Unit 1 Growing Up课文中英对照 清单-2026-2027学年高中英语外研版选择性必修第二册

该高中英语单元以“成长”为核心主题，系统梳理成年意义、人生时刻、文学作品分析及书评写作的知识体系。从三位不同文化背景年轻人对18岁的真实叙述切入，理解成年的责任与自由，过渡到“难忘时刻”的人生感悟，再通过《小王子》节选体会成长中的认知变化，最终落实到书评写作，构建“主题理解—文本分析—写作实践”的学习支架。 知识链路以“成长”为主线，从真实语料到文学作品再到写作应用，逻辑清晰。通过对比中、澳、美年轻人的成年体验，培养学生跨文化比较的思维品质，整合记叙文、议论文及文学节选，提升语言理解与表达能力，书评写作任务引导学生运用文本分析策略，体现“输入—内化—输出”的学科特色学习方法，助力核心素养发展。

Unit 1 Growing Up / 成长 本单元共收录 4 篇（组）英文语篇。 1. The Age of Majority / 成年 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 responsibilities will this freedom bring? Here, three young people tell us what turning 18 means, or meant, to them. Bethany, 16, Victoria, Australia 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 to understand that driving a car also means taking responsibility for my life and the lives of other people. Lin Ning, 19, Shanghai, China 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. Of course I asked my parents for their approval first. 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! Morgan, 20, Florida, the US 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 librarian’s 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. I guess some responsibilities are more about attitude than age. 在大多数国家，年满18岁标志着成年生活的开始。然而，达到“法定成年”这一人生里程碑究竟意味着什么？你是否会从此完全掌控自己的生活，并能以崭新而令人兴奋的方式表达自我？这份自由又会带来哪些新的责任？下面，三位年轻人讲述了18岁对他们而言意味着什么，或曾经意味着什么。 贝萨妮，16岁，澳大利亚维多利亚州 我迫不及待地想满18岁。其中一个原因是，虽然我离开学校后就一直在工作，但我仍然不能在下一次大选中投票。为什么？因为我的年龄还是不够。既然一个人已经到了能够挣钱、缴税的年龄，他当然也应该有权对政府如何使用这些税款发表意见！我还一直在学车，而且就在我18岁生日当天，我将参加驾驶考试。妈妈很担心我开车。她是一名救护车司机，见过许多涉及青少年的交通事故，因此认为取得驾驶执照的法定年龄应该提高到21岁。不过我觉得自己已经足够成熟，能够明白开车也意味着要对自己和他人的生命负责。 林宁，19岁，中国上海 我在上大学前不久庆祝了18岁生日。我原以为自己会立刻感到与从前不同，仿佛关上了童年的大门，迈进一个全新的成人世界。但事实并非如此。第二天醒来时，仍有规章需要遵守，仍有课程需要去上。事实上，这种变化比我想象的更加细微、更加渐进。我不再像过去那样是个只顾自己的少年，而是开始更加关注他人，并逐渐形成更强的社会责任感。比如，明天这个时候，我将签署器官捐献协议。这对我来说是一个重大决定，当然，我事先征求了父母的同意。年满18岁也改变了社会看待我的方式。一家银行联系我，向我提供信用卡时，我真的很惊讶。当然，我希望在金钱方面拥有更多自主权，而且毫无疑问，我以后总会办一张信用卡；但目前我没有稳定收入，办信用卡或许会诱使我花掉超过自己实际拥有的钱！ 摩根，20岁，美国佛罗里达州 人们常说，18岁标志着人生新篇章的开启，我们应该变得更加独立。我过去也相信这一点，可我的现实经历却大不相同。我原以为自己18岁时已经会有一份薪水不错的工作，并会立刻搬进租来的公寓；现在看来，我当初错得多么离谱！图书管理员的工资决定了我还得和父母再住一段时间。由于我要分担家庭账单，而且上下班交通费很高，我发现自己很难存下钱。不过，下个月我将开始一份新工作，也许情况会有所改善。我知道自己可以向银行贷款，支付属于自己的公寓的押金，但我觉得还没有准备好承担这种长期责任——况且，我确实很喜欢妈妈做的饭。我想，有些责任更多地取决于态度，而不是年龄。 2. Memorable Moments / 难忘的时刻 Like a musical symphony, life has high and low moments, and somewhere in between are those moments we call “bittersweet”. As students, it’s likely that those moments are mainly about school life, such as sitting a major exam, giving a presentation, or becoming a boarder for the first time. But as life continues, we’re presented with more varied experiences: starting university, getting a job and raising a family. Whatever our choices are, we should cherish and embrace these moments in life. After all, each step we take is one more step forward to becoming a stronger and better person. 人生如同一部交响乐，既有高昂的乐章，也有低沉的旋律；而在二者之间，则是那些我们称为“苦乐参半”的时刻。对学生来说，这些时刻很可能主要与校园生活有关，例如参加一场重要考试、做一次公开展示，或第一次成为寄宿生。但随着人生不断向前，我们会经历更加丰富多样的事情：进入大学、参加工作、养育家庭。无论作出怎样的选择，我们都应珍惜并坦然拥抱生命中的这些时刻。毕竟，我们迈出的每一步，都让自己向着更坚强、更优秀的人前进一步。 3. The Little Prince (Excerpt) / 《小王子》（节选） Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest. It was a picture of a boa constrictor in the act of swallowing an animal. Here is a copy of the drawing. In the book it said: “Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, without chewing it. After that they are not able to move, and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion.” I pondered deeply, then, over the adventures of the jungle. And after some work with a colored pencil I succeeded in making my first drawing. My Drawing Number One. It looked like this: I showed my masterpiece to the grownups, and asked them whether the drawing frightened them. But they answered: “Frighten? Why should anyone be frightened by a hat?” My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. But since the grown-ups were not able to understand it, I made another drawing: I drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so that the grown-ups could see it clearly. They always need to have things explained. My Drawing Number Two looked like this: The grown-ups’ response, this time, was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside, and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. That is why, at the age of six, I gave up what might have been a magnificent career as a painter. I had been disheartened by the failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two. Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. So then I chose another profession, and learned to pilot airplanes. I have flown a little over all parts of the world; and it is true that geography has been very useful to me. At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona. If one gets lost in the night, such knowledge is valuable. In the course of this life, I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them. Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted, I tried the experiment of showing him my Drawing Number One, which I have always kept. I would try to find out, so, if this was a person of true understanding. But, whoever it was, he, or she, would always say: “That is a hat.” Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors, or primeval forests, or stars. I would bring myself down to his level. I would talk to him about bridge, and golf, and politics, and neckties. And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man. 六岁那年，我曾在一本名为《大自然的真实故事》、讲述原始森林的书中看到一幅精彩的图画。画中是一条蟒蛇正在吞食一只动物。下面就是那幅画的摹本。 书中写道：“蟒蛇把猎物整个吞下，根本不咀嚼。之后，它们便无法动弹，要整整睡上六个月，才能完成消化。” 于是，我认真思索起丛林中的种种奇遇。经过一番努力，我用彩色铅笔完成了自己的第一幅画——“一号作品”。它看起来是这样的： 我把这幅杰作拿给大人们看，并问他们这幅画是否让他们害怕。 可他们回答：“害怕？一顶帽子有什么可怕的？” 我的画并不是一顶帽子，而是一条正在消化大象的蟒蛇。可是大人们看不明白，于是我又画了一幅：我把蟒蛇的内部画了出来，好让他们看清楚。大人们总需要别人把事情解释给他们听。我的“二号作品”是这样的： 这一次，大人们建议我把画蟒蛇的作品放到一边——无论是画外部还是内部——转而专心学习地理、历史、算术和语法。于是，六岁时，我放弃了原本可能十分辉煌的画家生涯。“一号作品”和“二号作品”的失败令我灰心。大人们从来不会独立理解任何事情，而孩子们不得不一遍又一遍、永无止境地向他们解释，实在令人疲惫。 后来，我选择了另一种职业，学会了驾驶飞机。我飞越过世界上许多地方；不得不说，地理知识确实对我很有帮助。我一眼就能分辨中国和亚利桑那州。倘若夜里迷路，这样的知识非常有用。 在一生中，我遇到过许许多多只关心所谓“重要事情”的人。我长期生活在大人中间，近距离、深入地观察过他们。而这些经历并没有使我对他们的看法好多少。 每当遇到一个在我看来似乎稍有洞察力的人，我都会做一个试验：拿出一直珍藏着的“一号作品”给他看，想借此判断他是否真正懂得事物。但无论对方是谁——男人还是女人——他总会说： “这是一顶帽子。” 于是，我绝不会再同这个人谈论蟒蛇、原始森林或星星。我会迁就他的层次，改谈桥牌、高尔夫、政治和领带。那位大人则会非常高兴，认为自己结识了一个如此通情达理的人。 4. Writing a Book Review: The Little Prince / 书评写作：《小王子》 The Little Prince was written and illustrated by the French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry during World War II. It is a children’s fantasy book, but it is also enjoyed by adults. It tells a story about a pilot who has crashed in the desert. While he is trying to fix his aeroplane, a little prince comes to him. Visiting from another planet, the little prince recounts his adventures to the pilot, and the two become friends. The book talks about the importance of looking beneath the surface of things to uncover their real meanings. I like it because it is simple, and yet it really made me think a lot about life and death, love and responsibility, friendship and loneliness. One of the most memorable characters in the book is a rose, which the little prince fell in love with. I was really touched by the line – “It’s the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important.” – because it shows how we form special bonds with others by caring and taking responsibility for them. Personally, I think this is a touching book that everyone should read, whatever their age. 《小王子》由法国作家安托万·德·圣埃克苏佩里在第二次世界大战期间创作并配图。它是一部儿童幻想文学作品，但同样深受成年读者喜爱。 故事讲述一名飞行员坠机于沙漠之中。当他设法修理飞机时，一位小王子来到他身边。小王子来自另一个星球，他向飞行员讲述自己的历险，两人由此成为朋友。 本书探讨了透过事物表面、发现其真正意义的重要性。我喜欢它，是因为它语言简洁，却促使我深入思考生与死、爱与责任、友谊与孤独。书中最令人难忘的角色之一是一朵玫瑰，小王子深深爱着她。“正是你为你的玫瑰付出的时间，才使你的玫瑰变得如此重要。”这句话令我深受触动，因为它说明：我们正是通过关心他人、为他人负责，才与他们建立起独特而深厚的联系。 就我个人而言，这是一部感人至深、无论年龄大小都值得阅读的作品。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $