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Unit One Growing up Writing for myself Warm up questions Can you guess what the texts in this unit are going to be about? I guess the texts are going to tell us some stories about growing up What do you think of growing up? Growing up is by no means an easy thing. It is a long travel companied by difficulties. We have to be patient. In addition, we should have courage to overcome these difficulties. Life is full of adventure. We never get to know what will happen on us. We should be prepared well to face up to any problems. What qualities do you value most when you grow up? ( Honesty, loyalty, truthfulness, courage, perseverance, friendliness, kindness, generosity, selflessness, sympathy, charity, thriftiness, forgiveness, patience and cooperation) Is there anything in your life that made you change much? Background Knowledge Russell Baker Russell Baker was the noted journalist, humorist, essayist, and biographer. Baker received his second Pulitzer Prize in 1983 for his autobiography, Growing Up (1983). With a moving mix of humor and sadness, Baker insightfully recounts the struggles he and his mother endured in depression-era Virginia, New Jersey, and Baltimore after his father passed away. The books greatest achievement is Bakers portrayal of his mother, a driven woman haunted by poverty and dreams of her sons success. I would make something of myself, he wrote, and if I lacked the grit to do it, well then she would make me make something of myself. John Lennon John Lennon (1940-1980) was an English rock musician and cofounder of The Beatles, the most lauded and influential rock group of all time. He was born on October 9th.1940 in Liverpool, England. On December 8th.1980, he was shot dead outside his apartment in the Dakota building in New York City. The killer was a crazed fan, Mark Chapman, who had recently obtained Lennon’s autograph. Spaghetti 意大利面 Spaghetti is the Italian-style thin noodle, cooked by boiling and served with sauce., Unl