Module 5 Cultural corner Brave New World 課件-高中英語外研版選修六

Module5CloningCulturalCornerP69BraveNewWorldTheauthor:BackgroundinformationWhatdoyouknowaboutthisbook?AldousHuxley阿道司·赫胥黎(1894—1962）AldousHuxley，(1894—1962），asonofabiologist,receivedgoodeducationin

EtonCollege

andgraduatedfrom

OxfordUniversity.Healmostbecameblindbecauseofadisease,thushelearnt

Braille

thenbegantowritenovels.Altogether,hewrotemorethan50novels,shortstories,poetry,travelwriting,filmstoriesandscripts.Bestknownforhisnovel“BraveNewWorld”,hewasnominatedforthe

NobelPrizeinLiterature

insevendifferentyears.(speciallanguageforblindpeople)[brel]Backgroundinformationprediction:Whatis“thebravenewworld”likeaccordingtothepictures?希臘字母表讀音參考Ααalpha['?lf?]Ββbeta['bi?t?]Γγgamma['g?m?]Γδdelta['delt?]Δεepsilon['eps?l?n]BackgroundinformationGreek

alphabetThenameoftheauthor:AldousHuxleyThetimeofitscompletion:People’sreviewonthebook:1931Oneofthemostfamous20thcenturynovelsinthewesternworldFastreading1.Whendoesthestorytakeplace?2.Howmanytypesofclonesarethere?Whatarethey?3.Howwillthegovernmentkeepitspeoplehappywiththeirposition?4.Whydoesthegovernmentwantpeopletobehappy?5.Whyisthebookmoreimportantthanever?carefulreading1.Whendoesthestorytakeplace?600yearsinthefuture.2.Howmanytypesofclonesarethere?Whatarethey?Five.TheyareAlphas,Betas,Epsilonsandetc.3.Howwillthegovernmentkeepitspeoplehappywiththeirposition?Assmallchildren,eachclonedgroupistaughttolikeanddislikecertainthingsandpeople.Whiletheysleep,theyaretoldthattheyaregladwiththeirposition.Thegovernmentalsouseadrugcalledsomathatmakespeoplehappy.4.Whydoesthegovernmentwantpeopletobehappy?Becauseiftheyfeelhappy,theywillnottrytochangesociety.5.Whyisthebookmoreimportantthanever?Becausethesequestionshavebecomemoreandmorepossiblethanever.Part1()Part2()Part3()Divideitinto3partsandgetmainideaofeachpartContentofthisbookpara.1para.2-4para.5BriefintroductionReflectiononthisbookstructureanalysisWhatarethemostimportant

featuresofthesocietydescribedinBraveNewWorld?

Thegovernmentisinabsolutecontrol.Itorganisessocietybydrugsandothermethodssothatitisstable.Everyonehasaplaceandstaysinit.Thepeopleareallhappywiththeirpositioninsociety.furtherthinking

Doyouwanttoliveinthatnewworld?Stateyourreasons.

Whatkindofworlddoyouwanttolivein?theanti-Utopiantrilogy1920RussianZamyatin“We”1931EnglishHuxley“bravenewworld”1948BritishOrwell“1984”TheUtopiantrilogy:1516EnglishMoore"Utopia"1601ItalianCampanella"SunCity“1619GermanAndrea"Christcity"supplement《美麗新世界》《我們》《一九八四》《烏托邦》

《太陽城》《基督城》[ju‘top??n]烏托邦阿道司·赫胥黎（AldousHuxley）的《美麗新世界》書中引用了廣博的生物學(xué)、心理學(xué)知識，為我們描繪了虛構(gòu)的福特紀(jì)元632年即公元2532年的社會。這是一個人從出生到死亡都受著控制的社會。在這個“美麗新世界”里，由于社會與生物控制技術(shù)的發(fā)展，人類已經(jīng)淪為壟斷基因公司和政治人物手中的玩偶。這種統(tǒng)治甚至從基因和胎兒階段就開始了。

這是一個有階級、有社會分工的社會，人類經(jīng)基因控制孵化，被分為五個階級，分別從事勞心、勞力、創(chuàng)造、統(tǒng)治等不同性質(zhì)的社會活動。人們習(xí)慣于自己從事的任何工作，視惡劣的生活和工作環(huán)境與極高的工作強(qiáng)度為幸福。因此，這是，一個快樂的社會，這種快樂還有別的措施保障，比如睡眠教學(xué)，催眠術(shù)被廣泛用來校正人的思維，國家還發(fā)放叫做索麻的精神麻醉藥物讓人忘掉不愉快的事情。

正是在這個“美麗新世界”里，人們失去了個人情感，失去了愛情，失去了痛苦、激情和經(jīng)歷危險的感覺。最可怕的是，人們失去了思考的權(quán)利，失去了創(chuàng)造力。

…itbecameasubjectofmuchdiscussion…

e.g.Assoonasthenewbillwaspassed,itbecameasubjectofmuchdiscussion.新的議案一通過,就成了議論的中心。Grammar

itwastalkedaboutmuch…成為議論的中心1.Thereasonwhy

BraveNewWorldisstillsofamousisthatitdescribesaterrifyingfutureworldthatisbecomingmoreandmorepossible.《美麗新世界》如此出名的原因是它描述了一個越來越有可能成為現(xiàn)實的恐怖的未來世界。品味經(jīng)典①Thereasonwhyhediedyoungwasthathedidn’tpayattentiontohishealth.他早死的原因是他不注意自己的身體健康。②Thereasonwhyhewasabsentfromthemeetingwasthathegotstuckinthetraffic.他缺席會議的原因是他遇到交通阻塞了。③Theonlyreasonwhyscientistshavenotcreatedthousandsofidenticalclonesisthattheyhavenotyetlearnthowtodothis.科學(xué)家不能制造成千上萬個相同克隆體的唯一原因是他們還沒有學(xué)會如何去做。歸納拓展That’sthereasonwhy...那是……的原因thereasonisthat...原因是……④Thereasonthat

heexplainedtotheteachersurprisedallofus.他向老師解釋的原因使我們大家很驚訝。注意：該句中thatheexplainedtotheteacher也是作定語從句修飾reason，但因引導(dǎo)詞要做及物動詞explained的賓語，所以要使用關(guān)系代詞that或which，而不能使用why引導(dǎo)。牛刀小試Onereason________hetoldmeforhisbeinglateis________hedidn’tcatchtheearlybus.A．that；why B．why；becauseC．why；that D．that；that解析：選D。本題考查名詞性從句引導(dǎo)詞的用法。第一個空用that引導(dǎo)定語從句；第二個空用that引導(dǎo)表語從句，表示事實。注意句型Thereasonwhy...表示的是“……的原因”。2.Thefirstisthatpeoplearenolongerbornfromhumanbeings.

首先就是人不再由人生出來。其他短語：

beborninto/to出生在……的家庭e.g.Frankwasbornintoawealthyfamily. 弗蘭克生在一個富有的家庭。

bebornwith…天生有……e.g.Hewasbornwithatalentinpainting.他天生就有繪畫的天賦。

beborntobe/dosth.天生適合做……e.g.Joanwasborntobeasinger.瓊天生就是作歌手的料。

2.upto:1)忙于從事于正在做What’sheupto?2)勝任適合

Heiswelluptohisjob.3)多達(dá)一直到這輛車的速度高達(dá)每小時160公里。

Thespeedofthecarisupto160kph.4)由某人決定…

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Willyougoclimbingtomorrow?-----It’suptoTom.