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　时光穿越是很多年轻人非常感兴趣的话题，近来关于此题材的文学影视作品也很多。从科学的角度来看，时光穿越是不是真有可能发生呢?  
　　A video from a bonus feature of the DVD to Chaplin's 1928 film "The Circus" shows a woman talking into something she's holding up to her ear, which arouse the suspection that there is a "time traveler."
　　美联社29日报道，在观看喜剧演员查理-卓别林1928年拍摄的喜剧电影《马戏团》的DVD时，人们发现一位老太太举手贴耳在对着什么讲话，有人就此怀疑片中人物“穿越了时空”。
　　It appears to be a mobile phone, although they weren't invented until the 1970s. It's likely the actor is holding a hearing aid, but that hasn't stopped the video from amassing more than two million views on YouTube.
　　这看似是一部手机，而事实上手机诞生于上世纪70年代。有人怀疑演员拿的是一个助听设备，但这个“穿越”片段还是在YouTube视频网站上获得了超过两百万的点击量。

　　The clip was discovered and uploaded by Irish filmmaker George Clarke. He claimed the person is a time traveler and that "you just can't explain it."
　　据悉，发现并上传该片段的是来自爱尔兰的制片人乔治-克拉克。他声称片中演员“穿越”了，而且这一切“难以解释”。

6 k5 q3 \2 U9 B; Z+ A% b6 j　　Is time travel really possible? Time travel expert, physicist Michio Kaku said: "There is a loophole in Einstein's equation that even Einstein realized was there. In Einstein's equation, time is a river. It speeds up, meanders, and slows down."
7 F7 c, D4 x! O6 o# g* s　　“穿越时空”有可能实现吗?“穿越”专家、物理学家尼克-贺来称：“爱因斯坦方程式里有一个漏洞，这一点爱因斯坦自己也意识到了。在他的方程式里，时间就像是一条河流。它湍急、蜿蜒，有时也缓缓流淌。”
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: u0 s+ B9 Z+ |: P2 B$ i2 |5 t　　"The new wrinkle, is that it can have whirlpools and fork into two rivers. So, if the river of time can be bent into a pretzel, create whirlpools and fork into two rivers, then time travel cannot be ruled out," he said
( \5 b3 M( ?& v　　“而最新看法认为这条河流有可能形成漩涡，并分支成为两条河流。所以，如果时光之河被弯成了‘法国号’并形成漩涡，便会分支出两条河流，那么便不排除‘穿越时光’的可能性。”