BBC Horizon： Seeing Stars《BBC 地平线系列：看星（2011）》完整中英文对照剧本.docxVIP

九天之外 人类肉眼难以望见的Out there, hidden from the naked eye,是我们几乎一无所知的宇宙is a universe we barely understand.那里有恒星诞生There are stars being born,有黑洞 甚至还可能有全新的生命形式black holes, perhaps even new forms of life...但如今 天文学者得以用前所未有的方式But now, astronomers are able to see the cosmos观测宇宙as never before.他们在建造一批全新的超级望远镜They are creating a new breed of super-telescope空前的强大 空前的清晰of unprecedented power and clarity.我们所拥有的工具We have, at our disposal, tools 是人类历史上从来没有过的that have never existed before in the history of mankind.我们是能够看到这场面的第一批人Were the first ones to get to look at this,你很难意识到这个时刻是多么的特别you know, you dont actually realise how special a time this is.望远镜建造事业的革新This revolution in telescope construction 开创了探索发现的新时代promises a new age of discovery.现在对一名天文学者和建造望远镜的工程师Right now is an extremely exciting time to be an astronomer,来说是非常激动人心的时刻 to be an engineer building telescopes,因为各种问题层出不穷because the questions keep multiplying.答案也接踵而至The answers keep coming too,但马上又会生出更多的问题but the questions come even faster than the answers.七点一刻启动引擎 七点二十五分滑出Engines start at 7.15, well taxi out at 7.25.在世界各个角落 天文学者在试图捕捉At the ends of the Earth, astronomers are trying to capture light来自宇宙最遥远深处的光that has travelled from the farthest reaches of space.我们要把它运到查南托高原So were taking it to the Chajnantor Plateau.那里的空气密度大约是海平面的一半The air densitys about 50% of that at sea level.带上手套 戴上帽子 打开氧气So gloves on, hat on, oxygen happening...就差不多做好进入智利沙漠的准备了more or less ready for the Chilean desert.他们一起为望远镜定义及其功能Together, they are reinventing what a telescope is赋予了新的含义and what it can do.他们也在改写着宇宙的故事And they are rewriting the story of the universe.地平线 极目星辰智利的阿塔卡马沙漠The Atacama Desert, Chile.这里寸草难生 滴水不见 死气沉沉Hardly any vegetation, moisture or life.这里的山脉自诞生起就从未见过降雨Mountains here have received no rain in living memory.这些山脉高达两千五百米They reach up over one and a half miles头顶的天空没有一丝云彩into dry, cloudless skies.纵观历史 只有死神在此静候闯入的旅人Throughout history only death awaited those