冀教版（ 2012 教材）初中九上

Lesson17 What is the meaning of life?

What Is the Meaning of Life?

meaningdialogue

successfulmissingsurvey

neighbour

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

Words

Lead-in

Let’s enjoy some videos.

不能重来的人生

objectives

To talk about the meaning of life and success with your classmates.To learn some new words:meaning, dialogue, successful, missing, survey, neighbour…

Look and say

dialogue

conversation which is written for a book, play or film

The play contained some very witty dialogue.这出戏里有一些非常风趣的对话。

n. 对话；对白

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successful

achieving the results wanted or hoped for

My second attempt at making chocolate cake was a bit more successful.我第二次尝试做巧克力蛋糕时就做得好一些了。

adj. 获得成功的； 有成就的

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missing

describes something that cannot be found because it is not where it should be

The burglars have been arrested but the jewellery is still missing.盗贼已被捕，但珠宝仍下落不明。

adj. 缺少的；丢失的

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survey

an examination of opinions, behaviour, etc., made by asking people questions

A recent survey found/revealed/showed that 58% of people did not know where their heart is.最近的一项调查表明，有 58% 的人不知道自己的心脏在哪里。

n. 调查 v. 调查

Do you know these people?

Albert Einstein

Confucius

Do you know these people?

Karl Marx

Do you know these people?

Newton

Do you know these people?

Da Vinci

Do you know these people?

Please definite the words “great people”.

Free talk

What are your dreams for the future?

become famous?attend a good university?have a satisfying job?have a happy family?make other people happy?

Listen to the passage and tick the ideas mentioned.

Become famous.

Attend a good university.

Have a satisfying job.

Have a happy family.

Make other people happy.

Be rich.

2

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, and they start a ________.Li Ming wonders the __________ of life. He has many questions about his purpose in life. Wang Mei thinks those questions are __________ to answer. They decide to _______ their question ______, and then ______ some people about their thoughts.

dialoguemeaning

difficultwrite down survey

1

What will be included in Li Ming and Wang Mei’s survey?

What is the meaning of life?Why are great people so successful?How can we succeed in life?How do you know if you’ve succeeded?……

Now please design your own survey with your partner.

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box.

success purpose survey wonder neighbour

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?

successful

wondered

purpose

3

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box.

success purpose survey wonder neighbour

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.

neighbours

surveyed

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.

health

4

I think health is important for living a full and active life.

Love is very valuable and necessary for happy living. It’s the motive power of life. And many people don’t know the value of love until they lose it.

Read and try to

recite the

conversations in 5-

10 minutes.

Role-play

1. Role play in groups;2. Role play in front of the class

We’ll see which We’ll see which group does the group does the

best.best.

Language points

Li Ming sits in the classroom, deep in thought.

deep in thought “ 沉思，深思”= lost in thought

She sat, not listening, but deep in thought.

她坐在那里，并没有听，而是在沉思。 The child sat there deep in thought.

孩子坐在那里陷入了沉思。

李明坐在教室里，他陷入了沉思。

Language points

Do you ever wonder about that?

wonder about “ 想要知道；感到疑惑；觉得好奇”

"Have you decided where you're going next summer?" "I've been wondering about (= considering) going to Florida."

“ 你决定好明年夏天去哪里了吗？”“我一直在考虑去佛罗里达。”

你曾经为此疑惑过吗？

Language points

Let’s write these questions down and then survey our parents, friends and …

survey n. & v. 调查to conduct/carry out/do a survey 进行调查

The researchers surveyed the attitudes of 2500 college students.研究人员调查了 2500 名大学生的看法。

让我们把这些问题写下来，然后调查我们的父母，朋友……

Language points

And how can we succeed in life?

succeed in “ 取得成功；达到目的”后跟名词或 v-ing 形式

She's been trying to pass her driving test for six years and she's finally succeeded.

6 年来她一直努力想通过驾照考试，终于得偿所愿。

我们怎样才能在生活中成功？

Language points

My dad always says that we should be good to others.

be good to “ 对…友好”

Try to be good to yourself, try to do good to others.

试着对自己好点，试着对别人好点。

我爸爸常说我们应该对他人友好。

本课时重点回顾

1. start a dialogue2. wonder about3. And how can we succeed in life?4. I think we should try our best to…

1. There is a short _________ 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 _________ man.3. This ___________ showed that 13 students go to school by bus, and 20 by bike.4. When Jane’s parents are away, one of her __________( 邻居 ) come to take care of her. 5. The _________ of the word “text” in Chinese is “ 正文” .

根据句意及汉语提示填写单词。

successful

dialogue

survey

neighbours

meaning

为下面的问句选择适当的答语。(   ) 1.You look puzzled. What’s wrong?

(   ) 2. How can we make our dreams come true?

(   ) 3. Do you mean I have to wait for another day?

(   ) 4. What is the purpose of your activity?

(   ) 5. What are you thinking about?

A. We should work hard and never give up.

B. I’m thinking about which movies to watch.

C. I don’t know how to put out a fire.

D. I’m sorry! I’m afraid so.

E. To raise money for the homeless children.

C

A

DE

B

Homework

What’s the meaning of life and success? Please write your own definition for them.