1. By looking at a shadow cast by the sun over the dial in the centre, people were able to get a general idea of the time of day.
人们通过观察位于中央的竖针在日规上投影,就能大体知道是什么时间。
2. But bitterness in can not find the method in time of calculation, a day, he climbs mountain to cut wood tired, sit under the shade under a tree to take a rest, the ambulation of tree shadow inspired him, he designed a Gui instrument which measures shadows cast by the sun to account weather, measurese for a day, afterwards, the drop spring that is on the mountain precipice inspired his inspiration, he began to do a 5 F water clock again, compute time.
但是苦于找不到计算时间的方法,一天,他上山砍柴累了,坐在树阴下休息,树影的移动启发了他,他设计了一个测日影计天时的晷仪,测定一天的时间,后来,山崖上的滴泉启发了他的灵感,他又动手做了一个五层漏壶,来计算时间。
3. The first picture was the outline of a man''s shadow cast By the sun upon a wall.
第一幅图画是阳光下一个人投射在墙上的影子的轮廓。