1、外研版英语 选择性必须必修第二册Unit 1 Growing upPeriod 1 Staring out&Undertanding ideas traditional coming-of-age ceremony modern celebration of coming of age Watch the vidoe1What?2How?3Why?coming-of-age ceremony Listen,read and answer If-If you can trust yourself.If you can wait and not be tired by wiating.dont d
2、eal in liesdont give way to hating.nor talk too wiseIf you.and keep your virtue.nor lose the common touchIf all men count with you,but none too muchIf you can fill the unforgetting minute.youll be a Man,my son!self-beliefconfidence patiencekindnessmodestyintegrityprideThe first thing to do is to kno
3、w yourself!1.What is the poem about?2.Which of these qualities are most important to you as growing up?Talk about the peomThe qualits that a boy needs to be a manself-belief confidence patience kindnessmodesty integrity prideReadingIntroduction to the text-The Age of MajorityHave a quiz1.If you want
4、 to get the right to vote,what age should you be?2.If you want to get a drivers licence,what age should you be?3.If you want to get a full-time job,what age should you be?A key milestone in life-The Age of Majority1.Be completely in charge of your own life?2.Be able to express yourself in new and ex
5、citing ways?3.Be responsible for youself and others?4.Enjoy more freedom?ReadingThe Age of MajoritySkimming the text1.How old are the three young persons mentioned in the text?2.When Bethany turns 18,what will she do?3.What does Lin Niang do at present?4.What does Morgan think of his present job?Bet
6、hany is 16 years old,Lin Niang 19,and Morgan 20.She will be taking a driving test.He is a uniiversity student.His salary is not high enough and he find it hard to save money.The strucutre of the textThe meaning of The Age of MajorityBethanys understanding of adulthoodLin Nings understanding of adult
7、hoodMorgans understanding of adulthoodBethany 16,Victoria,AutraliaI think its strange that I can take yet I still cant vote-I dont think thats fair,given that I should have a say on Im mature enough to Para 1:_driving lessonsIm old enough to earn a wage and pay taxed.how the govenment spends them.un
8、derstand that driving a car also means taking responsibility for my life and the lives of other people.Para 2:_Lin Ning 19,Shanghai,ChinaAt 18,I can do things like getting a credit card.More importantly,I can act on my desire to help others,for example,by But although a lot of doors have opened for
9、me,there are still signing an organ donation agreement.rules to obey and lessons to attend.Para 3:_Morgan 20,Florida,the USAI thought that once I was 18 and in a full-time job Id be able to but my salary is not high enough.I also find it hard to save money because of and high commuting cost.move int
10、o a rented apartment.the household billsReading comprehensionDecide each of the following statements isTure(T)or False(F).1.In all the countries,turning 18 marks the start of adulthood.()2.The age of majorty only means new resposibilities as well as the freedom to express yourself.()3.Bethany thinks
11、 that she is already mature enough to work like her mother as an ambulance driver.()4.Lin Ning feels like he had stepped completely into a new adult world with a bit more responsibities.()5.As a librarian,Morgans working salary can meet all his needs.()FFFFFReading comprehensionDecide the following
12、sentences are facts(F)or opinion(O)1.Surely,if youre old enogh to earn a wage and pay texes,you should be allowed to have a say on how the government spends them!()2.I will be taking my driving test on the very day I turn 18.()3.When I woke up the next day,there still rules to obey and lessons to at
13、tend.()4.I guess that some responsibilities are more about attidute than age.()OFFO1.The word underlined“majority”as in the phrase“the age of majority”means _.A.reaching childhood B.the young people C.more than half D.legally being an adult.()2.Which of the following statements is another suitable t
14、itle for the passage?A.Eighteen-the Age of IndecisionB.Teenagers Hopes for the FutureC.The Right to Vote-Your ViewsD.Turning Eightteen-What Does It Mean?()Reading comprehensionDDPost reading Think and Share 1.What do you think of the minimun age limits in the pasage?2.What right are you most looking
15、 forward to having as an adult?3.What do you think it means to be a responsible adult?Suggested answer:The minimum age limits are sensible.Adults have to take many responsilities.Being too young means that he or she no ability to face troubles and difficultes in life.Suggested answer:The right to be
16、 educated and to work.Only by being educated will be a person have the ability to be indenpendent and only by working can a person support himself.Suggested answer:I t means taking on more responsibilities in the family and society.Language appreciation 1.Here,three young people tell us what turning
17、 18 means,or meant,to them.句式分析 what turning 18 means,or meant,to them 为what引导的宾语从句，what 在从句中充当mean的宾语；其中从句由动名词短语turning 18作其主语。尝试翻译 在此，三个年轻人告诉我们年满18岁对他们意味着或者曾经意味着什么。Language appreciation 2.My mum worries about me being behind the wheel.句式分析“me being behind the wheel”为动名词的复合结构，构成“宾格代词+动名词”形式。又如“How
18、about me doing it for you?”;“behind the wheel”意思为“在开车”尝试翻译 我妈妈常常担心我开车。Language appreciation 3.When I woke up the next day,there were still rules to obey and lessons to attend.句式分析“rules to obey and lessons to attend”结构中“to obey 和to attend 两个不定式短语作名词的后置定语，分别修饰rules 和lessons”.又如：名词+to do作定语，常用主动abilit
19、y,chance,decision,freedom,opportunity,plan,promise,responsibility,the first,way等。尝试翻译 当我第二天醒来的时候，仍然有规则要遵守，有课要上。Language appreciation 4.Turning 18 also changed the way that society viewed me.句式分析“Turning 18”动名词短语作句子的主语。定语从句的先行词是way“方式、方法”,在从句中充当方式状语，引导从句的关系词可以使用“that/in which 或者省略”。尝试翻译 年满18岁也改变了社会对我
20、的看法。Language points 1.keep ones head 6.behind the wheel 2.make allowances for 7.take responsibility for 3.in charge of 8.approve of 4.ever since 9.no doubt 5.have a say 10.cant wait to do sthAssignments for this period 1.Review the vocabulary and the language ponits of the text.2.Listen to and read the text again.3.Write a short passage about the sense of responsibility.
