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Task I.Discuss the following questions in pairs or in small groups.Some possible answers are given in the brackets.

1.What are your life goals？（a decent job，a happy family…）

2.Could you talk about your short-term goals for your study？（pass GRE test，get the scholarship…）

3.What are your long-term goals for your study？（get a doctor degree，get a master degree…）

4.What kind of life goal do you think is the easiest？Why？（buy a big house，save a large amount of money…）

5.What kind of life goal do you think is the most difficult？Why？（career，spirit…）

6.What kind of life goal do you want to achieve most and why？（a decent job，peaceful mood，true friends…）

Additional topics for you to discuss.

1.List some methods to make life goals come true.

2.Give suggestions to the students who have no life goals.

3.Give your opinions about life goals which are unpractical.

4.Discuss how life goals can guide a person’s life.

Task II.Practice the following conversations with your partner by doing the necessary translation.

Conversation 1

（In the dormitory）

Sally：What are you doing，Zoe？

Zoe：1.（我正在思考我的生活目标。）

Sally：What exactly is your life goal？

Zoe：2.（我的生活目标就是在三十岁时成为百万富翁。）

Sally：3.（起来不错。）nything else？

Zoe：Then，4.（想环游地球，甚至月球！）

Sally：5.（了，别白日做梦啦！）ou can never achieve such goals.

Zoe：But I think a person should have some goals for his life.

Sally：Of course，we should.But they ought to be practical.

Conversation 2

（In the café）

John：What are you doing，Paul？You look absent-minded.

Paul：I’m thinking.

John：Thinking about what？

Paul：I see in my mind that 1.（在我这一行中成了一个名人。）

John：Oh，you are daydreaming.2.（的目标应该现实点。）

Paul：No，it’s not daydreaming.I will work for it.

John：I’m not like you，3.（真心地希望将来能过上幸福的生活。）

Paul：Good.4（实上，人生的每个阶段有着不同的人生目标。）aybe you’ll change your idea and have the same imagination for your life as me.

Conversation 3

（In an office）

Michael：What are you doing？

Tony：I am organizing my files.1.（复一日地做着同样的工作，我都快烦死了。）

Michael：2.（你得定一个新的人生目标了。）

Tony：3.（我现在就给自己定一个工作上的短期目标吧。）

Michael：Good.Then you will feel full of energy each day.

Tony：4.（争取这个月末把今年所有的工作做完。）

Michael：Your goal is too unpractical.

Tony：But it can push me forward harder.

Michael：5.（这对于你的努力也起不到什么作用啊。）

Tony：Well，I don’t think so.

Michael：Okay！I wish you good luck.

New words and expressions for Task I and Task II

1.aspect　　n.　　方面；方位

2.unpractical　　adj.　　不切实际的；不实用的

3.fabulous　　adj.　　极好的；绝妙的

4.file　　n.　　文件