The earth moves in an approximately cirular orbit around the sun.

地球在一个近似正圆的轨道上绕着太阳运行。

We have positive knowledge that the earth moves around the sun.

我们确信地球绕着太阳转。

There were lots of reports in the news from people who felt the earth move.

很多新闻报道采访了感觉到地震的人们。

Earthquakes happen when the " plates" — or the crust and upper layer of the earth -- move against each other.

当地球板块互相挤压就会发生地震。

I saw the earth moving towards the sun.

我看到地球向太阳移动。

Rocks shifting, you know, earthquakes happen because of plates in the earth moving around.

岩石移动，你知道，地震的发生是因为地球上的板块在四处移动。

His main point – that the earth moves round the sun – is of course correct.

他的主要观点——地球绕着太阳转——当然是正确的。

He is now known as the father of astronomy but he believed that the earth moved round the sun in a perfect circle. He was wrong.

现在大家都知道他是天文学之父，但是他也曾相信地球呈精确的圆形围绕太阳运动。他也错了。

The Indian astronomer Aryabhata, who lived between 476 and 550 CE, developed trigonometry, recognized that the earth moved and accurately calculated both lunar and solar eclipses.

印度天文学家阿耶波多生活在公元 476 年至 550 年间，他发展了三角学，认识到地球在移动，并准确计算了月食和日食。

Yeah. Now, when everything shakes in an earthquake, the tremors make the earth move very quickly and this word 'rattle' is very often used in negative situations. Isn't it?

是的。现在，当地震中所有东西都摇晃时，震动使地球活动得非常快，“rattle”这个词经常用于表示消极的情况。不是吗？

But control is an illusion, because sometimes the earth moves, and we have to deal with wherever we end up, whether it's on solid ground or not.

但是控制其实是幻觉，因为地球在转动，而我们得处理面对的一切，不管那是不是很困难。

His results were smaller than Aristotle's calculations which encouraged the belief that the earth was a small and immobile object and that if the earth moved, we would surely feel the motion, and so it must be still.

他的结果比亚里士多德的计算要小，亚里士多德的计算鼓励人们相信地球是一个小而静止的物体，，如果地球运动，我们肯定会感觉到它的运动，所以它一定是静止的。