UNIT 5 Great People
第五單元 偉人
Lesson 33: What Does Life Mean?
第三十三課：人生意味著什么？
THINK ABOUT IT!Do you have a happy life?

Why or why not?

What are your dreams for the future?

What is Wang Mei's idea about "success in life"?

So Many Questions!
如此多的問題！
Let's think of some questions about life,Wang Mei.
王梅，我們來想想關(guān)于人生的問題吧。
Okay.
好的。
Here's one: how do we succeed in life?
這兒有一個：我們在生活中是怎樣成功的？
I like that question.
我喜歡這個問題。
What do you think is the answer?
你認(rèn)為答案是什么？
I think that you will succeed if you work hard.
我想如果你努力的話，就會成功。
I wonder what my mother and grandfather will say.
我想知道我的媽媽和外公會怎樣說。
Here's another question: what is success?
另一個問題：什么是成功？
Does it mean that you're rich or famous?
成功意味著你富有或出名嗎？
Is that success?
那是成功嗎？
I don't know.
我不知道。
Let's write down that question.
我們把那個問題寫下來吧。
Can you think of any more?
你能想出更多的嗎？
Sure!
當(dāng)然！
Why are people different from animals?
為什么人與動物不同？
If we didn't have language,could we think?
如果沒有了語言，我們可以思考嗎？
Do animals think?
動物會思考嗎？
What makes us happy?
什么令我們開心？
Do we need to be happy?
我們需要開心嗎？
Why are some people in the world very poor?
為什么世界上一些人非常貧窮？
Can we understand everything about the world?
我們能明白世界上一切嗎？
Why are there people?
為什么會有人類？
Are there people on other worlds?
別的星球有人類嗎？
Will the future be better than today?
將來會比現(xiàn)在更好嗎？
Stop!I can't write that fast!
停！我寫不了那么快！
PROJECT,WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE?

What does life mean?

Not the word "life"!

I don't want you to look up "life" in the dictionary.

I want you to think about this: why are we alive?

With a group of classmates,think of some questions about life.

What do you want to know about life?

Make a list of questions and then,as a group,choose your Top Five Questions.

Write them down.Take the Top Five Questions home.

Ask your parents,or grandparents,for their answers to the Top Five Questions.

Write down their answers.Discuss the answers with your group.

Now,think!What did you learn from this project?

On your own,write a paragraph about it.

Do we need to learn new things?What do you think?