Anthony Aguirre,

安东尼·阿吉雷

from the University of California in Santa Cruz,

来自加利福尼亚大学圣克鲁兹分校

is a theoretical cosmologist.

是一名理论宇宙学家

So he's used to thinking big.

所以他习惯运用宏观思维

Now to say that we're going to go out

现在 我们要走到室外

and make a map of the universe,

然后绘制一幅宇宙之图

it almost sounds crazy.

这听起来很疯狂

It sounds like real hubris, right?

听起来特别狂傲 不是吗

"We're going to go and map the universe!"

"我们要描绘出一张宇宙之图"

And yet the universe, as it turns out,

而事实证明

is really amenable to mapping.

宇宙之图的确可能被绘制出来

But you have to think big, and clever.

但你必须得动脑子 运用宏观思维

And that's where the balloons come in.

让我们借气球一用

Because the map of the universe isn't like other maps.

因为宇宙之图不同于其他地图

We have to think in a different way,

我们得换一种方式思考

we can't just go out and

我们不能只是走到室外

look at the universe and draw things on paper

遥望宇宙 在纸上画些图案

and say, "There's our map of the universe."

然后说 "这就是我们的宇宙之图"

The universe is so big

宇宙是如此浩瀚无垠

that the laws of physics say we can't see all of it.

物理定律决定了我们无法看清它的全貌

It's as if we're at the centre of a giant balloon,

就好比我们站在一个巨型气球的中心

and we can't see out.

无法看到外面的事物

重点解释：

1.used to 过去常常

例句：Jack used to assist Mary in her lessons.

杰克过去常常帮助玛丽学习功课。

2.go out 出去

例句：The fire has gone out.

火已熄灭。

3.turn out 结果是

例句：The film turned out to be a great success.

这部影片结果大获成功。