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Unit 1
P1 The Age of _____________(Major)
In most countries, _____________(turn) 18 ____________(标志着) the start of _____________(adult). But what does ________________(reach) this milestone, the age of majority, really mean? Will you be__________
(complete) _________________(控制) your own life and able to express yourself _____ new and exciting ways? What new_________________(responsible) will this_____________(free) bring? Here, three young people tell us what turning 18 means, or meant, _____ them.
Bethany 16, Victoria, Australia
I can’t wait to be 18. One reason is_________ although I’ve been working ever since leaving school, I won’t be voting in the next general_____________(elect). Why? Because I still won’t be old enough. __________(sure), if you’re old enough to earn a ____________(薪水) and__________________(交税), you should______________
(allow) to __________________(有发言权) on_______the government spends them! I’ve also been taking driving lessons, and in fact I will be taking my________________(驾驶考试) ______ the very day I turn 18. My mum worries about me being ______________________(驾驶,开车). ______ an ambulance driver, she’s seen a lot of car accidents_______________(involve) teenagers and thinks the legal age for getting a driving licence should be 21. But I think I’m already mature enough to understand that driving a car also means ________
____________________(对...负责) my life and the lives of other people
Lin Ning 19, Shanghai, China
I ________________(庆祝) my 18th birthday just before I went to university. I expected to feel____________
(instant) different, as if I had closed the door on my childhood and________________(踏进) a whole new adult world. But it wasn’t like that. When I woke up the next day, there_________(be) still rules to obey and lessons____
____________(参加). In fact, the change has been more_____________(微小) and gradual_________I imagined. Instead of being the selfish teenager I used to be, I have begun to feel more aware