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The International Year of Astronomy

The sky's the limit in 2009

Quick- complete this sentence:
2009 is the year of the ____
Well, yes, it is the year of Ox,
but did you know that 2009 is also the year of the telescope?

This year the world celebrates the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's observations of the universe through an astronomical telescope. In 1609, the Italian scientist first pointed a "Dutch perpspective glass" at the night sky and made discoveries that changed mankind's conceptions of the universe. He saw craters and mountains on Earth's moon, several moons circling the planet of Jupitar, and billions of stars in the blackest parts of space.

Galileo's observations gave mankind the first hint of how awesome the cosmos is. In honor of Galileo's discoveries, the United Nations and the International Astronomical Union have declared 2009 to be the International Year of Astronomy(IYA2009). IYA2009 also celebrates the work of Johannes Kepler, a German astronomer who published Astronomer who published Astronomia Nova in 1609. The groundbreaking work was the result of a decade of research on the movement of planets in our solar system. Kepler's models -- known as Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion are still used by astronomers today.


astronomy n. -> the study of outer space/star/planet
eg: Joe has been fascinated by planets since he was a child,
so he majored in astronomy in university.

conception n. -> the idea you have 觀點/概念
eg: She has no conception of how a business should be run.
eg: People have different conceptions of success.
eg: He has absolutely no conception of how to run a business.
eg: This course provides you with some basic conceptios of Western art history.


crater n. -> a pole on the surface of something caused by impact
月球上的環狀山/隕石坑/火山口/砲彈掉成的坑洞
eg: After the explosion, there was only a crater where the building had once been.
eg: The temperature inside the crater of a volcano is too hot to get near.
eg: The bomb created craters on the walls that are still visible fifty years after the war.
eg: Crater Lake is a popluar sight-seeing located in America.

ox n. 牛

microscope n.顯微鏡
telescope n.望遠鏡

perspective glass -> a telescope which shows objects in the right position


groundbreaking adj. 開創性的
eg: The author's groundbreaking work was a nonfiction book about race in America.
eg: This old movie was groundbreaking when it first come out.
Today many directors are inspired by it.
eg: Newton's groundbreaking theory laid the foundation for modern science.


cosmos n. 宇宙
solar system 太陽系


Grammer on the go

Quick-complete this sentence:
2009 is the year of the ___.

Catch reader's attentions

Tip #1
Begin with sentence that invite the reader to respond immediately

Tip #2.
The subject of article that the reader is not familiar with.
Begin with something that the reader already know.
( The year of ox )


Tip #3.
Make a connection with Tip #1 and Tip #2.
2009 is the year of the ____
Well, yes, it is the year of Ox,
but did you know that 2009 is also the year of the telescope?



Chat room
mankind
= the human race

humankind 女性意識抬頭，mankind被換成humankind


the humanities 人文學科
humanity 人類/人性/人道
eg: He treats the prisons with humanity.


humane adj. 仁道的
the humane society 動物保護協會