白天禁食界定
Ramadan began on the evening of Monday May 6th. Traditionally muslims do not go without food for the entire day, but only fast during daylight hours for a month.
齋戒月於5月6日晚間開始，傳統上，穆斯林並非整天不吃東西，而是在白天時禁食，為期一個月。
Ramadan(n.)齋月
Even Muslim astronauts in space have to figure out a way to follow the fasting rules.
即便是身處太空的穆斯林太空人，也要想辦法遵守齋戒規定。
astronaut(n.)太空人figure out想出方法fast(n.)(v.)齋戒、禁食
During Ramadan, Muslims cannot eat, drink water, smoke, or have sexual relations during the daytime.
在齋戒月期間，穆斯林於白天時不能進食、喝水、抽煙或從事性行為。
sexual relation性行為
Many Muslims believe that the act of fasting teaches them the importance of things we may take for granted.
許多穆斯林認為，禁食讓他們學習平時習以為常的事物有多麼重要。
act=move(n.)行為take... for granted習以為常
However, in places near the Arctic Circle, the sun either never sets during the summer or it only sets for a short period of time and rises again.
然而，在接近北極圈的地區，夏季時可能永不日落，或是日落時間非常短暫。
Fasting in space is a challenge too since there is technically no daytime.
在太空上齋戒也是一項挑戰，因為太空中並沒有所謂的「白天」。
technically(adv.)事實上、嚴格來說
Nowadays, most Islamic scholars believe that Muslims can sometimes ignore their current location and fast according to the daylight conditions of a neighboring country, where fasts are more manageable.
近來許多伊斯蘭學者認為，穆斯林有時不該依據所在地的時間來進行齋戒，而是循鄰近國家的狀況，使齋戒較容易進行。
ignore(v.)忽略condition(n.)狀況neighboring(adj.)鄰近的、相鄰的manageable(adj.)可處理的
For example, in 1985, Saudi Sultan Bin Salman joined a space mission during Ramadan. He fasted according to his last location on Earth, Florida of the USA.
比方說，在1985年沙烏地阿拉伯的蘇爾坦親王於齋戒月時參與一項太空任務，他當時根據自己在地球上的最後地點，也就是美國佛羅里達州的時間，進行禁食。