讓陽光照進來

Let the Sun Shine In

Now， Words and Their Stories with expressions using the word “sun.”

The first expression is about everything， everything under the sun. If you own a store that sold many different items， your advertisements could say you sell everything under the sun. This would not be exactly true， of course. But what would advertising be without some creative descriptions？

Here is another example： Let’s say you are talking with a friend you have not seen for a long time. The two of you could have a lot of catching up to do. So， you talk about everything under the sun.

Under the sun is an old expression—at least 3，000 years old. It means everywhere the sun shines. King Solomon of Israel used it in the Bible. He wrote that nothing under the sun is new. What has been will be again， he said， and what has been done will be done again.

If there is nothing new under the sun， there is nothing new anywhere.

New or old， few things can be hidden in the bright light of the sun.

That leads to another expression： a sunshine law. This law says that all

government meetings must be open to the public. In some states， sunshine laws also say the government must permit the public to see government records.

The Atlanta Journal and Constitution newspaper published a report about the value of sunshine laws. It told about how officials of a local government met secretly with a land developer to discuss using public land for a private entertainment center. The deal was stopped when it finally became publicly known.

“It often takes a crisis，” the newspaper report said， “to awaken citizens to their rights under the state sunshine laws.” It said the laws are called that because they shine sunlight on dark corners where secret deals can be made.

Another expression about the sun is Sunbelt. The word describes the warmer states of the American south， from Florida to California. The warmer weather in the Sunbelt causes many people to move there. They move from the Frostbelt， the colder northern states， and the Rustbelt， the older industrial states.

In addition， labor costs are lower in the Sunbelt， and labor unions are not as strong as in the north. So many companies moved their factories to the Sunbelt. Workers followed. By 1990， the Sunbelt cities of Los Angeles， San Diego， Phoenix， Houston， Dallas， and San Antonio were among the ten largest cities in the United States.

From geographic areas to music， the word “sun” finds its place.

Every type of music—from rock to pop to country—has songs about the sun. One of the most popular is “You Are My Sunshine.” What began as a sad love song is now a classic children’s song. Many performers have recorded this song. Here is part of it.

You are my sunshine， my only sunshine

You make me happy when skies are gray

You’ll never know dear how much I love you

Please don’t take my sunshine away

The rock group Beatles have several songs with “sun” in the title. A couple are “Here Comes the Sun” and “Good Day Sunshine.”

Elton John sang “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.” And the musical group 5th Dimension wanted to “Let the Sun Shine In” on a United States that was heavily involved in the Vietnam War.

This song was originally in the musical theater performance and movie Hair， which criticized the Vietnam War.

“Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In” became a popular song in the anti-war culture in the 1960s U.S.

under the sun 表示世界上任何地方、在世界上、天底下的意思。

sunshinelaw陽光法案，又稱信息自由法、資訊公開或資訊自由（Freedomof Information），是應用于促使政府機關的資訊向民眾公開的一個通稱，其基本假定是“在一個民主社會，人民有權利知道有關公共政策方面的決定究竟是如何達成的”。

Sunbelt 指的是陽光地帶。近幾十年來，美國社會經濟經歷了重大的變化過程，人口和生產投資已逐漸從“寒冷地帶”（ Frostbelt）向“陽光地帶”（ Sunbelt）轉移。如何劃分美國的“寒冷地帶”與“陽光地帶”并沒有統一的標準和明確的界限。狹義上的“陽光地帶”，專指屬于亞熱帶氣候類型的墨西哥灣沿岸和大西洋東南沿岸地區。而把屬于大陸性溫帶闊葉林氣候的東北部和中西部，稱為“寒冷地帶”。