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Unit 2 Great People Lesson 7
What Is the Meaning of Life
1. To understand the meaning and usage of the new words and expressions.
2. To talk about the meaning of life and success with your classmates in English.
3. To form a positive and healthy attitude towards life.
Learning objectives
It's said that happy people can live longer. What do you need to be happy Fill in the mind map. Then give a reason for each thing you list.
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happiness
health
family
job
friends
wealth
dream
Example:
Health is important for living a full and active life. We need to be healthy to work and play.
Everyone must have friends. They can share happiness and face difficulties with us.
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Look! Li Ming and Wang Mei are talking about the meaning of life.
Listen to the tape and put these sentences in correct order.
a .They decide to survey their parents, friends and neighbours.
b. After the history class, Li Ming is deep in thought.
c. He has many questions about his purpose in life.
d. Wang Mei comes in, and they start a dialogue.
e. Li Ming wonders about the meaning of life.
f. Wang Mei thinks those questions are difficult.
b. After the history class, Li Ming is deep in thought.
d. Wang Mei comes in, and they start a dialogue.
e. Li Ming wonders about the meaning of life.
c. He has many questions about his purpose in life.
f. Wang Mei thinks those questions are difficult.
a .They decide to survey their parents, friends and neighbours.
Correct order
New words and expressions.
meaning [ mi n ]
dialogue [ da l ɡ]
successful [s k sesfl]
missing [ m s ]
survey [ s ve , s ve ]
neighbour [ ne b (r)]
n. 意义；意思
n. 对话；对白
adj. 获得成功的；有成就的
adj. 缺少的；丢失的
n. 调查 v. 调查
n. 邻居
Read the lesson and fill in the blanks.
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After the history class, Li Ming sits in the classroom, deep in thought. Wang Mei comes in, and they start a ________. Li Ming wonders about the ________ of life. He has many questions about his purpose in life. Wang Mei thinks those questions are ________ to answer. They decide to ________ their questions ________, and then ________ some people about their thoughts.
dialogue
meaning
difficult
write
down
survey
1.What does success mean to you
成功对你来说意味着什么。
mean v. “意思是” , 常用句式：
What does...mean
What do you mean by... ......是什么意思
eg：What does this word mean =What do you mean by this word 这个词是什么意思？
Language Points
mean v. “意味着”, 后接动词的 ing形式或that从句;
eg：Success means working hard.成功意味着努力。
Does it mean that you have a good job 它意味着你有个好工作吗
mean v. “打算”, 后接动词不定式。
eg：I didn’t mean to hurt you. 我没打算伤害你。
mean 的名词形式是 meaning “意思；意义”
the meaning of ..... ......的意义/意思
eg：What's the meaning of this word
这个词的意思是什么？
What's the meaning of life
生活的意义是什么？
2. Li Ming sits in the classroom, deep in thought.
李明坐在教室里，他陷入沉思。
thought 可数名词“思想，想法”, 等于mind
eg: I have no thoughts on the plan.
对这个计划，我没有什么看法。
deep in thought意思是“沉思；深思”。
还可以说成 lost in thought
eg：He was silent for a moment, deep in thought.
他沉默了片刻，陷入了思考。
Late at night, when I am lost in thought, I am often trying to work out chess games. 当我在夜深人静时陷入沉思，我常常会试图找出赢棋的方法。
think about “考虑” 后加名词、代词、动名词或从句
eg：He is thinking about the meaning of life. 他正在考虑生命的意义。
He carefully thought about what I said. 他仔细考虑了我所说的话。
[拓展] thought是think的过去式和过去分词,意为“想,认为”。think 的常用短语
think of “考虑到, 想到” 后常接名词、代词或动词的 ing形式;
eg：The old picture made me think of my childhood.
那张旧照片使我想起了我的童年。
think of 当“认为”时, 一般用于疑问句中, 与what连用
eg：What do you think of this movie
你认为这部电影怎么样？
=How do you like this movie
think over“仔细考虑”, 后接名词或代词作宾语, 动副词短语，代词做宾语时, 放中间。
eg：Let me think it over.
让我好好考虑一下。
3. Do you ever wonder about that 你曾经为此疑惑过吗？
wonder about 表示“想要知道；感到疑惑；觉得好奇”；
eg：I have wondered about the truth of his words many times. 我曾多次想知道他的话的真实性。
But I also wonder about other things. 我也想知道别的事情。
Is it true I wonder(about that). 是真的吗？我怀疑。
wonder at 表示“感到惊讶”。
eg：He wondered at her wisdom. 他对她的智慧感到惊讶。
eg：Eight Wonders of the World世界八大奇迹
It's a wonder that...奇怪的是……
eg：It's a wonder that people in the small village live long. 奇怪的是小村庄的人都长寿。
It's no wonder that...难怪……
eg：He always plays games. It's no wonder that he fails the exam. 他总是玩游戏，难怪他考试不及格。
[拓展]wonder还可作名词,“惊异;奇迹;奇观;不可思议 ”
4. And how can we succeed in life 我们怎样才能在生活中成功
succeed 意思是“（在某方面）取得成功；达到目的”，后跟名词、代词或动词的ing形式。
eg：He succeeded in the competition. /He succeeded in winning the competition. 他赢得了比赛。
[拓展] “成功”的不同变形
success 名词，“成功” Qi Baishi has great success in drawing.齐白石在画画上取得很大成功。
succeed 动词，“成功” I succeeded in the English study. 我在英语学习方面取得了成功。
successful 形容词，“成功的” Huang Doudou is successful in dancing.黄豆豆在舞蹈方面是成功的。
successfully 副词，“成功地” He finished the task successfully. 他成功地完成了任务。
5. My dad always says that we should be good to others.
我爸爸常说我们应该对他人友好。
be good to. . . 意思是“对·····友好”。
eg: The host is good to his guests. 主人对他的客人很友好。
[拓展] be good for. . . . . 意思是“对·····有好处”。
eg：The land is good for people to live on.
这片土地适合人们居住。
be good at. . . . . . 意思是“擅长. . . . . ”。
eg：He is good at English, but weak in maths.
他英语好, 但数学很差。
6. Let's write these questions down and then survey our parents, friends and neighbours about their thoughts.
write down 意为“写下，记下”，动副词短语，代词放中间，名词即可放中间，也可放后边。
eg：You can write your name down.
＝ You can write down your name.
你可以写下你的名字。
Listen to the passage and tick the ideas mentioned.
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□ Become famous.
□ Have a happy family.
□ Attend a good university.
□ Make other people happy.
□ Have a satisfying job.
□ Be rich.
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√
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Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box.
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1.Work hard and you will be ___________ in the future.
2.I ________ who he was, but nobody could tell me.
3.What is the ________ of your visit
4.One of our ___________ helped us look after our dog
while we were away.
5.We ________ 500 people and 75% of them were in
favour of the plan.
successful
wondered
purpose
neighbours
success purpose survey wonder neighbour
surveyed
What did we learn
meaning
dialogue
successful
missing
survey
neighbour
think about
the meaning of…
be good to…
What is the meaning of life
Do you ever wonder about that
For example,why are great people so successful
And how can we succeed in life
And how do you know if you’ve succeeded
I think we should try our best to live a good and happy life.
Summary
根据句意及首字母提示完成句子.
1．What is the m of this word
2．They went in the front of the classroom and started a d .
3．Sun Nan is s in singing. I like his songs.
4．The policeman has s witness(目击者).
5．She w why the child damaged the plant.
eaning
ialogue
uccessful
urveyed
ondered
1. Work hard and you will be ____________ one day.
A．success B．succeed
C．successful D．successfully
2.Our English teacher is always good ________ us.
A．at B．to C．for D．of
3.You should carefully before making a decision.
A．think over it B．think of it
C．think it over D．think it about
单项选择
GOOD JOB
