How the Universe Works《了解宇宙是如何运行的（2010）》第八季第七集完整中英文对照剧本.docxVIP

岛屿有边缘Narrator: Islands have edges.行星有边缘Planets have edges.甚至星系也有边缘Even galaxies have edges.但是宇宙呢？But what about the universe?作为探险家，作为好奇的人类As explorers,as curious humans that we are,我们对界限和限制着迷were obsessed with boundariesand limits.我们想知道And we want to know,“整个宇宙是否有极限？”does the whole thing,the universe, have a limit?宇宙有边缘吗？好吧，答案是既肯定又否定does the universe have an edge?Well, the answer is yes and no.这取决于你所说的边缘是什么意思It depends onwhat you mean by edge.我们能看到边缘吗？Narrator:The edge of what we can see?我们能到达边缘吗？The edge of where we can go?还是现实本身就有边缘？Or the edge of reality itself?泰勒:观察宇宙的边缘Thaller: Looking out to the edgeof the universe对于理解我们在宇宙中的位置is tremendously importantto understand是非常重要的our placein the universe itself.布洛克:我们说的是我们的宇宙边缘Bullock: Were talkingabout our universe.我们谈论的是我们存在的东西Were talking about the thingthat we exist within.事实上是The most fundamentalthing there is,我们被迫地去理解它were driven to understand it.人们总是渴望把知识推向边缘There is always a desire to pushthe knowledge to the edge.那么，我们能找到Narrator:So, can we ever find宇宙的边缘吗？the edge of the universe?宇宙是如何运行的第八季第7集 宇宙的边缘?2016年，哈勃太空望远镜2016,the hubble space telescope转向大熊星座的turned towarda dark patch of sky一片黑暗的天空in the constellation ursa major.它捕捉到了一个模糊的光点It captured an imageof an indistinct blob of light.这束光来自一个名为 gn-z11 的遥远星系……The glow is from a distantgalaxy called gn-z11...?……这是我们观测到的最遥远的星系...The most distant galaxyweve ever observed.但这是宇宙的边缘吗？But is this the edgeof the universe?泰勒:我们周围的宇宙充满了星系Thaller: The universe all aroundus is filled with galaxies,所以我们很自然地会说，“会有最后一个星系吗？”so its kind of natural to say,would there be a final galaxy?“如果你旅行到足够远的地方”If you traveled far enough away,“你最终会在宇宙的最后一个星系”would you finally be at the verylast galaxy in the universe“向空无一物的空间望去吗？”looking out into empty space?这是个很难回答的问题narrator: Thats a difficultquestion to answer.因为我们能看到的距离是有限的Because theres a limitto how far we can see.这一切都归结于光速It all comes