jr。
2. at the same time 同时；
例句：It was a very strange feeling in retrospect — I was frightened, but excited at the same time.
回想起来那是一种非常奇怪的感觉——我当时既害怕又兴奋u,4^bb;LdKxMTN。
3. all over 到处；遍及；
例句：We have friends all over the world.
我们的朋友遍天下ZT,XdByIkc]hC37_。
4. check out 了解清楚；核实；查实；
例句：Maybe we ought to go down to the library and check it out.
或许我们应该去趟图书馆，查个明白DDOx9f~3d!dbZ&^R。