016 佩德罗、露娜和月亮

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Pedro zigzagged around Great-Aunt Luisa's dark front yard, holding his phone up

佩德罗举着手机，在路易莎姑婆漆黑的院子里走来走去。

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He was trying to get a stronger signal

他想收到更强的信号。

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Great-Aunt Luisa lived in the countryside, where there wasn't much to do

路易莎姑婆住在乡下，那里没什么可做的。

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Pedro was staying with her for a whole month

佩德罗要和她住上整整一个月。

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" Are you taking pictures of the moon?" a voice called

“你在拍月亮吗？”一个声音喊道。

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Pedro spotted a girl in a neighbor's yard

佩德罗看见邻居院子里有个女孩。

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" No. I was just trying to get a signal."

“没有，我只是想找个信号。”

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He glanced upward

他抬头看了一眼。

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The nearly full moon looked much brighter than it looked at home in the city

快要满圆的月亮，比在城里家里看到时亮多了。

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The girl smiled." I'm Luna. Want to take a look through my telescope?"

女孩笑了。“我叫露娜。想用我的望远镜看看吗？”

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" Sure." Pedro walked over to where Luna had set up her telescope

“好啊。”佩德罗走到露娜架设望远镜的地方。

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" I've never seen the moon through a telescope before."

“我以前从没用望远镜看过月亮。”

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" One day I'd like to see it up close." Luna's eyes shone

“有一天我想近距离看看它。”露娜的眼睛闪闪发光。

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" My dream is to become an astronaut and explore the moon."

“我的梦想是当宇航员，去探索月球。”

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" You sure like the moon a lot

“你真的很喜欢月亮啊。

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Is it because your name means ' moon ' in Spanish?" Pedro asked teasingly

是因为你的名字在西班牙语里是‘月亮’的意思吗？”佩德罗打趣地问。

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Luna grinned." It could be

露娜咧嘴笑了。“可能是吧。

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Hey! There's a full moon tomorrow

嘿！明天是满月。

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Want to watch it with me?"

想和我一起看吗？”

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Pedro smiled." Definitely!"

佩德罗笑了。“当然！”

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The next night Pedro met Luna in her yard

第二天晚上，佩德罗在露娜的院子里见到了她。

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" The moon is a different shape tonight," he said

“今晚的月亮形状不一样了，”他说。

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Luna giggled." The moon doesn't really change shape, you know

露娜咯咯地笑了。“其实月亮并不会真的改变形状，你知道吗。”

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The sun lights up the moon's surface

太阳照亮了月球表面。

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As the moon orbits around Earth, the amount of the sunlit surface we can see changes

当月球绕地球运转时，我们能看到被阳光照亮的那一部分会发生变化。

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These changes are the phases of the moon."

这些变化就是月相。”

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" Aha," Pedro said

“啊哈，”佩德罗说。

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" How long does it take for the moon to orbit Earth?"

“月球绕地球一圈需要多长时间？”

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" About four weeks — one lunar month," Luna said

“大约四周——一个月球月，”露娜说。

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" Oh. Is tonight the start of a lunar month?"

“哦。那今晚是一个月球月的开始吗？”

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" Nope! The full moon is halfway through a lunar month," Luna explained

“不对！满月出现在一个农历月过一半的时候。”露娜解释说。

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" The new moon is the start of a lunar month

“新月是一个农历月的开始。

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But it's a confusing name."

但这名字容易让人搞混。”

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" Why?" Pedro asked

“为什么？”佩德罗问。

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" Because that's when the unlit surface of the moon is facing Earth

“因为那时月球暗的一面正对着地球。

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We can't see the moon then."

我们就看不见月亮了。”

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" That should be called a ' no moon ' then!" Pedro grinned

“那应该叫‘没月亮’才对！”佩德罗咧嘴一笑。

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Luna laughed." After a new moon, the moon waxes — or looks like it gets bigger

露娜笑了。“新月之后，月亮开始渐盈——也就是看起来在变大。

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A few days later, it's a waxing crescent

几天之后，就成了蛾眉月。

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One week after the new moon is the first-quarter moon

新月过后一星期是上弦月。

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That's when half of the moon's surface is visible from Earth."

“那时从地球上可以看到月球表面的一半。”

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" Why is it a quarter moon if half of it is visible?"

“既然看到半个亮面，为什么叫‘四分之一月亮’？”

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" Because it's one quarter of the way through the lunar month," Luna said

“因为这是农历月走过四分之一的时候，”露娜说。

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" Finally after another week, we have a full moon, like this one

“再过一周，我们就看到满月了，就像今晚这个。

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Are you enjoying it?"

你欣赏得开心吗？”

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Pedro put his eye to the telescope again

佩德罗再次把眼睛凑近望远镜。

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" It's awesome!"

“太棒了！”

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For the next few nights, Pedro and Luna watched the moon slowly seem to disappear

接下来的几个夜晚，佩德罗和露娜看着月亮渐渐像要消失一样。

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" It's waning. This is a waning gibbous," Luna explained, pointing to the football-shaped moon

“它在亏缺。这是亏凸月，”露娜指着橄榄球形的月亮解释道。

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" In a few days, we'll see the third-quarter moon."

“几天后，我们会看到下弦月。”

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Over a week later it was a new moon, and the sky was moonless

又过了一周多，到了新月，天空看不到月亮。

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Soon the moon reappeared, and the waxing moon slowly grew again

很快月亮又出现了，盈月慢慢地再次变大。

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One night, under a full moon, Pedro's mom arrived to pick him up

一天晚上，在满月下，佩德罗的妈妈来接他了。

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" Hey, Pedro!" Luna called as Pedro put his stuff into Mom's car

“嘿，佩德罗！”佩德罗把东西放进妈妈的车里时，露娜喊道。

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Luna was holding a big, long box

露娜拿着一个又大又长的盒子。

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" I thought you might like this."

“我想你可能会喜欢这个。”

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" Whoa! I can't take that," Pedro said

“哇！我不能要这个，”佩德罗说。

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It was her telescope!

那是她的望远镜！

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Luna grinned

露娜咧嘴笑了。

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" I'm getting a new one soon

“我很快就要买新的了。

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So please take this one."

所以请收下这个吧。”

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" Thanks!" Pedro said

“谢谢！”佩德罗说。

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" That's really generous, Luna

“你真是太慷慨了，露娜。

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I'm sorry that I don't have anything for you though."

不过很抱歉，我没有什么可以送给你的。”

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" That's okay." Luna smiled

“没关系。”露娜微笑着。

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" Just promise me we can moon-gaze together when I visit the city."

“只要答应我，我去城里时，我们能一起赏月。”

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Pedro smiled back." Deal!"

佩德罗也笑了。“一言为定！”