Unit 2 Lesson 7
教学目标
1.能谈论成功和生命的意义,能听懂关于成功的小短文。
2.引导学生思考人生和成功的意义,心怀梦想,热爱生活。
教学重点
掌握本课节的重点单词、短语和句型。
教学难点
能谈论成功和生命的意义,能听懂关于成功的小短文。
教学过程
一、新课导入
We will learn
The new words:
meaning, dialogue, successful, survey, neighbour
Important and difficult points:
1) Those are all really important questions and very difficult to answer.
2) I’m not sure how to answer them.
3) My dad always says that we should be good to others.
4) Let’s write these questions down.
二、探索新知
Lead in
What’s the meaning of life
Think about it!
Do you know any successful people
What does success mean to you
What are your dreams for the future
Words and Expressions
successful [s k'sesf l] adj. 获得成功的
meaning ['mi n ] n. 意义;意思
dialogue ['da l g] n. 对话;对白
missing ['m s ] adj. 缺少的;丢失的
survey [s 've ] v. 调查
['s ve ] n. 调查
neighbour ['ne b ] n. 邻居
successful meaning dialogue survey neighbour
根据句意及汉语提示填写单词。
1. There is a short dialogue in this lesson. I need two students to read it.
2. The businessman has a lot of money and a lovely family. I think he is a successful man.
3. This survey showed that 13 students go to school by bus, and 20 by bike.
4.When Jane’s parents are away, one of her neighbours(邻居) come to take care of her.
5. The meaning of the word “text” in Chinese is “正文”.
True or False
Wang Mei sits in the classroom, deep in thought.
Li Ming asks many questions.
Wang Mei can answer the questions easily.
Read and fill in the blanks :
After the history class, Li Ming sits in the classroom ,deep in thought . Wang Mei comes in ,and they start a dialogue. Li Ming wonders about the meaning of life. He has many questions about his purpose in life. Wang Mei thinks those questions are difficult to answer. They decide to write their questions down, and then survey some people about their thoughts.
Read and translate:
What is the meaning of life
What are you thinking about
But I also wonder about other things.
Why are great people so successful And how can we succeed in life
I’m not sure how to answer them, but I think we should try our best to live a good and happy life.
I am not so sure… It seems like something is missing.
Let’s write these questions down and then survey our parents ,friends and neighbours about their thoughts.
三、知识点
1.Li Ming sits in the classroom, deep in thought.
李明坐在教室里,陷入了沉思。
deep in thought “沉思,深思”(= lost in thought)
After watching the film, I was deep in thought.
看完这部电影,我陷入了沉思。
2. Do you ever wonder about that 你曾经为此疑惑过吗?
wonder 动词,意为“琢磨;想知道;想弄明白”。
wonder about 想要知道;感到疑惑;觉得好奇
wonder at 对……感到惊讶
I wonder about my future.
我对我的未来感到疑惑。
I wonder at your allowing her to do such a thing.
我对你允许她做这样的事感到惊讶。
【拓展】(1)wonder 及物动词,意为“想知道,对……感到好奇”。
常见的用法有:
wonder + who/why/where等词引导的宾语从句
if/whether引导的宾语从句
“疑问词+动词不定式”
I wonder who has won the race. 我想知道谁赢了比赛。
I wonder if he will succeed. 我不知道他会不会成功。
They’re just wondering how to do it. 他们正想知道该怎样做那件事。
(2)wonder 可数名词,意为“奇观”。
The Great Wall is one of the wonders of the world.长城是世界奇观之一。
3. And how can we succeed in life 我们怎样才能在生活中成功?
succeed 不及物动词,意为“成功”。
succeed (in) doing sth. 在(做)某事方面成功;顺利完成某事
Meimei succeeded (in) passing the exam. 梅梅顺利地通过了考试。
What did you learn from this lesson?
What should you do from now on
Work hard, help each other, and never give up!
四、作业
Why are we alive
Finish exercise in activity books