国际日期变更线

国际日期变更线穿过太平洋。

The international date line runs through the Pacific Ocean .

国际日期变更线是个地理名词。

The International Date Line is a geographical noun .

如果你乘坐轮船横渡太平洋，你就会穿越国际日期变更线。

If you travel by ship across the Pacific , you cross the International Date Line .

去年12月，南太平洋萨摩亚岛挪动国际日期变更线，使其靠近亚洲时区。

In December , Samoa in the South Pacific jumped the dateline just so it could be closer to Asian time zones .

新西兰位于国际日期变更线以西，所以它是世界上第一个迎接新一天到来的国家。

New Zealand is just west of the International Date Line , so it is the first country to get the new day .

国家可自由选择是位于国际日期变更线的东侧还是西侧，萨摩亚的这一决定意味着所有的新地图将需要做出变动。

Countries are free to choose whether the dateline passes to the east or west , and Samoa ` s decision will mean all new maps will need to change .

大部分时间，国际日期变更线沿着180度子午线。现的东边比西边早一天。

Most of the time , the line follows the 180 degree meridian . East of this line , it is one day earlier than it is to the west .

地处偏远的查塔姆群岛是第一个在当地时间8点半开始熄灯的，紧接着，其他国家也相继熄灯，直到24小时后，地处国际日期变更线另一侧的萨摩亚最后一个开始熄灯。

The remote Chatham Islands was the first of more than 100 nations and territories to turn off the power at 8:30 pm local time , in a rolling event around the globe that ends just across the International Dateline in Samoa 24 hours later .

在新年前夕那天，萨摩亚将移至国际日期变更线西侧。国际日期变更线是大致沿180度经线穿过太平洋的一条折线。萨摩亚总理图伊拉埃帕•萨伊莱莱•马利埃莱额奥伊称此举将方便萨摩亚和主要贸易伙伴进行交易。

On New Year 's Eve , Samoa will have jumped to the west of the international dateline , which runs zig-zags through the Pacific Ocean and broadly follows the 180 degree line of longitude , in a move Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi said would make it easier for Samoa to trade with key partners .