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Lesson 7
What Is the Meaning of Life?
dialogue
meaning
neighbour
successful
survey
n. 对话;对白
n. 意义;意思
n. 邻居
adj. 获得成功的;有成就的
n. 调查
v. 调查
Words and Expressions
1. To talk about the meaning of life and the definition of success
2. To learn some new words:
meaning, dialogue, successful, missing, survey, neighbour…
Objectives
Do you know the following people?
Marie Curie
Lei Feng
Newton
Li Shizhen
Whose life do you think is meaningful? Why?
What’s the meaning of your life? What does success mean to you? Wang Mei and Li Ming are talking about it. Let’s go and have a look!
Become famous.
Attend a good university.
Have a satisfying job.
Have a happy family.
Make other people happy.
Be rich.
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Task 1
Listen to the passage and tick the ideas mentioned.
1. What was Li Ming thinking about?
He was thinking about the meaning of life.
2. What does Wang Mei wonder about?
She wonders about why great people are so successful and how we can succeed in life.
3. Why is it important to be good to others?
If we are living a happy life, but the people around us aren’t, that is not a good life.
4. What will they do?
They will do a survey.
Answer the questions according to the dialogue.
Task 2
deep in thought沉思
think about考虑
wonder about想知道
try one’s best to do sth.尽全力去做某事
live a good and happy life 度过美好而快乐的人生
be good to others 对他人友善
survey sb. 调查某人
(1)沉思
(2)考虑
(3)想知道
(4)尽全力去做某事
(5)度过美好而快乐的人生
(6)对他人友善
(7)调查某人
deep in thought
think about
wonder about
try one’s best to do sth.
live a good and happy life
be good to others
survey sb.
Translate the following phrases into English.
Li Ming sits in ____________, deep in ________. Wang Mei ___________. Li Ming is thinking about _________________. Wang Mei thinks it sometimes, but she also wonders about ____________ such as ______________
_____________ and _________________. Li Ming wants to know what is success. They both agree that no matter what we should __________ others. They decide to ask other people about these questions