Anthony Aguirre,
安東尼·阿吉雷
from the University of California in Santa Cruz,
來自加利福尼亞大學圣克魯茲分校
is a theoretical cosmologist.
是一名理論宇宙學家
So he's used to thinking big.
所以他習慣運用宏觀思維
Now to say that we're going to go out
現在 我們要走到室外
and make a map of the universe,
然后繪制一幅宇宙之圖
it almost sounds crazy.
這聽起來很瘋狂
It sounds like real hubris, right?
聽起來特別狂傲 不是嗎
"We're going to go and map the universe!"
"我們要描繪出一張宇宙之圖"
And yet the universe, as it turns out,
而事實證明
is really amenable to mapping.
宇宙之圖的確可能被繪制出來
But you have to think big, and clever.
但你必須得動腦子 運用宏觀思維
And that's where the balloons come in.
讓我們借氣球一用
Because the map of the universe isn't like other maps.
因為宇宙之圖不同于其他地圖
We have to think in a different way,
我們得換一種方式思考
we can't just go out and
我們不能只是走到室外
look at the universe and draw things on paper
遙望宇宙 在紙上畫些圖案
and say, "There's our map of the universe."
然后說 "這就是我們的宇宙之圖"
The universe is so big
宇宙是如此浩瀚無垠
that the laws of physics say we can't see all of it.
物理定律決定了我們無法看清它的全貌
It's as if we're at the centre of a giant balloon,
就好比我們站在一個巨型氣球的中心
and we can't see out.
無法看到外面的事物
重點解釋:
1.used to 過去常常
例句:Jack used to assist Mary in her lessons.
杰克過去常常幫助瑪麗學習功課。
2.go out 出去
例句:The fire has gone out.
火已熄滅。
3.turn out 結果是
例句:The film turned out to be a great success.
這部影片結果大獲成功。