不是上面的翻译.
是介绍北极光(AuroraBorealis)的英文短文:
极光:
Auroras(North/SouthPolarLights)arenaturalcoloredlightdisplaysinthesky,usuallyobservedatnight,particularlyinthepolarzone.Theytypicallyoccurintheionosphere.Somescientists[who?]callthem"polarauroras".Innorthernlatitudes,theeffectisknownastheauroraborealis,namedaftertheRomangoddessofdawn,Aurora,andtheGreeknamefornorthwind,Boreas.Itoftenappearsasagreenishgloworsometimesafaintred,asifthesunwasrisingfromanunusualdirection.Theauroraborealisisalsocalledthenorthernpolarlights,asitisonlyvisibleintheNorthskyfromtheNorthernHemisphere.TheauroraborealismostoftenoccursfromSeptembertoOctoberandfromMarchtoApril.TheCreecallthisphenomenontheDanceoftheSpirits.
Itssoutherncounterpart,theauroraaustralis/southernpolarlights,hassimilarproperties.AustralisistheLatinwordfor"oftheSouth".
BenjaminFranklinfirstbroughtattentiontothe"mysteryoftheNorthernLights."Hetheorizedtheshiftinglightstoaconcentrationofelectricalchargesinthepolarregionsintensifiedbythesnowandothermoisture.