Krypton is a gas you cannot see or smell. Only a tiny amount of it is in the air around us. It is a chemical element; the short symbol is Kr.

Krypton is a gas you cannot see or smell.Krypton是一種看不到也聞不到的氣體 Only a tiny amount of it is in the air around us.我們周圍的空氣裡,只有極少量的它 It is a chemical element;它是一種化學元素 the short symbol is Kr.簡寫符號是Kr。

Factories put it in some bright lights and in some lasers, because it can make a strong, clean light. The name comes from an old Greek word for hidden, because it was hard to find — it hides in air. It is one of the noble gases: they do not mix easily with other things.

Factories put it in some bright lights and in some lasers,工廠會把它用在一些明亮的燈,還有一些雷射裡 because it can make a strong, clean light.因為它能發出又強又乾淨的光 The name comes from an old Greek word for hidden,這個名字來自一個古希臘字,意思是「隱藏」 because it was hard to find —因為它很難被發現 it hides in air.它就藏在空氣裡 It is one of the noble gases:它是noble gases惰性氣體的一種 they do not mix easily with other things.這類氣體不容易跟其他東西產生反應。

Though actually, a lot of students meet the word first from Superman, whose home planet is called Krypton. That planet was named after this gas, not the other way round, and the gas itself will not make anyone weak. In science class it is just a quiet element in the air.

Though actually, a lot of students meet the word first from Superman,不過,很多學生第一次認識這個字,是從Superman超人來的 whose home planet is called Krypton.他的家鄉星球就叫做Krypton That planet was named after this gas,那顆星球的名字是跟著這種氣體取的 not the other way round,不是反過來 and the gas itself will not make anyone weak.而且這種氣體本身不會讓任何人變虛弱 In science class it is just a quiet element in the air.在科學課上,它只是空氣裡一個安靜的元素。