He said that the Earth must be the centre of the universe because it felt like the Earth was standing still. Galilei disagreed.

他说地球一定是宇宙的中心，因为地球好像是静止不动的。伽利略不同意。

Realize that you are the centre of the universe, and everything depends on whether or not you get to where you are going.

要意识到你是宇宙的中心，一切都取决于你是否到达你要去的地方。

Manchester became a centre of the universe, always feeding on cheap labour, mostly women, who, unlike slaves, were paid a wage, albeit a poor one.

依靠廉价的劳力，尤其是妇女们，曼切斯特成为了这一切的中心。这些劳力和黑奴不同，他们有一些薪水，虽然并不多。

In 1984, LA was the car centre of the universe.

1984年, 洛杉矶是汽车世界的中心。

His theory was rejected because it contradicted what was considered common knowledge at the time that the earth was the centre of the universe.

他的理论被否认了，因为它与当时认为地球是宇宙中心的常识相矛盾。

Aristarchus of Samos had suggested that the Sun was in the centre of the universe.

萨摩斯岛的阿里斯塔克斯曾提出太阳位于宇宙的中心。

Geocentrism is the belief that the Earth, our home planet, is at the centre of the universe.

地心说认为我们的家园地球是宇宙的中心。

Nevertheless, it is the centre of the universe to me, because of my early dream: and nothing can alter it.

然而，由于我早年的梦想， 它对我来说是宇宙的中心：没有什么可以改变它。

In fact, when Galilei proved that the Earth was not the centre of the universe, instead of believing him, people chose to believe views that were almost 2000 years old!

实际上，当伽利略证明了地球不是宇宙的核心时，人们不仅没有相信他，反而选择了相信几乎2000年前的旧观点！

So much so that Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for suggesting the Earth wasn't the centre of the universe, and even Galileo was sentenced to house arrest for supporting the theory.

布鲁诺因暗示地球不是宇宙的中心而被烧死在火刑柱上，甚至伽利略也因支持这一理论而被判软禁。

For centuries, the Earth was thought to be the centre of the Universe but who was the first astronomer to have the correct idea that, in fact, the Earth and the planets revolve around the Sun?

几个世纪以来，地球一直被认为是宇宙的中心——事实上，地球和行星围绕太阳旋转，但谁是第一个有这个正确认识的天文学家？

Aristarchus of Samos challenged the idea of the earth at the centre of the universe and instead suggested a heliocentric understanding that the sun was the centre of the solar system around which all other planets gravitated.

萨摩斯的阿利斯塔克对地球是宇宙中心的观点提出了质疑，他提出了一种日心说的观点，即太阳是太阳系的中心，所有其他行星都围绕着太阳转动。

So much so that Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for suggesting the Earth wasn’t the centre of the universe, and even Galileo was sentenced to house arrest for supporting the theory.

以至于佐丹奴·布鲁诺 (Giordano Bruno) 因暗示地球不是宇宙中心而被烧死在火刑柱上，甚至伽利略 (Galileo) 也因支持该理论而被判处软禁。

It was not the first time, nor the second, that I had gone away—as it seemed, permanently—but yet returned, like the bad halfpenny, or as if Salem were for me the inevitable centre of the universe.

这不是第一次， 也不是第二次，我离开了——似乎是永久地离开了——但又回来了，就像坏的半便士， 或者好像塞勒姆对我来说是宇宙不可避免的中心。