But now you are going to say:Stop! That's not what we agreed. 但现在你一定会说,停!那不是我们当初同意的。 When did these people live, what were they like, and how did they live? 这些人生活在什么时候,他们长什么样...
On another occasion, but still in Germany in the Neander valley a human skull was found. 在另一个地方,但仍在德国,在尼安德尔山谷,人们发现了一块人的头盖骨。 And this was also immensely interesting because nobody ali...
Chapter 2 The Greatest Inventors of All Time 第二章 前所未有的最伟大的发明家 Near Heidelberg, in Germany, somebody was once digging a pit when they came across a bone, deep down under the ground. 有一次有人在德国海德堡附近挖...
And before that? Before that, not even the sun, our good old sun, was there. 那么在那以前呢?在那以前,甚至太阳,我们可爱又古老的太阳也不存在。 Only weird and amazing giant stars and smaller heavenly bodies, whirling...
Now, try to imagine 1,000 million years! 现在试着想象10亿年(有多长)! At that time there were no large animals, just creatures like snails and worms. 当时还没有巨型动物,只有蜗牛和虫这样的生物。 And before then t...
And how do we know that? We sometimes find their bones, deep in the ground. 我们怎么知道的?我们有时在地下深处找到它们的骨骼。 When I was a schoolboy in Vienna I used to visit the Natural History Museum, 当我在维也纳上小...
But we only catch glimpses, because our light is now falling faster and faster: 1,000 years, 5,000 years, 10,000 years. 但是我们只在一瞬间看见了这情景,因为我们的火光越坠越快,越坠越快,1千年,5千年,1万年。...
It's like a bottomless well. Does all this looking down make you dizzy? 它就像一个无底的深井。从上往下看,你会头晕目眩吗? It does me. So let's light a scrap of paper, and drop it down into that well. 我会的。那么让我们...
Have you ever tried standing between two mirrors? You should. 你可曾试着站立在两面镜子之间?你不妨试一试。 You will see a great long line of shiny mirrors, each one smaller than the one before, 你会看见发亮的镜子的一条...
第一章 从前 All stories begin with Once upon a time. 所有的故事都以从前 开头。 And that's just what this story is all about: what happened, once upon a time. 那恰好是这个故事所要讲的:从前发生了什么? Once you we...