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　　3月19日上午，青岛、广州、沈阳、银川等地的天文爱好者观测到了日偏食天象。据国家天文台专家称，此次日偏食持续了1个半小时，西部地区最大食分可达0.7以上，即太阳直径的十分之七被月球遮掩。由于天气原因，北京居民与这次天象奇观失之交臂。　　Photo taken at 9:26 am Monday shows the partial solareclipseobserved in Yinchuan, northwest Chinas Yinxia HuiAutonomousRegions, March 19, 2007. Many parts of China experienceda partialsolar eclipse on Monday morning, lasting around one and ahalfhours. [Xinhua]Many parts of China experienced a partialsolareclipse on Monday morning, lasting around one and a halfhours,according to the China National Astronomical Observatory.

　　In Nanjing, east Chinas Jiangsu Province, the partialeclipseoccurred from 9:25 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Monday, in which themooncovered about 20 percent of the sun, according to WangSichao,researcher with Zijinshan Astronomical Observatory undertheChinese Academy of Sciences.

　　Sky gazers in northeastern Jilin, central Henan, easternShandongProvinces and northwestern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regionalsowitnessed the partial eclipse.

　　In western China, 70 percent of the sun was eclipsed butinBeijing, however, cloudy and drizzly weather deprivedenthusiastsof the chance of seeing their first partial eclipsesince 1997.

　　Those who missed this one will have opportunities to seetotalsolar eclipses on August 1, 2008 and July 22, 2009, and apartialeclipse on January 15, 2010, Wang said.

　　During the last century (1901- 1999), 78 partial and 71totalsolar eclipses have been reported worldwide.

　　Chinese astronomers are believed to have been the first torecordsolar eclipses more than 3,000 years ago.

　　Vocabulary:

　　partial solar eclipse

　　：日偏食

　　total solar eclipse

　　: 日全食

　　(实习编辑:顾萍)