Contents
Unit 1 Close to Nature
Text 1 Where Are Luke and Mia?
Text 2 The Grand Canyon
Text 3 Land and Sea Turtles
Text 4 What Are Fossils?
Text 5 Life in the Desert
Text 6 Teaching “Earthkeeping”

Unit 2 Feel the Wind
Text 1 Bad Weather
Text 2 “Typhoons Are Scary”
Text 3 Air on the Move
Text 4 A Big Hurricane
Text 5 Tornado Trouble
Text 6 The Big Blizzard

Unit 3 Fascinating Countries and Cultures
Text 1 Keep Your Culture Strong
Text 2 The United Kingdom
Text 3 Puerto Rico
Text 4 Shopping in Switzerland
Text 5 Hidden Army: Clay Soldiers of Ancient China
Text 6 New Year’s Celebrations Around the World

Unit 4 Great Inventions
Text 1 Top Five Inventions
Text 2 Television
Text 3 Telephone & Airplane
Text 4 Meet the BOTS
Text 5 How China Changed the World
Text 6 He Made the World Brighter

Unit 5 People We Admire
Text 1 A Chinese Basketball Hero
Text 2 The Fastest Man Ever in the World
Text 3 Emily Hagins: Teen Film-maker
Text 4 Marie Curie
Text 5 A Creative Writer
Text 6 A Great Mother

Unit 6 Love and Friendliness
Text 1 We Are Special
Text 2 A New Friend
Text 3 Getting Advice
Text 4 Getting On with Others
Text 5 He Shouts, but He Cares
Text 6 How the Moon Was Kind to Her Mother
Answers for Reference