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ContentsUnit 1 It’s Show Time Text 1 Shadow Puppet Theater Text 2 The Art of Paper Folding Text 3 The Crown Diamond Text 4 Cheerleading Text 5 The Recital Text 6 It’s All Music Unit 2 Healthy Eating Text 1 How Did Ian Get Out of His Jar? Text 2 The Healthy Eating Pyramid Text 3 Ollie, Don’t Eat That! Text 4 Eat Well and Get Fit Text 5 From the World to Your Table (1) Text 6 From the World to Your Table (2) Unit 3 Improving Life Text 1 Ways to Get Around Text 2 Satellite Guidance for the Blind Text 3 The World in the Palm of Your Hand Text 4 From Newspapers to Smartphones Text 5 Robots Text 6 Who Says Robots Can’t Think? Unit 4 Going Green Text 1 An Earth Day of Their Own Text 2 What Makes Joe Care about Earth? Text 3 Save Water Outdoors Text 4 Help Save the Animals Text 5 As Good as New Text 6 An Eco Home Unit 5 Exploring Space Text 1 Deep in Outer Space Text 2 Traveling Around the Sun Text 3 How Do We Know About the Solar System? Text 4 The First Person on the Moon Text 5 A Flight to Lunar City Text 6 Astronauts in Training Unit 6 Having Fun Text 1 Up, Down, and All Around! Text 2 My Tree House Text 3 A Public Holiday Text 4 Red Nose Day Text 5 The Best Weekend Ever Text 6 My First Chinese New Year Answers for Reference