北师大版 高二 Module 8 Unit 24

Utopia

1. Look at the picture of the ideal society of Utopia 1. Look at the picture of the ideal society of Utopia. Guess the answers to some of these questions. ① Are there any differences between rich and poor people? ② What leisure activities are there? ③ How fair is the society? ④ What punishments are there?

Listening strategies Understanding cultural reference When listening to English you will often hear cultural reference (e.g. to people, place, objects, TV programmes, measurements) which you are not familiar with.

Use the context of the conversation to try to guess what they refer to.

Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs Ex. 12. Complete the sentences with these verbs in their correct form. go, turn, set, lighten, make, give, dress, pick, hold, take, clean, do

Why don’t they _____ up the river and ____ up that old house next to the bridge? It’s nearly falling down. 2. It would be a good idea ____ up a theatre group. It would _______ things up a bit in this town. I love ________ and I’d like to _____ up acting. clean do to set lighten dressing take

3. I was _____ up for twenty minutes in a traffic jam and ______ up late for class. But the teacher thought I ____________ up an excuse. 4. The cost of tickets keeps ______ up, so I ___________ up taking the bus and started walking to college. Though sometimes my neighbour _____ me up in the morning and takes me there in her car. held turned was making going have given picks