What’s the meaning of life? 

The purpose of your life(你的人生目的) is far greater than your own personal fulfillment（你自己的个人成就）, your peace of mind（你的安心）, or even your happiness（你的幸福）.

1) 什么句型？主+系+表

     A is far greater than B. A比B要大得多。

2) 什么手法？比较 

It’s far greater than your family, your career（事业）, or even your wildest（狂野的） dreams and ambitions（野心).

汉译英

在多数父母眼里，考试成绩比个人能力、真实的水平和创造力要大得多。

Exam results are far greater than your ability, true level or even your creativity, in most parents’ eyes.

If you want to know why you were placed on this planet, you must begin with consideration.

You want to know why you were placed on this planet.

You must begin with consideration.

如果你想知道潘洵为何英语这么好，你最好向他学。

If you want to know why Pan is so good at English, you’d better learn from him.

good at/learn from

The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years.

他们已经在暑假结束前返回到自己的家里。

They have returned to their homes before the Summer Holiday ends.

That’s because we begin at the wrong starting point-ourselves.

看中文，讲英文：

他已经到达学校。那是因为他起得早。

人们总是对房屋、汽车、学历、存款这些东西感兴趣。

在江河游泳将把你们置于危险之中。

如果他递给你一片西瓜，你不要拒绝；而且，你应该说一声谢谢。

天底下，只有父母真正爱他们的孩子。

He had arrived at school. That was because he got up early.

We ask self-centered questions like What do I want to be? What should I do with my life? What are my goals, my ambitions, my dreams for my future?

人们总是对房屋、汽车、学历、存款这些东西感兴趣。

People are always interested in things like houses, cars. Diplomas and bank deposits.

But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purpose.

在江河游泳将把你们置于危险之中。

Swimming in the river will put you in danger. 

You didn’t create yourself, so there is no way you can tell yourself what you were created for!

If I handed you an invention you had never seen before, you wouldn’t know its purpose, and the invention itself wouldn’t be able to tell you either.

如果他递给你一片西瓜，你不要拒绝；而且，你应该说一声谢谢。

Only the creator or the owner’s manual could reveal its purpose.

天底下，只有父母真正爱他们的孩子。

In the world, …… really………