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hello everyone

大家好

it's a graph here for your mid week news on bulletin

我是格拉夫，为您带来本周中期新闻

got a lot going on in this one including

今天的新闻内容很多，包括

millions of people get wowed by an epic eclipse

数百万人惊叹于壮观的日食

and Ricky takes the skies with a school residential

还有瑞奇参与学校户外住宿活动飞上天空

but first were you able to catch the solar eclipse

首先问问大家，你看到日食了吗？

last night millions of people in the UK

昨晚，英国数百万民众

got to witness one of the biggest solar eclipses

有幸观测到一场超大型日食

for 25 years

这是25年一遇的天象

where the moon moved over the face of the sun

月球运行到太阳正面

blocking out nearly completely

几乎完全挡住了太阳光

here's what happened

一起来看看现场情况

first it was a nibble then a bite

一开始只是缺了个小角，接着缺了一大块

then a gobble

后来几乎被整个吞没

this was the scene as the moon slowly passed

这就是月球缓缓移动的画面

between the sun and the earth

运行到太阳和地球之间

blocking out its light

挡住了太阳光

it's looking brilliant

看起来太壮观了

it kind of looks like Pac Man

有点像吃豆人

I've never really watched it before

我之前从来没看过日食

so I'm really excited

所以我特别激动

and I thought it would be a good opportunity to like

我觉得这是个好机会

spend time with friends watching the solar eclipse

可以和朋友一起看日食

yeah and I thought I could be cool

对，我觉得这很酷

I also came here because I feel like it would be like

我来这儿也是因为我觉得

a one time opportunity to see it in real life

这是亲眼观测日食的难得机会

it was just amazing the eclipse

日食真的太震撼了

when it got to the full amount

达到食甚的时候

you could barely see the sun at all

你几乎完全看不到太阳

it was as if it had disappeared

就好像消失了一样

it took me a long time to actually find the sun

我找了好久才找到太阳在哪

thousands of people gathered right around the UK

英国各地有数千人聚集

to watch including

一同观测，其中包括

BBC Science Editor Rebecca Morrell

BBC科学编辑丽贝卡·莫雷尔

well it is just absolutely amazing to get a

哇，能看到这样的景象

view like this the eclipse right now is at its peak

真的太棒了，现在日食达到峰值

and there is just hardly any of the sun left

太阳几乎完全被遮住了

and the lights here have dimmed

周围的光线暗了下来

the temperature has dropped too and it is a really

气温也下降了，这种感觉

almost eerie feeling

甚至有点诡异

it's taken about an hour to get to this point

走到这个阶段花了大概一小时

it really is a slow burn event

这确实是个慢节奏的天象

but you just can't take your eyes off this thing

但你根本移不开视线

you really just want to drink

你只想好好

every moment in

享受每一刻

in Edinburgh

在爱丁堡

people gathered to watch the spectacle and in air

民众聚集观赏这一奇观，在艾尔

they didn't get much of a view because of the clouds

由于云层较厚，人们没怎么看到日食

but you could still see the crescent of the sun

但还是能看到新月形的太阳

in Belfast the lights came on as it got dark

在贝尔法斯特，天色变暗时路灯都亮了

in Salford

索尔福德地区

people tried creative ways to see the spectacle

民众各出奇招观赏这一奇观

and in London

而在伦敦

people headed to famous monuments

民众前往知名地标

to be part of the big occasion

参与这场盛事

but in Cornwall where the eclipse was biggest

但在日食食甚的康沃尔郡

people gathered on the shore and beaches

民众聚集在岸边和海滩上

as it grew dark

天色逐渐变暗

once the peak was past

食甚阶段结束后

the moon slowly uncovered the sun again

月球缓缓移开，太阳重现

it's an epic site that we won't see in the UK

这是英国许久难遇的壮观景象

for a long time

要等很久才会再有

the next eclipse this big won't be until 2019

下一次同等规模的日食要到2019年才会出现

I've never saw something like that in my life ever

我这辈子从没见过这样的景象

and I hope to see it again in the next 70 years

希望未来70年能再看到一次

well the solar eclipse wasn't just visible in the UK

这次日食不只是英国境内可见

people in places like Portugal