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Unit Nine Living Today Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing. Period 1 1. Read the following words and decide where we can put them. 2. If you had a choice now, how old would you like to be, eight years old or thirty-five? Why? Discuss with your partner. I would like to be eight / thirty- five years old because________________. 3. To be a grown-up, you have to bear a lot of responsibilities, for example, you have to work. But if you are not satisfied with your job, you can resign. Do you know what resign here means? A. to change your job B. to give up your job C. to start a new job Key: B The coming article is entitled My Resignation. Can you imagine what the writer wants to resign from, and why? Read the following statements and tick those you think are possible answers. A. The writer is tired of his present job. B. The writer is not satisfied with his salary. C. The writer can’t get along with his coworkers. D. The writer is tired of being an adult.  Key: D My Resignation I am here officially presenting my resignation as an adult. I have decided to accept the responsibilities of an eight-year-old again. I want to go to McDonald’s and think it’s a four-star restaurant. I want to think MM’s are better than money because you can eat them. I want to play ball and paint with watercolors in art. I want to lie under a big oak tree and run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summer’s day. I want to return to a time when life was simple. When all you knew were only colors, multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes, but that didn’t bother you, because you didn’t know what you didn’t know and you didn’t care. All you knew was to be happy because luckily you were unaware of all the things that should make you worried or upset. I want to think the world is fair and that everyone is honest and good. I want to believe that anything is possible. Then we grew up