•(英)阿道司·赫青黎简介阿道司·赫青黎(AldousHuxley,1894—1962),一位多产的英国作家,共写作了50多部小说、诗歌、哲学著作和游记,其中最著名的作品是长篇小说《美丽新世界》。作为生物学家的儿子,他从小受到良好的教育,先后毕业于伊顿公学和牛津大学。他对人类生活中的矛盾具有超人的预见力。尽管一次眼疾几乎让他视力全失,但在学习了盲文后,他逐步开始写作,先后创作了许多脍炙人口的小说,并在20年代成为一个明星人物,其中,1932年创作的《美丽新世界》让他名留青史。1.WhenwasthebookBraveNewWorldwritten?2.Whowrotethebook?3.Howmanytypesofclonesarethereintheworlddescribedinthebook?Whatarethey?In1931AldousHuxleyFive.TheyareAlphas,theBetas,threelowergroupsincludingtheEpsilons…Skimming:4.Whyisthebookstillfamoustoday?Becauseitdescribesaterrifyingfutureworldthatisbecomingmoreandmorepossible.Scaning:TureorFaulsestatements1.Thenovelisstillasubjectofmuchdiscusiontodayforitispossiblethatthefutureworldwouldbeliketheonedescribedinit.2.Theworlddescribedinthenovelwillbecomerealityaftersixhundredyearsinthefuture.3.EachAlphapersonisidenticalbutBetapersonisnot.4.Intheworlddescibedinthenovel,everysinglepersonishappywithhisorherpositioninsociety.TFFF5.Thegovernmentalsousesadrugtokeepmostofthepeoplehappy.6.Thewriterofthenovelthinksitgoodifpeopleinacontryarecompletelycontrolledbythegovernment.TF