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The sun is a star. (46) That is because it
is near us; but the other stars are far away. The sun shines because it is very
hot, but the moon shines because it reflects the sun’s light. ’It is like a big
mirror. If we visited the moon, we should see the earth. (47)
. Sometimes the earth moves between the sun and
the moon. Then the earth’s shadow falls on the moon; no light from the sun can
then reach the moon. The moon gets dark because it cannot reflect the sun’s
light. (48) . Does the sun ever get dark
during the say It does so when the moon hides it. Sometimes the moon goes in
front of the sun. We can watch its edge when it slowly crosses the sun’s disc.
Everything gets darker and darker; then, at last, we cannot see any part of the
sun’ s disc. The moon is hiding it completely. That is a total eclipse of the
sun; sometimes only part of the sun’s disc is hidden; that is not a total
eclipse. (49) . (50)
There was a total eclipse of the moon on January 9, 2001. That event
was visible from Europe, Africa and Asia. There were about 20 total eclipses of
the sun between 1970 and 1999. The latest was seen on June 21 this year in
Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Madagascar. A.
Eclipses are not seen in every part of the world. B. The
earth’s shadow was beginning to move away. C. We call this an
eclipse of the moon. D. It appears to be bigger than any other
star. E. It is also like a mirror and it reflects the light of
the sun. F. It is a partial eclipse of the sun.