英语听力：自然百科 平行宇宙(9)

In a final desperate move, the String Theories tried adding one last thing to their cherished idea. They added the very thing they had spent a decade rubbishing--the eleventh dimension. Now something almost magically happened to the five competing string theories.

弦理论在最后绝望尝试为这种稀奇的想法增加最后一样东西。他们补充道已经花费数十年研究的东西——第11维度。几乎魔术般地发生一件事致使这5个弦理论不再分庭抗礼。

The answer turned out to be and it really was absolutely remarkable¹, I mean it really is remarkable. It turns out that they were all the same. These five string theories turned out to be simply different manifestations² of a more fundamental theory, precisely³ this theory which we had discarded back in the early 1980s.

答案水落石出，而且非常有成效,我的意思是,它真的是显著的。原来它们都是一样的。这五个弦理论变成简单的不同表现为更为基本的理论,正是这一理论,我们早在20世纪80年代早期就已经废弃。

In the eleventh dimension, looking from the mountain top, looking down, you could see String Theory as being part of a much larger reality, reality of the eleventh dimension.

在第11维度,从山顶往下看,当你俯瞰时,你可以看到弦论就像更大的现实,现实的第11维度。

1 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

2 manifestations   

n.表示，显示（manifestation的复数形式）

参考例句：

• These were manifestations of the darker side of his character. 这些是他性格阴暗面的表现。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• To be wordly-wise and play safe is one of the manifestations of liberalism. 明哲保身是自由主义的表现之一。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。