01.Time travel

穿越在英语中的表达：

time travel: 穿越

travel through time: 穿越

The story of a man who claims to be a time traveler from the year 2027 is going viral on TikTok, and he gave some scary warnings about the future.

一位男士声称是从2027年穿越来的，顿时在 TikTok 上爆红，他说了很多关于未来的恐怖预警。

claim: （单方面）宣称

go viral: 爆红

TikTok is full of people from all over the world who claimed that they are from the future, or from the past, and have the ability to move between certain points in time.

很多来自世界各地的人在 TikTok 上都声称自己是从过去或者未来穿越过来的，并且能够任意穿梭时间点。

02.Past or future?

travel back to the past: 穿越回过去

travel/go to the future: 穿越到未来

介词 to 和 from 的区别：

to 是指去到某个地方

to the past: 回到过去

from 是指来自某个地方

from the past: 来自过去

It certainly sounds a little far-fetched, but these people are blowing up on TikTok right now, and the videos are actually pretty convincing.

听起来确实很不现实，但这些人还是在 TikTok 上走红，而且那些视频看着很可信。

sci-fi (science fiction): 科幻

far-fetched: 很不现实的

blow up: 爆红；爆炸

convincing: 令人信服的

03.Is time travel credible?

One TikTok user claims that he woke up in a hospital of a completely empty city in February. He wandered on the streets, went to shops, museums, restaurants, schools, and a zoo, and saw absolutely no one. It was like an ARG (Alternate Reality Game 平行实境游戏), but the level of planning is quite impressive.

有一个 TikTok 用户说，他2月份的时候发现自己在一座空无一人的城市里的一家医院中醒来。他在街上闲逛，走进了商店、博物馆、餐馆、学校、动物园，却完全没有看到任何人。就跟ARG（平行实境游戏）一样，但计划的程度还是相当深刻的。

Back to the Future: 《回到未来》是一个美国科幻电影系列，讲述了高中生马丁驾驶时间机器意外回到1955年引发的故事，并引进平行宇宙的概念。

Grandfather Paradox: 祖父悖论

If you go back in time and accidentally kill your grandfather, then how would you be born?

如果你穿越回过去，不小心把你祖父害si了，那你怎么出生呢？

time capsule: 时空胶囊

time machine: 时光机

time tunnel: 时光隧道

time-travelling telephone booth: 时空穿越电话亭

phone-booth shaped time machine: 电话亭形状的时光机

How credible is this? fake, hoax?

这有多可信？是假的，是骗局？

If you could travel in time/time travel, would you rather travel to the past or future? And why?

如果你可以穿越，你愿意穿越到过去还是未来？为什么呢？

Future: foresee the future, futuristic

（选择）未来：预见未来，未来派

Past: nostalgia/throwback, change past regrets

（选择）过去：怀旧，改变过去的遗憾

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