Its regular phases make the moon a very convenient timepiece, and the periods of its waxing and waning form the basis of many of the oldest calendars.

其规律性的月相使之成为一种非常方便的计时器，很多古老日历的发明都源自对月圆月缺变化的观察。

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The moon is a satellite of earth.

月球是地球的卫星。

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The moon exerts a force on the earth.

月球对地球有引力。

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Historians say the Italian scientist and mathematician may not have been the first to get a good look at the moon and planets.

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So, Galileo here is struggling to get the proper visionary fix on the moon at a point in the day when there are no absolutes.

因此，伽利略在此是试图着要在没有绝对的时刻,得到月亮的方位。

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Like the moon, Satan may look beautiful, but upon a closer scrutiny that beauty begins to yield certain metaphysical flaws.

像月亮那样，撒旦看起来非常美好，但是近看,就会发现这份美丽开始显露出一些抽象的瑕疵。

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Look at the details: the Chinese, it turns out, are sending the moon a robot, not a taikonaut.

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We'll be talking about returning to the moon a little bit later.

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We stood up now and then to get our circulation going, and it was always the same: the wind was always blowing, there was always a semblance of moon, always in the same spot in the sky, and in front of the moon a fantastic cavalcade of ragged clouds, always the same.

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