The biggest difference between the old moon race and the new one may be the role of the private sector.

现在的登月竞赛和以前的最大不同就在于私人部分。

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He then took the cake and explained that, just before the new moon is seen, the old moon disappears.

然后，他拿走了蛋糕，并解释说，在新的月亮出现之前，旧的月亮会消失。

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"The old moon in the new moon's arms" is nothing but that part of the moon's surface on which it is night, lighted up by earth light.

新月抱旧月“只不过就是月球表面上正处于黑夜的那一部分被地球的反射光反照的结果。”

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"Wake up old man. I have heard that the moon shower brings good luck to everyone it touches."

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They watched their daughter dancing gracefully across the moon-lit field, her hair floating in the soft air and the old couple felt themselves truly lucky for their happiness was complete.

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Barack Obama was only seven years old when Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon.

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Marian, remember the old moon down in Mississippi ...

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But even when these mis-observations are discounted, enough so-called lunar transients, seen by enough reputable observers, remain to make some astronomical heretics wonder if there is life in the old moon yet.

ECONOMIST: A transient success

Cradling the old moon before her fall.

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