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The Listening Room - Dark Energy experiment may change understanding of the Universe

Oct 27, 2025 - Dark Energy experiment may change understanding of the Universe

Questions

  1. b

  2. a,fluctuate(s),cb

  3. in itself, what(would) require

Dictation

  1. The discovery of dark (force), (in) 1998, was in itself a shocking discovery.

    • The discovery of Dark Energy in 1998 was in itself a shocking discovery.

  2. Up until(,) then(,) the view had been (that) (off) the Big Bang, the expansion of the Universe would eventually slow down under the force of gravity.

    • Up until then, the view had been that after the Big Bang, the expansion of the Universe would eventually slow down under the force of gravity.

  3. But (the) observations found that they were accerlerating away from each other because of an unknown force.

    • But observations found that they were accelerating away from each other because of an unknown force.

  4. More shocking still, would be confirmation that this dark energy force fluctuates, (and) suggested by (this) new results.

    • More shocking still would be confirmation that this Dark Energy force fluctuates, as suggested by these new results.

  5. That’s because it can’t be expained, and (what) require a completely new theory of (cosmonology).

    • That’s because it can’t be explained and would require a completely new theory of cosmology.

  6. The evidence (is) not reached the threshold of (the) discovery yet, but the evidence has been (announcing), so much (sold) that some of the (most) conservative and respected scientist(s) involved in the program are describing (the) (result) as a dramatic moment, which may lead to a (paradiam) shift in our understanding of the Universe.

    • The evidence has not reached the threshold of a discovery yet, but the evidence has been mounting, so much so that some of the most conservative and respected scientists involved in the programme are describing these results as a dramatic moment, which may lead to a paradigm shift in our understanding of the Universe.

Vocabulary

  1. the Big Bang - 宇宙大爆炸理论 a scientific theory about how the Universe began and expanded

  2. accelerate - v. 加速 get faster

  3. fluctuate - v. 波动的（数字上下变化的）to change continuously between one thing and another

  4. cosmology - n. 宇宙学 the study of the origin and nature of the Universe

    cosmos n. 宇宙；一种菊科的植物

  5. threshold - n. 门槛；阈值、临界点 the level at which something starts to happen

  6. mount - v. 爬上去；组织或发起（一项运动或大的行动）；变大或变多 grow larger；安装；n. 底座（放置照片或宝石用于展示）；支架（相机或枪、炮的）；可供骑乘的马；山

  7. paradigm shift - a major change in how people think about something

    paradigm n. 范例、范式

Transcript

The discovery of Dark Energy in 1998 was in itself a shocking discovery. Up until then, the view had been that after the Big Bang, the expansion of the Universe would eventually slow down under the force of gravity. But observations found that they were accelerating away from each other because of an unknown force.

More shocking still would be confirmation that this Dark Energy force fluctuates, as suggested by these new results. That’s because it can’t be explained and would require a completely new theory of cosmology.

The evidence has not reached the threshold of a discovery yet, but the evidence has been mounting, so much so that some of the most conservative and respected scientists involved in the programme are describing these results as a dramatic moment, which may lead to a paradigm shift in our understanding of the Universe.