Discovery
by Diane Ackerman/迪安.阿克曼


Hints:
discovery不需要加雙引號。

The word discovery literally means, uncovering something that's hidden from view. But what really happens is a change in the viewer. The familiar offers comfort few can resist, and fewer still want to disturb. But as relatively recent inventions such as the telescope and microscope have taught us, the unknown has many layers. Every truth has geological strata, and you can't have an orthodoxy without a heresy.
“發(fā)現(xiàn)”一詞,字面上是指揭開某種視線以外的隱藏的事物。不過其實是觀察者自身發(fā)生了變化。很少人能抗拒熟悉事物帶來的舒適,愿意擾亂這種舒適的人更少。然而,正如望遠鏡、顯微鏡這些較為近期的發(fā)明所揭示給我們的,求知事物具有多種層次。每個事實都有地質(zhì)層次,沒有異端也就無所謂正統(tǒng)。