Boost! Reading 4
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Unit Topic Each unit has a cross-curricular and age-appropriate topic.
Students will • find the topic directly relates to their
own lives and study.
• be engaged and motivated to learn.
Reading Skill
unstated rno.in idea: \<.eS happen when
Earth qua ' surface rnoves the earth s . damage to suddenly, caustn9 \ife and property.
A very simple introduction of the targeted unit skill is followed by a skill discovery activity.
Students will • be introduced to the reading skill in
a clear and understandable way.
• discover the reading skill for themselves without the need for long explanations.
Audio CD
~ Read the passage.
Why the Earth Moves
Earthquakes ore sudden movements of the earth's surface that can sometimes have catastrophic effects. During on earthquake, the ground begins to shake violently . An earthquake can cause buildings to fall down and the ground to open up. lt"can start floods, fires and landslides. It can also cause a tsunami-a very large ocean wave that flows over the coast and destroys everyth ing .
What causes earthquakes? The earth's surface is broken up into large sections called tectonic plates. The plates meet and rub against each other along lines called faults. This rubbing puts a lot of stress on the plates. The plates finally slip against each other, causing the earth's surface to move.
Seismologists in the United States have tried to predict earthquakes by measuring how often they happen on average in some areas. Those in China do so by observing animals a nd measuring water levels in wells. There have been some successes with these methods, but not enough for scientists to say that they have definitely found a way to predict earthquakes.
Reading
Earthquakes happen all over the world daily. But most of them are too weak to get our attention. The most powerful earthquakes usually happen in places located on major fault lines. They are most likely to happen in countries like japan, Indonesia, China and the United States.
A graded, content-based reading passage, with supporting audio, sets up the main .skill practice.
Students will
• find the reading passage stimulating with topics geared to their age level.
• be exposed to a variety of text typesfrom academic to real-world passages.
• be able to answer comprehension questions to aid understanding.
The CD at the back of the book provides audio support for all reading passages plus the audio for the Integration listening tasks.
Answer the questions.
What can earthquakes start?
2 What are tectonic plates?
3 In which countries are earthquakes most likely to ha ppen?
Pa ragraph 2
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te2_~on_k; plates rubbi n~nd _
slippin~ainst e<!_ch o~~r.
Pa ragraph 4
Look at the highlighted words in the passage. Find out what these words mean using the Mini-d ictionary on pages 69- 72.
Practice
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Integration A skill practice task is followed by an independent vocabulary-building activity using the Mini-dictionary.
The reading skill is combined with listening, writing or speaking tasks.
Students will Students will • be able to apply the reading skill to the
passage through meaningful practice. • learn to use a reading passage to springboard
into productive activities.
• develop their vocabulary by learning words in context.
• develop the language skills needed for the next generation of integrated tests of English.
Review After every two core units there is a review which consolidates the reading skills already studied.
Students will • be able to see their
progress in using reading skills.
• learn to apply different reading skills to the same passage.
~ Read the passage .
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ondnomi{wave).
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Unit Subject Reading skill Text type
Theme: Music
How does it sound? Culture and People
Classifying information
Content-based passage p. 39
Bands and Clubs Social Studies
Understanding advertisements
Advertisement p. 43
Review 4 p. 47
Theme: Exploration
Voyages of Discovery History/Social Studies
Critical thinkingContent-based passage p. 49
Exploring the World History/Social Studies
Understanding point of view
Diary p. 53
Review 5 p. 57
Theme: Studying Abroad
School LifeSocial Studies/Culture and People
Making generalizations
Content-based passage p. 59
Your details, please! Social Studies
Understanding forms
Form p. 63
Review 6 p. 67
Mini-dictionary p. 69
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Evaluation p. 8
Unit Subject Reading skill Text type
Theme: Natural Disasters
The Shaking Earth Science and Nature
Finding the unstated main idea
Content-based passage p. 9
Fire and Ice Science and Nature
Identifying cause-and-effect chains
Web article p. 13
Review 1 p. 17
Theme: Games
Fun with GamesSports and Leisure/Culture and People
Comparing and contrasting information
Content-based passage p. 19
Hooked on Computers
Culture and People
Identifying plot Story p. 23
Review 2 p. 27
Theme: Smaller and Taller
View from the Top Social Studies
Solving word problems
Content-based passage p. 29
Small Stuff Social Studies
Identifying the writer’s opinions
Web article p. 33
Review 3 p. 37
Contents
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E lu tion
1 Unit Find ing the unstated main idea
2 Unit I den tifying cause-and-effect chains
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Com infor
paring and contrasting mation
4 Unit I den tifying plot
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Unit Solv ing word problems
6 Unit I den tifying the writer's opinions
7 Unit Clas sifying information
8 Unit Und erstanding advertisements
9 Unit Criti cal thinking
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erstanding point of view
11 Unit Mak ing generalizations
12 Unit Und erstanding forms
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Finding the unstated main idea A main idea that is not written out directly is called an unstated main idea. To find an unstated main idea, summarize the details.
Underline details that show the unstated main idea.
Earthquakes are sudden movements of the earth's surface. During an earthquake, the ground begins to shake violently. An earthquake can cause buildings to fa ll down and the ground to open up. It can start floods, fires and landslides. It can also cause a tsunami-a very large ocean wave that flows over the coast and destroys everything. The effects can really be catastrophic .
Unstated main idea:
Earthquakes happen when the earth's surface moves suddenly, causing damage to life and property.
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What should you do in an earthquake? Discuss your answers.
Earthquakes are sudden movements of the earth’s surface. During an earthquake, the ground begins to shake violently. An earthquake can cause buildings to fall down and the ground to open up. It can start floods, fires and landslides. It can also cause a tsunami—a very large ocean wave that flows over the coast and destroys everything. The effects can really be catastrophic.
Underline details that show the unstated main idea.
Finding the unstated main ideaA main idea that is not written out directly is called an unstated main idea. To find an unstated main idea, summarize the details.
Unstated main idea:
Earthquakes happen when the earth’s surface moves suddenly, causing damage to life and property.
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The Shaking Earth
Why the Earth Moves
Earthquakes are sudden movements of the earth’s surface that can sometimes have catastrophic effects. During an earthquake, the ground begins to shake violently .An earthquake can cause buildings to fall down and the ground to open up. It can start floods, fires and landslides. It can also cause a tsunami—a very large ocean wave that flows over the coast and destroys everything.
What causes earthquakes? The earth’s surface is broken up into large sections called tectonic plates. The plates meet and rub against each other along lines called faults. This rubbing puts a lot of stress on the plates. The plates finally slip against each other, causing the earth’s surface to move.
Earthquakes happen all over the world daily. But most of them are too weak to get our attention. The most powerful earthquakes usually happen in places located on major fault lines. They are most likely to happen in countries like Japan, Indonesia, China and the United States.
Seismologists in the United States have tried to predict earthquakes by measuring how often they happen on average in some areas. Those in China do so by observing animals and measuring water levels in wells.There have been some successes with these methods, but not enough for scientists to say that they have definitely found a way to predict earthquakes.
2 Read the passage.
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Paragraph 2
Write the unstated main idea for each paragraph.
Answer the questions.
1 What can earthquakes start?
2 What are tectonic plates?
3 In which countries are earthquakes most likely to happen?
Look at the highlighted words in the passage. Find out what these words mean using the Mini-dictionary on pages 69–72.
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 3
Earthquakes are caused by
tectonic plates rubbing and
slipping against each other.
Look for details and summarize them using simple words and short sentences.
Answer the questions.Answer the questions.
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3 Read the paragraph. Write the main idea. Then circle the correct answer.
4 Listen to the passage about the earthquake in San Francisco. Write the details on a separate piece of paper.
In 1906, a big earthquake hit the city of San Francisco in the United States. It was one of the most powerful earthquakes in history. It destroyed nearly 80 percent of the city and many people were killed. Buildings fell down and bridges fell into the water. Almost 300,000 people were left without homes. The cost of the damage was said to be more than $400 million.
Complete the table. Then tell the class.
Main idea: stated / unstated
1 What happened to the buildings and bridges?
2 What happened to the people?
1 What caused the huge fires?
2 Why couldn’t firefighters get water to stop the fires?
Information from Activity G Information from Activity H
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Read the paragraph. Write the main idea. Then circle the correct answer.
In 1906, a big earthquake hit the city of San Francisco in the United States. It was one of the most powerful earthquakes in history. It destroyed nearly 80 percent of the city and many people were killed. Buildings fell down and bridges fell into the water. Almost 300,000 people were left without homes. The cost of the damage was said to be more than $400 million.
Main idea: stated I unstated
Listen to the passage about the earthquake in San Francisco. Write the details on a separate piece of paper.
Complete the table. Then tell the class.
Information from Activity G Information from Activity H
1 What happened to the buildings and 1 What caused the huge fires? bridges?
2 What happened to the people? 2 Why couldn't firefighters get water to stop the fires?
Identifying cause-and-effect chains
A cause-and-effect chain begins with an event that produces an effect, which then becomes the "cause" of another effect, and so on. Identifying this chain in a passage helps you link events.
Complete the chain to show cause and effect.
A volcanic eruption in Iceland has sent ash across northern Europe. Airlines hove canceled or diverted flights across the Atlantic Ocean, leaving hundreds of passengers stuck in airports.
Cause
1 volcanic
eruption
in Iceland
-- Effect/ Cause
2 ash ___ _
Effect/ Cause Effect
3 airlines 4 passengers
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semester n one of the two periods (of 15 to 18 weeks each) into which a school year is divided p. 24
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area where no group lived before ······· ··· ···· ······ ····· ······ ·· ···· ········ ···· ····· ···· ········ ··· ···· ··· ······· ···· ··· ···· ············ ···· ·· ····· ····· ······· ····· ····· ·········· ·· signature n the special writing of a name p. 64 ········ ··· ········· ···· ··· ········ ······· ··· ···· ··· ···· ··· ····· ················ ··· ···· ···· ···· ··· ····· ········ ······· ··· ············· ·· ········ ·· ···· ··· ····· ··· · skyscraper n a very tall modern city building p. 31 ······· ········ ··· ····· ·· ······ ··· ··· ···· ·· ···· ··· ········· ······· ··· ····· ········· ·· ·· ··· ···· ······ ···· ············· ··· ······· ········· ······· ·· ········ ········· space shuttle n a vehicle that goes into space and back to Earth p. 50 ·· ······· ····· ········ ············ ···· ·· ······· ······ ········ ······· ······ ···· ···· ··· ······ ····· ···· ···· ····· ······ ··· ···· ··················· ·········· ··········· stable adj not changing ; safe p. 14 ···· ······ ······· ······· ···· · ········ ····· ······· ······· ······· ··· ···· ·· ···· ···· ··········· ···· ····· ···· ··· ··· ··· ···· ······· ·············· ········ ······· ···· ·· ··· stadium n a large area with a field surrounded by rows of seats, for
watching sports events or concerts ·· ······ ·········· ··· ···· ·· ·········· ········· ·· ····· ········ ········· ······· ···· ·········· ···· ······ ······ ··· ··· ·· ·· ·· ····· ······ ······ ·············· ········ ··· stress n force or energy on an object ···· ······· ······· ··· ·· ········ ······ ····· ······· ··· ···· ·· ···· ···· ···· ·········· ····· ··········· ··· ···· ······ ········ ·········· ········· ··········· ······· ······· · stretch v to continue over a wide and open space or area; to go on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . student exchange program n a program in which a student, usually in high school, chooses
to live in a another country to learn language and culture p. 60 ·· ·· ··· ····· ·· ·· ············· ··· ····· ·· ·········· ········ ······ ······ ·········· ······ ··· ···· ········· ···· ·· ····· ··· ··· ···· ··· ····· ···· ··· ······· ··· ···· ··· ····· ··· sudden adj happening quickly and unexpectedly ·· ········· ······· ···· ········ ···· ····· ··· ····· ····· ···· ··· ······· ··· ····· ······· ······ ··· ···· ··· ···· ······· ··· ··· ···· ······ ····· ·· ········ ·· ··· ·· ··········· ···· ·
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theme n the main subject or idea; style p.20 ················· ······ ······ ···· ······ ·· ·· ··· ··· ·· ····· ··· ····· ········· ················· ··············· ··········· ·· ··············· ·····
transport v to take goods or people from one place to another in a vehicle p. 30 ····· ··· ···· ······· ········· ····· ······ ···· ··· ······· ··········· ··· ··· ···· ··· ······· ···· ······· ······ ··· ·· ················· ··· ··· ····· ··· ······ ····· ····· ···· ·· ··· troll n a very large or very ugly creature from folklore p. 24 ······· ······· ········· ··· · ···· ···· ··· ··· ···· ············ ·········· ····· ·· ······ ··· ··· ···· ··········· ··· ··· ··· ············ ···· ······· ····· ···· ··· ··· · ··· ······· ·· tune
n a series of musical notes that are played or sung to make a pattern of sound; melody
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adj of or relating to a typhoon-a very strong and dangerous storm in the western Pacific or Indian oceans p. 31 ··· ············ ······ ·· ····· ·· ···· ·· ··· ··· ···· ········ ·········· ·····.·· ······· ··· ········· ········ ·················· ············ ········· ·········· ····
m ultra prefix/adv very; extremely p. 34 ·· ······ ········· ····· ······ ···· ······· ··· ······· ············ ····· ······· ·· ······ ············· ···· ··· ···· ····· ··· ········· ··· ·· ········· ··· ······· ··· ······· ·· ··· ' up-and-coming adj likely to be successful and popular p. 44 ···· ···· ······· ·············· ····· ···· ··· ·· ············· ······ ·· ·· ······· ············ ····· ·· ···· ···· ···· ··· ······ ······· ········· ···· ··· ······ ···· ···· ········ ··· ·
version n a form that is different from an earlier or original type p. 20 ······· ········· ···· ···· ··· ········ ····· ····· ········· ··· ·· ····· ········ ········· ··· ········· ······ ··· ···· ······ ··· ·········· ······ ···· ··· ··· ······ ····· vie v to compete very hard p. 34 ·· ···· ············ ·· ······ ··· ···· ··· ···· ·· ·· ·· ········ ······· ··············· ····· ···· ··· ··· ···· ··· ·· ··· ·· ······· ····· ········ ·· ········ ···· ········ ··········· ··· · Viking adj of or from the Vikings-ancient people from Scandinavia in
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from inside the volcano and up into the sky p. 14 ···· ·· ··········· ···· ··· ······ ··· ····· ·········· ········ ··· ······· ········· ··· ······· ······· ···· ······ ··· ···· ··· ·· ···· ···· ··· ··· ······· ···· ········· ······ ··· ····· voyage n a long journey in a ship p. 54 ··· ······· ······· ······ ······ ···· ····· ····· ······· ···· ··· ······· ···· ·· ···· ·· ···· ········· ··············· ······ ·· ··· ······· ·· ··· ···· ·········· ········· ···· ········
Unit Activity I Track Duration
c 2 2:02
1 G 3 0:37
H 4 0:49 c 5 2:07
2 G 6 0:43
Review 1 A 7 1:54 c 8 2:08
3 G 9 0:47 c 10 2:24
4 H 11 1:12
Unit Activity I Track Duration
c 18 2:08
7 G 19 0:24
H 20 0:29
c 21 3:09 8
G 22 0:56
A 23 1:19 Review4 c 24 1:29
c 25 2:07
9 G 26 0:34
H 27 0:47
warrior n a fighter or soldier p.24 ···· ····· ······ ··· ···· ····· ··· ·········· ·· ······ ····· ···· ··· ······· ········ ······· ···· ·· ·· ··· ··· ···· ······ ······ ··· ·· ····· ··· ······· ···· ····· ····· ········ ··· ··· · windsurfing n the sport of sailing across water by standing on a board and
holding on to a large sail p. 64 · · ·· · ··· · ·· · ·· · ··· · ··· · · · · ···· ··· ··· ···· ··· ··· ···· ······· ··· ····· ·········· ······· ··· ··· ···· ··· ·· ····· ··· ·········· ··· ···· ··· ······ ······ ···· ···· ···· ····· ··· ···· wireless adj without wires; of or relating to data communications using
radio waves p. 34 ···· ··········· ········· ··· · ··· ··············· ··· ··········· ······· ···· ···· ······················ · ······· ··········· ······ ·· ··· ···· ···· ····· ······· ······ ···· ····
A 12 0:57 Review 2
D 13 1:14
c 14 2:49 5
E 15 0:57
6 c 16 2:13 Review 3 A 17 2:19
10 c 28 2:29 A 29 1:23
Review 5 D 30 0:59
c 31 2:26 11
G 32 0:57
12 c 33 4:13
A 34 1:20 Review 6
E 35 2:08
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