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Only39% of Americans believe 'the universe began with a huge explosion' 只有39%的美国人相信“宇宙大爆炸起源理论” With the possible exception of 'is the earthflat?', it is (according to Discover magazine at least) the most basic questionin science: 'does the earth orbit the sun?' 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？” The good news is that 74 per cent of Americansknow the answer. 好消息是有74%的美国人知道答案。 The very bad news is that means 26 per centreally don't. 坏消息是，这意味着26%的美国人真的不知道答案。 These results, which appear in the NationalScience Foundation (NSF) survey of 2,200 Americans, will form part of a reportset to be presented to Barack Obama and lawmakers in congress, and are likelyto once again raise the issue of educational standards in the United States. 这个结果来自于国家科学基金（NSF）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。 Other startling results from the survey includedthat only 39 per cent of Americans believe "the universe began with a hugeexplosion". And fewer than half of the people surveyed (48 per cent)agreed that "human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlierspecies of animals". | 
