From space, it seems an abstraction,
在太空中看起来 这很抽象
a magician's trick on a darkened stage.
就像魔术师在黑暗舞台上表演的小把戏
And from this distance one might never imagine...
远远看去 没有人能想像得出
that it is alive.
它是生机勃勃的
It first appeared in
一切起始于
the sea almost four billion years ago...
四十亿年前的海洋
in the form of single-celled life.
生命以单细胞的形式出现
In an explosion of life spanning millions of years,
在一场持续了数百万年的生物大爆发中
nature's first multicellular organisms began to multiply.
大自然中第一个多细胞生物开始繁殖分♥裂♥
And then it stopped.
然后又突然停止
Four hundred and forty million years ago,
四亿四千万年前
a great mass extinction would kill off...
一次大灭绝几乎
nearly every species on the planet,
将地球上所有的生物消灭殆尽
leaving the vast oceans decimated and empty.
只留下一片了无生机的广袤大海
Slowly, plants began to evolve,
渐渐地 万绿萌芽
then insects,
昆虫问世
only to be wiped out in the
但这一切却又在
second great mass extinction upon the Earth.
第二次的大灭绝中被消灭
The cycle repeated again and again.
生物的灭绝一次又一次地循环
Reptiles emerging independent of the sea,
爬虫类终于脱离海洋自立更生
only to be killed off.
却又被灭亡
Then dinosaurs struggling to life...
接下来是恐龙
along with the first birds,
和头一次出现在地球上的鸟类
fish and flowering plants.
鱼类和鲜花为生存而奋斗
Their decimations-- Earth's fourth
却又第四次
and fifth great extinctions.
第五次地重演灭亡的历史
Only a hundred thousand years ago...
仅仅十万年前
Homo sapiens appear--man.
智人出现了 人类
From cave paintings to the Bible...
从洞穴壁画到圣经
to Columbus and Apollo 1 1 ,
再到哥伦布和阿波罗11号♥
we have been a tireless force...
我们在地球上
upon the earth and off,
展示着无穷的力量
cataloging the natural world as it unfolds to us,
自然的秘密一点一滴地揭示在我们面前
rising to a world population of over five billion people...
今天全世界的人口已经超过五十亿
all descended from that original single cell,
所有这一切都起始于最初的单细胞生命---
that first spark of life.
生命的第一朵火花
But for all our knowledge,
我们已经拥有丰富的知识
what no one can say for certain...
但还是没有人确切地知道
is what or who ignited that original spark.
是什么或是谁 点燃了最初的火花
Is there a plan,
我们的存在是有计划
a purpose or a reason to our existence?
有目的 有原因的吗
Will we pass, as those before us, into oblivion...
我们会像以前的生物一样走向消亡
into the sixth extinction
灭绝于科学家警告的
that scientists warn is already in progress?
正在发生的第六次大灭绝之中吗
Or will the mystery be revealed...
这个奥秘会拔云见日吗
through a sign?
经由一个前兆
A symbol?
一个象征
A revelation?
还是一个天启
Professor! Professor! Professor!
教授 教授 教授
Two more!
又有两个
Two more!
又有两个
Yes, get me the international operator, please.
是的 请给我接国际接线员
I need to place a call to the United States.
我要打个电♥话♥到美国
Excuse me. I'm looking for
打扰了 我想找
the biology department for a Professor Sandoz.
生物系的桑德兹教授
Dr. Sandoz? Professor Sandoz,
桑德兹博士吗 桑德兹教授
I'm Solomon Merkmallen.
我是所罗门·迈克马伦
Dr. Merkmallen. My God,
迈克马伦博士 我的天
I thought something had happened to you.
我还以为你出意外了呢
Oh? Did you not get my message?
喔 你没收到我的口信吗
We were delayed in Frankfurt.
我们在法兰克福被耽搁了
Look, the important thing
重要的是
is you're here now and you're safe.
你终于安全地到这儿了
Yes.
是的
Now, you brought me something,
你带了点东西给我
this discovery of yours.
你的发现
Yes. I'm quite anxious to see it.
是的 我都等不及想看看了
I was concerned I might be relieved of it in customs.
在过关的时候我不得不把它拿出来 这让我很担心
There was some trouble with the X-ray
德国机场的X光机
machine in Germany.
出了点问题
What kind of trouble did you have?
你遇到了什么麻烦
I told you of its power.
我告诉过你这东西的能力
Yes, of course.
是的 当然
My credentials were the only
我的外交信任状
thing that prevented me from being further detained.
成了使我免遭进一步拘留的唯一凭证
I can't explain how it is,
我无法解释怎么会这样
but the two pieces have become one.
但这两块碎片合二为一了
I was hoping they'd match the piece that you found...
我希望它们能跟你找到的那块碎片相吻合
so that you might see for yourself its magic.
这样你就能亲眼看到它们的魔力了
Have you had any luck reading it?
你能解读这些文字吗
You're not Dr. Sandoz, are you?
你不是桑德兹博士 对吗
A case like this, I, of course,
这种案子我想你们会
thought of your obvious interest,
很有兴趣的
华盛顿特区
联邦调查局总部
Dr. Merkmallen's views and theories
迈克马伦博士的那个观点
being what they were.
和理论
I believe Agent Mulder is familiar with his work.
我相信穆德探员应该很熟悉他的工作
Dr. Solomon Merkmallen,
索罗门·迈克马伦博士
professor of biology, University of Ivory Coast.
象牙海岸大学生物学教授
He flew in yesterday from Africa.
昨天他从非洲飞抵美国
Two hours later, he was
两个小时以后
apparently murdered at American University.
在美洲大学被谋杀
His body is missing, but there
现场没发现尸体
was enough blood found to make a fair assumption.
但是地上大量的血迹足以证明他已经遇害
A couple of students also confirmed
有几个学生也证实
that they spoke to him...
他曾经问过路
when he asked for directions to find Dr. Steven Sandoz,
想找史蒂文·桑德兹博士
also a professor of biology.
另一位生物学教授
Both men espouse a fringe theory called panspermia.
这两人都是边缘学说"胚种论"的拥护者
It's the belief that life
他们相信生命是起源于
originated--
地球之外
Elsewhere in this universe.
宇宙之中的其它地方
You've heard of this? Yeah.
你听说过 是的
It's the idea that Mars or other planets...
他们认为火星和其他的行星
were habitable long before Earth...
有生命居住的历史比地球早得多
and that cosmic collisions on these planets...
发生在这些行星上的天体撞击
blasted microbes into our solar system,
将微生物散播到太阳系中
some of which landed and flourished here.
其中一些到达地球并且演化出万物
You'd accept that as plausible?
你接受这种似是而非的理论吗
Well, almost any scientist would... theoretically.
呃 几乎所有的科学家都能接受 理论上讲
It's just a theory. That's about it though.
这只是一种学说 仅此而已
You don't think this has anything to do
你不会认为这些跟
with his death, do you?
他的死亡有关吧
Dr. Merkmallen found an artifact in his country.
迈克马伦博士在他的国家发现了一件人工制品
This is a rubbing of that artifact.
这是它的摹拓本
He claimed it contained a message,
他宣称里面隐含了一些讯息
not only of his Mars theories...
不仅能支持他的火星理论
but the very meaning of human existence.
而且对人类的存在也有重要意义
Much less plausible.
更似是而非了
Dr. Sandoz, the man he'd come to meet,
桑德兹博士 那个死者打算拜访的人
made a similar claim in a science journal.
在一本科学杂♥志♥上作了相似的声明
He said he'd found an artifact
他说他找到了一样人工制品上
almost identical to that with similar writings on it.
在也有着同样的文字符号♥
And what was it supposed to say?
这些符号♥应该是什么意思
We'd have to ask Dr. Sandoz that.
这只能去问桑德兹博士了
Well, why don't we? We can't. He's missing.
为什么我们不去问他 我们没法问 他失踪了
What are we doing, Mulder?
为什么要我们管这个 穆德
This is a police matter at best.
这最好让警♥察♥来管
Skinner wants us on the case.
史基纳想要我们办这件案子
Are you gonna try to convince
你是不是想说服我
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