1. Belief的復數(shù)形式為beliefs

2. Well-known/著名的

3. Curious(adj.好奇的)――curiosity(n.好奇);imagine(v.想象)-imagination(n.想象力)

4. Scientifically minded people 有科學頭腦的人

5. In cases where the explanation is unknown the scientific point of view is that there is a reason if it can only be discovered. 在對于現(xiàn)象還無法解釋的時候，科學的觀點是有理由相信遲早這種解釋是可以被發(fā)現(xiàn)的。

6. This means the ability to(做什么的能力) face the facts as they are(實事求是) regardless of what one has previously thought.

7. Agree(v.同意)-disagreeable(adj.令人討厭的)

8. The worker in science must face facts whether they are pleasant or unpleasant.

I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry when I heard the news.是…還是…

Whether he succeeds or fails， he has to do his best.

He doesn't know whether she is in Britain or she has gone to France.

9. Thomas Edison failed thousands of times before he succeeded in producing the first electric lamp.

10. Accept(v.接受)-acceptable(adj.可接受的)

11. Scientific truth offers an explanation that is acceptable only in the light of what is known at a particular time.

12. New ideas are frequently very slow to be accepted.

13. Continued progress 繼續(xù)的發(fā)展

14. 時態(tài)題：There is an experiment on the sprouting of seeds which has been running for more than 50 years.