但是，就像某人走进一间屋子，去了解电灯泡的线总比仅仅只是盯着看要好，科学家这么做的意义也是相同的。

Then again isn’t it a good thing for science to understand the wiring behind a light bulb, instead of just observing that it goes on when someone walks into a room?

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门厅内红木桌子上方，挂着一只光秃秃的电灯泡，绕了一根金属线。

The light over the mahogany table in the foyer consists of a single exposed bulb surrounded by a wire fixture.

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但是，在他发明电灯泡前，他试了为数千次去找一个合适的线。

However, before he invented the bulb, he kept trying for tens of thousands of times to find a suitable wire.

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