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The most powerful atom smasher ever built could make some bizarre discoveries,
有史以來最有威力的核粒子加速器8月份開啟以來，有一些奇異的發現，
such as new forces of nature or even extra dimensions of space, after it's switched on in August.
比如自然界新的力量甚至空間的多維性。
The Large Hadron Collider, or LHC, basically consists of a ring of supercooled magnets 17 miles
這個巨大的粒子對撞機，或者簡稱LHC，基本構成是一個周長17英里的過冷的磁環，
in circumference attached to huge barrel-shaped detectors.
附著在一個巨大的桶形的探測器上。
The ring which straddles the French and Swiss borders at the CERN center is buried 330 feet underground. But some have fears.
該磁環位于法國和瑞士邊境上的CERN中心，埋于地面以下330尺。但是有人有一些擔憂。
Will it spawn a black hole that could swallow Earth or spit out particles that could turn the planet into a hot dead clump?
會不會產生黑洞并將地球吞噬？會不會分裂出粒子，讓地球走向毀滅？
LHC is only going to reproduce what nature does every second and has been doing for billions of years,
LHC只是重塑過去自然界做的并且幾十億年以來一直在做的，
and all those astronomical bodies including the Earth and the Sun. They are still here.
和所有的天體，包括地球和太陽。現在地球和太陽仍然存在于宇宙中。
So though there really is no problem, but okay, if people are concerned about it, we'll certainly discuss it.
所以根本不會有任何問題。但是如果有人為這些擔憂的話，我們在這里可以進行討論。
The safety of the collider, which will generate energies 7 times higher
對撞機產生的能量是芝加哥的菲爾米國家加速器實驗室
than its most powerful rival at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory here in Chicago, has been debated for years.
最有威力的對手的7倍。所以，幾年以來，對于對撞機的安全性一直存在爭議。
When you collide two particles, it nearly seems like colliding two mosquitoes.
當你讓兩個粒子碰撞的時候，幾乎看上去就像兩只蚊子相撞。
These will be incredibly small black holes with no more energy than a mosquito.
這個過程造成的黑洞小的不可思議，產生的能量不會超過一只蚊子。
Very likely these things are not going to be made at all. If they are made, then they're surely going to decay.
或者很可能根本就不會產生黑洞或者能量。即使產生了，也必定很快就消失了。
A lawsuit was filed against CERN and its US partners in a Hawaiian court on March 21st, but a ruling has yet to be made.
有關部門3月21日在夏威夷法庭對CERN和美國的合作伙伴提起訴，但是尚未判決。
I think obviously we have no concern at all.
我認為我們完全沒必要擔心。
There is a huge community of scientists who know what they are talking about and are sleeping quite soundly concerning LHC.
那里有大批科學家，他們知道他們在坦坤什么，關于LHC，他們安枕無憂。
But nevertheless this creates problems in the general public where LHC is concerned and we have to answer to that.
但是既然公眾擔憂可能會產生問題，我們就必須進行回答。
The machine, which has been called the largest scientific experiment in history,
該對撞機被稱為有史以來最大的科學實驗，
isn't expected to begin test rounds until August, and ramping up to full power could take months.
可能一直到8月份才會進行測試，充分發揮能量則需要幾個月的時間。
