1、Unit 2 A lifes work 导读导读 话题妙切入话题妙切入 1My philosophy of life is work. Thomas Alva Edison 我的人生哲学就是工作。 2When work is a pleasure，life is joy! When work is duty，life is slavery. Maxim Gorky 工作是一种乐趣时，生活是一种享受！工作是一种义务时，生活 则是一种苦役。 3It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do. Winston Ch
2、urchill 不能爱哪行才干哪行，要干哪行爱哪行。 4Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study. Francis Bacon 天生的才干如同天生的植物一样，需要靠学习来修剪。 5 Work banishes those three great evils: boredom， vice， and poverty. Voltaire 工作撵跑三个魔鬼：无聊、堕落和贫穷。 Choosing a job is never easy.Whether it is for students or for tho
3、se who have already worked in the workplace ， this is a major decision.Standing in front of a main crossroad of life，we may panic and become confused.Maybe you should ask yourself this question first: Does this position meet my values? It is undeniable (不可否认的)that each of us has our own values.Some
4、people like to judge the merits and demerits of different values; but the fact is that most times there are only differences among various values，not superiority (优势)or inferiority(劣 势).Different values should adopt different paths.Dont forget.It is the adequate one which is the best.May you find th
5、e future that suits you best. Do you have a goal for life? Whats it? Do you want to become a writer，singer or just become a rich person? Wang Yu worked in a small company in Nanjing.The job was good and he didnt have to work for extra hours.However，he felt the work was not exciting at all and the li
6、fe was boring.So he gave up his job and went to Beijing in February，2007.When he arrived in Beijing，he set his new goal as finding a good job. One researcher says， “Everybody has his/her own life goal，which will be surely different from people to people.If one is poor，ones life goal will be to earn
7、more money; if one doesnt have a diploma，studying hard to get a diploma will become his life goal; and if one doesnt have love，his life goal will be to look for it.But if one has no life goal，he will idle away (虚度)his lifetime.” 探索发现 1What was Wang Yus new goal when he arrived in Beijing? _ 2What is a poor mans life goal according to this passage? _ 3What is the main idea of this passage? _ Finding a good job. To earn more money. Set your practical goal.
