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On two fronts and two continents,
在兩條戰(zhàn)線上和兩個(gè)大洲中,
the proof of Einstein's theory now hangs in the balance.
愛因斯坦的理論證明現(xiàn)在依然懸而未決。
It's February 1919, at top Mountain Hamilton in California,
1919年2月,在加州漢密爾頓的山頂,
William Wallace Campbell is examining and re-examining photographic plates which appear to indicate that Einstein's General Theory of Relativity,
威廉·華萊士·坎貝爾一遍又一遍的檢查并重新審視感光板，而結(jié)果似乎表明愛因斯坦的廣義相對(duì)論。
his theory of gravity, is wrong.
他的引力理論,是錯(cuò)誤的。
But Campbell has competition from British astronomer Arthur Eddington,
但坎貝爾與來(lái)自英國(guó)天文學(xué)家阿瑟·愛丁頓之間也在進(jìn)行著競(jìng)爭(zhēng),
who was on his way to photograph an eclipse in Africa.
愛丁頓正在去非洲拍攝日食的路上。
Eddington leaves Britain and heads south.
愛丁頓離開英國(guó)并且向南方進(jìn)發(fā)。
He is in his late 30s, traveling in those days was not comfortable.
他是在20世紀(jì)30年代末,在那些日子里,旅行可不舒服。
This is the tropics, the height of summer.
這是熱帶地區(qū),而且夏天太陽(yáng)難耐。
It must have been a very unpleasant place to be.
要去的一定是一個(gè)很不舒服的地方。
In May of 1919, after 10 weeks at sea,
在1919年5月, 在海上的10周后,
Eddington and his assistant arrive on the shores of Principe,
愛丁頓和他的助手到達(dá)圣多美普林西比海岸,
a small island off the coast of West Africa.
這是西非海岸的一個(gè)小島。
注：聽力文本來(lái)源于普特
