名词

1. They stopped work at sunset.
他们日落而息。

2. You must really see some golden sunsets here.
你一定得看看这里金色的夕照。

3. It is seen in the sky after sunset.
日落后可在天空中看到它。

4. The old man sat watching the sunset.
老人坐看日落。

5. At sunset, the sun looks as if it is going down.
日落时，太阳看起来好像在降落。

风景

A：That sunset is (beautiful/ delightful/ gorgeous).
日落真（漂亮/好看/迷人）。

B：Yeah, it’s pretty nice.
是呀，真是好看。

Pollution-(污染)

B：Man, that sunset is beautiful. I’ve never seen one so red.
瞧，日落真漂亮。我从未见过这么火红的日落。

A：Yeah, it’s pretty nice, but its so red because of air pollution.
对，很漂亮。可是颜色之所以这么红是因为空气污染。

B：Really?
真的吗？

A：Yeah, the smog from all these cars gets into the air and turns the sunlight red.
是的，汽车产出的烟雾进入空气中，日光便显出这种红色。

B：I never knew that.
我可不知道这个。

A：Yeah, more people need to take public transportation or carpool.
是呀，应该有更多的人搭乘公交车或合伙使用小汽车。

B：Well, we’ve already done our part.
噢，我们自己已经尽力了。

A：Yeah, it’s your turn to drive next week. Don’t be late picking me up.
是呀，下个星期轮到你开车了。接我可别迟到了。

B：Don’t worry. I’m getting more sleep these days. The baby’s finally growing up a little more.
不用着急。我近来睡眠时间更充足了。小孩子终于长大了一些了。

A：Well, give me a call if you can’t make it for some reason.
哦，如果因为什么原因你不能来的话给我一个电话。

1. 日落(时分);傍晚;黄昏
Sunset is the time in the evening when the sun disappears out of sight from the sky.

e.g. The dance ends at sunset.
舞会在日落时分结束。

2. 晚霞;落日余晖
A sunset is the colours and light that you see in the western part of the sky when the sun disappears in the evening.

e.g. There was a red sunset over Paris.
巴黎的天空映着红色的晚霞。

noun

1. the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon

2. atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun

3. the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

Synonym: sundown