1941年去世的美国语言学家本杰明·李·沃尔夫认为,每种语言都蕴含着一种世界观,这种世界观会对使用者产生重大影响。
Benjamin Lee Whorf, an American linguist who died in 1941, held that each language encodes a worldview that significantly influences its speakers.
不过,可不要就此收拾行李走人:科学家警告说,仍然存在许多问题需要解答,之后才能确定这颗行星是否适合人类生存。
But don't pack your bags just yet: Scientists are cautioning that there are still many questions that need to be answered before determining whether the planet is habitable.
杜克大学的海洋生物学家辛迪李说:“我们对一个地点进行多次勘测,每次都会发现新的物种。”
“We go back to a site dozens of times and find new species routinely,” says marine biologist Cindy Lee Van Dover of Duke University.
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