英语北师大版选修8 Unit24 Society Lesson 2 Utopia PPT.ppt

Key Words Discussion * Listening As far as you know, what kind of country is Utopia like? 1. Look at the picture of the ideal society of Utopia. 2. Listen to Sir Thomas More’s story about Utopia. Check your answers to Exercise 1. 3. Listen to the story again and answer the questions. civilised: highly developed identical:exactly alike and equal show off: 炫耀；卖弄 authority: power have authority over representative: 代表 parliament:国会 remark: comment make remarks about sth adopt： take or follow 采用，采纳 1) What kind of country is Utopia like? Give some examples. It is the most civilized country in the world. For example, all the towns are identical and all the buildings are laid out in an ordered way. Questions 2) How do the people in Utopia usually spend their tome? People only have to work six hours a day. When they are not working, they go to lectures or play interesting games. 3) How are the Utopian society and families organized? Utopian society and families are well organized. There is a head of each family. There is a leader in each area of the town and each town has a mayor. Each town has three parliamentary representatives. 4) Are there any divorces in Utopia? What if some married people have affairs? Divorce is possible only when both the husband and wife want it. There are severe punishments if married people have affairs. 5) Does Utopia ever trade with other countries? Why / Why not? 6) Are there any wars in their country? Why? Utopia never trades with other country because there is nothing that it needs. There is no war in Utopia, because they hate war. They fight only in self-defense. Storyteller: I was in Bruges on business when I met this very interesting man. He had traveled for years and had had lots of strange adventures. Amongst them he had spent five years on the island of Utopia. I invited him to dinner and asked him to tell me all about it. Man: Well, to start with, it is the most civil