Disney's Utopia

1. National Institute of Business
BACHELOR OF ART IN ENGLISH
(FIELD: TEFL)
ASSIGNMENT
YEAR 3
SEMESTER 1
Class A19 Morning
Topic: Celebration, Florida:
Disney’s Utopia
SUBMITTED TO LECTURER: Marilou Dela Sierra
SUBMITTED BY: Oum Vidasophea
Ngi Vannak
Seng Dara Raksmey
In Seyha
Noem Yang
Academic Year: 2011- 2012

2. Unit 2
Celebration, Florida
Disney’s Utopia

3. Definition
- Celebration : a gathering of any people for
reasons that are usually happy where the
people interact and generally have a good time.
a celebration can be for a birthday, holiday,
promotion. celebrations can be the act or
occasion of doing something enjoyable because
something good happened.
- Utopia: a place or state that existed only in the
imagination, where everything is perfect.

4. 1. Focus on the topic
B. Predicting
Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse and
the founder of the Disney theme parks, also
dreamed of creating the ideal American
community, a utopian city where real people
lived and worked.

5. + Here are the photos of Disney’s Utopia

10. DISCUSSION

11. Question
– Think about life is like in this town.
– Why so many people wanted to move there when
it opened in 1996?

12. Disney’s Utopia is an ideal town in Florida. In
1996 so many people wanted to move there
because:
- the town has been a dream destination for
some and a symbol of corporate power.
- Many point to the cleanliness of the streets.
- heavy construction that will continue for quite
a while and the near-perfect architecture.
- People can live their lives in a very nice place.
- Everything built so far is within walking
distance to business and recreational facilities.

13. - The trade-off is living in an orderly, safe
environment with almost every need already
anticipated and met.
- However, homeowners can't paint their homes
any color they want and are likely required to
maintain their property for appearances.

14. B. Sharing the information
In your opinion, what does an ideal community
have to have?

15. C. Preparing for listen
Reading on page 25

16. Vocabulary
• Occupied : sth that being used.
• Flee: escape from sth
• visionary : having great plan for future.
• Persecution : to treat sb in cruel and unfair
way.
• Abolish : to end a law or system officially.
• Rigid: inflexible
• Cooperative: working together.
• Intimate: quite , friendly.
• Self-sufficient: able to provide or produce
everything that you need without any help.

17. • List the utopia which drove its creation.
• Religious:
In the early seventeenth century, the Pilgrim
established a model society based on strict
religious beliefs in the “New World”.
• Community
+ In the early nineteenth century,
– Robert Owen established a beautiful, well planned,
modern industrial town.
– His group focused on social and labor reform.
– The typical work day was shortened.
+ In late nineteenth century
– Member work on the farm so that the community
could be fully independent.

18. + 1960 – 1975
– Hippie communes is an intimate communities.
– Member grew their own food.
+ 1995- present
– Planners designed towns which re-create small
town life in America.
– Feature aimed at promoting a sense of the
community are house close together, with garages
behind the house
– House with graceful front porches, tree-lined streets
and sidewalks, schools, shopping, and parks all the
within walking distance.

19. • Environment
– Social class structure included inexpensive housing and free
education and medical care.
– People built own house more modern and up to date from
one generation to another generation.
• Education
– In the early nineteenth century, Owen established the first
kindergarten and first free public library in the United State.
– In the late nineteenth century, Brook Farm was famous for
outstanding school built on the progressive philosophy of
“learning by doing”
– 1960 – 1975 People learnt how to maintain their self-
sufficient communities.
– 1995- present: education is much better. People can react
against the isolation and car-dominated culture of many
suburbs.