They looked just like a big dipper.

它们看起来像一个大勺子。

So we can look for a familiar constellation like the Big Dipper.

我们可以找到一个熟悉的星群，比如北斗七星。

Remember Mizar and Alcor, the Big Dipper eye test stars?

还记得北斗七星中测试视力的开阳星和开阳伴星吗？

So we can look for a familiar constellation like the Big Dipper. Up here. And here's Orion, actually.

我们可以找到一个熟悉的星群，比如北斗七星。在这里。这是猎户座。

The Big Dipper, for example, is only one part of the constellation of Ursa Major, the Big Bear.

例如，北斗七星只是大熊星座的一部分。

And that little pile of clamshells underneath the dead guy's foot in the middle—that's supposed to be the Big Dipper.

中间那个死人脚下的一堆蛤壳——应该是北斗七星。

Its tail has noticeably lengthened, and is now almost as wide across the sky as the bowl of the Big Dipper.

它的尾巴明显延长了，其在天空横跨长度跟北斗七星的“勺子”差不多。

The Big Dipper is part of the constellation Ursa Major.

北斗七星是大熊座的一部分。

" My freckles do not look like the Big Dipper, " Dotty said.

“我的雀斑看起来不像北斗七星，”多蒂说。

" Your freckles remind me of the  Big Dipper, " he told Dotty.

“你的雀斑让我想起了北斗七星，”他告诉多蒂。

I was trying to find the Big Dipper.

我在寻找北斗七星。

I can stare for hours at the Big Dipper and the moon.

我可以盯着北斗七星和月亮几个小时。

The star marking the kink in the handle of the Big Dipper is actually two stars, one called Mizar, and a fainter one called Alcor.

北斗七星把手位置标记结点的那颗星实际上是两颗星，一颗叫开阳星，还有一颗较暗的叫开阳伴星。

He showed her how to find the North Star, near the Big Dipper.

他向她展示了如何在北斗七星附近找到北极星。

Another way to find it is to find the Big Dipper: you may already know that two stars in the 'dipper' of the Big Dipper point the way to the North star, Polaris.

你也许已经知道北斗星两颗“勺柄”的星指向北边的星星，北极星。

In real life if you were at a certain latitude you might see the Big Dipper, but if you were at another latitude that wouldn’t be visible.

在现实生活中， 如果你在某个纬度， 你可能会看到北斗七星，但如果你在另一个纬度， 就看不到了。

There are a total of 88 known constellations so the most popular ones I think maybe are the little dipper, the big dipper etc. I never knew is such a fan of astronomy.

总共有 88 个已知星座，所以我认为最受欢迎的星座可能是北斗七星、北斗七星等。我从来不知道天文学如此狂热。

Elsewhere, " the Big Dipper letter" , which features seven soybeans arranged in the form of the notable constellation in the admissions letters designed by the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, has also impressed many who have received it.

在其他地方，“北斗七星信”也给许多收到它的人留下了深刻印象，信中的七颗大豆以中国科学院大学设计的录取通知书中著名星座的形式排列。

From there I could see out across the land; I could see the long row of trees by the creek, the low light upon the rolling plains, and the stars of the Big Dipper.

从那里我可以看到整个土地；我可以看到小溪边长长的一排树，起伏的平原上昏暗的灯光，还有北斗七星的星星。