翻译阅读难篇3Calendars
Calendars(日历)
Of course you know the day, month, and year in which you were born。
你肯定知道自己的生日是哪一天。
Could it have been the 2nd of Abh, 5710? That doesn’t sound familiar to most of you, does it?
但是你听说过有人的生日是5710年Abh月2日么？这肯定和你们通常对年月日的理解不一样了，不是么？
But it is a perfectly reasonable calendar date－not on ...全部
Calendars(日历)
Of course you know the day, month, and year in which you were born。
你肯定知道自己的生日是哪一天。
Could it have been the 2nd of Abh, 5710? That doesn’t sound familiar to most of you, does it?
但是你听说过有人的生日是5710年Abh月2日么？这肯定和你们通常对年月日的理解不一样了，不是么？
But it is a perfectly reasonable calendar date－not on the Gregorian calendar(格里日历) with which you are most familiar, but on one of the many other calendars still in use by the peoples of the world today。
但这可是相当正确合理的日期，与你们熟悉的格里日历不同的是，它也像其他仍然被现在的人们使用的日历一样使用着。
Abh is the eleventh month on the Hebrew calendar(希伯来日历), which dated from 3,760 years and 3 months before the beginning of the Christian Era(基督世纪)。
Besides having an earlier Year One, the Hebrew year begins in the middle of September during the harvest time。
Abh是希伯来日历中的11月份，希伯来日历是从公元前3760年零3个月开始计时的。除了比公历更早以外，希伯来日历还起始于丰收的九月中旬。
Ways of keeping count of time were developed slowly through the ages by many peoples。
经过几代人，计时方法的发展相当的缓慢。
Early men could observe that there are three important units(单位) of time: the day, the month, and the year。
The day and the year depend on the rotation(自传) of the earth and its movement around the sun。 The month depends on the moon’s journey around the earth。
我们的祖先很早就已经发现有三个重要的时间单位：日，月和年。“年”和“日”取决于地球的自传以及围绕太阳的公转。而“月”取决于月球围绕地球的公转。
To fit these three units of time into a reliable(可靠) plan was a great task which took men many centuries to finish。
As a matter of fact, the task is really not finished yet since our calendar is not yet perfect。
Many people are still trying to change it。
要使这三个时间单位适合一个十分可靠的计时方法中是一项很了不起的工作，我们的祖先花了数千年的时间才完成了这一伟大的工程。
但事实上这个日历并不够完美，所以这项工程并未完全完成。不过仍有很多人在尝试去调整它。
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