Young photographers have stars in their eyes“追星少年”斬獲世界天文攝影大賽冠軍

江麗

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1 Photographers from China were among the topprize winners at the 14th Astronomy Photographerof the Year competition， organized by the RoyalObservatory Greenwich， in London. The competitionattracted more than 3，000 entries （參賽的人） from67 countries.

2 Chinese photographers won prizes in three categories and one of the individualawards was won by Yang Hanwen and Zhou Zezhen， both aged 14， for their imageAndromeda Galaxy： The Neighbor.

3 The overall top prize went to Gerald Rhemann from Austria with his image Disconnec?tion Event， which shows a piece of Comet Leonards gas tail being disconnected（斷開的）and carried away by solar winds.“Comet Leonard， a longperiodcomet， first identified inJanuary 2021， was captured （拍攝） by the Austrian photographer in Namibia，”accordingto the award announcement that added the comet will not be seen from the Earth again.

4 Andromeda Galaxy： The Neighbor， the image jointly taken by two Chinese teenagers，was highlighted by Laszlo Francsics， chairman of the Hungarian Astrophotographers Association，the overall winner of the competition in 2019， and one of this years judges.“It is asuperb capture by young astrophotographers， who also prove their talent in processing a?deepskyphoto，”said Francsics.

5 Hanwen， one of the two Chinese teenagers who won the young photographer award，said，“I think this photo shows how attractive our nearest neighbor is.”“One of the mainfunctions of astrophotography is to attract more people to fall in love with astronomy byshowing the beauty of the universe，”said Zezhen， the other teenager who won the award.Another Chinese winner in the competition was Liang Weitang， in the stars and nebulae （星云） category， with the picture The Eye of God.

6“The standard is quite high，”said Ed Bloomer， astronomer at the Royal ObservatoryGreenwich.“It was really satisfying to see how many participants challenged themselves tocapture unusual images. There are some things you havent seen in the past， and even somethings that wont be seen again.”

Reading Check

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1. What can we know about Disconnection Event？

A. It was shot by two Chinese photographers.

B. It was finished in January 2019.

C. It was related to Comet Leonard.

D. It was captured in London.

Inference

2. WhatstheattitudeofLaszloFrancsicsto Andromeda Galaxy： The Neighbor？

A. Neutral.

B. Positive.

C. Opposed.

D. Careless.

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3. Which one is the function of astrophotography according to Zezhen？

A. To prove photographers talent in processing photos.

B. To help people get along with their neighbors.

C. To make more people fall in love with astronomy.

D. To take photos of solar winds.

Inference

4. Where is the text probably from？

A. A newspaper.

B. A guide book.

C. A storybook.

D. A science report.

Language Study

Useful expressions

standard 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

astronomy 天文學(xué)

satisfying 令人滿意的

challenge oneself to do 挑戰(zhàn)某人自己去做……

Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition 年度天文攝影師大賽

jointly 共同地

be highlighted by 被強(qiáng)調(diào)

according to 根據(jù)

process a deepsky

photo 處理深空照片

fall in love with 愛上