Unit 1 Growing up Understanding ideas 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第二册

Unit 1 Growing up Starting out &Understanding ideas 新标准《英语》高中选择性必修第二册 Activity 1 Watch the video and answer the questions. What is a coming-of-age ceremony? How do people celebrate in the video? 2. Which celebration makes the greatest impression on you? Why? 2 Activity 1 Watch the video and answer the questions. 1. A coming-of-age ceremony is an event that marks the time when a young person moves from childhood to adulthood. In Ancient China, people held a traditional “capping ceremony” for a man at the age of 20 and a “hair-pinning ceremony” for a woman around her 15th birthday. On the South Pacific island of Pentecost, a ceremony of land diving takes place only for boys. In the US, a particularly modern celebration takes place for a girl or a boy at the age of 16. 4 Activity 2 Listen and read the poem. Answer the questions. What is the poem about? According to Kipling, what qualities does his son need to “be a Man”? Tick those mentioned in the poem and add your own ideas. □ self-belief □ honesty □ confidence □ kindness □ modesty □ pride □ integrity □ patience □ other ________________________ Which of these qualities are most important to you as you grow up? 1. The poem is a father’s advice to his son about the qualities needed to become a virtuous or good man. 2. The qualities mentioned in the poem: self-belief, honesty, confidence, kindness, modesty, integrity, patience. Activity 1 Discuss at what age you are allowed to do the following things in China. • Get a credit card. • Get a driver’s licence. • Get a full-time job. • Get the right to vote. • Get a bank loan. • Rent an apartment. We are allowed to get a full-time job and rent an apartment at sixteen. Getting a credit card, getting a driver’s licence, getting the right to vote, and getting a bank loan are allowed at eighteen in China. Activity 2 Read the passage and find out the meaning of “the age of majority” The age of majority means