1、1Unit 2 Great PeopleLesson 7 What is the Meaning of Life?Navigation of the course(课程导航)Teaching aims（教学目标）1. 掌握本课四会单词和短语 the meaning of, deep in thought, succeed in, try ones best2. 思考生活的意义Teaching important points(教学重点)New words and new phrases of the text.Teaching difficult points(教学难点)The differe
2、nce between success, successful, successfully, succeedGuiding teaching scene(教学情景导入)We live in the world. Have you ever think about the meaning of life? 教学过程设计Step1. Come to Think About It.Do you know any successful people? What does success mean to you?What are your dreams for the future?Encourage
3、students to talk about them, and then answer as individual.Step2. Learning new words of the text.meaning n. 意义 dialogue n. 对话 successful adj. 成功的missing adj. 丢失的 survey v.&v. 调查 neighbour n. 邻居Step3. Listen and write T or F.1. The students just had the history class.2. Li Ming was thinking about the
4、 meaning of life?3. Wang Mei came up with an idea of surveying their parents.Listen twice. Then check answers individually. If it is false, tell the reason.Step 4. Read and finish Exercise 1 on Page 19.Ask students to talk about in groups. Then check answers as a class. Step 5 Read after the tape. P
5、ay attention to their pronunciation.If time is possible, ask students to read in roles.Step 6 Explain the text and learn the language notes1. Whats the meaning of life? 生活的意义是什么？Whats the meaning of?=What doesmean?=What do you mean by?是什么意思？其中 mean 为动词，意为“意思是”meaning 为名词，意为“意义” 。2. And how can we succeed in life? 我们在生活中如何才能成功。2辨析：succeed/success/successful/successfullysucceed，动词，常用于结构 succeed in，后跟名词、代词或动名词，表示在某方面成功success，一般作不可数名词，做表语时可在前面加 asuccessful，形容词，用在系动词后或名词之前successfully，副词，主要修饰动词Step 6. HomeworkFinish the rest exercises on Page 19.
