A Visitor from Far, Far Away
A rare comet from another star system flies past Mars — and a Chinese spacecraft takes its picture.
今年，天上来了一个特别的“客人”。This year, a special "visitor" came to the sky.它是一个彗星。It is a comet.它不是从我们这里来的。It is not from around here.它从很远很远的星星那里来。It comes from very, very faraway stars.
七月，它飞过了火星。In July, it flew past Mars.中国的飞船在火星那里给它拍了照。A Chinese spacecraft near Mars took a picture of it.科学家们都很高兴。The scientists are all very happy.
这样的客人很少来。Visitors like this rarely come.这是人们第三次看到这样的彗星。This is only the third time people have seen a comet like this.它看了看我们，就飞走了。It took a look at us, and then it flew away.
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