Reading and Vocabulary Development 1: Facts & Figures,9781413004182

Reading and Vocabulary Development 1: Facts & Figures

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Edition: 4th
ISBN13: 9781413004182
ISBN10: 1413004180
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-11-16
Publisher(s): Heinle ELT
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Summary

Through wonderful readings and carefully designed activities, this best-selling series helps students develop reading skills and systematically increase their active vocabulary. Learners develop useful and relevant vocabulary while exploring and expanding critical thinking skills.

Table of Contents

To the Instructor vi
Acknowledgments x
Unit 1 Animals
1(32)
The Kiwi
2(4)
The Camel
6(4)
The Polar Bear
10(5)
The Hippopotamus
15(5)
The Dolphin
20(13)
Word Study
25(3)
Extension Activities
Video Highlights: CNN Video, Dolphins in Honduras
28(2)
Activity Page
30(2)
Dictionary Page: Finding Antonyms
32(1)
Unit 2 How? Why?
33(36)
Why Do We Yawn?
36(5)
Why Do People Laugh?
41(5)
Why Is the Sea Salty?
46(5)
How Can a Plant Kill?
51(5)
How Do Hearing-Impaired People Talk?
56(13)
Word Study
61(3)
Extension Activities
Video Highlights: CNN Video, A New Kind of Tourism in Brazil
64(2)
Activity Page
66(1)
Dictionary Page: Learning Word Forms
67(2)
Unit 3 Plants
69(36)
The Date Palm
72(5)
The Water Hyacinth
77(5)
Rice
82(5)
Oranges
87(5)
The Coffee Plant
92(13)
Word Study
97(4)
Extension Activities
Video Highlights: CNN Video, The Bakas of Cameroon
101(2)
Activity Page
103(1)
Dictionary Page: Finding the Correct Spelling
104(1)
Unit 4 Music
105(38)
Music and Behavior
108(5)
Blues and Jazz
113(5)
Rock and Roll
118(5)
Country Western Music
123(5)
Latin Music and Salsa
128(15)
Word Study
133(5)
Extension Activities
Video Highlights: CNN Video, Three New Country Songwriters
138(2)
Activity Page
140(1)
Dictionary Page: Understanding Grammar
141(2)
Unit 5 Work and Leisure
143(36)
Work Hours
146(5)
Salaries
151(5)
Family-Friendly Companies
156(5)
Work Clothes
161(5)
Time Off
166(13)
Word Study
171(4)
Extension Activities
Video Highlights: CNN Video, Volunteer Firefighters in Los Angeles
175(2)
Activity Page
177(1)
Dictionary Page: Learning Word Forms
178(1)
Unit 6 Interesting People of the World
179(40)
The Sami of Northern Europe
182(5)
The Ainu of Japan
187(6)
The Yanomami of the Amazon
193(5)
The Hopi of Arizona
198(6)
The Maori of New Zealand
204(15)
Word Study
209(4)
Extension Activities
Video Highlights: CNN Video, Modern Issues for the Hopi and the Navajo
213(2)
Activity Page
215(2)
Dictionary Page: Choosing the Correct Definition
217(2)
Unit 7 Exploration and Adventure
219(38)
The Polynesians
222(5)
A Giraffe in Central Asia
227(5)
The First Woman on Mount Everest
232(5)
The Iditarod
237(6)
Sailing Alone
243(14)
Word Study
248(5)
Extension Activities
Video Highlights: CNN Video, A Contemporary Look at Alaska's Iditarod Race
253(2)
Activity Page
255(1)
Dictionary Page: Finding Synonyms
256(1)
Vocabulary 257(3)
Skills Index 260(2)
Irregular Verbs 262

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