Unit1Period1Startingout&Understandingideas課堂學習Watchthevideoandanswerthequestions.2Whichcelebrationmakesthegreatestimpressiononyou?Why?1Startingout2Whichcelebrationmakesthegreatestimpressiononyou?Why?Listenandreadthepoem.Answerthequestions.21Whatisthepoemabout?2AccordingtoKipling,whatqualitiesdoeshissonneedto“beaMan”?Tickthosementionedinthepoemandaddyourownideas.3Whichofthesequalitiesaremostimportanttoyouasyougrowup?self-belief honestyconfidence kindnessmodesty prideintegrity patienceOther__________________________1Whatisthepoemabout?2AccordingtoKipling,whatqualitiesdoeshissonneedto“beaMan”?Tickthosementionedinthepoemandaddyourownideas.3Whichofthesequalitiesaremostimportanttoyouasyougrowup?self-belief honestyconfidence kindnessmodesty prideintegrity patienceOther__________________________√√√√√√√1DiscussatwhatageyouareallowedtodothefollowingthingsinChina.Understandingideas?

Getacreditcard.?

Getadriver'slicence.?

Getafull-timejob.?

Gettherighttovote.?

Getabankloan.?

Rentanapartment.Weareallowedtogetafull-timejobandrentanapartmentat16.Gettingacreditcard,gettingadriver'slicence,gettingtherighttovote,andgettingabankloanareallowedat18inChina.2Lookatthetitle,trytoguessthemeaningofit.PredictingReadthepassageandfindoutthemeaningof“theageofmajority”.1

Ican'twaittobe18.OnereasonisthatalthoughI'vebeenworkingeversinceleavingschool,Iwon'tbevotinginthenextgeneralelection.Why?BecauseIstillwon'tbeoldenough.Surely,ifyou'reoldenoughtoearnawageandpaytaxes,youshouldbeallowedtohaveasayonhowthegovernmentspendsthem!I'vealsobeentakingdrivinglessons,andinfactIwillbetakingmydrivingtestontheverydayIturn18.Mymumworriesaboutmebeingbehindthewheel.Asanambulancedriver,she'sseenalotofcaraccidentsinvolvingteenagersandthinksthelegalageforgettingadrivinglicenceshouldbe21.ButIthinkI'malreadymatureenoughtounderstandthatdrivingacaralsomeanstakingresponsibilityformylifeandthelivesofotherpeople.Readthepassageandfindoutthemeaningof“theageofmajority”.Theageofmajoritymeansthemomentwhenyouturn18,whichisamilestonemarkingthebeginningofadulthood.SkimmingChooseanothersuitabletitleforthepassageandgiveyourreasons.1Eighteen-theAgeofIndecision2Teenagers'HopesfortheFuture3TheRighttoVote-YourViews4TurningEighteen-WhatDoesitMean?3ScanningCarefulreading4Answers:1drivinglessons2I'moldenoughtoearnawageandpaytaxes3howthegovernmentspendstaxes4understandthatdrivingacaralsomeanstakingresponsibilityformylifeandthelivesofotherpeople5

signinganorgandonationagreement

6rulestoobeyandlessonstoattend7

moveintoarentedapartment

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thehouseholdbillsReadthesentencesfromthepassageanddecideiftheyarefacts(F)oropinions(O).51.Surely,ifyou'reoldenoughtoearnawageandpaytaxes,youshouldbeallowedtohaveasayonhowthegovernmentspendsthem!_____2....IwillbetakingmydrivingtestontheverydayIturn18._____3.WhenIwokeupthenextday,therewerestillrulestoobeyandlessonstoattend._____4.Iguesssomeresponsibilitiesaremoreaboutattitudethanage._____OFFONowlookformoreopinionsinthepassageandtalkaboutwhetheryouagreewiththem.1Doyouthinktheminimumagelimitsinthepassagearesensible?Whyorwhynot?2Whatrightareyoumostlookingforwardtohavingasanadult?Why?3Whatdoyouthinkitmeanstobearesponsibleadult?4Howcanyouusethelanguageyouhavelearntinthepassagetoexpressyourideasclearly?Think&Share1Doyouthinktheminimumagelimitsinthepassagearesensible?Whyorwhynot?2Whatrightareyoumostlookingforwardtohavingasanadult?Why?3Whatdoyouthinkitmeanstobearesponsibleadult?4Howcanyouusethelanguageyouhavelearntinthepassagetoexpressyourideasclearly?Therighttobeeducatedandtowork.Onlybybeingeducatedwillapersonhavetheabilitytobeindependentandonlybyworkingcanapersonsupporthimself.Ithinktheminimumagelimitsaresensible.Adultshavetotakemanyresponsibilities.Beingtooyoungmeansheorshehasnoabilitytofacetroublesanddifficultiesinlife.Itmeanstakingonmoreresponsibilitiesinthefamilyandsociety.Languagepoints2.Here,threeyoungpeopletelluswhatturning18means,ormeant,tothem.在此，三個年輕人告訴我們年滿18歲對他們意味著或者曾經(jīng)意味著什么。

whatturning18means,ormeant,tothem為what引導的賓語從句，what在從句中充當mean的賓語；其中從句由動名詞短語turning18作其主語。3.Ican'twaittobe18.我迫不及待想到18歲。

can'twaittodosth迫不及待做某事，等不及做某事

e.g.Wecan'twaittogetstarted.我們迫不及待地想要開始了。4.OnereasonisthatalthoughI'vebeenworkingeversinceleavingschool,Iwon'tbevotinginthenextgeneralelection.其中一個原因是雖然我一畢業(yè)就工作了，但我依然不能在下一屆大選中投票。

(1)that引導表語從句，although引導讓步狀語從句。

(2)election選舉，推選（尤指從政），當選electv.選舉，推選，選擇，決定electiveadj.選舉的，由選舉產生的，選任的，可選擇的win/loseanelection在選舉中蕕勝/失敗runforelection參加競選electsbas+職位選舉某人為……generalelection大選6.I'vealsobeentakingdrivinglessons,andinfactIwillbetakingmydrivingtestontheverydayIturn18.我也一直在上駕駛課，事實上，我將在18歲的那天參加駕駛考試。

省略that的定語從句，修飾theveryday。7.Mymumworriesaboutmebeingbehindthewheel.我媽媽擔心我開車。

(1)“mebeingbehindthewheel”為動名詞的復合結構，構成“賓格代詞+動名詞”形式。

e.g.Howaboutmedoingitforyou?不如我來幫你吧?

(2)“behindthewheel”意思為“在駕駛汽車”8.Asanambulancedriver,she'sseenalotofcaraccidentsinvolvingteenagersandthinksthelegalageforgettingadrivinglicenceshouldbe21.作為一名救護車司機，她目睹過很多涉及青少年的車禍，她認為獲得駕駛執(zhí)照的法定年齡應該是21歲。

(1)“thelegal...21”為省略that的賓語從句。

(2)legal合法的，與法律有關的，法律的illegal不合法的thelegalprofession/system法律行業(yè)，體系seeklegaladvice尋求法律咨詢belegallyresponsibleforsb./sth.對某人、某事負有法律責任legalaid法律援助9.ButIthinkI'malreadymatureenoughtounderstandthatdrivingacaralsomeanstakingresponsibilityformylifeandthelivesofotherpeople.但我認

為我已經(jīng)足夠成熟，能夠理解開車也意味著對自己和他人的生命負責。

(1)本句為主從復合句。“I'malready…”是Ithink后接的賓語從句，此處省略that，“drivingacar…”是understand的賓語從句，that為連接詞，同時drivingacar為動名詞作主語。。

(2)be+形容詞+enough+(forsb.)todosth.結構。e.g.Heisoldenoughtotakecareof

himself.

他已經(jīng)足夠大了，完全可以照顧自己了。

(3)takeresponsibilityfor(doing)sth.=beresponsiblefor(doing)sth.意為“承擔（做）某事的責任”e.g.Weneedtotakeresponsibilityforlookingafterourownhealth.

我們需要對自己的健康負責。10.Icelebratedmy18thbirthdayjustbeforeIwenttouniversity.就在我上大學之前，我慶祝了我的18歲生日。

before引導時間狀語從句。11.Iexpectedtofeelinstantlydifferent,asifIhadclosedthedooron

mychildhoodandsteppedintoawholenewadultworld.我本以為會立刻有感覺不一樣，就好像我關上了童年的大門，步入了一個全新的成年世界。

(1)instantly=immediately立即、馬上instant立刻的，立即的(=immediate)速食的，速溶的adj.instantcoffee速溶咖啡instantnoodles方便面instantmessaging即時通信theinstant/minute/moment/second(that)...一……就……(2)asif意為“似乎，好像”用作連詞引導狀語從句，表示的情況與客觀事實相符，用陳述句；表示與客觀事實不符或相反，則用虛擬語氣。asif/though引導從句，若從句表示的事實與現(xiàn)在事實相反，從句用一般過去時；從句表示的事實與過去的事實相反，從句用過去完成時。12.Butitwasn'tlikethat.但事實并非如此。該句在文中是承上啟下的作用，其中but是很明顯的標志詞，進一步表明作者的態(tài)度和看法。13.WhenIwokeupthenextday,therewerestillrulestoobeyandlessonstoattend.當我第二天醒來的時候，仍然有規(guī)則要遵守，有課要上。“rulestoobeyandlessonstoattend”結構中“toobey和toattend兩個不定式短語作名詞的后置定語，分別修飾rules和lessons”.又如：名詞+todo作定語，常用主動ability,chance,decision,freedom,opportunity,plan,promise,responsibility,thefirst,way等。14.InsteadofbeingtheselfishteenagerIusedtobe,Ihavebeguntofeelmoreawareofotherpeopleandtodevelopastrongersenseofsocialresponsibility.我不再是過去那個自私的青少年，而是開始更加關心他人，并培養(yǎng)了更強的社會責任感。

Iusedtobe為定語從句，修飾theselfishteenager。15.ThiswasabigdecisionformeandImadeitwithoutaskingmyparents(althoughIknewtheywouldapprove).

這對我來說是一個重大決定，我沒有征求父母的意見就做出了決定（盡管我知道他們會同意）。

approvev.批準；贊成；同意；核準；認可；通過(計劃、要求等)approveof(sb./sb.'sdoing)sth.同意（某人做）某事