Unit 1 Growing up Understanding ideas The Age of Majority 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第二册

外研社版选择性必修二 Unit 1 Growing Up The Age of Majority Lead-in Enjoy a short video. Q1: How old are you? Q2: What does that mean to be 18 in China? Q3: What will you do on that day? Lead-in: Pre-reading: Think about it：At what age are you 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. Get an apartment. Fast-reading: Task1:Read the passage quickly and finish the exercise 1.What is the genre （体裁）of this passage? A.column B.novel C.diary In most countries, turning 18 marks the start of adulthood. But what does reaching this milestone, the age of majorily, really mean?Will you be completely in charge of your own life and able to express yourself in new and exciting ways? What new responsibilities will this freedom bring? Here, three young people tell us what turning 18 means, or meant, to them. 2.Read the first paragraph 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_________________________. 18 the start of adulthood 1. What is her feeling towards turning 18? 2. Why can’t she wait to be 18? 3. What does turning 18 mean to her? excited; desired vote get a driver’s licence She thinks she’s already mature enough to understand that driving a car means taking responsibility for lives. Fast-reading: Fast-reading: Task 3: How does Lin Ning feel when he turns 18 really? What is his feeling of turning 18? What puzzles Morgan ? A.He has had a badly-paid job. B.He will be living at home with his parents. C.He has to start a new job next month. D.He is not so independent as expected. What is his understanding of turning 18? Fast-reading: Intensive-reading: 1.Choose another suitable title for the passage . A.Eighteen – the Age of Indecision B.Teenagers’ Hopes for the Future C.The Right to Vote – Your Views D.Turning Eighteen – What Does It Mean? Learning to learn Possible functions of a title: predicting the main idea, showing key information, reflecting the author’s attitude, catching readers’ interest. Intensive-reading: Task 2: Complete the table on Page5 I think it's strange that I can now take1.______________________,yet I still can't vote -I don't think that's fair, given that I‘m old enough to 2.________________ and3.__________ I should have a say on how the government 4._______________I'm mature enough to understand that driving a car also means5._________________________my life and the lives of other people. driving lessons earn a wage pay taxes spends taxes taking responsibility for Intensive-reading: At 18, I can do things like getting a credit card.More importantly, I can act on my desire to help others, for example by6.______________ ___________________agreement.But although a lot of doors have opened for me, there are still7._______________ and lessons to attend. signing an organ donation rules to obey I thought that once I was 18 and in a full-time job I'd be able to move into a 8.__________________but my salary is not high enough. I also find it hard to save money because of9.______________________and high commuting costs. Intensive-reading: rented apartment the household bills Post-reading: Summary The Age of Majority Para. 1: Bethany Para. 2: Lin Ning Para. 3: Morgan The things she can do when turning 18 the reason My expectations and the reality of the changes caused by turning 18 My dream and the reality The responsibilities When did people celebrate the coming-of-age ceremony in ancient China? capping ceremony hair-pinning ceremony at the age of 20 at the age of 15 Nowadays, which age marks the start of adulthood in China？ What can you do when you turn 18？ Lead-in When I turn 18, I can__________________ Lead-in What can you do when you turn 18？ earn a wage/salary pay taxes get a creditcar get the right to vote sign an organ donation agreement move into a rented apartment get a driving licence Word Bank Read the introduction and make a guess on what the three young people will talk about. In most countries, turning 18 marks the start of adulthood. But what does reaching this milestone, the age of majority, really mean? Will you be completely in charge of your own life and able to express yourself in new and exciting ways? What new responsibility will this new freedom bring? Here, three young people tell us what turning 18 means, or meant, to them. Read to predict Skim the passage and choose another suitable title. 1.Eighteen-the Age of Indecision 2.Teenagers' Hopes for the Future 3.The Right to vote--Your Views 4. Turning Eighteen--What Does It Mean? Read for the main idea Read for the key information expectation reality understanding of responsibility 1. To have a say on __________________________. 2. To get a __________________. Her mom worries her being _____________________. Driving a car means __________________________________________________. how the government spends them driving license →the right to vote behind the wheel taking responsibility for my life and the lives of other people. More legal rights expectation reality understanding of responsibility To feel ____________________. 1.There are still _______________________________. 2.The change has been more ____________________________. 3. He was offered a ____________ but currently doesn't have ___________________. Instead of being the selfish teenager I used to be, I have begun to ________________________ ______________________________________________________. instantly different rules to obey and lessons to attend subtle and gradual credit card a steady income feel more aware of other people and develop a stronger sense of social responsibility More social responsibility expectation reality understanding of responsibility To become more________________ --having a _________________ and moving into a ______________ His librarian's salary means he will be ______________________________ _______________. It's hard for him to save money because ________________________________ ________________________________. Some responsibilities are more about___________than_________. independent well-paid job rented department living at home with his parents for a while longer he contributes to the household bills and his commute to work is expensive attitude age More financial responsibility More legal rights More social responsibility More financial responsibility The Age of Majority Read and summarize What's your expectations for your age of majority? I will be taking my driving lessons on the very day I trun 18... I will be signing an organ donation agreement this time tomorrow... I will be starting a new job next month... I will be doing... Read and think What are your expectations for your age of majority? Work in pairs. Talk about your expectations for your age of majority Use the pattern "I will be +v-ing..." to form your dialogue. Read and talk What are your expectations for your age of majority? I think I will be donating my blood this time next year. How do you understand “ some responsibilities are more about attitude than age” by Morgan？ Read and think I can't wait to be 18. One reason is that although I've been working ever since leaving school, I won't be voting in the next general election. Why? Because I still won't be old enough. Surely, if you're old enough to earn a wage and pay taxes, you should be allowed to have a say on how the government spends them! I've also been taking driving lessons, and in fact I will be taking my driving test on the very day I turn 18. My mum worries about me being behind the wheel. As an ambulance driver, she’s seen a lot of car accidents involving teenagers and thinks the legal age for getting a driving licence should be 21. But I think I'm already mature enough understand that driving a car also means taking responsibility for my life and the lives of other people. I celebrated my 18th birthday just before I went to university. I expected to feel instantly different, as if I had closed the door on my childhood and stepped into a whole new adult world. But it wasn't like that. When I woke up the next day, there were still rules to obey and lessons to attend. In fact, the change has been more subtle and gradual than I imagined. Instead of being the selfish teenager I used to be, I have begun to feel more aware of other people and to develop a stronger sense of social responsibility. To give an example, I will be signing an organ donation agreement this time tomorrow. This was a big decision for me and I made it without asking my parents (although I knew they would approve). Turning 18 also changed the way that society viewed me. I was really surprised when a bank contacted me with a credit card offer. Of course. I would like to have more freedom with money and no doubt I will be getting a credit card at some point, but I currently don’t have a steady income, so getting a credit card might tempt me to spend more money than I have! People say that 18 marks a new chapter in our lives, and that we should become more independent. I used to believe this, but the reality for me has been very different. I assumed I'd already have a well-paid job and that I'd be moving into a rented apartment as soon as I turned 18, but how wrong I was. My librarians salary means that I'll be living at home with my parents for a while longer. Because I contribute to the household bills and my commute to work is quite expensive, I find it hard to save any money. I'll be starting a new job next month, however, so maybe things will get easier. I know I could get a bank loan to pay the deposit on my very own apartment, but I don’t feel ready to make that kind of commitment, and I do like my mom's cooking. 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