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"It's not really all that important to send human beings sometime. Imagine what it would be like if we could send information back into the past, we could warn ourselves of future disasters and avert those catastrophes."
“有時候將人類送回過去并不那么重要。設想一下，如果將信息帶回過去會是什么樣。然而將人類送到未來，我們就可以預知未來會生什么疾病，就可以采取措施避免這樣的災難。”
One thing Doctor Mallet's device will not do is let him achieve the dream that inspired him.He still won't get to see his father.
有一件事馬利特博士的時光機器做不到：讓他實現自己的夢想。他還是看不到他的父親。
"It's the device itself that's creating the effect. So prior to the time that devices turn down, you can't travel earlier than that."
“創造這種效果的是機器本身。因此你只能在機器停止時的時間范圍內穿越，也就說你不能回到比這更早的時間。”
But what about later? Meaning the future. Will Doctor Mallet find himself surrounded by tomorrow scientists who will answer his questions?
但是之后呢？我是指未來。馬利特博士會發現自己置身于未來的科學家之間嗎？他們能回答他的問題嗎？
"We are not gonna know the answer to that until we build a time machine. The Wright brothers back in 1903 had this rickety craft that they were able to get just a few hundred yards. By the middle of the century we had intercontinental jet travel.It's the same with time travel. Even if we are only be able to send subatomic particles back to the past,once that is done. Then the technological explosion that results could lead to the possibility of human time travel within this century."
“直到我們建成時光機器，我們才能知曉答案。回到1903年，懷特兄弟設計的搖搖晃晃的汽車只能把人送到幾百碼遠。在20世紀中葉，我們可以在洲際間乘直升飛機旅行。即使我們只能把亞原子粒子送回過去，哪怕只有一次也成功了。這是個科技爆炸的時代，這必將使人們在這個世紀內穿越成為可能。”
Time travel is just one of the many futuristic fantasies we may soon see come to life. Here is what tomorrow's world will bring. We can expect to have a cute and helpful robot, and a robot that looks exactly like us. We will wear a power suit, see through walls, fly to work, make all our belongings at home, spend virtual time in nature,spend virtual time with a friend, live on Mars and just maybe, slow down time. Are you ready?
穿越時空只是人類對未來的許多幻想之一，我們會看到它們一一實現。這就是未來世界能夠帶給我們的。我們有望擁有一只可愛又有用的機器人，這種機器人看起來跟人類一樣。我們還會穿上超能量外衣，能看穿墻壁，能飛著去上下班，能在自己家里制作物品，能在火星上生活，還有可能放慢時間的腳步。你準備好了嗎？
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