Creationism is a belief, not a person. It is the idea that God made the universe — and, in the usual school-and-church telling, the first people and animals — in the way the Bible describes, rather than through life changing slowly over a very long time.

CreationismCreationism is a belief是一種信念，not a person而不是一個人。It is the idea它是這樣的想法：that God made the universe神創造了宇宙——and而且，in the usual school-and-church telling按學校和教會通常的說法，the first people and animals也創造了最初的人類和動物——in the way the Bible describes按照聖經描述的方式，rather than而不是 through life changing slowly over a very long time透過生命在非常漫長的時間裡慢慢演變。

A person who holds this belief is a creationist: the -ism is the idea; the -ist is the person.

A person who holds this belief抱持這種信念的人 is a creationist叫做 creationist：the -ism is the idea-ism 指的是這個想法；the -ist is the person-ist 指的是這個人。

You will meet the word in religion, in the news, and in arguments about what children should learn in science class. It is a serious, formal word.

You will meet the word你會在…遇到這個字：in religion, in the news, and in arguments about what children should learn in science class宗教議題、新聞，還有孩子該在科學課學什麼的爭論裡。It is a serious, formal word它是一個嚴肅、正式的字。

Though actually, people who say God made the world do not all mean the same thing. Some read the Bible’s days as real days; others take it more as a story about God as maker, and they may still accept a very old earth.

Though actually不過其實，people who say God made the world說神創造世界的人 do not all mean the same thing不見得都是同一個意思。Some read the Bible's days as real days有些人把聖經裡的『日』讀成真正的一天；others take it more as a story about God as maker另一些人則比較把它當成一個關於神是創造者的故事，and而且 they may still accept a very old earth他們仍然可能接受地球非常古老。