A theory called inflation posits that the universe we see is just a small bubble of space-time that got rapidly expanded after the Big Bang.

一种叫做“膨胀论”的理论提出假设：我们所看到的宇宙不过是时空中的一个小气泡，该气泡在宇宙大爆炸之后迅速膨胀开来。

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The oil bubble, however, burst with the bang of the roaring Wall Street storm and pushed the prices to return to the $120 level half a month later, followed by a steady decline.

然而，呼啸而至的华尔街金融风暴却刺穿了高油价的泡沫。半个月后，国际油价大幅回落，跌至每桶120美元区间。

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