Ironically, he meant it somewhat disparagingly, since he didn't think the Big Bang model was correct.

具有讽刺意味的是，他的意思有些轻蔑，因为他不认为大爆炸模型是正确的。

What predictions could the Big Bang model of the Universe make that we can observe today?

宇宙大爆炸模型能做出哪些我们今天可以观察到的预测？

This glow was successfully predicted by the Big Bang model, and now we see it in exquisite detail.

大爆炸模型成功地预测了这一辉光，现在我们可以看到它的细节。

That background glow predicted by the Big Bang model has been on its journey to Earth for almost 13.8 billion years!

宇宙大爆炸模型预测的背景光已经飞向地球近138亿年了！

Also, the size and shapes of large structures in the cosmos are in line with what a Big Bang model predicts.

此外，宇宙中大型结构的大小和形状与大爆炸模型预测的一致。

Pretty much every modern astronomer on Earth understands that the Big Bang model of how the Universe got its start is the correct one.

几乎每一个地球上的现代天文学家都知道关于宇宙如何形成的大爆炸模型是正确的。

The redshift of distant galaxies and the cosmic background are not the only confirmations we have that the Big Bang model is correct.

遥远星系的红移和宇宙背景并不是唯一能证明大爆炸模型是正确的。

This led theoretical physicist Alan Guth to propose a dramatic addition to the Big Bang model: at some point in the very early Universe, the expansion suddenly accelerated vastly.

这使得理论物理学家艾伦·古斯对大爆炸模型提出了一个引人注目的补充：在宇宙非常早期的某个时刻，膨胀突然大幅加速。

The Big Bang model predicts certain abundances of elements — ratios of them, compared to hydrogen — and that's just what we see in the Universe at large.

大爆炸模型预测了元素的丰度——元素与氢的比值——这正是我们在整个宇宙中所看到的。

As they expanded, the energy of the field in them would slowly decrease until the inflationary expansion changed to an expansion like that in the hot big bang model.

随着它们膨胀，它们中的场能量会慢慢降低，直到膨胀膨胀变成热大爆炸模型中的膨胀。

This means that the initial state of the universe must have been very carefully chosen indeed if the hot big bang model was correct right back to the beginning of time.

这意味着，如果热大爆炸模型在时间之初是正确的，那么宇宙的初始状态一定是经过精心选择的。