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3、edge fromexperimentsorfrombooks 4 Doyouthinkeverythinginbooksworthbelieving Didyoueverquestionthebookknowledge Whyorwhynot DetailedReading BeforeReading 2 1 1 GeorgeOrwell BeforeReading GlobalReading AfterReading LifeTime PlaceofBirth Nationality PersonalExperiences 1903 1950 India British servingwi
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5、45 NineteenEighty Four 1949 DetailedReading BeforeReading 2 2 1 sprict BeforeReading GlobalReading AfterReading DetailedReading Orwell George 1903 1950 pseudonymofEricArthurBlair Britishnovelistandessayist whosebrilliantreportingandpoliticalconsciencefashionedanimpassionedpictureofhislifeandtimes Hi
6、sbest knownnovelsareAnimalFarm 1945 andNineteenEighty Four 1949 Throughouthiscareerasawriter Orwellstressestheimportanceoftruthandobjectivity andtheneedtobewillingtoquestionthetrustworthinessofthosefromwhomwetakeouropinionsandbeliefs BeforeReading 2 2 BeforeReading GlobalReading AfterReading GeorgeB
7、ernardShaw 1856 1950 theNobelPrizeforLiterature 1925 Widowers Houses 1892 Mrs Warren sProfession 1898 ArmsandtheMan 1898 ManandSuperman 1905 MajorBarbara 1905 Pygmalion 1913 SaintJoan 1923 thegreatestBritishdramatistsinceShakespeareandthegreatestBritishsatiristsinceSwift DetailedReading LifeTime Pla
8、ceofBirth Honor Works Ireland Influence BeforeReading 2 2 1 sprict BeforeReading GlobalReading AfterReading DetailedReading Shaw GeorgeBernard 1856 1950 Irishplaywright criticandnovelist iswidelyconsideredthegreatestBritishdramatistsinceShakespeareandthegreatestBritishsatiristsinceSwift Shaw splayso
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10、erman 1905 MajorBarbara 1905 Pygmalion 1913 andSaintJoan 1923 BeforeReading 2 3 1 BeforeReading GlobalReading AfterReading TheFlatEarthTheoryandtheRoundEarthTheory DetailedReading inthefourthcenturyB C Aristotlecametothesameconclusionbecausetheearth sshadow duringalunareclipse isround duringtheMiddl
11、eAges TheclergymendisapprovedthesphericaltheoryoftheearthandclaimedthattheearthwasthecenterofthewholeuniverseandtheearthisaflatdiscwithJerusalematthecenter TheGreekphilosopherPythagorasbelievedthattheearthwasaspherewhichheconsideredthemostperfectofshapes Hereasonedthatbecausethemoonandthesunarespher
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14、g 2 4 BeforeReading GlobalReading DetailedReading AfterReading Eclipses Inastronomytheword eclipse isusedtodescribetwodifferentthings aneclipseofthesunoraneclipseofthemoon Aneclipseofthesuniscalledasolareclipse 日食 Itoccurswhenthemoonpassesdirectlyinfrontofthesun Asseenfromvariouspointsontheearth the
15、moonblocksoutthesun Aneclipseofthemooniscalledalunareclipse 月食 Itoccurswhenthefullmoonpassesbehindtheearthintotheearth sshadow Withintheshadowthemoonisnolongerdirectlylightedbythesun Whenthewholemoonorthewholesuniseclipsed wespeakofatotaleclipse 全食 Whenonlypartofthemoonorsuniseclipsed wespeakofapart
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