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Time-travel movies often
時間旅行的電影里通常會
feature a vast energy-hungry machine.
出現一個巨型高耗能機器
The machine creates a path through the fourth dimension,
這臺機器開辟了一條通往四維空間的道路
a tunnel through time.
一條時間隧道
A time traveler, a brave,
時間旅行者，是勇敢者
perhaps foolhardy individual
也許也算是準備踏入
prepared for who knows what,
未知空間的愚勇之士
step into the time tunnle
義無反顧地踏入時間隧道
and emerges who knows when.
在未知的時間再現
The concept may be far-fetched,
這種構想興許有些牽強
and the reality may be very different than this,
現實也可能與此大相徑庭
but the idea itself is not so crazy.
但想法本身并沒那么瘋狂
Physicists have been thinking about tunnels in time,too,
物理學家也一直在為時間隧道絞盡腦汁
but we covered it from a different angle.
不過我們要從另一個角度來揭示這個問題
We wonder if portals to the past or the future
我們不知道在自然法則允許范圍內
could ever be possible within the laws of nature.
是否可能出現通往過去或未來的大門
As it turns out,
事實上
we think they are.
我們認為有可能
What's more we even give them a name:
甚至給他們命名
wormholes.
蟲洞
The truth is the wormholes are all around us,
事實上蟲洞無處不在
only they are too small to see.
只不過它們微小至肉眼難以看到
Wormholes are very tiny,
蟲洞非常微小
they accur in nooks and crannies in space and time.
它們存在于時間和空間的各個角落
You might find it tough concent, but stay with me.
你或許不敢茍同，但請繼續看
Nothing is flat or solid.
任何東西都不是平坦或者實心的
If you look close enough at anything,
如果你仔細觀察
you'll find holes and crannies in it.
就會發現小洞和細縫無處不在
It's a basic physical principle
這是最基本的物理原理
and it even applies to time.
對時間也同樣適用
