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全优中高考网 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 全优中高考网 Aldous Huxley 《美丽新世界》是非常著名的政治小说,被称为反乌托邦三部曲之一,另外两部为: 1920 俄国 扎米亚京 《我们》 1948 英国 奥威尔 《一九八四》 正面乌托邦三部曲： 1516 英国 莫尔 《乌托邦》 1601 意 康帕内拉《太阳城》 1619 德 安德里亚 《基督城》 Fast reading 1. When was the book Brave New World written? 2. Who wrote the book? In 1931. Aldous Huxley 3. How many types of clones are there in the world described in the book? What are they? Five different types. They are Alphas, Betas, Epsilons and etc. Decide whether these statements true or false. 1. The novel is still a subject of much discussion today for it is possible that the future world would be like the one described in it. 2. The world described in the novel will become reality after six hundred years in the future. T F 3. Each Alpha person is identical but each Beta person is not. 4. The government also uses a drug to keep most of the people happy. T F 5. The writer of the novel thinks it good if people in a country are completely controlled by the government. F …it became a subject of much discussion e.g. As soon as the new bill was passed, it became a subject of much discussion. 新的议案一通过, 就成了议论的中心。 Grammar it was talked about much 成为议论的中心 2. The first is that people are no longer born from human beings. 首先就是人不再由人生出来。 其他短语： be born into 出生在……的家庭 e.g. Frank was born into a wealthy family. 弗兰克生在一个富有的家庭。 be born with… 天生有…… e.g. He was born with a talent in painting. 他天生就有绘画的天赋。 be born to be/do sth. 天生适合做…… e.g. Joan was born to be a singer. 琼天生就是作歌手的料。 3. The second group, the Betas, also have good positions in society. 【考点】 position此处表示“地位，等级”。另外，position还可意为“位置；职务；姿势；处境；意见”等。如： My brother has got a good position in a foreign company. 我哥哥在一家外企找到一份好工作。 What’s your position on this question? 你对这个问题意见如何？ 【考例】 From their ______ on the top of the TV Tower, visitors can have a better view of the city. （陕西2009） A. stage B. position