Understanding the Equinox
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The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
Earth has an equinox twice a year.
- A2
The Earth has an equinox two times a year.
- B1
An equinox happens twice a year, in March and September.
- B2
An equinox happens twice a year, in March and September.
- C1
Ancient observatories tracked equinoxes, which have long served as markers for changing seasons and shifting amounts of daylight.
- C2
Ancient observatories tracked equinoxes, which have long served as markers for changing seasons and shifting amounts of daylight.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- equinox
- a time of the year when the sun crosses the equator and day and night are of similar length
- equator
- an imaginary line drawn around the middle of the Earth
- illuminate
- to shine light on something and make it brighter
- reverse
- to change something to the opposite order or direction
- atmosphere
- the layer of gases that surrounds a planet
- sphere
- a completely round object shaped like a ball
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by NASA. Read the original for the full report.