Unit-3-WHY-DO-WE-BELIEVE-THAT-THE-EARTH-IS-ROUND课文翻译大学英语四.docVIP

Unit 3 WHY DO WE BELIEVE THAT THE EARTH IS ROUND? George Orwell Can you prove that the earth is round? Go ahead and try! Will you rely on your senses or will you have to draw on the opinions of experts? Somewhere or other — I think it is in the preface to saint Joan — Bernard Shaw remarks that we are more gullible and superstitious today than we were in the Middle Ages, and as an example of modern credulity he cites the widespread belief that the earth is round. The average man, says Shaw, can advance not a single reason for thinking that the earth is round. He merely swallows this th