1、Lesson 7 What Is the Meaning of Life?Unit 2 Great People學(xué)習(xí)目標(biāo)Curriculum words: meaning, wonder, su essful, if,deep in thought, think about, write doownUseful expressions: Those are all really important questions and very difficult to answer.Im not sure how to answer them.My dad always says that we sh

2、ould be good to others.Functions: Master the new words: meaning, dialogue, su essful, survey, Grammar: wonder about Sentences: Lets write these questions down.Im not sure how to answer them, but I think we should try our best to live a good and happy life.思 考新課導(dǎo)入思 考Whats the meaning of life?新課講解THIN

3、K ABOUT ITDo you know any su essful people? What does su ess mean to you?What are your dreams for the future? After the history class, Li Ming sits in the classroom, deep in thought. Wang Mei es in and the two start a dialogue.課文呈現(xiàn)新課講解Wang Mei：Hi Li Ming. What are you thinking about？ Li Ming: Oh, hi

4、 Wang Mei. I was just thinking. What is the meaning of life？Do you ever wonder about that?Wang Mei: Oh, I see. You are thinking about your purpose in life. Yes, I think about that sometimes. But I also wonder about other things. For example, why are great people so su essful? And how can we su eed i

5、n life?新課講解 Li Ming: Those are good questions, too. But. what is su ess? And how do you know if youve su eeded? Does it mean that you have a good job? Does it mean that you are rich and famous? Wang Mei: Those are all really important questions and very difficult to answer. Im not sure how to answer

6、 them, but I think we should try our best to live a good and happy life. Li Ming: That sounds right to me. My dad always says that we should be good to others.新課講解Wang Mei: Exactly! If we are living a happy life, but the people around us arent, is that a good life? Im not so sure.It seems like somet

7、hing is missing. Li Ming: I agree. I have an idea，Wang Mei. Lets write these questions down and then survey our parents, friends and neighbours about their thoughts.Wang Mei: Great idea, Li Ming！Lets do it！新課講解Let s Do It !Read the lesson and fill in the blanks.1 After the history class, Li Ming sit

8、s in the classroom, deep in thought. Wang Mei es 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.dialoguemean

9、ingdifficultwritedownsurvey新課講解Listen to the passage and tick the ideas mentioned.2 Be e famous. Have a happy family. Attend a good university. Make other people happy. Have a satisfying job. Be rich.新課講解What is su ess? Well, different people have different ideas. Some think being rich is su ess. So

10、me think having a happy family is success. Others think that attending a good university or be ing famous is success.聽力材料新課講解3Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box.successpurpose survey wonder neighbour1Work hard and you will be _ in the future.2I _ who he was, but nobody

11、 could tell me.su essfulwondered 新課講解3What is the _ of your visit?4One of our _ helped us look after our dog while we were away.5We _ 500 people and 75% of them were in favour of the plan.purposeneighbourssurveyedsuccesspurpose survey wonder neighbour新課講解4Its said that happy people can live longer.

12、What do you need to be happy? Fill in the mind map. Then give a reason for each thing you list.happinesshealthkindnesssafetyfriends新課講解Example：Health is important for living a full and active life. You need to be healthy to work and play. Friends are also very important in our life. Friends can help

13、 us when we are in trouble. They share the pain and happiness with us. Kindness is important. You need to be kind to help others who have difficulties. Keeping safe is necessary for us .If you hurt yourself，you wont study and play well.新課講解 deep in thought 陷入深思PointLanguage point 1deep in thought 在句

14、中常作表語(yǔ)，也可作狀語(yǔ)，表示伴隨狀態(tài)。其同義短語(yǔ)為lost in thought陷入深思。eg：He sat at the table, deep in thought. 他坐在桌旁，陷入了沉思。eg：Keep quiet. Father is deep in thought. 安靜些，爸爸在沉思。新課講解 think about，think of 和 think over 辨析PointLanguage points 2think about表示“考慮”，可接名詞、動(dòng)詞的ing形式或由疑問詞引導(dǎo)的不定式或賓語(yǔ)從句。He is thinking about a problem.他正在考慮一個(gè)問

15、題。He carefully thought about what I said.他仔細(xì)考慮了一下我所說的話。新課講解think of意為“考慮到，想到”時(shí)，后常接名詞、代詞或動(dòng)詞的ing形式；意為“認(rèn)為”時(shí)，一般用于疑問句中，與what連用。The old picture made me think of my childhood.那張舊照片使我想起了我的童年。think over意為“仔細(xì)考慮”，后接名詞或代詞作賓語(yǔ)，當(dāng)后接代詞時(shí)，應(yīng)把代詞放在中間。Let me think it over.讓我好好考慮一下。新課講解 meaning/min/n. 意思；意義PointLanguage po

16、ints 3（1）meaning的其他意思：(人生的)意義；價(jià)值，目標(biāo)eg：At last he knew the meaning of life. 最后，他懂得了生活的意義。(2)mean 表示“意味著”，后接動(dòng)詞的ing形式，表示“打算”的含義，后接動(dòng)詞不定式。 eg：Talking in class means wasting the time. 上課說話意味著浪費(fèi)時(shí)間。 I didnt mean to read that book. 我沒打算看那本書。新課講解 wonder about 琢磨；想知道PointLanguage points 4wonder作及物動(dòng)詞，意為“想知道”，常見

17、的用法有：后接who，what，why，where等詞引導(dǎo)的賓語(yǔ)從句。eg：I wonder who he is.我想知道他是誰(shuí)。（1）后接that引導(dǎo)的賓語(yǔ)從句，表示“感到驚奇； 對(duì)感到驚訝”，that常可省去。eg：I wonder(that)she has won the race.我對(duì)她贏了比賽感到驚訝。新課講解（2）后接if或whether引導(dǎo)的賓語(yǔ)從句，表示疑問。eg：I wonder if he will su eed. 我想知道他會(huì)不會(huì)成功。（3）后接“疑問詞不定式”。eg：Im just wondering how to do it. 我正想知道該怎樣做那件事。新課講解 su

18、 ess，su eed，successful 和successfully 的用法PointLanguage points 5success名詞，“成功”。eg：He has great success in drawing. 他在畫畫上取得很大成功。succeed動(dòng)詞，“成功”。eg：I succeeded in the English study. 我在英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)方面取得了成功。新課講解successful形容詞，“成功的”。eg：He is successful in dancing. 在舞蹈方面他是成功的。successfully副詞，“成功地”。eg：He landed on the i

19、sland successfully. 他成功地登上了那座島嶼。新課講解典例People all over the country feel proud that all Chinas spacecraft have _(成功地) returned to the earth. 泰州【點(diǎn)撥】句意：全國(guó)人民為中國(guó)所有的飛船成功返回地球而感到自豪。su essfully當(dāng)堂小練一、根據(jù)句意及首字母提示完成單詞1What is the m of the word?2They sat together and started a d 3The man is s in his life. He is great.4We have s some people about their purposes in life.5She w what the child was doing. eaning ialogue u essful urveyed ondered當(dāng)堂小練二、單項(xiàng)選擇6. We should try our best _ at school. Ato work hard Bwork hard Cworking hard Dworks hard7.