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1、UnitThree第三单元Canyouprovethattheearthisround?你能证明地球是圆的吗？Goaheadandtry!继续去试一试！Wi11yourelyonyoursensesorwi11youhavetodrawontheopinionsofexperts?你将依靠你的感觉还是不得不利用专家的观点？WHYDOWEBELIEVETHATTHEEARTHISROUND?我们为什么相信地球是圆的？Somewhereorother-记得在什么地方IthinkitisintheprefacetoSaintJoan-我想是在《圣女贞德》序言中BernardShawr
2、emarksthatwearemoregullibleandsuperstitioustodaythanwewereintheMiddleAges,肖伯纳评论说，今天我们比在中世纪时更加轻信，更加迷信。andasanexampleofmoderncredulityhecitesthewidespreadbeliefthattheearthisround.而作为现代轻信的例证，他举出地圆这一广为传播的信念。Theaverageman,saysShaw,肖伯纳说，普通人canadvancenotasinglereasonforthinkingthattheearthisround.
3、举不出一条理由来说明为什么相信地球是圆的。Hemerelyswallowsthistheorybecausethereissomethingaboutitthatappealstothetwentieth-centurymentality.他全盘接受这一理论，只是因为这一理论有一种迎合20世纪心态的东西。Now,Shawisexaggerating,当然，肖伯纳是夸大其词了，butthereissomethinginwhathesays,但他说的也确实有些道理，andthequestionisworthfollowingup,这一问题值得进一步探讨，forthesakeofth
4、elightitthrowsonmodernknowledge.因为它会帮助人们看清现代知识的真实情况。Justwhydowebelievethattheearthisround?我们究竟为什么会相信地球是圆的呢？Iamnotspeakingofthefewthousandastronomers,我说的不是指那些为数不多的几千位天文学家、geographersandsoforthwhocouldgiveocularproof,地球学家之类的人，orhaveatheoreticalknowledgeoftheproof,他们可能用观察到的事实或用理论上的根据来证实这一点，buto
5、ftheordinarynewspaper-readingcitizen,我的是报纸的普通读者,suchasyouorme.如同你我之辈。AsfortheFlatEarththeory,至于"地平线"，IbelieveIcouldrefuteit.我相信我能够加以驳斥，Ifyoustandbytheseashoreonaclearday,如果你在天气晴朗的日子站立海边，youcanseethemastsandfunnelsofinvisibleshipspassingalongthehorizon.你可以看到船桅和烟囱沿着地平线移动而不见船体本身。Thisphenomenonc
6、anonlybeexplainedbyassumingthattheearth，ssurfaceiscurved.只有假设地球表面呈曲线状，这一现象才能到解释。Butitdoesnotfollowthattheearthisspherical.便不能由此推断地球是球形的。ImagineanothertheorycalledtheOvalEarththeory,设想另一个称做"地球卵形说”的理论吧，whichclaimsthattheearthisshaped1ikeanegg.这一学说声称地球形如蛋状。Whatcan1sayagainstit?对此，我能说什么加以反驳呢？Aga
7、insttheOvalEarthman,面对"地球卵形说"者，thefirstcardIcanplayistheanalogyofthesunandmoon.我能打的第一张牌是，可以根据太阳和月亮来类推。TheOvalEarthmanpromptlyanswersthatIdon'tknow,"地球卵形说”者立即回敬道，bymyownobservation,thatthosebodiesarcspherical.我无法根据自己的观察得知那些天体是球形的。Tonlyknowthattheyar
