纪录片《宇宙何其大》 第06期 宇宙图

Anthony Aguirre,

安东尼·阿吉雷

from the University of California in Santa Cruz,

来自加利福尼亚大学圣克鲁兹分校

is a theoretical cosmologist.

是一名理论宇宙学家

So he's used to thinking big.

所以他习惯运用宏观思维

Now to say that we're going to go out

现在 我们要走到室外

and make a map of the universe,

然后绘制一幅宇宙之图

it almost sounds crazy.

这听起来很疯狂

It sounds like real hubris¹, right?

听起来特别狂傲 不是吗

"We're going to go and map the universe!"

"我们要描绘出一张宇宙之图"

And yet the universe, as it turns out,

而事实证明

is really amenable² to mapping.

宇宙之图的确可能被绘制出来

But you have to think big, and clever.

但你必须得动脑子 运用宏观思维

And that's where the balloons come in.

让我们借气球一用

Because the map of the universe isn't like other maps.

因为宇宙之图不同于其他地图

We have to think in a different way,

我们得换一种方式思考

we can't just go out and

我们不能只是走到室外

look at the universe and draw things on paper

遥望宇宙 在纸上画些图案

and say, "There's our map of the universe."

然后说 "这就是我们的宇宙之图"

The universe is so big

宇宙是如此浩瀚无垠

that the laws of physics say we can't see all of it.

物理定律决定了我们无法看清它的全貌

It's as if we're at the centre of a giant balloon,

就好比我们站在一个巨型气球的中心

and we can't see out.

无法看到外面的事物

1 hubris   

n.傲慢，骄傲

参考例句：

• There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.在技术方面自以为是会很危险。
• The very hubris of French claims alarmed the other powers.法国贪婪的胃口使其他大国惊恐不安。

2 amenable   

adj.经得起检验的；顺从的；对负有义务的

参考例句：

• His scientific discoveries are amenable to the laws of physics.他在科学上的发现经得起物理定律的检验。
• He is amenable to counsel.他这人听劝。