新世纪大学英语2 Unit five_The_Value_of_Life.ppt

Unit Five Contents Before Reading 1 Global Reading 2 Detailed Reading 3 After Reading 4 Discussion 1. What do you appreciate most in this world? Why? 2. What specific goals do you have in life? 3. If you have only one week to live, what would you do? The Purpose of life is a life of purpose. Click to add Text Click to add Text Click to add Text The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long , yet get little from life, whether you find?satisfaction?in life depends not on your tale of years, but?on your will. Quotes The purpose of life is a life of purpose. Robert Byrne We need to know what we live for and always bear in mind the purpose of life. If we just drift away without any purpose in mind, our lives will just be wasted existences. Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Mahatma Gandhi If we were aware that our lifespan is rather limited, we would try to spend it on more meaningful things and refuse to waste our time. When it comes to learning, we should never stop the quest for knowledge, as if we were immortal. There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein Everyone can live but once. But life can be very different because of the different attitudes towards life. When we take everything for granted, we will find life very dull. If we choose to appreciate whatever comes our way, we will be able to find the true value of life. A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. Charles Darwin If we really love life and understand its true value, we wouldn’t waste any time on trivial things. Background Information Text AB The value of a man’s life increases with the fact that he knows how to make full use of his time with love and passion. Be grateful to anybody who once lend a helping hand to us and try to repay the debt with what w