Science Isn’t Always Perfect—But We Should Still Trust It
By Nakmi Oreskes
From vaccinations to climate change, we make decisions every day that implicate us in scientific claims. Are genetically modified crops safe to eat? Do childhood vaccinations cause autism? Is climate change an emergency? In recent years, many of these issues have become politically polarized, with people rejecting scientific evidence that misaligns with their political preferences. When Greta Thunberg, the youthful climate activist, testified in Congress last month, submitting as her testimony the IPCC 1.5C report, she was asked by one member why should we trust the science. She replied, incredulously, 「because it’s science!」
精讀：
一、 From vaccinations to climate change, we make decisions every day//that implicate us in scientific claims.
1.vaccination [vksnen] n. 接種疫苗；種痘
vaccinate v.接種疫苗
vaccine n.y疫苗
2.implicate v.使捲入；涉及；暗指；影響
用法：implicate ..in sth =be involved in 涉及，牽連，對..負責.
e.g.Senior officials were implicated in the scandal.
一些高級官員受到這一醜聞的牽連。
分析：that 做decison 的定語。
翻譯：從疫苗接種到氣候變化，我們每天做出的各種決定都涉及科學結論。
二、Are genetically modified crops safe to eat? Do childhood vaccinations cause autism? Is climate change an emergency?
1.genetically modified crops 轉基因食物
2.autism n. 孤獨症，自閉症；臆想
（歐美民眾曾因為這種結論，發起大規模的「疫苗抵制運動」）
翻譯：食用轉基因作物安全嗎？兒童接種疫苗會導致自閉嗎？氣候變化問題迫在眉睫嗎？
三、In recent years, many of these issues have become politically polarized, with people rejecting scientific evidence //that misaligns with their political preferences.
polarize v.兩極化，截然對立polar adj. 極地的；兩極的；正好相反的n. 極面；極線pole n.杆；極點；電極 北極 the North polemisalign v. 不重合，偏位,與..不一致misalign..with..與..不一致align vt. 使結盟；使成一行；匹配vi. 排列；排成一行 align with 與..對齊，與..一致，支持 align yoursefl with sb 公開支持.. e.g.Domestic prices have been aligned with those in world markets.
國內價格已調整到與世界市場一致
3.political preference 政治傾向
分析：with 複合結構，獨立主格形式，做伴隨狀語。
翻譯：近年來，許多問題在政治上已經兩極化了，人們拒絕相信與他們政治傾向相左的科學證據。
四、When Greta Thunberg,（ the youthful climate activist,） testified in Congress last month, submitting as her testimony the IPCC 1.5C report,// she was asked by one member why should we trust the science.She replied, incredulously, 「because it’s science!」
testify vt. 證明，證實；作證 vi. 作證；證明testimony n. [法] 證詞，證言；證據incredulously adv. 不相信地，懷疑地分析：when引導的時間狀語從句 。
翻譯：當年輕的氣候活動家格雷塔*通貝上個月在美國國會發言時，她遞交了《全球氣溫上升1.5度特別報告》作為證詞。一名議員問她為什麼我們要相信科學,她一臉的難以置信：「因為這是科學。」