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　　雅思口语考试一般情况下，考官均为英国人。因此，使口语限度的贴近英国本土，是我们取得的“杀手锏”。这里北京新航道小编为同学们整理了一些备考内容，希望在大家准备雅思口语考试的过程中给予帮助。

　　Coming-of-Age Day (Japan)(日本成人节)

　　Coming-of-Age Day (Japan)

　　The second Monday of January

　　The second Monday of January is Coming-of-Age Day, a national holiday to encourage those who have newly entered adulthood to become self-reliant members of society. The holiday used to be on January 15, but in 2000 it was moved to the second Monday of the month.

　　Municipal governments host special coming-of-age ceremonies for 20-year-olds, since an "adult" in Japan is legally defined as one who is 20 or over. They gain the right to vote on their twentieth birthday, and they're also allowed to smoke and drink. But along with these rights come new responsibilities as well, and so age 20 is a big turning point for the Japanese.

　　Coming-of-age ceremonies have been held since time immemorial in Japan. In the past boys marked their transition to adulthood when they were around 15, and girls celebrated their coming of age when they turned 13 or so. During the Edo period(江户时代)(1603-1868), boys had their forelocks cropped off, and girls had their teeth dyed black. It wasn't until 1876 that 20 became the legal age of adulthood.

　　These days, males generally wear suits to their coming-of-age ceremony, but a lot of females choose to wear traditional furisode(振袖，状似和服的长袖)--a special type of kimono(和服)for unmarried women with extra-long sleeves and elaborate designs. For unmarried women, furisode is about the most formal thing they can wear, and so many of them don it to the event marking the start of their adult life.

　　The number of children in Japan is shrinking. For instance, about 1.74 million (890,000 males and 850,000 females) joined the ranks of grown-ups in 1999; this is 80,000 fewer than the year before and represents 1.4% of the total population.

　　虽然说雅思口语话题准备的时间是短的，但是只要大家掌握了方法，相信每个人都能在考官面前如鱼得水。北京新航道预祝各位考试成功!

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