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Unit Eight; Open-ended questions : (1) What’s the meaning of life in your opinion? (2) What activates our behaviors and motivates us to work? (3) Which is more important, a good job or a good life? Give the reasons. ;II. A few words about the text: The essay focuses on how to increase our understanding of life. Indeed, everyone wants to have a good job to be financially comfortable. But there is a lot more to life than a job. According to the author, educational institutions face a difficult choice. Most young students want to learn what is needed for career success. However, a great amount of knowledge in many different fields can lead to better lives. ;So educators must prepare to educate the students both for life and for career. It is also important for the students to realize that quality of life is not entirely determined by a balance sheet. Actually, there is a lot more to quality of life than simply having a job. ;III.?????? Key words Expressions: 1. survey report 2. informal polls 3. major objective 4. be well off 5. at a low 6. way up 7. sales representative 8. the quality of life ;9. balance sheet 10.educational institutions 11.Social Security 12.deduction from their pay 13.read of 14.accumulated wisdom 15.moral sense 16.distinguish right from wrong 17.career education 18. realize the shortsightedness ;IV. Language Points 1.????? If only I knew then what I know now. (L.3) if only + subject + were / had been/would/could/were to be 但愿， 真希望， 要是……就好了 e.g. He failed in the exam again. If only he had worked harder. 他考试又失败了。要是他努力些就好了。 If only we were to graduate tomorrow. 要是我们明天毕业就好了。;???…if it(whatever it may be) won’t compute and you can’t drink it, smoke it or spend it, then “it” holds little value. (L.6) Here the verb compute is an intransitive verb. It is used in active form to express passive meaning. Similar verbs are: read; write; wash; clean; draw; burn; cook; translate, etc. e.g. The cloth washes well. 这种布料好洗。 The poem reads smoothly. 这首诗读