experts,but he should test their theories,and compare different viewpoints in order to arrive at a truer perspective.Then,and only then, can man truly becomean intelligent thinkingspecies. Step Two Global reading Give the students 10 minutes to read the text as quickly as they can, and ask them to think about these questions in the process ofreading. 2.Multiple choices 3.Answer the questions 4.Structure of the Text Para.1-2 Shaw'sremark onmodern credulity Para.3-76 The author tries to prove the Round Earth Belief. Para.8 Much of our knowledge rests on authority,not on reasonsor on experiment. Step Three Detailed study Explain the important and difficult points in the text,including the usage of new words and phrases,structure of complex sentences and relevant grammar. 1.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,... (1)Or other:(used with someone,something,somehow,somewhere, someday,sometime,etc.to show that one is not certain) e.g.Ishall be comingagain someday or other. I've read the story before in some book or other. (2)Meaning:Bernard Shaw says that we are easier to fool and readier to accept beliefs for which we have no reasonable evidence than were people in the Middle Ages... People in the Middle Ages are considered gullible and superstitious 4 4 experts, but he should test their theories, and compare different viewpoints in order to arrive at a truer perspective. Then, and only then, can man truly become an intelligent thinking species. Step Two Global reading Give the students 10 minutes to read the text as quickly as they can, and ask them to think about these questions in the process of reading. 2. Multiple choices 3. Answer the questions 4. Structure of the Text Para.1-2 Shaw’s remark on modern credulity Para. 3-76 The author tries to prove the Round Earth Belief. Para. 8 Much of our knowledge rests on authority, not on reasons or on experiment. Step Three Detailed study Explain the important and difficult points in the text, including the usage of new words and phrases, structure of complex sentences and relevant grammar. 1. 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,… (1) Or other: (used with someone, something, somehow, somewhere, someday, sometime, etc. to show that one is not certain) e.g. I shall be coming again someday or other. I’ve read the story before in some book or other. (2) Meaning: Bernard Shaw says that we are easier to fool and readier to accept beliefs for which we have no reasonable evidence than were people in the Middle Ages… People in the Middle Ages are considered gullible and superstitious