In China, the summer solstice is called Xiazhi.

在中国，夏至（summer solstice） 被称为夏至（Xiazhi）。

… and it's this tilt that causes the summer solstice!

正是这点倾斜，让我们有了夏至！

The days around the time of the summer solstice are when wheat becomes ripe.

夏至前后是小麦成熟的日子。

This special day is called the summer solstice, and when it happens, it's officially summer.

这特殊的一天叫做夏至，当夏至到来时，夏天就正式开始了。

The summer solstice is when the tilt is pointing us exactly toward the sun.

而夏至这天，倾斜角度使太阳直射北半球。

Since ancient times the summer solstice has been an annual highlight observed by British pagans and druids.

自古以来，夏至一直是英国异教徒和德鲁伊观察到的现象，每年都强调。

He wanted the festival to take place on the longest day of the year, the summer solstice.

希望在白昼最长的夏至日举办。

Northern European countries like Sweden and Finland celebrate the summer solstice by singing and dancing around the midsummer pole.

瑞典和芬兰等北欧国家围绕仲夏极点唱歌跳舞来庆祝夏至。

Its design creates a kind of " window" that fully frames the sun as it rises on the summer solstice.

它的设计创造出一种“窗户”，当太阳在夏至升起时，这种“窗户”可以完整呈现太阳的轮廓。

It's one of the global monuments built around the summer solstice, and archaeological research suggests winter solstice festivals happened there.

它是夏至前后建造的全球纪念碑之一，考古研究表明冬至节发生在那里。

He knew that at the summer solstice, the Sun shone directly down a well in the city of Syene at noon.

他知道，在夏至那天的中午，太阳会直接照射在 Syene 城的一口井里。

Meet my on my home island on the day of the summer solstice.

好的，罗库大师。

Even today, people who identify as modern druids continue to gather at Stonehenge for the summer solstice.

即使在今天，现代德鲁伊的人们仍然继续聚集在巨石阵庆祝夏至。

At that time, the summer solstice of these southernmost districts, the sun had started back down, and tomorrow it would cast its last rays.

这个时候是北冰洋地区的夏至日，它又开始下降，明天就是它射出光线的最后一天了。

The summer solstice is a phenomenon that happens not because of earth's distance from the sun but because of earth's tilt toward the sun.

夏至是一种现象，不是因为地球与太阳的距离近，而是因为地球向太阳倾斜。

For the same reason, in the northern hemisphere we get a few more days between the summer solstice and the winter solstice than vice versa.

同样的原因，在北半球，夏至和冬至之间的天数要更多一点，反之亦然。

In north China, at the summer solstice, daytime is much longer than nighttime, but in the tropical south the difference is only about 2 hours.

在中国北方，夏至的白天比夜晚长得多，但在南方的热带地区，两者的差别只有2个小时左右。

It was named Manhattanhenge as a tribute to the British landmark of Stonehenge, where the sun also lines up with the structure during the summer solstice.

它被命名为“曼哈顿”，是为了纪念英国标志性的巨石阵，在夏至的时候，太阳也和它的结构成一线。

Several cultures define their seasons exactly this way, and it might sound familiar from a certain William Shakespeare play where the summer solstice falls at “midsummer”.

确实有许多文化是用此法定义季节，而这听来就像某部莎士比亚戏剧，夏至在“仲夏”出现。

Actually December 21st, which here in the southern hemisphere is the summer solstice, the longest day, the sun rises just to the right of the right-most tower.

12 月 21 日 在南半球这里是夏至，也就是一年中日照时间最长的一天，而太阳正好会移动到最右边的塔上，从那里升起。