The sparks shot up like thousands of shooting stars into the still night air.

火花升腾像数千流星冲入寂静的夜空。

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A dazzling Leonid light show is expected again in the early morning hours 18 November as viewers in North America may see a two-hour burst of shooting stars with up to 20 shooting stars per minute.

北美的观星者将有幸在本月18日清晨，再次观赏到令人目眩的狮子座流星雨。预计这场流星雨将持续两小时，介时每分钟将有最多20颗流星陨落。

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While not actual stars, “shooting stars” do come from outer space, in the form of meteoroids entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

“流星”并不是真的星星，但确实来自于外太空，他们以流星这种我们看到的形式进入地球大气层。

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People have been observing its annual shower of shooting stars for more than 2, 600 years.

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The reflections of shooting stars light up the saltwater pools around the hotel, and the glacier glistens a brilliant white in the moonlight.

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It has been a feature of this Republican race that while Mitt Romney jogs along in first or second place, a series of shooting stars have briefly outshone him before fading and losing their lustre.

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