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1、 21st Century College English: Book 3 Unit 1 Text B Coming of Age Unit 1: Text B v Warm-up Activity v Extensive Reading v Exercises v Summary Warm-up Activity Discussion: Is Coming-of-Age Day necessary? Should it be established as a holiday in China? Extensive Reading v Text B v Questions for Text B
2、 v Language Points Extensive Reading 读写教程 III Text B, P. 18P. 18 Unit 1 Extensive Reading Questio n Unit 1 Extensive Reading Coming of Age Sam Walker 1Okay, Ill admit it. Sitting behind the wheel of my first car before it was towed off to the junkyard, I cried. You can tell me a car is only so much
3、glass and steel, but Ill never apologize for losing my cool that day. A young mans first car is less a means of transportation than a monument to his discovery of youthful freedom. At least mine was. 2It had all started two years earlier: Soon after my 16th birthday, my parents retired the old red f
4、amily car and passed it on to me. Before long, that car and I had become the best of friends. We gave rides to just about anyone who asked, anytime, anywhere, and had all sorts of adventures. Unit 1 Extensive Reading Questio n 3Some of those adventures were pretty hair-raising. One famous afternoon
5、after school, I piled ten friends into the car, including Eric, who opted to ride in the trunk rather than be left behind. We were just driving around, feeling good, talking about everything and nothing. And although I had been going only about 20 miles an hour, the collision with a school bus full
6、of seven-year-olds crumpled the front of my car. My first thought was of Eric in the trunk. I rushed over and opened it to find him lying there motionless. I gasped. He opened his eyes and laughed: “Youre the worst driver on the planet.” Unit 1 Extensive Reading Questio n 4Bystanders stared as, one
7、by one, ten dazed high-school sophomores crawled out of my car. No one on the bus was hurt, though one little girl was crying because she had to go to the bathroom. As far as the little boys were concerned, I was a hero. They crowded around me in admiration. Even the police officers managed to smile
8、. 5My parents furious, of course settled on my punishment: I would use my upcoming summer wages to pay for the repairs. To lessen the financial blow, I insisted that the mechanic fix the car with used parts. So when the work was completed, the old red car had a green hood, a yellow fender and a blue
9、 door. I didnt care. The car was far from a beauty, but she was mine. Unit 1 Extensive Reading 6That summer, once school was out, I found my freedom expanded hugely. On days when my friends and I would once have ridden bikes to the public pool, we drove my car along the river road to explore an old
10、abandoned train station. Instead of riding to baseball games in the coachs van like little kids, we now rode in my car as sophisticated adults. We wore sunglasses, and spit sunflower seeds out the window, and felt as good as if wed already won the game. Unit 1 Extensive Reading 7One night while I wa
11、s washing dishes at the restaurant where I worked, my friends removed the wheels from my car and left it standing disabled and awkward on concrete blocks in the parking lot. Deciding the best reaction to their trick was to ignore it, I walked home. The next morning I found the car in front of my hou
12、se, covered with a two-inch layer of shaving cream. 8One by one, my friends got drivers licenses and brought different automotive options to our fold. But after a few days trying out whoever was the newest, we always wound up back in my old car. Even then, I wondered why. It wasnt flashy except for
13、those multi-colored parts, it looked just like the sensible family car it had once been. It wasnt fast 55 miles an hour was a stretch. And it certainly wasnt comfortable there was no air conditioning, and on hot days our bare legs stuck to the seats. Unit 1 Extensive Reading 9Not until its engine di
14、ed did I realize what had made the car so special. While most of my friends invested in car stereos that could rattle windows a block away, I stuck with the old original radio that barely picked up two stations on a good night. Mostly, we just left it turned off. There were no bored silences or dema
15、nds that I buy a better radio, though. We filled the musical void by arguing about girls, making up silly songs about one another, or telling stories. Unit 1 Extensive Reading 10 But the moments that truly stand out were more sober. Ill never forget the silence as we drove home from the playoff game
16、 in which our team was eliminated. Nor the nights when Charlie talked about his parents financial troubles, Tom spoke sadly of his fathers absence, and Eric told us of his dream of playing professional hockey. Questio n Unit 1 Extensive Reading Questio n 11 Since we graduated from high school, my friends and I have spread out across the country and grown
