九年级英语全册Unit7Teenagersshouldbeallowedtochoosetheirownclothes拓展阅读素材一.docx

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1、Unit7TeenagersshouldbeallowedtochoosetheirownclothesIntheUnitedStates,sixteen,eighteen,andtwenty-oneareimportantagesinaperson’slife.Therearenospecialcelebrationsforthesebirthdays,buteachisatimewhenapersoncandonewthingstomarktheirtransition(转变)intoadulthood(成人时期).Afterturningsixteenapersoncanwork

2、,getadriver’slicenseandleavehome.Manyhighschoolstudentslearntodriveandgetpart-timejobssoonaftercelebratingtheirsixteenthbirthday.AttheageofeighteenapersonintheUnitedStatescanvoteandsmoke,buttheyareprohibitedfromgoingintomanynightclubs,buyingwineorgambling(赌博)untiltheyaretwenty-one.InmanyLatin(拉丁

3、的)cultures,ayoungwoman’sfifteenthbirthdayisimportant.Atthisage,sheisregardedasanadult(成年人).Tomarkthisspecialday,familieswithteenagedaughtershaveacelebrationcalledaQuinceanera(成人礼).Thedaybeginswiththeyoungwomanandherfamilygoingtochurch.Later,thereisapartyandmanyguestsareinvited.InJapan,youngpeopl

4、ebecomeadultsattwenty.Atthisage,theycanlegally(合法地)vote,drinkwineandsmoke.ThesecondMondayinJanuaryisanationalholidaycalled“ComingofAgeDay(成人节)”.Onthisday,twenty-year-oldcelebratesbyfirstgoingtoachurchtopraywiththeirfamilies.Later,theylistentospeechesgivenbycityandschoolleaders.Afterward,manycele

5、bratewithfamilyorfriendslateintothenight.Insomecountries,birthdaycelebrationscontinuethroughadulthood.Somepeoplecelebratetheirfortiethandfiftiethbirthdays,ortheirretirement(退休)years,withahugeparty.