The total solar eclipse to occur in nearly 500 years, took place in China on the morning of July 22nd, 2009. The solar eclipse, which lasted over six minutes, was visible in more than 40 cities in China, including Hangzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuxi, Suzhou, Changzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Wuhan and Hefei.
2009年7月22日上午,我国出现500年一遇的日全食奇观。日全食的持续时间最长达6分多钟,全国四十多个城市——包括杭州、上海、南京、无锡、苏州、常州、成都、重庆、武汉和合肥等地——都能观看到。
Iconic anchorman Walter Cronkite, a pioneer in television broadcasting once dubbed The Most Trusted Man in America died on July 17th, 2009 his family said. He was 92.
被誉为“全美国最值得信赖的人”的传奇主持人沃尔特•克朗凯特于2009年7月17日去世,享年92岁。
Mr. Cronkite reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombing in World War II, the Nuremberg trials, combat in the Vietnam War,assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., Watergate, and the Iran Hostage Crisis, who became the nation's bearer of epochal tidings that punctuated the era. He was known for extensive TV coverage of the U.S. space program, from Project Mercury to the Moon landings, to the Space Shuttle. He was the only non-NASA recipient of a Moon-rock award, for which he became virtually the national voice of the space program.
从1937年到1981年间,克朗凯特报道了无数事件,包括第二次世界大战时的轰炸、纽伦堡审判、越南战争、肯尼迪总统和马丁•路德•金遇刺、水门事件及伊朗人质危机。他成为当时美国重要历史事件的时代记录人。他最负盛名的是在电视荧屏上对美国太空计划的大量报道——从火星计划到登月行动,再到航天飞机。他是唯一一位非国国家航空航天局成员,却获得月球岩石奖章的人。他事实上成为登月空间计划的代言人。