上帝造物

Energy permeates the Universe...

能量充斥在宇宙中

driving the processes that keep it a dynamic,endlessly changing place.

驱使着使宇宙 不断变动的过程

So,we have matter, and we have energy.

现在我们有了物质和能量

The third thing we need to build a Universe is space...

打造宇宙需要的第3样东西 空间

Lots of space.You can call the Universe many things

很大的空间 你可用很多方式形容宇宙

Awesome...Beautiful...Violent.

壮观 美丽 狂暴

But one thing you can't call it is cramped.

但你绝对不能说它拥挤

Wherever we look, we see space...

不管我们往哪里看 我们都看到空间

And more space and even more space,

更多的空间外 还是更多的空间

stretching in all directions.

往四面八方不断延伸

It's enough to make your head spin.

足以令你头晕目眩

So,where could all this matter, energy,and space come from?

这些物质 能量和空间从何而来呢？

We had no idea until well into the 20th century.

直到20世纪 我们才开始有概念

The answer came from the insights of one man...

答案来自一个人的洞见

Probably the most remarkable scientist who has ever lived.

可能是有史以来最伟大的科学家 已永远不在世上了

His name was Albert Einstein.

他就是阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦

Sadly,I never got to meet him,

可惜我无缘得识

since I was only 13 when he died.

因为他过世时 我才13岁

重点讲解

1、permeate

（思想、感情、态度）感染，传播，扩散，影响

Bias against women permeates every level of the judicial system.

司法体制中各个层面都有歧视女性的现象。

An obvious change of attitude at the top will permeate through the system.

上级态度的明显改变将影响到整个体制。

渗透；弥漫；扩散

The smell of roast beef permeated the air.

空气中弥漫着烤牛肉的香味。

Eventually, the water will permeate through the surrounding concrete.

最终,水会渗透进周围的混凝土中。

2、direction

方向;方位

St Andrews was ten miles in the opposite direction.

圣安德鲁斯在相反方向上 10 英里处。

He drove off in the direction of Larry's shop.

他驾车朝着拉里商店的方向驶去。

（发展）方向，趋势，倾向

They threatened to walk out if the party did not change direction.

他们威胁说，如果该党不改变方针，他们就将集体退席。

I've never done any sustained writing, but that might be one of my next directions.

我以前从未尝试过持续写作，不过那可能是我下一步努力的方向之一。

指示;说明;指路

I should know by now not to throw away the directions until we've finished cooking.

现在我知道了不该在饭没做完之前就扔掉烹饪说明。

He proceeded to give Dan directions to the computer room.

他接着告诉丹去计算机房该怎么走。