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Published: Apr 08, 2022 10:14 PM
Illustration: Liu Xidan/Global Times

Illustration: Liu Xidan/Global Times


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Moonfall /《月球陨落》 (yuèqiú yǔnluò)

1. This planet has suffered five extinctions. This is going to be the sixth.

这个星球已经灭绝过五次了。这将是第六次。

(zhèɡè xīnɡqiú yǐjīnɡ mièjué ɡuò wǔcì le. zhè jiānɡshì dìliù cì.)

2. They are not thinking about tomorrow, they are trying to survive today.

他们考虑的不是明天会如何,而是如何活过今天。

(tāmén kǎolǜ de bùshì mínɡtiān huì rúhé, érshì rúhé huóɡuò jīntiān.)

3. It's better to beg for forgiveness than ask permission.

乞求宽恕要好过请求许可。

(qǐqiú kuānshù yào hǎoɡuò qǐnɡqiú xǔkě.)

4. I would like to thank you for spending your honeymoon in space with us.

感谢你们在太空与我们共度蜜月。

(ɡǎnxiè nǐmén zài tàikōnɡ yǔ wǒmén ɡònɡdù mìyuè.)

5. The Moon's been orbiting around the Earth for billions of years, and now you're telling me it's changed its course?

月球已经绕地球运行数十亿年了,现在你跟我说它改变轨道了?

(yuèqiú yǐjīnɡ rào dìqiú yùnxínɡ shùshíyì nián le, xiànzài nǐ ɡēnwǒshuō tā ɡǎibiàn ɡuǐdàole?)

6. That technology, it's light years ahead of us. Compared to that, we're the Stone Age.

那项技术领先我们好几光年。跟那相比,我们就是生活在石器时代。

(nàxiànɡ jìshù lǐnɡxiān wǒmén hǎo jǐ ɡuānɡnián. ɡēn nà xiānɡbǐ, wǒmén jiùshì shēnɡhuó zài shíqì shídài.)

7. I think whatever happened all those years ago is directly responsible for what's happening right now.

我认为那么多年前发生的事情和现在正发生的事情有直接关系。

(wǒ rènwéi nàme duō nián qián fāshēnɡ de shìqínɡ hé xiànzài zhènɡ fāshēnɡ de shìqínɡ yǒu zhíjiē ɡuānxi.)