Once it was on the ground, the moon was a pockmarked, sandy boulder, so dull and opaque that it was incredible to think that it had once illuminated the sky with its shining reflection.

月亮一落到地面，就像一个布满痘疮的沙质的石头，如此的晦暗无光，简直难以相信它曾经用反射的光芒照亮了整个天空。

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The northerners believed the aurora was a reflection cast by large swarms of herring into the sky.

北方人相信，极光就是成群的鲱鱼将鳞光反射到了天际。

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It had rained heavily the night before, creating a huge pool of water on the beach whose fantastic reflection of the changing sky made us feel we were standing at the edge of the world.

前夜雨下得很大，在海滩上制造了一个大大的水池，变幻的天空倒影在水面上。这样的景象一度让我们觉得站在了世界的边缘。

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In a sense, the sky and the reflection of the sky together give us a truer picture of the scene.

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Once it was on the ground, the moon was a pockmarked, sandy boulder, so dull and opaque that it was incredible to think that it had once illuminated the sky with its shining reflection.

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In order to understand what we are seeing up in the sky, we have to look down at its reflection.

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