Name: 新世界的七大奇蹟｜宇宙。宇宙：可能的世界 (Seven Wonders of the New World | Cosmos: Possible Worlds)
Uploaded: 2020-10-23T21:32:50.000Z
Duration: 4 min 3 s

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON: We all feel the weight

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON：我們都感覺到了重量。

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But in another time, every bit as ominous as our own,

但在另一個時代，每一個不祥都和我們的時代一樣。

there were those who could see a way through the darkness

Carl Sagan wrote, "I was a child in a time of hope.

卡爾-薩根寫道："我是一個處於希望的時代的孩子。

I wanted to be a scientist from my earliest school days.

我從小上學的時候就想當一名科學家。

The crystallizing moment came when I first caught on

結晶的那一刻，我第一次發現了

that the stars are mighty suns, when it first dawned on me how

星星是強大的太陽，當我第一次意識到...

staggeringly far away they must be to appear as mere points

I'm not sure I even knew the meaning of the word 'science'

我不確定我是否知道 "科學 "這個詞的含義。

但我想以某種方式讓自己沉浸在其中。

I was gripped by the splendor of the universe, transfixed

我被宇宙的輝煌所吸引，被迷住了。

by the prospect of understanding how things really work,

由瞭解事情的真正運作的前景。

of exploring new worlds, maybe even literally.

的探索新的世界，甚至可能是字面上的。

It has been my good fortune to have had that dream in part

我很幸運地擁有了這個夢想，部分原因是

as appealing and new as it was on that day

但在1939年，怎麼可能有希望呢？

The angriest voices had taken the world stage, preaching

最憤怒的聲音已經登上了世界舞臺，宣揚的是

which would take the lives of 16 million human beings,

Sagan and his contemporaries with a thrilling vision

薩根和他同時代的人，有著驚心動魄的遠見。

of the future one that was powerful enough to inspire many

未來的一個強大的，足以激勵許多人去做的事情。

of them to do the years of hard work required to become

他們要做多年的艱苦工作，才能成為一個有能力的人。

The miracle of television became a reality to the public

into what would become a civilization-altering force.

This working model of a TV set was transparent to convince

這臺電視機的工作模型是透明的，讓人信服。

were actually live signals from across time and space.

其實是來自跨時空的實時信號。

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新世界的七大奇蹟｜宇宙。宇宙：可能的世界 (Seven Wonders of the New World | Cosmos: Possible Worlds)

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