事实：摄影者排队在等候什么-Photographers Line Up For Manhattanhenge

Pre-Listening Vocabulary

 

summer solstice: the longest day of the year; the onset¹ of summer

align²: to form a line with something else

horizon: the line where the sky and the earth’s surface meet

coin: to come up with a name

astrophysicist: a person who studies the properties and structures of objects in space

 

Photographers Line Up For Manhattanhenge

Manhattanhenge is a phenomenon also known as the Manhattan Solstice. Photographers in New York watch for it twice a year, at the end of May and in the middle of July. This is when the setting sun aligns³ itself perfectly⁴ with the east-west streets of Manhattan. Before it sets, the full sun is viewable in between skyscrapers⁵ at the end of many streets on the city’s grid⁶ just above the horizon. The term “Manhattanhenge” was coined by a New Yorker named Neil deGrasse Tyson who visited Stonehenge as a child. The phenomenon compares to Stonehenge in England. When viewed from the centre of the monument, the rising sun aligns with the Heel Stone on the summer solstice. After coining the term, the astrophysicist published the exact dates and times for New Yorkers to see it. Photographers have risked their lives to get the perfect shot of Manhattanhenge. Other cities that are built on a grid like New York experience a similar phenomenon.

1 onset   

n.进攻，袭击，开始，突然开始

参考例句：

• The drug must be taken from the onset of the infection.这种药必须在感染的最初期就开始服用。
• Our troops withstood the onset of the enemy.我们的部队抵挡住了敌人的进攻。

2 align   

vt.使成一线，结盟，调节；vi.成一线，结盟

参考例句：

• Align the ruler and the middle of the paper.使尺子与纸张的中部成一条直线。
• There are signs that the prime minister is aligning himself with the liberals.有迹象表明首相正在与自由党人结盟。

3 aligns   

使成一线( align的第三人称单数 )； 排整齐； 校准； 公开支持（某人、集体或观点）

参考例句：

• HASP SRM fully aligns with the software product lifecycle. HASPSRM完全遵循软件产品的生命周期。
• Significant employee aligns the interests of our employees and our shareholders. 员工大量持股可以使员工与股东的利益协调一致。

4 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

5 skyscrapers   

n.摩天大楼

参考例句：

• A lot of skyscrapers in Manhattan are rising up to the skies. 曼哈顿有许多摩天大楼耸入云霄。
• On all sides, skyscrapers rose like jagged teeth. 四周耸起的摩天大楼参差不齐。

6 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。