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Unit3 Why do we believe that the earth is round? Before reading Before reading Literature Giant Genre（流派）:Realism Focus : nearly all his writings deal with prevailing（最普遍的）social problems (education, marriage, religion, government, healthcare and class privilege) The play Mrs. Warren’s Profession was called by the writer himself “Plays Unpleasant”. Unpleasant they were to the bourgeois（中产阶级）public, because G. B. Shaw attacked in them the vices（恶行） of capitalist society资本主义社会. St. Joan (1923) is the only tragedy by Bernard Shaw . It is not only a tragedy but a historical play. What this book focus on religious faith, women, society, political factors that influence the history and people, etc. My fair lady 1 My fair lady 2 My fair lady 4 Well-known Sayings Behind every successful man, there is a woman and behind every unsuccessful man, there are two. --Bernard Shaw 每个成功的男人后面都有一个女人；每个不成功的男人后面都有两个女人。 —萧伯纳  I was born intelligent - education ruined me. --Bernard Shaw 我生下来时很聪明的——教育把我给毁了。 —萧伯纳 There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your hearts desire. The other is to get it. ——George Bernard Shaw 人生有两出悲剧:一是万念俱灰；另一是踌躇满志。 ——萧伯纳 George Bernard Shaw’s epitaph（墓志铭）: “I knew if I stayed around long enough, something like this would happen.” 我早就知道无论我活多久, 这种事情迟早是要发生的 Before reading Playing Cards: Poker 扑克牌的54张模式解释起来也非常奇妙：大猫代表太阳、小猫代表月亮，其余52张牌代表一年中的52个星期；红桃、方片、梅花、黑桃四种花色分别象征着春、夏、秋、冬四个季节；每种花色有13张牌，表示每个季节有13个星期。?如果把J、Q、K当作11、12、13点，大猫、小猫为半点，一副扑克牌的总点数恰好是365点。而闰年把大、小王各算为1点，共366点。专家普遍认为，以上解释并非巧合，因为扑克牌的设计和发明与星相、占卜以及天文、历法有着千丝万缕的联系。 Global Reading 1. some … or other: 某一 e.g. I shall be coming again someday or other. I’ve read the story before in some book or other. Somehow or other, John manage