Unit 1 Section Ⅰ Starting out-【新课程能力培养】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第二册学习手册（外研版）

Unit1 Growingup 学 精 听 练 习 完成教材 Activity 1 后， 完成以下细节 填空练习。 Coming鄄of鄄Age Ceremonies A coming鄄of鄄age ceremony is an event that 1. the time when a young person moves from childhood to 2. . In some cultures, these ceremonies 3. history, 4. in others, they are pre鄄 sented in a 5. way. In Ancient China, a traditional “ capping ceremony ” was held when a man turned 6. . During this ceremony, his hair was combed into a bun （圆发髻） and capped. A special guest of 7. would extend best wishes for the young man蒺s future, and would give him a “ style name ” which is a name taken at the age of 20. For a young woman, a “ hair鄄pinning ceremony ” was held around her 15th birthday. Her hair would be tied in a knot （发髻） and 8. with a hairpin （发夹 ） . Both these ceremonies signified （ 表 示 ） that the wearers were ready to join adult society. On the South Pacific island of Pentecost, another tradition takes place — though only for boys. Every year, boys as young as 9. take part in the ceremony of land diving. To prepare for it, each boy must go into the forest to find a long vine （藤） . Dur鄄 ing the ceremony, he climbs to the top of a 10. tower 20 to 30 metres high. There, he fastens （系紧） one end of the vine to the tower and the other to his 11. and jumps! Far below, people sing and dance in 12. , be鄄 cause the boy will not 13. a man until he has made the jump. A 14. modern celebra鄄 tion takes place in the US. For Americans, 16 Unit 1 Growing up Section Ⅰ Starting out 学习目标 1. 通过视频， 了解与成人礼相关的背景知识， 使学生初步感知成长的意义。 2. 引导学生进一步思考在成长过程中最重要的品质有哪些， 要有自己的观点。 必备 知识 单词 integrity virtue 短语 be rooted in 关键能力 听、 说 1 高中英语选择性必修 第二册 （外研版） 精编版 学 is the age at which they gain some significant rights, such as 15. work and to drive. Many girls celebrate this new鄄 found 16. with a sweet 16 party. This can be a small, 17. affair at home with family and 18. , or an extravagant event at a fancy venue （地点 ） . Some boys celebrate their 16th birthdays in similar ways. A celebration at the age of 16 is 19. the biggest