1、Unit 24 Lesson 2 Utopia北京師范大學出版社 | 選修八Teaching Objectives 1.To practice listening strategies for understanding cultural references.2.To practice making tentative and stronger suggestions.3.To practice the pronunciation of making suggestions.4.To practice using phrasal verbs with up.北京師范大學出版社 | 選修八Lo

2、ok at the pictures and imagine where these people live, what kind of society it is and how the peoples life is.北京師范大學出版社 | 選修八北京師范大學出版社 | 選修八It is the ideal society of Utopia.Can you find some words to describe the society and the peoples life there? beautiful, peaceful, well organized, equal, harmo

3、nious, relaxed, healthy, happy北京師范大學出版社 | 選修八Utopia (Chinese translation:烏托邦) was written by Sir Thomas More in 1516 and is his version of an ideal society. It reflects many contemporary attitudes,e.g. the subsidiary (附屬的) place of women, but its emphasis on democracy (民主) and egalitarianism (平等) wa

4、s quite revolutionary (革命性的).北京師范大學出版社 | 選修八Utopia also owed a lot to the Greek philosopher Platos description of anideal society in his book, Republic. 北京師范大學出版社 | 選修八1. Look at the picture of the ideal society of Utopia. Guess the answers to some of these questions. Are there any differences betwe

5、en rich and poor people?2) What leisure activities are there?3) How fair is the society?4) What punishments are there?北京師范大學出版社 | 選修八北京師范大學出版社 | 選修八Listen to Sir Thomas Mores story about Utopia. Check your answers. Are there any differences between rich and poor people?2) What leisure activities are

6、 there?3) How fair is the society?4) What punishments are there?None.Going to lectures or playing clever games like chess.Be made into slaves.Lets share your different answers.北京師范大學出版社 | 選修八1. Listen to the story again and answer the questions. 1) What is Utopia like? Give some examples.It is the m

7、ost beautiful country in the world. For example, all the towns are the same and all the buildings are laid out in an ordered way.北京師范大學出版社 | 選修八2) How do the people in Utopia usually spend their time? People only have to work six hours a day. When they are not working, they go to lectures or play cl

8、ever games.北京師范大學出版社 | 選修八3) 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 an elected leader. Each town has three representatives sent to the government.

9、北京師范大學出版社 | 選修八4) 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 for married people if they have affairs. They can be made slaves.北京師范大學出版社 | 選修八5) Does Utopia ever trade with ot

10、her 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. 北京師范大學出版社 | 選修八2. Listen to the story again. List two things you would like about Utopia and two thin

11、gs you would hate. Things you likeThings you hate北京師范大學出版社 | 選修八Work in Pairs. Use the role cards to make suggestions about how to improve a town. Use suggestions from the Function.ExampleA: Its about time they cleaned up the river!B: Thats true. And itd be a good idea if 北京師范大學出版社 | 選修八Student A Clean up the river! Make public transport free? Make pedestrian streets! Charge more for parking? Do up the main square? Build a sports centre! Create a venue for concerts? Student B Make more