1. U24 Consumer Society
Lesson2
Utopia

2. Objectives
At the end of the class, you are expected to
revise some words related to perfect society and learn some new words
listen to a story and learn to take notes
use listening strategies for understanding cultural references
talk about Utopia

3. Lesson2 Utopia
Utopia 《乌托邦》，英国空想社会主义者托马斯莫尔（ ）的代表作。该书1516年出版，系统地阐述了空想社会主义的基本思想。书的第一部分揭露和抨击了封建专制和资本原始积累给人民带来的苦难，指出消灭私有制是保证人人幸福的唯一途径。在第二部分中，莫尔通过介绍“乌托邦”岛上的情况，描述了未来理想社会的基本特征。《乌托邦》一书对后来社会主义思想的发展产生了深远的影响。

4. What words can be used to describe the ideal society of Utopia?
Brainstorm
What words can be used to describe the ideal society of Utopia?

5. Utopia leisure activities peaceful harmonious developed beautiful
rich
harmonious
Utopia
developed
beautiful
democratic
surplus food
few laws
elected leaders
have feasts
slaves

6. Vocabulary n. n. weed 杂草，野草 leisure 闲暇，空闲 fountain 喷泉，喷水池 virtue 优点，长处
packet 小包，小盒
grocer 食品杂货商
league 联合会
ministry 部
poster 海报 n.
leisure 闲暇，空闲
virtue 优点，长处
framework框架，结构
feast 盛宴，宴会
surplus 盈余，剩余
roundabout 环岛
collision 相撞

7. Vocabulary v. elect 选举，推选 adj. sow 播(种) merciful paddle 涉水，划水 宽大的，仁慈的
wag 摇摆，摆动
rot 腐烂
skip 跳过
show off 炫耀，夸耀
knock into sb. 撞上某人
adj.
merciful
宽大的，仁慈的

8. virtue
美德，优点
truth, good/kindness and beauty 

9. framework
National Stadiums
构架，结构

10. show off
炫耀，夸耀

11. feast
盛宴，宴会
Thanksgiving dinner

12. surplus
盈余，剩余

13. Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States
elect
选举，推选

14. merciful
Jesus
宽大的，仁慈的

15. sow 播（种） sowed, sowed sowed, sown 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆
(As) a man sows, so he shall reap.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆

16. roundabout
环岛，环形交叉路口

17. collision 相撞

18. knock into sb. 撞上某人 knocked into
I ____________ an old friend of mine in the park.

19. weed
杂草，野草

20. fountain
喷泉，喷水池

21. paddle 桨
涉水，划水

22. wag
摆动，摇 (头或手指,
常表示不赞成)
(狗)摇,摆动(尾巴)

23. packet 小盒 小包

24. 食品杂货商
grocer

25. 腐烂
rot
rotted, rotted, rotting

26. League 巴克莱超级足球联合会,通常简称英超 Our club is a member of the Barclays Premier
___________.
League
巴克莱银行成为英超的赞助商,冠名为巴克莱超级足球联赛(Barclays Premier League),通常简称英超,是英格兰足总属下的职业足球联赛,是英格兰联赛系统的最高等级联赛,英超由超级联盟负责具体运作
UEFA欧足联
巴克莱超级足球联合会,通常简称英超

27. ministry 部

28. poster 海报

29. skip
skip forward
skip backward
蹦蹦跳跳地走 跳绳 跳过

30. Are there any differences between rich and poor people?
Guess the answers to some of these questions.
Are there any differences between rich and poor people?
What leisure activities are there?
How far is the society?
What punishments are there?

31. Ex2 Listen to Sir Thomas More’s story about Utopia
Ex2 Listen to Sir Thomas More’s story about Utopia. Check your answers to Ex1.
1 Are there any differences between rich and poor people?
2 What leisure activities are there?
3 How fair is the society?
4 What punishment are there?
none
going to lectures or playing interesting games like chess
your own answers
be made into slaves

32. Ex 3. Listen to the story and answer the questions.
1) What kind of country is Utopia like?
Give some examples.
It is the most beautiful country in the world. For example, all the towns are the same and all the buildings are laid out in an ordered way.

33. 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 clever games.

34. 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.

35. 4) Are there any divorces in Utopia
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.

36. 5) Does Utopia ever trade with other countries? Why / Why not?
Utopia never trades with other country because there is nothing that it needs.
6) Are there any wars in their country? Why?
There is no war in Utopia, because the people there hate war.

37. Summary
Utopia is the most ________ country in the world. All the buildings have the same _________, laid out in an _________ way. There is no private _________ of houses or land. Nobody has any desire to _____ ____ and gold and silver have no ______. Everything is well ________ and people only have to work _____ hours a day. Because there is such a _______ of good food, people there can have ______. When they are free, they go to _______ or play ______games like ____. In each family, the oldest ____ is the head. Husbands have __________ over their wives and parents have _________ over their children. Each town has an ______ leader. Every town has three ____________ who are sent to the government. There are very few laws and no lawyers. The government is _______ but if someone behaves really badly they can be made into _____. They _____ the fields and do all the other really hard work. Utopia is a very rich country but it never _____ with other countries, because there is nothing that it needs. The people there are ________ and _____ war.
beautiful
ordered
framework
ownership
show
off
value
six
organised
surplus
feasts
lectures
clever
chess
authority
male
authority
elected
representatives
merciful
slaves
sow
trades
peaceful
hate

38. Discussion
Would you like to live in More’s Utopia?
Why/why not?

39. Thank you!

40. Storyteller: I was away on business when I met this very interesting man. He had traveled for years and had had lots of strange adventures. Amongst them he had spent five years on the island of Utopia and he couldn’t stop talking about its virtues. I invited him to dinner and asked him to tell me all about it.
Man: Well, to start with, Utopia is the most beautiful country in the world. All the towns are the same you know, and all the buildings have the same framework, laid out in an ordered way. Every building has piped water and the houses are large with glass windows—just think of that! Well…there is no private ownership of houses or land in Utopia and various families live together in each of the large houses.

41. Everybody wears the same kind of clothes and so there is no fashion
Everybody wears the same kind of clothes and so there is no fashion. Nobody has any desire to show off and gold and silver have no value – unlike in our society.
Everything is well organized and people only have to work six hours a day. They usually have all of their meals in a large dining room, but can have them at home if they want to. The meals are usually feasts because there is such a surplus of good food. During meal times, people listen to music and have interesting discussions. When they are not working, people go to lectures or play clever games like chess. There’s no betting in Utopia– so that’s very different from our society, isn’t it? You know, the people there take their pleasure from living a healthy and useful life.

42. In Utopian, families are well-organized
In Utopian, families are well-organized. There is a head of each household, who is always the oldest male by the way. Husbands have authority over their wives and parents have authority over their children. There is a leader in each area of the town and each town has an elected leader. Every town has three representatives who are sent to the government, where major decisions are made. There are very few laws in Utopia, because there is no need for them. So there are no lawyers – just imagine that. The government is merciful but if someone behaves really badly they can be made into slaves—the slaves in Utopia are prisoners or foreigners. They sow the fields and do all the other really hard work. The threat of slavery is enough to put anyone off doing something wrong. Girls can marry when they are 18 and boys when

43. they are 22. Divorce is only possible when both husband and wife want it. There are severe punishments for married people who have affairs. The guilty people can be made into slaves.
Utopia is a very rich country but it never trades with other countries, because there is nothing that it needs. The people there are peaceful and hate war.
Storyteller: I made some polite remarks about Utopia and thanked the man. I cannot say I agree with everything he said, but I admit that there are a few things in Utopia that I would like to see adopted in Europe.