111. After Galileo’s work feeling grew that there were universal laws governing the motion of bodies and that these laws might apply to motion in the heavens as well as on earth.

【词汇突破】

work 著作

feeling 认识

universal 普遍

govern 支配 

body 物体

laws 规律

apply to 应用于

as well as 也

【译文赏析】

在伽利略著作之后，这样的认识加强了，即认为存在着支配物体运动的普遍规律，这些规律不仅适用于地球上物体的运动而且也适用于天体的运动。