1. * schools, teachers, and books to transmit what has been discovered by science; and
    * 学校、教师和书籍来传播科学上的发现；以及

2. Every year, on Independence Day, our Prime Minister Nehru spoke of the benefits of science and technology.
    每年的独立日，我们的总理尼赫鲁都要讲一讲科学技术的好处。

3. Expand your world. Many discoveries in science, engineering and the arts mix ideas from different fields. Consider "The Two-String Problem."
    拓展你的视野。许多理工和人文科学方面的发现都融合了不同领域中的思想。以"两绳问题"为例。

4. But, in contrast, it is only in modern times that Galileo has become a problem child for historians of science.
    但是相比之下，对于科学史家来说，伽利略只是在现代才变成了一个新的难题。

5. But this hope is always in the realms of science fiction.
    但是，这种希望总是只在科幻小说中存在。

6. Back in the early 1960s, when the laser was first being developed, it was viewed by some as a fascinating research tool, others called it a science-fiction toy.
    追溯到二十世纪六十年代初期,当激光最初被开发利用时，一些人视之为神奇的科研工具，另一些人则称之为科幻小说里的玩具。

7. But it was good to know that they had gathered for European science the first specimens of that dreaded fish.
    但是令人欣慰的是他们为欧洲的科学家们搜集了这种可怕的鱼的第一批标本。

8. Because of its strong educational system in mathematics and science, it should thrive in the information age.
    由于其坚实的数学和科学教育基础，它应该在信息时代有繁荣的发展。

9. This is a pity, because noise abatement really is a good cause, and it is likely to be discredited if it gets to be associated with bad science.
    要求减少噪音是件好事，但是如果与拙劣的科学掺杂在一起的话，就不会被人们所信任，这是很遗憾的。

10. Today, although the old Galileo lives on in many popular writings, among historians of science a new and more sophisticated picture has emerged.
    今天，虽然已故的伽利略继续活在许多通俗读物中，但在科学史家中间，一个新的更加复杂的伽利略形象出现了。