This means that near the north or South Pole you are actually closer to the centre of the earth-where the Angle is being measured from-than you would be at the equator.

这就意味着，如果你身处南极或北极附近，你离地心的距离就比在赤道更近一些——纬度的测量就与地心有关。

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Science has obtained exclusive data from NASA that indicates that 2009 was the hottest year on record south of the Equator.

科学杂志从美国国家航空和宇宙航行局得到独家数据，数据显示2009年是南半球历史上最热的一年。

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The moon moves from a position 28.5o north of the equator to as much south of it.

月亮从赤道以北28.5 o的位置运行到赤道以南28.5 o的位置。

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In the tropical forests of the island, just south of the equator, 37, 000 Japanese troops died from disease and starvation during the second world war.

ECONOMIST: Papua New Guinea