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

星进入地球大气层时会变成星，撞击地面时变成陨石。

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

是星吗？星雨？彗星？还是外星人？

Some people thought it was a meteor shower.

有人以为是一场星雨。

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

星雨非常常见，而且每小时最产生100个星。

It's the first meteor shower of Spring.

天琴座星雨是春季的第一场星雨。

Yeah, we drove over the mountain see the comets.

我们开车去山顶看星。

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

那些就是星，不要和星体或陨石搞混。

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

几乎就像一颗星。

Did you see the meteor shower last night?

昨晚你看星雨了吗？

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

星体在天空中变热并燃烧的现象称为星。

Which of these meteor showers is typically visible in April?

以下哪一种星雨在四比较常见？

Dozens of meteors are expected to shower down.

数十颗星将会落下。

Did you see that shooting star?

你看到那颗星了吗？

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

今晚，英仙座星雨将迎来高峰期。

Others speculated it was a meteor or aliens.

其他人则猜测它是一颗星或者外星人。

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

科学家说这颗星的直径可能只有几米。

Meteors burn up within this layer.

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.

星体一旦进入地球大气层，就会变成星，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.

美国星协会表示，观赏星雨的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（星体）”。