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

Grow Up The Age of Majority Warming up 1. Guessing game. 2. Are you looking forward to be an adult? and why? 3. What else can you do at 18 in China? Skimming the passage 1. Where can you possibly read for a text like this? 2. What’s the genre of this passage? A. column B. novel C. diary Scanning the passage 1. Read the introductory and find out the meaning of “the age of majority”. The age of majority means the moment when you turn _________, which is a milestone marking ________________. 2. Read recount 1 and answer the following questions. 1). What’s her feeling towards turning 18? 2). Why can’t she wait to be 18? a. expects to have the right of ___________. b. expects to have a say on _____________. c. expects to take her _________test. 3). What's Bethany’s mother's attitude towards her driving? A. happy B. worried C. approval 4). What does turning 18 mean for her? 3. Read recount 2 and fill in the blanks. At 18, I think the change has been more ______ and _____than I imagined. Instead of being _______, I feels more aware of_______. I can do things like getting _______.More importantly, I can act on my desire to help others, for example by _________________________. But although a lot of doors have opened for me, There were still rules to ______ and lessons to ______. 4. Read recount 3 and complete the table. Name Expectations towards turning 18 Realities after turning 18 Possible solutions Reflection on responsibility Morgan 20 Florida, the US 1). wanted to become _____ 2). would have a ______job. 3). moved to a rented ___________________ 4). __________ is not high. 5). has to contribute to _____________ 6). his commute to work is _________ 7). starting a _____ 8). get a _________ When it comes to bearing responsibilities, 9).________counts more. Think and Share 1. Are their expectations and are their realities all the same? and what caused their differ