{"id":29802,"date":"2025-03-05T13:27:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T12:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=29802"},"modified":"2025-03-06T04:48:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T03:48:42","slug":"why-we-need-rites-of-passage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/03\/why-we-need-rites-of-passage\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Need Rites of Passage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the time we take our first steps and say our first words, we are leaving a mark of our time in this world. Each culture around the globe has identified certain events or achievements to commemorate life-changing moments, which we refer to as &#8220;rites of passage&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find out more about the rites of passage we commemorate, please watch the discussion below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Why We Need Rites of Passage: The Necessary Pain of Personal Transformation\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2A6Pl1Scll8?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Explain\u00a0<strong>&#8220;radar of consciousness&#8221;<\/strong>.\u00a0<em>\u201cThis is something that often ends up on my <strong>radar of consciousness<\/strong> because I have many males in my audience.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Use this term to make your own sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does <strong>\u201ctwiddling of thumbs\u201d<\/strong> mean?\u00a0\u201c<em>It&#8217;s not about the <strong>twiddling of thumbs. <\/strong>We are passing on to you the obligation of adulthood.<\/em>\u201d Create a sentence using this idiom.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is the meaning of <strong>\u201cfrown upon\u201c<\/strong>?\u00a0<em>\u201cThis has become rather you know <strong>frowned upon<\/strong> in our kind of politically correct woke world.<\/em>\u201d Use this phrasal verb in a sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How important is it to commemorate the transitions in life? Explain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What are your thoughts on involving pain as part of the rite of passage?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What are rites of passage do you know and celebrate?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How does your community and family celebrate or honor the important milestones in your life?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What kind of celebration of coming of age would you like to have? Which customs, themes, rituals, or activities would you like to incorporate in your culture? Why these rites?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate By the time we take our first steps and say our first words, we are leaving a mark of our time in this world. Each culture around the globe has identified certain events or achievements to commemorate life-changing moments, which we refer to as &#8220;rites of passage&#8221;. 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