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Imagine a river Let me explain.What caused the river?
想象一條河 從山側往下流 是什么造成了河？
Well,perhaps the rain rain that fell earlier in the mountains.
也許是雨 稍早落在山區的雨
But,then, what caused the rain?
但又是什么造成了雨？
A good answer would be the Sun the Sun that shone on the ocean
太陽也許是個好答案 太陽照射在海洋上
and lifted water vapor up into the sky and made clouds.Okay.
使水蒸氣升入空中 形成云 好
So,what caused the Sun to shine?
那又是什么讓太陽發亮？
Well,if we look inside,we see the process known as fusion,
若我們看進內部 就會看到所謂的融合過程
in which hydrogen atoms join to form helium,
氫原子結合成氦的
releasing vast quantities of energy in the process.
過程中釋放出巨大能量
So far,so good.Where does the hydrogen come from?
目前為止還不錯 那氫又是從何而來呢？
Answer the Big Bang.But here's the crucial bit.
答案就是 大爆炸 但這里有個關鍵
The laws of nature themselves tell us that not only can the Universe
自然法則 告訴我們 宇宙不但像
have popped into existence like a proton
質子一樣可以憑空出現
and have required nothing in terms of energy...
不需要任何形式的能量
But also that it is possible that nothing caused the Big Bang.Nothing!
而且有可能 沒有東西引發大爆炸 沒有東西
The explanation lies back with the theories of Einstein
要解釋這一點 又得回到愛因斯坦的理論
and his insights into how space and time in the Universe are fundamentally intertwined.
以及他提出的創見 宇宙中的時空 基本上為相互交織
Something very wonderful happened to time at the instant of the Big Bang.Time itself began.
有一些事情極為奇妙地發生了 在大爆炸那一瞬間 時間本身開始了
