Cultural Corner,Aldous Huxley,美麗新世界是非常著名的政治小說,被稱為反烏托邦三部曲之一,另外兩部為: 1920 俄國 扎米亞京 我們 1948 英國 奧威爾 一九八四 正面烏托邦三部曲： 1516 英國 莫爾 烏托邦 1601 意 康帕內(nèi)拉太陽城 1619 德 安德里亞 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. 新的議案一通過, 就成了議論的中心。,Grammar,it was talked about much 成為議論的中心,2. The first is that people are no longer born from human beings. 首先就是人不再由人生出來。 其他短語： be born into 出生在的家庭 e.g. Frank was born into a wealthy family. 弗蘭克生在一個(gè)富有的家庭。,be born with 天生有 e.g. He was born with a talent in painting. 他天生就有繪畫的天賦。 be born to be/do sth. 天生適合做 e.g. Joan was born to be a singer. 瓊天生就是作歌手的料。,3. The second group, the Betas, also have good positions in society. 【考點(diǎn)】 position此處表示“地位，等級(jí)”。另外，position還可意為“位置；職務(wù)；姿勢；處境；意見”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。 Whats your position on this question? 你對這個(gè)問題意見如何？,【考例】 From their _ on the top of the TV Tower, visitors can have a better view of the city. （陜西2009） A. stage B. position C. condition D. situation,【點(diǎn)撥】 選B。句意：從他們在電視塔頂部的位置，游客們可以更好地看到這個(gè)城市的景色。position位置，符合題意。stage舞臺(tái)，時(shí)期，階段； condition條件，情況；situation形式，情況, 情景，均不符合題意。,4. be happy with: be satisfied with 對感到滿意 e.g. The manager was quite happy with this years sale. 經(jīng)理對今年的銷售額相當(dāng)滿意。 5. feel strong emotion 感受到強(qiáng)烈的感情,6. These questions have become more important than ever. 這些問題變得比以往更加重要。,根據(jù)所給的漢語提示完成下列句子，每 空一詞。 1. 他們讓我陪同他們?nèi)C(jī)場。 They asked me to _ _ _ the airport. 2. 一切通訊被風(fēng)暴摧毀了。 All communication _ _ _ by the storm.,練習(xí)坊,accompany them to,was knocked out,3. 飛機(jī)失去控制，掉進(jìn)了海里。 The plane _ _ _ _ and fell into the sea. 4. 據(jù)我們所知，有越來越多的中國學(xué)生在澳大利亞學(xué)習(xí)。 _ _ _ _ _, there are more and more Chinese students studying in Australia.,As far as we know,got out of control,5. Judith躺在沙發(fā)上，專注于她的書。 Judith lay on the sofa, _ _ _ _. 6. 水可以被分解為氫和氧。 Water can _ _ _ into hydrogen and oxygen,absorbed,in her book,be broken down,7. 他們試用了一種新的治療方法來使她復(fù)活。 They tried a new treatment to _ _ _ _ _. 8. 上次會(huì)議有沒有出現(xiàn)什么問題？ Are there any matters _ _ the last meeting?,arising from,bring her back to life,