Unit1GrowingupUnderstandingideas课件-高中英语选择性

Unit1Growingup---UnderstandingideasChooseanothersuitabletitleofthepassage.A.Eighteen–theAgeofIndecisionB.Teenagers'HopesfortheFutureC.TheRighttoVote–YourViewsD.TurningEighteen–WhatDoesItMean?DWhatisthepurposeofthisparagraph?Tointroducethetopic.Ican'twaittobe18.OnereasonisthatalthoughI'vebeenworkingeversinceleavingschool,Iwon'tbevotinginthenextgeneralelection.Why?BecauseIstillwon'tbeoldenough.Surely,ifyou'reoldenoughtoearnawageandpaytaxes,youshouldbeallowedtohaveasayonhowthegovernmentspendsthem!I'vealsobeentakingdrivinglessons,andinfactIwillbetakingmydrivingtestontheverydayIturn18.Mymumworriesaboutmebeingbehindthewheel.Asanambulancedriver,she'sseenalotofcaraccidentsinvolvingteenagersandthinksthelegalageforgettingadrivinglicenceshouldbe21.ButIthinkI'malreadymatureenoughtounderstandthatdrivingacaralsomeanstakingresponsibilityformylifeandthelivesofotherpeople.What'sBethany'smother'sattitudetowardsherdriving?A.HappyIcelebratedmy18thbirthdayjustbeforeIwenttouniversity.Iexpectedtofeelinstantlydifferent,asifIhadclosedthedooronmychildhoodandsteppedintoawholenewadultworld.Butitwasn'tlikethat.WhenIwokeupthenextday,therewerestillrulestoobeyandlessonstoattend.Infact,thechangehasbeenmoresubtleandgradualthanIimagined.InsteadofbeingtheselfishteenagerIusedtobe,Ihavebeguntofeelmoreawareofotherpeopleandtodevelopastrongersenseofsocialresponsibility.HowdoesLinNingreally

feelwhenheturns18?A.Instantlydifferent.B.Almostasusual.C.Freeandexcited.HowdoesLinNingreally

feelwhenheturns18?WhydoesMorganwanttolivewithhisparents?Ithinkit'sstrangethatIcannowtake1.______________________,yetIstillcan'tvote-Idon'tthinkthat'sfair,giventhat2.________________Ishouldhaveasayon3._______________I'mmatureenoughto4._________________________drivinglessonsI’moldenoughtoearnawageandpay

taxes

understandthatdrivingacaralsomeanstakingresponsibilityformylifeandthelivesofotherpeople.Bethany16,Victoria,AustraliahowthegovernmentspendstaxesLinNing19,Shanghai,ChinaAt18,Icandothingslikegettingacreditcard.Moreimportantly,Icanactonmydesiretohelpothers,forexampleby5._________________________________Butalthoughalotofdoorshaveopenedforme,therearestill6._______________signinganorgandonationagreement.

rulestoobeyandlessonstoattend.Morgan20,Florida,theUS

moveintoarentedapartmentthehouseholdbillsReadthesentencesfromthepassageanddecideiftheyarefacts(F)oropinions(O).1Surely,ifyou'reoldenoughtoearnawageandpaytaxes,youshouldbeallowedtohaveasayonhowthegovernmentspendsthem! 2...IwillbetakingmydrivingtestontheverydayIturn18.