Albert Einstein--- a scientist

in Germany.Yuan Longping---the most famous “farmer” in China.

A successful writer and educator.

Unit 2 Great People Lesson 7 What Is the Meaning of Life ?

Made by Zhang Juanjuan

教学目标

语言知识 词汇 : meaning dialogue successful missing survey neighbour

词组 : deep in thought succeed in…

句型 : what is the meaning of… ? 语言技能多方位训练并提高学生的听说读写能力 .

情感态度 Love life and have a happy life.

通过任务型教学模式 , 激发并强化学生学习英语的兴趣和学好英语的信心

Words

dialogue n. 对话，对白

meaning n. 意义 , 意思

successful adj. 获得成功的， 有成就的missing adj. 缺少的 丢失的survey n.&v. 调查

neigbour n. 邻居

THINK ABOUT IT!

1. Do you know any successful people? What does success mean to you?

2. What are your dreams for the future?

Yes, I do. In my opinion, success means you arehappy and the people around you are happy,too.They all need your hard work.

I want to be a good English teacher, teach wellbe good friends of my students.

Listen to the text and do “Let’s do it”.

I think…What is the meaning of life?

1 Read the lesson and fill in the blanks.

After the history class, Li Ming sits in the classroom,deep in thought. Wang Mei comes in, sand they starta_________. Li Ming wonders about the ________ of life. He has many questions about his purpose in life. Wang Mei thinks those questions are ___________ toanswer. They decide to _________ their questions________,and then________ some people about their thoughts.

dialogue meaning

difficultwrite

down survey

V. 调查

Reading and role

—play time!

What's’ the meaning of life?

2. Listen to the passage and tick the ideasmentioned.

Become famous

Have a happy family

Attend a good university

Make other people happy

Have a satisfying job

Be rich

1. What is the meaning of life? 2. Why are great people so successful?3. How can we succeed in life?4. What is success?5. How do you know if you’ve succeeded?6. Does it mean that you have a good job?7. Does it mean that you are rich and famous?8. If we are living a happy life, but the people around us aren't, is that a good life?

Group work: discussion

Language points:1. succeed (v.) 成功 success (n.) -----successful (adj.)-----successfully succeed in +doing sth./n. ( 学以致用 ) ： Our country will ______ in launching another communication satellite. A. success B. succeed C. successful D. Successfully2. Li Ming sits in he classroom, deep in thought. be+ deep in thought ( 学以致用 ) ： My father is______ __________( 深思 ).

B

deep in thought

3. wonder v. 好奇，想知道 =want to know 常用短语 wonder about wonder n. 奇观、奇人 e.g. The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. wonder---wonderful(adj.) e.g. The film is wonderful. ( 学以致用 ) ： I am wondering _____ the purpose of my life now. A. on B. about C. with D. of 4. mean v.. 意思是，意味着 meaning n. 意思 mean by …/meaning of

B

… 是什么的意思？ What does … mean? What’s the meaning of …? What do you mean by …?5. be sure to do sth./be sure of ( doing) sth. be sure + that 从句 ( 学以致用 ) ： Be sure ______ send my regards to your mother. A. to B. of C. about D. that6. write down 写下来，人代 放中间。 e.g. Please write it down.

A

happysad

intereasting boring

colorful dark

hard

Be happy and successful in life.

easy

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO BE HAPPY?

money

friendslove

health

happiness

job

family

What did you learn

today?1.succeed in doing sth.2. wonder about sth.

3. be deep in thought

4. be sure to do /of doing be sure +that 从句

5. What’s the meaning of life?=What do you mean by life?=What does life mean?

6.write down

Homework:1.Understand the useful words and expressions;2.Write a short passage about what you need to be happy;3. Preview the new lesson.

Thanks ！ Goodbye!