CNN 2009-11-16

It was supposed to be the greatest science experiment ever, and it's certainly the most expensive. The large hadron collider designed to recreate the Big Bang theory with colliding particles has so far cost nearly 10 billion dollars and counting. Scientists are hoping to catch sight of the theorized but never seen Higgs Boson particle.  The so-called God Particle that gives matter its mass.

 Yes.  But within days of kicking off last year the hadron collider broke down. A Helium leak in the cooling system took about a year to repair. And the latest hiccup¹, a piece of crusty French bread that found its way into the collider's inner workings disrupting work for weeks. So coincidence or something more, well, according to two physicists² the culprit may be the Higgs Boson particle traveling back in time to destroy itself.

Professor Hoger Becker Nilson explains his theory. "It would look as if the future has an influence on what happens today or yesterday. So it would look as if some effect from the future goes back to us today." Prof. Nilson says the Higgs Boson particle may be so important to nature that it ripples³ back in time to sabotage⁴ the machine that created it. Still Professor Nilson doesn't think the Higgs Boson particle managed to place a bit of bad gap to stop the hadron collider. "I think some of these are more like caused by media internet, by the early the God in quotation⁵ mark in our model." But as the large hadron collider gears up for yet another try on Monday. You can't help but wonder.
 
Atika Shubert, CNN,London.

 You can refer to a small problem or difficulty as a hiccup, especially if it does not last very long or is easily put right.

1 hiccup   

n.打嗝

参考例句：

• When you have to hiccup,drink a glass of cold water.当你不得不打嗝时，喝一杯冷水就好了。
• How long did he hiccup?他打嗝打了多久？

2 physicists   

物理学家( physicist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• For many particle physicists, however, it was a year of frustration. 对于许多粒子物理学家来说，这是受挫折的一年。 来自英汉非文学 - 科技
• Physicists seek rules or patterns to provide a framework. 物理学家寻求用法则或图式来构成一个框架。

3 ripples   

逐渐扩散的感觉( ripple的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The moon danced on the ripples. 月亮在涟漪上舞动。
• The sea leaves ripples on the sand. 海水在沙滩上留下了波痕。

4 sabotage   

n.怠工，破坏活动，破坏；v.从事破坏活动，妨害，破坏

参考例句：

• They tried to sabotage my birthday party.他们企图破坏我的生日晚会。
• The fire at the factory was caused by sabotage.那家工厂的火灾是有人蓄意破坏引起的。

5 quotation   

n.引文，引语，语录；报价，牌价，行情

参考例句：

• He finished his speech with a quotation from Shakespeare.他讲话结束时引用了莎士比亚的语录。
• The quotation is omitted here.此处引文从略。