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精品文档 Section A Finland Northern Lights The Northern Lights, also known as “Aurora Borealis( 北 极光 ) ” or the “Dawn of the North ”, never fail to take your breath away. The aurora borealis is one of the most sublime( 超 群的 ) and magnificent natural phenomena on Earth. Before scientists cracked( 侦破 ) the mystery of the auroras, menwere drawn( 吸引 ) and fascinated( 强烈地吸引住 ) by these dancing and magical lights that were often found in mythology( 神话 ) and legends. In RomanMythology, it is said that the Aurora is the deity( 神) of the dawn. In North America, the Inuits ( 爱斯基 摩人 )have manylegends that explain them as spirits of the dead. They believed that the lights are the essences( 精华 ) of deer, salmon( 鲑鱼 ), seals and other animals that they hunted. Aristotle ( 亚里斯多德 )thought it was glowing air gushing( 喷 出) from cracks in the sky. The appearance of the red aurora in medieval( 中世纪的 ) times was feared as a bad omen ( 前兆 ) or a sign of Gods anger. They believed the manifestation ( 显 现)of the aurora indicated famine or war. Charles Hall ( 查 尔斯·霍尔 ), a 19th-century polar explorer, exclaimed: Who but God can conceive( 想出 ) such infinite( 无穷的 ) scenes of 。 1欢迎下载 精品文档 glory? Oddly enough, the Maori ( 毛利人 )thought that the displays were just reflections of a campfire( 营火 ) or torches. Regardless whether you believe the scientific facts or the legends behind its existence, you ’ll still be captivated( 吸住 ) b