纪录片《宇宙何其大》 第09期 星系

And, the further away they are,

距离越远的星系

the faster they're moving away from us.

远去的速度就越快

The galaxies¹ aren't like landmarks² on normal maps.

这些星系不同于普通地图上的地标

They don't stand still.

它们并不是静止不动的

Everywhere we look,

不论我们望向何方

the most distant galaxies are moving away from us.

最遥远的星系都在背离我们而去

This is a strange universe,

宇宙很奇妙

and the explanation is even stranger.

对于这种现象的解释也更加奇妙

People want to imagine a central point

人们习惯想象出一个中心点

with everything exploding out from that point,

认为所有物体由此迸发而出

moving away only from that one central location.

从这一中心点向四周扩散

That's really the wrong picture here.

这种想法是错误的

That makes it sound like we're in a special place,

这听起来像是我们所处的位置很特别

like somehow we're at the centre,

仿佛位于正中心

and everything is moving away from us.

所有的事物都在离我们远去

But actually it's not like that.

但事实并不是这样的

There's nothing special about our place in the universe.

我们在宇宙中的位置并不特别

If we went to another galaxy³,

换做别的星系

we'd see exactly the same thing.

这一现象依旧不变

If you went to a distant galaxy,

如果身处遥远的星系

they would have the same perspective.

你还是会见到同样的景象

They would look at all the galaxies around them

观察到周围所有的星系

and see that they were moving away.

都会向远处运动

1 galaxies   

星系( galaxy的名词复数 )； 银河系； 一群（杰出或著名的人物）

参考例句：

• Quasars are the highly energetic cores of distant galaxies. 类星体是遥远星系的极为活跃的核心体。
• We still don't know how many galaxies there are in the universe. 我们还不知道宇宙中有多少个星系。

2 landmarks   

n.陆标( landmark的名词复数 )；目标；（标志重要阶段的）里程碑 ~ (in sth)；有历史意义的建筑物（或遗址）

参考例句：

• The book stands out as one of the notable landmarks in the progress of modern science. 这部著作是现代科学发展史上著名的里程碑之一。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The baby was one of the big landmarks in our relationship. 孩子的出世是我们俩关系中的一个重要转折点。 来自辞典例句

3 galaxy   

n.星系；银河系；一群(杰出或著名的人物)

参考例句：

• The earth is one of the planets in the Galaxy.地球是银河系中的星球之一。
• The company has a galaxy of talent.该公司拥有一批优秀的人才。