生命的意义

This reality is much more than what we see around us in our everyday life.

这种现实的范围 比如日常生活中周遭所见还要广大

A vast array of ground and space telescopes have extended our senses.

各式各样的地面与太空望远镜 拓展了我们的感官

Allowing us to see deep into space

让我们探望遥远的太空

And build a much bigger model than ever before.

并建造前所未有的更大的模型

As we peer further and further into the cosmos

当我们更进一步探望宇宙时

our reality has grown bigger and bigger stil

我们认知中的现实世界拓展得愈来愈大

where once we saw a chink in heaven's flow

人类曾经以为是天堂地面裂缝的东西

We now see distant stars like our sun.

我们现在知道那是遥远的恒星 就和太阳一样

Many with their own planets and moons.

很多都有自己的行星与卫星

Then we discovered distant galaxies,

后来我们发现遥远的星系

home to billions more stars.

那里又有超过数十亿颗其它恒星

We have peered back in time.

我们回顾过去

All the way to the birth of the universe itself.

一直到宇宙自身的起源

All this,the entire 13.7 billion year history of the universe

这一切 这整段137亿年的宇宙历史

exists as a model inside our minds.

都存在于我们心中的模型

重点讲解

1、extend

延伸;伸展

The caves extend for some 18 kilometres.

那些洞穴深约18公里。

The main stem will extend to around 12ft, if left to develop naturally.

如果任其自然生长，主干可以长到约12英尺。

扩及;波及;包括

The service also extends to wrapping and delivering gifts.

服务项目还包括包装和递送礼物。

The talks will extend to the church, human rights groups and other social organizations.

会谈将涉及教会、人权团体和其他社会组织。

扩大;延长

This year they have introduced three new products to extend their range.

今年他们发布了3种新产品，以扩大产品范围。

The building was extended in 1500.

那座建筑于1500年扩建。

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。