▸ 八月bā yuè十二shí èr号hào，天上tiān shàng有yǒu两liǎng件jiàn大事dà shì。

On August 12, there were two big events in the sky.

▸ 白天bái tiān，有yǒu日食rì shí。

During the day, there was a solar eclipse.

▸ 日食rì shí的de时候shí hou，月亮yuè liang走到zǒu dào太阳tài yang的de前面qián miàn。

During a solar eclipse, the moon moves in front of the sun.

▸ 天tiān变黑biàn hēi了le，白天bái tiān变成biàn chéng了le晚上wǎn shang。

The sky went dark — day turned into night.

▸ 在zài西班牙xī bān yá和hé冰岛bīng dǎo，很多人hěn duō rén看到kàn dào了le日食rì shí。

In Spain and Iceland, many people saw the eclipse.

▸ 在zài欧洲Ōu zhōu，上shàng一次yī cì的de大dà日食rì shí是shì1999年nián。

In Europe, the last big eclipse was in 1999.

▸ 那是nà shi二十èr shí七qī年nián以前yǐ qián！

That was twenty-seven years ago!

▸ 晚上wǎn shang，天上tiān shàng还有hái yǒu流星雨liú xīng yǔ。

At night, there was also a meteor shower in the sky.

▸ 每个měi gè小时xiǎo shí有yǒu五十wǔ shí到dào一yī百bǎi个gè流星liú xīng。

There were fifty to one hundred meteors every hour.

▸ 因为yīn wèi那天nà tiān晚上wǎn shang没有méi yǒu月亮yuè liang，天tiān很hěn黑hēi，流星liú xīng很hěn清楚qīng chu。

Because there was no moon that night, the sky was very dark and the meteors were very clear.

▸ 很多人hěn duō rén晚上wǎn shang不bù睡觉shuì jiào，一起yī qǐ看kàn天tiān。

Many people didn't sleep at night and watched the sky together.

▸ 白天bái tiān看kàn太阳tài yang，晚上wǎn shang看kàn流星liú xīng，真是zhēn shi天上tiān shàng的de大dà日子rì zi！

The sun by day, meteors by night — truly a big day in the sky!

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