In winter, when your part of the earth points away from the sun, you have colder days.

在冬天，当你所在的地球部分的朝向远离太阳时，天气就会变冷。

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According to its proponents, a proposed new style of aircraft could, by skimming along the top of the atmosphere, fly between most points on Earth in under two hours.

根据其支持者的说法，一种新型飞机掠过大气层，可以在两小时内飞到地球上的大多数点。

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They are working in the earth now—pushing up pale green points because the spring is coming.

它们现在正在土壤里使劲儿——把嫩绿的芽拱出来，因为春天就要来了。

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The radio waves are measured when the earth is at two points opposite one another in its orbit.

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He points out that even the driest deserts on Earth have more water than the surface of the moon near its poles.

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Drake Deming, professor at the University of Maryland, points out that Earth can be seen transiting the sun from many vantage points throughout our galaxy.

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There are probably many more comets than near-Earth asteroids, but Nasa points out they spend almost all of their lifetimes at great distances from the Sun and Earth, so that they contribute only about 10% to the census of larger objects that have struck the Earth.

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Les Brown, the president of the Earth Policy Institute, points to studies that coal emissions, including mercury and other pollutants, cause more than 10, 000 deaths a year.

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