But the experiment has its sceptics. A physicist from the University of Surrey, Jim Al-Khalili, believes that the current consensus is correct and that the light-speed barrier is impossible to surpass.

但是也有人怀疑这次实验。萨里大学物理学家Jim Al-Khalili相信现在的共识是正确的，光速障碍是不可能克服的。

He has tried to pick holes in the methodology of the Cern researchers. So sure is Al-Khalili that they have made an error in their measurements that he has decided to defend the laws of physics by challenging the laws of social convention.

他试图找出欧洲核子研究委员会这次实验的漏洞。Jim Al-Khalili确信科学家们在测量过程中犯了错误，他决定挑战社会管理法，捍卫物理学定律。

Al-Khalili said: "If the Cern experiment proves to be correct... I will eat my boxer shorts on live TV."

Jim Al-Khalili表示，“如果欧洲核子研究委员会的实验是正确的，我会在电视直播中吃掉我的拳击短裤。”

第三页：词汇解析

overturn

英汉解释

vt. 推翻；倾覆；破坏

vi. 推翻；倾覆

n. 倾覆；[经]周转；破灭

同义词

n.

turnover，upset

v.

bring down，knock over，override，tip over