四分之一的美国人不知道地球绕着太阳转
<p><span word="Only">Only</span>39% <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> '<span word="the">the</span> <span word="universe">universe</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="huge">huge</span> <span word="explosion">explosion</span>'</p><p>只有39%的美国人相信“宇宙大爆炸起源理论”</p><p><span word="With">With</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="exception">exception</span> <span word="of">of</span> '<span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="earthflat">earthflat</span>?', <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> (<span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Discover">Discover</span> <span word="magazine">magazine</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span>) <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="basic">basic</span> <span word="questionin">questionin</span> <span word="science">science</span>: '<span word="does">does</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="earth">earth</span> <span word="orbit">orbit</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sun">sun</span>?'</p><p>除了“地球是平的吗？”这个问题可能是个例外，那就是（至少根据探索杂志）那个最基本的科学问题了：“地球是绕着太阳转吗？”</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> 74 <span word="per">per</span> <span word="cent">cent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Americansknow">Americansknow</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="answer">answer</span>.</p><p>好消息是有74%的美国人知道答案。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="bad">bad</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="means">means</span> 26 <span word="per">per</span> <span word="centreally">centreally</span> <span word="don">don</span>'<span word="t">t</span>.</p><p>坏消息是，这意味着26%的美国人真的不知道答案。</p><p><span word="These">These</span> <span word="results">results</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="appear">appear</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="NationalScience">NationalScience</span> <span word="Foundation">Foundation</span> (<span word="NSF">NSF</span>) <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="of">of</span> 2,200 <span word="Americans">Americans</span>, <span word="will">will</span> <span word="form">form</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="reportset">reportset</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="presented">presented</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Barack">Barack</span> <span word="Obama">Obama</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="lawmakers">lawmakers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="congress">congress</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="likelyto">likelyto</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="again">again</span> <span word="raise">raise</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="issue">issue</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="educational">educational</span> <span word="standards">standards</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>.</p><p>这个结果来自于国家科学基金（<span word="NSF">NSF</span>）对2200个美国人的调查，部分报告将提交给奥巴马和国会的立法者们，可能会再次挑起美国教育标准的问题。</p><p><span word="Other">Other</span> <span word="startling">startling</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="includedthat">includedthat</span> <span word="only">only</span> 39 <span word="per">per</span> <span word="cent">cent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> "<span word="the">the</span> <span word="universe">universe</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hugeexplosion">hugeexplosion</span>". <span word="And">And</span> <span word="fewer">fewer</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="surveyed">surveyed</span> (48 <span word="per">per</span> <span word="cent">cent</span>)<span word="agreed">agreed</span> <span word="that">that</span> "<span word="human">human</span> <span word="beings">beings</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="today">today</span>, <span word="developed">developed</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="earlierspecies">earlierspecies</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="animals">animals</span>".</p>
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