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Christopher Hitchens spent his life taking apart the arguments for God, but there was one that he found the most intriguing and one that he couldn't dismiss out of hand.
克里斯托弗·希钦斯毕生都在驳斥支持上帝存在的论点，但有一个论点他觉得最耐人寻味，而且无法直接予以否定。
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It's known as the fine-tuning argument and it goes like this.
这就是所谓的微调论证，其内容如下。
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Imagine that the universe is made up of a series of numbers, the mass of an electron, the strength of gravity, the force that binds an atom together.
假设宇宙是由一系列数值构成的——电子的质量、引力的强度、将原子结合在一起的力。
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Now imagine that those numbers exist on dials.
现在想象这些数字显示在刻度盘上。
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If you turn the dial of gravity just a fraction one way, then the stars will never form.
如果你把重力的刻度盘往一个方向稍微调一点点，那么恒星就永远不会形成。
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turn the force inside the atom and carbon never exists
改变原子内部的作用力，碳元素就根本不会存在。
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turn the energy of empty space and the universe collapses before it even gets going
转化虚空的能量，宇宙在尚未开始形成之前就会坍缩。
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out of every setting that the dials could hold almost none produce a universe
在这些刻度盘所能设定的所有参数组合中，几乎没有哪一组能产生一个可以存在的宇宙。
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that can hold life and yet ours does
能够承载生命，而我们的宇宙恰好如此
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so the question is did something set the dials does fine
所以问题是，是不是有什么东西调整了那些刻度盘，结果一切正常。
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tuning require a fine tuner hitchens never believed in god and many atheists answers depend on more numbers still a multiverse.
微调需要一个精细调谐器，希钦斯从不相信上帝，而许多无神论者的解释仍然依赖于更多的数字，也就是多元宇宙。
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Maybe ours is just one bubble among countless others, a dial set at random, and we simply live in the one where they happen to land right.
也许我们的宇宙只是无数泡泡中的一个，就像一个随机设定的刻度盘，而我们恰好生活在那些参数刚好合适的那一个里。
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But the problem is that to dodge one universe you can't explain, you have to invent infinite ones you can't see.
但问题在于，为了回避一个你无法解释的宇宙，你必须创造出无数个你看不见的宇宙。
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So which is the smaller miracle, that one universe was made on purpose, or that endless ones were made with none?
那么，哪一种才是更微小的奇迹呢——是有一个宇宙被刻意创造出来，还是无数个宇宙自然生成、没有任何刻意安排？
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这段视频共有 14 个句子、244 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 1:17。 说话人语速较快，每分钟约 190 个词，会出现较多连读和弱读。 83% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词，其余的词建议在练习前先学一下。
视频中的重点词汇
视频中 15 个值得学习的单词，附发音和释义：
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| tune 名词 | /tjuːn/ | 曲調 /曲调, 曲子 |
| atom 名词 | /ˈætəm/ | 原子 |
| depend 动词 | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | 信任, 信賴 /信赖 |
| collapse 动词 | /kəˈlæps/ | 倒坍, 崩潰 /崩溃 |
| endless 形容词 | /ˈɛndlɪs/ | 無窮 /无穷, 不盡 /不尽 |
| bubble 名词 | /ˈbʌbəl/ | 泡, 氣泡 /气泡 |
| infinite 形容词 | /ˈɪnfɪnɪt/ | 無窮 /无穷, 無限 /无限 |
| miracle 名词 | /ˈmɪɹ.ə.kəl/ | 奇跡 /奇迹 |
| countless 形容词 | /ˈkaʊntləs/ | 無數 /无数 |
| fraction 名词 | /ˈfɹæk.ʃən/ | 部分 |
| dodge 动词 | /dɑd͡ʒ/ | 躲避, 躲開 /躲开 |
| dismiss 动词 | /dɪsˈmɪs/ | 解僱 /解雇 |
| electron 名词 | /ɪˈlɛk.tɹɑn/ | 電子 /电子 |
| atheist 名词 | /ˈeɪ.θi.ɪst/ | 無神論者 /无神论者 |
| invent 动词 | /ɪnˈvɛnt/ | 發明 /发明 |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 3 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 can't, couldn't。请按听到的简短形式来说。
如何用这段视频练习
- 先完整听一遍视频，不要开口，记下不认识的单词。
- 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
- 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 tune, atom, depend 这类单词。
视频中的语法
说话人最常用的结构，并附上视频中的原话：
| 结构 | 视频中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的 | is made · was made |
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