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I had made a mistake.

我犯了一个错误

I had been using too simple a model of the universe.

我使用的宇宙模型太过简单

Time will not reverse direction when the universe begins to contract.

当宇宙开始收缩时 时间不会反转

People will continue to get older

人们还会继续变老

so it is no good waiting until the universe recollapses to return to our youth.

所以等着宇宙再次坍缩 回到我们的青春 这不现实

Einstein once asked the question

爱因斯坦曾经问了一个问题

How much choice did God have in constructing the universe?

在构建宇宙的时候 上帝有多少种选择

If my proposal that the universe has no boundary is correct

如果我的宇宙没有边界的假设是对的

he had no freedom at all to choose how the universe began.

那么上帝在创世上 毫无选择的余地

He would only have had the freedom to choose the laws the universe obeyed.

他唯一可以选择的是 宇宙所服从的法则

This, however, may not have been all that much of a choice.

然而 这可能 也没有太多选择

There may well be only one unified theory that allows for the existence of structures

可能只有一种统一理论 这种理论允许各种复杂结构的存在

As complicated as human beings who can investigate the laws of the universe

像人类一样复杂 人类能研究宇宙法则

and ask about the nature of God.

能够探究上帝的本质

重点讲解

1、contract

合同;契约

The company won a prestigious contract for work on Europe's tallest building.

这家公司赢得了一份极为重要的合同，参与建设欧洲最高的大厦。

He was given a seven-year contract with an annual salary of 150,000 dollars.

他签下了一份为期7年的合同，年薪为15万美元。

(使)收缩;(使)缩小;(使)缩短

Blood is only expelled from the heart when it contracts.

血液在心脏收缩的时候从心脏流出。

New research shows that an excess of meat and salt can contract muscles.

新的研究表明，过量食用肉类和盐可能会导致肌肉收缩。

签合同，订立契约(做某事)

You can contract with us to deliver your cargo.

你可以跟我们签订送货合同。

The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has already contracted to lease part of its collection to a museum in Japan.

波士顿美术博物馆已经签订合同，将其部分藏品租借给日本一家博物馆。

2、construct

建筑;建造;修建

The French constructed a series of fortresses from Dunkirk on the Channel coast to Douai.

法国人在从敦克尔刻到杜埃的英吉利海峡沿岸修筑了一系列要塞。

The boxes should be constructed from rough-sawn timber.

这些箱子应该用粗锯木料来做。

构想，构筑，构思(思想、作品、体系等)

You will find it difficult to construct a spending plan without first recording your spending.

你会发现不先把自己的开销记录下来就很难制订支出计划。

He eventually constructed a business empire which ran to Thailand and Singapore.

他最终构筑起了一个延伸至泰国和新加坡的商业帝国。

复杂的构想(或思想);观念

the underlying constructs (beliefs, philosophy, etc.) which influence action and behaviour.

影响行动和行为的根本思想(信仰、处世哲学等)

It was a re-enactment of the same mental construct under which slavery was justified.

这是为奴隶制辩护的同一思想观念的再现。