Meteoroids become meteors when they enter our atmosphere and meteorites when they hit the ground.

流星进入地球大气层时会变成流星，撞击地面时变成陨石。

Was it a shooting star? Meteor shower? Comet? Or aliens?

是流星吗？流星雨？彗星？还是外星？

Some people thought it was a meteor shower.

有以为是一场流星雨。

Meteor showers are common, and the best produce about a hundred meteors per hour.

流星雨非常常见，而且每小时最产生100个流星。

It's the first meteor shower of Spring.

天琴座流星雨是春季第一场流星雨。

Yeah, we drove over the mountain see the comets.

我们开车去山顶看流星。

Those are the meteors, not to be confused with meteoroids or meteorites.

那些就是流星，不要和流星体或陨石搞混。

And there it goes out of -- almost like a shooting star.

几乎就像一颗流星。

Did you see the meteor shower last night?

昨晚你看流星雨了吗？

The phenomenon of the meteoroid getting hot and blazing across the sky is called a meteor.

流星体在天空中变热并燃烧现象称为流星。

Which of these meteor showers is typically visible in April?

以下哪一种流星雨在四比较常见？

Dozens of meteors are expected to shower down.

数十颗流星将会落下。

Did you see that shooting star?

你看到那颗流星了吗？

Tonight is the start of the peak of the Perseid meteor shower.

今晚，英仙座流星雨将迎来高峰期。

Others speculated it was a meteor or aliens.

其他则猜测它是一颗流星或者外星。

A meteor that scientists say was probably a few meters across.

科学家说这颗流星直径可能只有几米。

Meteors burn up within this layer.

流星在这一层内燃烧起来。

Meteoroids turn into meteors once they enter the Earth's atmosphere and start heading for a fall.

流星体一旦进入地球大气层，就会变成流星，并开始坠落。

The American Meteor Society says the best time for viewing it will probably be between midnight and 5 a.m.

美国流星协会表示，观赏流星雨最佳时间为午夜至凌晨5点之间。

There is also a class of object called meteoroids.

还有一样东西称为“meteoroids（流星体）”。