1、Think about it：at what age are you allowed to do the following things in China？Get a credit card.Get a drivers licence.Get a full-time job.Get the right to voteGet a bank loanRent an apartment.Read for suitable title 1.Eighteen the Age of Indecision 2.Teenagers Hopes for the Future 3.The Right to Vo
2、te Your Views 4.Turning Eighteen What Does It Mean?decisionAdulthoodOnly appears in Bethanys opinion在非正式用语中，表示时间名词的后面常用that引导定语从句，that常常省略。as if 引导的从句使用了虚引导的从句使用了虚拟语气，与过去事实相反，拟语气，与过去事实相反，谓语动词用谓语动词用 had done.强调谓语动词时，可用 do/does/did，意为“的确，确实”I think being a responsible adult means standing up by yourse
3、lf and doing what you want to.You should be brave enough to adapt yourself to the change and take responsibility positively.Besides,you have to learn to say“no”when facing temptation.Think and share诱惑Read the sentences from the passage and decide if they are facts(F)or opinions(O).1.Surely,if youre
4、old enough to earn a wage and pay taxes,you should be allowed to have a say on how the government spends them!2.I will be taking my driving test on the very day I turn 18.3.When I woke up the next day,there were still rules to obey and lessons to attend.4.I guess some responsibilities are more about
5、 attitude than age.Read the sentences from the passage and decide if they are facts(F)or opinions(O).1.Surely,if youre old enough to earn a wage and pay taxes,you should be allowed to have a say on how the government spends them!2.I will be taking my driving test on the very day I turn 18.3.When I w
6、oke up the next day,there were still rules to obey and lessons to attend.4.I guess some responsibilities are more about attitude than age.OFFOLanguage points:Important lexical chunks1.in charge of 2.cant wait to do 3.general election4.have a say on5.feel/become/be aware oftake charge of 负责负责be eager
7、 to do 迫不及待做某事迫不及待做某事大选大选对对有发言权有发言权意识到，注意到意识到，注意到Language points:Important lexical chunks6.sign an agreement7.tempt sb to do sth8.resist the temptation9.contribute to 签署协议签署协议诱惑某人诱惑某人做某事做某事抵制诱惑抵制诱惑为为做做贡献；贡献；是是的的原因；原因；投稿投稿The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes.Thats the day we truly grow up.John C.Maxwell
