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She was a single mother.She lived in a small apartment with her baby daughter.(Unit3 P.34 Line 1)She was a single mother, living in a small apartment with her baby daughter.

We wandered around the town.We looked for a place to eat. (Unit6 P.86 Vocabulary 24)We wandered around the town, looking for a place to eat.

Extensive reading allows students to see the language in context over and over again. Extensive reading gives students the exposure they need to understand, organize, remember, and use it. (Unit 5 P.66 Line 31)

Extensive reading allows students to see the language in context over and over again, giving them the exposure they need to understand, organize, remember, and use it.

In the north, they send thousands of sky lanterns into the night sky.In the north, they created a beautiful and peaceful scene of lights floating up toward the heavens. ( Unit 12 P.178 Line 3)

In the north, they send thousands of sky lanterns into the night sky, creating a beautiful and peaceful scene of lights floating up toward the heavens.

She lay on her bed.She looked through the window at the sight of the next brick house. ( Unit11 P.161 Line 8)She lay on her bed, looking through the window at the sight of the next brick house.

The sky lanterns will be launched into the heavens.The sky lanterns will carry people’s wishes with them. ( Unit 12. P183 Vocabulary 5)The sky lanterns will be launched into the heavens, carrying people’s wishes with them.

He wrote about his dreams in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a two-hundred-acre ranch.He showed the location of all the buldings, the stables, and the track. He wrote about his dreams in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a two-hundred-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buldings, the stables, and the track. ( Unit 1 P.3 Line 19)

Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper.Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy made no changes at all. Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. ( Unit 1 P.4 Line 40 )

Although acupuncture for gold fish is uncommon, acupuncture for people is very common in some East Asian countries, where acupuncturists like Mr.Cho help many people overcome a wide range of medical problems.Although acupuncture for gold fish is uncommon, acupuncture for people is very common in some East Asian countries, where acupuncturists like Mr.Cho help many people overcome a wide range of medical problems which includes infections, backaches, and stomachaches. (Unit 7 P.112 Line 21 )Although acupuncture for gold fish is uncommon, acupuncture for people is very common in some East Asian countries, where acupuncturists like Mr.Cho help many people overcome a wide range of medical problems, including infections, backaches, and stomachaches. (Unit 7 P.112 Line 21 )

Many other vessels have been lost, including the nuclear-powered submarine Scorpion, with a crew of ninety-nine, which disappeared in 1968. ( Unit 9 P.152 Line18)Many other vessels have been lost, including the nuclear-powered submarine Scorpion, with a crew of ninety-nine, which disappeared in 1968. ( Unit 9 P.152 Line18)Many other vessels have been lost, including the nuclear-powered submarine Scorpion, with a crew of ninety-nine, which disappeared in 1968. ( Unit 9 P.152 Line18)

Although the panda mother may be large and heavy, her cub is very small.

Although the panda mother may be large and heavy, her cub is very small which weighs only about 100 grams at birth.

Although the panda mother may be large and heavy, her cub is very small, weighing only about 100 grams at birth. ( Unit 8 P.133 Line 33 )

He is a well-known scientist.

He is surprsingly humble.

Being a well-known scientist, he is surprsingly humble. ( Unit 1 P.6 Vocabulary 4 )

The evil witch put a spell on the prince.

The evil witch turned him into a frog.

The evil witch put a spell on the prince, turing him into a frog. ( Unit 3 P.46 Vocabulary 22 )

Some of the animals were merely injured, but most of them, including the owl, were killed. ( Unit 4 P.60 Line 63 )

Some of the animals were merely injured, but most of them, including the owl, were killed. ( Unit 4 P.60 Line 63 )

Some of the animals were merely injured, but most of them, including the owl, were killed. ( Unit 4 P.60 Line 63 )

Pandas feed mainly on bamboo.

Pandas consume up to 38 kilograms a day.

Pandas feed mainly on bamboo, consuming up to 38 kilograms a day. ( Unit 8 P.132 Line 13 )

He sat in front of them.

He was dressed in a plain, ill fitting suit, never moving, his dusty face masking his age.

He sat in front of them, dressed in a plain, ill fitting suit, never moving, his dusty face masking his age. ( Unit 9 P.149 Line 6 )

He sat rooted in his seat, and the young people began to wonder about him.

He tried to imagine his life.

He sat rooted in his seat, and the young people began to wonder about him, trying to imagine his life. ( Unit 9 P.149 Line 10 )

She told the others, and soon all of them were in it, caughp up in the approach of Vingo’s hometown.

She looked at the pictures he showed them of his wife and three children─the woman handsome in a plain way, the children still unformed in the cracked, much-handled snapshots.

She told the others, and soon all of them were in it, caughp up in the approach of Vingo’s hometown, looking at the pictures he showed them of his wife and three children─the woman handsome in a plain way, the children still unformed in the cracked, much-handled snapshots. ( Unit 9 P151 Line 51 )

Now they were 20 miles from the town, and the young peoplen took over window seats on the right side.

Now they waited for the approch of the great oak tree.

Now they were 20 miles from the town, and the young peoplen took over window seats on the right side, waiting for the approch of the great oak tree. ( Unit 9 P.152 Line 56 )

This means that certain oxygen-containing molecules in our cells which called free radicals, have the capability to attach to and damage parts of our cells, including our DNA.

This means that certain oxygen-containing molecules in our cells, called free radicals, have the capability to attach to and damage parts of our cells, including our DNA. ( Unit 2 P.24 Line 7 )

Our bodies can repair this damage, but as wa get older, these repair mechanisms start to break down which results in the signs of aging.

Our bodies can repair this damage, but as wa get older, these repair mechanisms start to break down, resulting in the signs of aging. ( Unit 2 P.24 Line 10 )

The children prentened to be soldiers.

The children fired their toy guns at each other.

The children prentened to be soldiers, firing their toy guns at each other. (Unit 4 P.74 Vocabulary 13)

They were decorating the room.

And they were hanging colorful balloons here and there

They were decorating the room, hanging colorful balloons here and there. (Unit 4 P.78 Phrases 11)

In the same storm, a baby was whipped from its mother’s arm.

A baby was miraculously found alive in a nearby tree.

In the same storm, a baby was whipped from its mother’s arms and, miraculously, found alive in a nearby tree. (Unit 7 P.130 Line 37)

An unidentified man called the police.

An unidentified man said he had planted a bomb at Taipei Railway Station.

An unidentified man called the police, saying he had planted a bomb at Taipei Railway Station. (Unit 8 P.153 Vocabulary 6)

The town of Chiufen which was located on a mountainside overlooking the Pacific Ocean, is regarded as one of Taiwan’s unique cultural treasures.

The town of Chiufen, located on a mountainside overlooking the Pacific Ocean, is regarded as one of Taiwan’s unique cultural treasures. ( Unit 9 P.167 Line 1 )

The advance team then contacts one of its four regional centers.

One of its four regional centers is located in Europe, East Africa, Central America, and East Asia.

The advance team then contacts one of its four regional centers, located in Europe, East Africa, Central America, and East Asia. ( Unit 11 P.211 Line 45 )

Visitors can now relax in one of the many teahouses that are hidden in the alleyways, stroll along Chishan Street and sample the taro balls and other local snacks, or spend a quiet evening at an old-style inn.

Visitors can watch the sun set over the mountains.

Visitors can now relax in one of the many teahouses that are hidden in the alleyways, stroll along Chishan Street and sample the taro balls and other local snacks, or spend a quiet evening at an old-style inn, watching the sun set over the mountains. ( Unit 9 P.170 Line 64 )

She has been working with Alex for 15 years.

She has teaching him to talk, to name and count objects, and to answer simple questions about them.

She has been working with Alex for 15 years, teaching him to talk, to name and count objects, and to answer simple questions about them. ( Unit 1 P.3 Line 32 )

He tried to confort her.

He put all the blame on himself.

He tried to confort her, putting all the blame on himself. ( Unit 3 P.53 Vocabulary 6 )

Most scholars today believe that Stonehenge was designed by ancient tribes as an astronomical.

An astronomical calendar was used to predict lunar and solar eclipses.

Most scholars today believe that Stonehenge was designed by ancient tribes as an astronomical calendar, used to predict lunar and solar eclipses. ( Unit 4 P.69 Line 36 )