(共17张PPT)
SB2U1 Growing up
Understanding ideas
Discuss at what age you are 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.
Rent an apartment.
We are allowed to get a full-time job and rent an apartment at 16.
Getting a credit card, getting a driver’s licence, getting the right to vote, and getting a bank loan are allowed at 18 in China.
Lead in
What does “The Age of Majority” mean
Pre-reading
Read the passage and find out the main idea.
While-reading
Read for main idea
Choose another suitable title for the passage and give your reasons.
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
While-reading
driving lessons
I'm old enough to earn a wage and pay taxes
understand that driving a car also means taking responsibility for my life and the lives of other people
how the government spends taxes
Check you homework.
While-reading
Read for details
Bethany
signing an organ donation agreement
rules to obey and lessons to attend
While-reading
Lin Ning
Read for details
Check you homework.
move into a rented apartment
the household bills
While-reading
Read for details
Morgan
Check you homework.
1.But what does reaching this milestone,the age of majority,really mean
Here,three young people tell us what turning 18 means,or meant,to them.
Analysis of Sentence
e of
majority,
同位语
主语
主语
mean sth. (to sb.) 表示...的意思,
对某人来说是...意思
2. One reason is that although I've been working ever since leaving school, I won't be voting in the next general election.
◆ can’t wait to do sth. 迫不及待地要做某事
can’t help doing sth. 禁不住做某事
can’t help (to) do sth. 不能帮助做某事
can’t help but do sth. 不得不做某事
将来进行时
表语从句
One/ The reason (why ...) is that ...
我最敬佩袁隆平的原因是他解决了全世界的饥饿问题。
The reason why I admire Yuan Longping most is that he solves the hunger problem of the world.
3. I expected to feel instantly different, as if I had closed the door on my childhood and stepped into a whole new adult world.
句中as if“仿佛;好像”引导的状语从句用虚拟语气。
①It sounds as if it is raining.②He talks as if he knew everything.③It seemed as if he had known everything that happened last night.
4. When I woke up the next day, there were still rules
to obey and lessons to attend.
◆attend v.出席,参加;照料,看护;vi.专心;注意;处理;对付
attend school/classes/lessons 上学/上课/上课
attend a funeral/meeting 参加葬礼/会议
attend (to) sb. 照料某人
attend to sth. 专心于某事,处理某事
5. 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!
◆doubt v.怀疑 n. 疑惑,疑问
doubt sth.
without doubt 毫无疑问
I doubt whether/if ... (肯定)
There is no doubt that… 毫无疑问……(否定)
毫无疑问,钟南山是一个值得钦佩的人。
There is no doubt that Zhong Nanshan is a person who is admirable.
doubtful adj. doubtfully adv.
undoubtedly adv. 无疑,肯定
6. Because I contribute to the household bills and
my commute to work is quite expensive, I find it
hard to save any money.
household bills 家庭账单
vt. + it + adj./n. + (for sb. /sth.) + 真正的宾语
(vt: think/ believe/ suppose/ consider/ feel/ make/ find)
doing sth. / to do sth./that从句
vt.+it+宾补(no use/no good/useless/a waste of time)
+doing...
I think it no use discussing the matter again. 我认为再讨论此事没有用处了。
1.The colour of the cloth ______ a woman at my wife's
age.
2.Your blue shirt _________ your blue eyes.
3.He can’t _______ into his jeans. He has grown taller.
4.Those trousers don’t _______ you. You should wear
something brighter.
5.He knows a lot about film .No one in our class can
_______ him in that knowledge.
用suit, fit, match 填空
matches
suits
fit
suits
matches
that用作代词,指上文提到的人或事物(单数名词),且需一个后置定语来修饰,此时that不可省。
Their cotton output of 1997 was double than that of 1987.
Mary's handwriting is far better than that of Peter.
Thank you ~~