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Unit One  Growing Up Text A Writing For Myself Part II Cultural Notes Part III Text Language Points Part IV Text Structure Part V Text Questions Part VI Exercises Part I Pre-reading Questions Part I Pre-reading Questions What do you think of growing up? What does Lennon think of growing up? Have you ever listened to John Lennon’s “ Beautiful Boy ”? Part II Cultural Notes Grades schools in U.S. American teachers’ wearing Eating spaghetti Table manners Grade schools in the U.S. Elementary schools Middle schools High schools College A.A. University B.A. Grades 6~8 or 7~9 Grades 9~12 or 10~12 A.A. (Associate Arts): 2 years University B.A./B.S.: 4 years Kindergarten to 5th/6th grade Cultural Notes Mr. Fleagle wore primly severe eyeglasses, his wavy hair was primly cut and primly combed. He wore prim suits with neckties set primly against the collar buttons of his white shirts. What American teachers wear in school? Nowadays, people in the U.S. love to dress casually. U. S. teachers wear fairly formal clothes to school, but not necessarily suits and ties. Bow ties are considered even more old fashioned than ties. Cultural Notes Spaghetti is the Italian-style thin noodle, cooked by boiling and served with sauce. Usually you would put a fork into a plate of spaghetti, turn the fork several times so that spaghetti will wind around the fork, then place the fork into your mouth. Its impolite to suck while eating it. Spaghetti and the proper way of eating it: Cultural Notes ★ Do not play with the table utensils or crumble the bread. ★ Do not talk loud or boisterously . ★ Never, if possible, cough or sneeze at the table. ★ Do not talk when the mouth is full and never make a noise while eating ★ Do not break your bread into the soup, nor mix with gravy. It is bad taste to mix food on the plate. ★ Eat soup with the side of the spoon, witho