宇宙之钥

Kaluza was fearless in putting theory into practice.

卡鲁扎对实际应用理论毫无畏惧

Luckily for Kaluza,the theory of swimming was well understood.

所幸他对游泳的理论了解得很透彻

But in 1919 that couldn't be said for a theory that explain the universe:

但在1919年间 他的一项理论却并非如此

A theory of everything.Inspired by Einstein's success in explaining gravity.

这是一项解释宇宙万物的理论 灵感来自于 爱因斯坦成功地解释了重力

Kaluza wondered if the same idea might be applied.to electromagnetism and light.

卡鲁扎想确定相同的构想 能否应用在电磁波和光上

Were light waves ever more complex distortions of spacetime.

光波是否为较复杂的时空扭曲结果

like ripples in the very fabrique of the universe?

如同宇宙结构中的波纹

It was a bold assumption and the answer was yes.

这是很大胆的假设 而且答案是肯定的

Despite that flash of genius Kaluza's timing was unfortunate.

尽管灵光乍现 可惜卡鲁扎时运不济

His ideas were swept aside by new branch of physics.

他的假设并未受到重视 因为物理学界出现了新分支

that through everything into questions:quantum mechanics.

一个质疑一切的新分支 量子力学

This should happen when physics attended attention.

原因在于物理学界已将注意力

to studying some of the very smallest things in the universe.

转往宇宙间某些最小物质

Inside the atom,the universe was revealed to be a strange chaotic place.

原子的内部 是个怪异、混乱的世界

where the familiar rules of physics just didn't seem to hold sway.

熟悉的物理规则似乎已无法支配

Just how odd this quantum world was.

量子世界的怪异程度

would be revealed in the deceptively simple experiment.

可用一个看似简单的实验展现

using tiny subatomic particles called electrons.

实验应用的是名为电子的微小亚原子

重点讲解

1、practice

通常做法；常规；惯例

Some firms have cut workers' pay below the level set in their contract, a practice that is illegal in Germany.

一些公司把工人薪水减至低于合同规定的水平，这种做法在德国是非法的。

Gordon Brown has demanded a public inquiry into bank practices.

戈登·布朗已要求对银行的惯例做法进行公开调查。

练习；训练

She was taking all three of her daughters to basketball practice every day.

她每天都带3个女儿进行篮球训练。

the hard practice necessary to develop from a learner to an accomplished musician.

从初学者成长为有造诣的音乐家所必需的艰苦训练

诊所；律师事务所

The new doctor's practice was miles away from where I lived.

新开的诊所离我住的地方有几英里远。

My law practice isn't the most important thing in my life, you know.

你知道，我的律师事务所不是我生活里最重要的事情。

2、universe

宇宙

Einstein's equations showed the Universe to be expanding.

爱因斯坦的方程式表明宇宙正在膨胀。

Early astronomers thought that our planet was the centre of the universe.

早期的天文学家认为我们的星球是宇宙的中心。

经验领域

Good writers suck in what they see of the world, recreating their own universe on the page.

优秀的作家从他们眼中的世界汲取体验，然后在纸上重塑自己的天地。

They marked out the boundaries of our visual universe.

他们标出了我们视觉经验领域的界限。

全天下，宇宙万物中（最）

According to my friends I am the coolest, thinnest, cleverest, funniest journalist in the universe.

我的朋友说我是全天下最酷、最瘦、最聪明、最幽默的记者。