Thanks to modern science, we now understand the reasons behind blood moons. However, ancient civilizations had no idea what really caused them. Throughout history, many myths and stories have been created to explain why the Moon suddenly became an unusual color. In the Incan Empire of South America, the Moon was considered to be a goddess named Mama Quilla. The Incas believed that an animal was attacking Mama Quilla during a blood moon. The red color of the Moon was the result of the animal’s violent attack. To scare away the beast, the Incan people made as much noise as possible and even got their dogs to bark along with them.
多虧現代科學，我們現在能理解血月背後的原因。然而，古代文明並不知道造成血月的真正原因。在歷史上，人們創造許多神話和故事來解釋為什麼月亮會突然變成奇怪的顏色。在南美洲的印加帝國，月亮被認為是名為瑪瑪基亞的女神。印加人相信，在血月期間有動物正在攻擊瑪瑪基亞。月亮的紅色是這隻動物猛烈攻擊所造成的結果。為了嚇跑這頭野獸，印加人會盡可能製造出大量聲響，甚至讓他們的狗一起吠叫。
生活必備字詞：
have no idea + 疑問詞引導的名詞子句 不知道……
be considered (to be) + N/Adj. 被視為……
scare away... / scare... away 嚇走……
beast n. 野獸，怪獸
bark vi. 吠叫
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本文節錄自《常春藤生活英語》雜誌，完整內容請見九月號。
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