北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit 24 Lesson2-3

[00:00.34]There are very few laws in Utopia,
[00:03.06]because there is no need for them.
[00:04.77]So there are no lawyers-just imagine that.
[00:07.83]But if someone behaves badly then can
[00:10.27]be made into slaves¹-
[00:12.18]the slaves in Utopia are convicts²
[00:14.06]or foreigners who have to work very hard.
[00:17.27]Girls can marry when they are 18
[00:19.76]and boys when they are 22.
[00:22.20]Divorce is only possible when both husband
[00:24.21]and wife want it.
[00:26.00]There are severe³ punishments
[00:27.30]for married people who have affairs.
[00:30.00]The guilty⁴ people can be made into slaves.
[00:33.58]Utopia is a very rich country
[00:35.58]but never trades with other countries,
[00:37.06]because there is nothing that it needs.
[00:39.63]Utopians are peaceful and hate war
[00:42.67]and they only fight in self-deffence.
[00:47.78]I made some polite remarks about Utopia
[00:50.35]and thanked the man.
[00:52.55]I cannot say I agree with everything he said,
[00:56.28]but I admit that there are many things
[00:58.15]in the Utopian Republic that I would like
[00:59.81]to see adopted in Europe.
[01:08.55]Exercise 3 Listen to the story again
[01:11.57]and answer the questions.
[01:15.17]Exercise 4 Listen to the story again.
[01:17.84]List two things you would like about Utopia
[01:21.03]and two things you would hate.
[01:21.91]

1 slaves   

n.奴隶( slave的名词复数 )；苦工；完全受（某事物）控制的人；完全依赖（某事物）的人v.奴隶般地工作，做苦工( slave的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Slaves were not emancipated until 1863 in the United States. 美国奴隶直到1863年才获得自由。
• fashionistas who are slaves to the latest trends 被潮流牵着鼻子走的赶时髦者

2 convicts   

宣判有罪( convict的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The escaped convicts were smoked out of the house. 逃犯被熏出了屋子。
• In the past, British convicts could be sentenced to transportation. 过去，英国的囚犯可能会被判流放。

3 severe   

adj.严格的，凶猛的，严肃的，严重的，严厉的，朴素的

参考例句：

• The severe storm did for most of the crops.猛烈的暴风雨毁掉了大部分庄稼。
• The pace was too severe to be kept up for long.跟上这步伐太难了，无法持久。

4 guilty   

adj.犯罪的；有罪的；内疚的

参考例句：

• There wasn't enough evidence to prove him guilty.没有充分的证据证明他有罪。
• Really honest people are ofter made to feel guilty.真正老实的人常被弄得感到犯了罪似的。