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Hello.
大家好
My name is Stephen Hawking
我是斯蒂芬·霍金
physicist, cosmologist
物理學(xué)家，宇宙學(xué)家
And something of a dreamer.
還可以說(shuō)是一個(gè)夢(mèng)想者
Although I can not move and I have to speak through a computer.
盡管我行動(dòng)不便，說(shuō)話要借助電腦
In my mind, I am free.
但在精神世界中，我是自由的
free to explore the universe and ask the big questions.
自由地去探索宇宙，并提出一些難解之謎
Such as do aliens exist?
比如，外星人真的存在嗎
If so, where could they be found?
如若存在，他們可能在哪里棲身呢
What do they look like? What are they made of?
他們長(zhǎng)什么樣子，他們的身體由什么構(gòu)成
Are they intelligent?
它們也是智能生命嗎
And if we met them,
還有如果他們真的現(xiàn)身
what would it mean for humankind?
這對(duì)人類(lèi)又將意味著什么呢
Check it out.
一起去探索吧
Wherever I go in the world,
無(wú)論我到哪里
people ask me, do aliens exist
人們總喜歡問(wèn)，外星人真的存在嗎
it's a good question,
這問(wèn)題問(wèn)得好
because it cuts to the heart of how we see our place in the universe.
因?yàn)樗苯雨P(guān)系到我們?cè)谟钪嬷械牡匚?/div>
Are we alone on our small, round, blue ball?
浩渺宇宙，地球是唯一存在生物的星球嗎
I think probably not, because of one fact.
我想不會(huì)，這基于一個(gè)重要的事實(shí)
The universe is big... really big.
宇宙浩瀚，無(wú)邊無(wú)垠
Our planet is just one of eight in orbit around our sun
我們的星球不過(guò)是太陽(yáng)系八大行星之一
Which itself is hardly special,
作為兩千億顆星星中的一枚
being one of about 200 billion stars in a vast spare
地球?qū)嵲谡f(shuō)不上特別
Our galaxy, the milky way.
我們所在的星系，銀河系
It's so big, some days I find it hard to comprehend.
它是如此龐大，以至于我時(shí)常覺(jué)得它深不可測(cè)
But even the milky way
但即使如此浩瀚的銀河系
is just a tiny drop in a cosmic ocean
也不過(guò)是蒼茫宇宙中的一粟
just one of 100 billion galaxies formed into
也不過(guò)是千萬(wàn)億星系所編織成的
an enormous web stretching away in all directions.
向四面八方張開(kāi)的巨網(wǎng)中的一點(diǎn)
At this scale, each point of light is an entire galaxy,
在這一畫(huà)面中，每個(gè)亮點(diǎn)都是一個(gè)星系
which not only puts our little world in perspective
這不僅讓我們清楚地看到自己的渺小
but also makes it difficult to believe we really are alone.
更讓我們難以相信自己真的是唯一的存在
So to my mathematical brain, the numbers alone
從數(shù)學(xué)邏輯看來(lái)，單是如此巨大的數(shù)字
make thinking about aliens perfectly rational.
就足以使外星生物的存在不是無(wú)稽之談
The real challenge is to try and work out
真正的難題在于，如何獲悉
what aliens might actually be like, living on some far-off world.
住在遙遠(yuǎn)外太空的生物，究竟長(zhǎng)什么樣子
the possibilities are infinite and infinitely intriguing.
這有無(wú)限可能，也引人無(wú)限遐想
