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Table of Contents 1

前言 1

Book One The Marathon(by Paul Simmonds) 1

Introduction 3

Unit 1 A talented footballer 3

Unit 2 Chocolate 9

Unit 3 Across the Atlantic 14

Unit 4 THE MARATHON 19

Unit 5 Intelligence 25

Unit 6 The leaning tower 31

Unit 7 J.K.Rowling and Harry Potter 37

Unit 8 Challenger flight STS-51-L 43

Unit 9 An old disease 49

Unit 10 The Freedom Railway 55

Unit 11 The cheetah 61

Unit 12 Krakatau 67

Self-Assessment Form 73

Book Two Invention and Design(by Paul Simmonds) 75

Unit 1 The clockwork radio 77

Unit 2 Television 82

Unit 3 Gunpowder 87

Unit 4 The Millennium Bridge 93

Unit 5 Wind power 99

Unit 6 Water power 105

Unit 7 The compass 111

Unit 8 A prolific inventor 117

Unit 9 The bicycle 123

Unit 10 Printing 129

Unit 11 The perfection of Braille 135

Unit 12 Silk,and the Silk Road 141

Self-Assessment Form 147

Book Three Comparisons(by Maggie Aldhamland) 149

Unit 1 Different ways of learning 151

Unit 2 City versus country 157

Unit 3 Different perceptions 162

Unit 4 A new life:Part 1 168

Unit 5 All kinds of animals 174

Unit 6 The cat family 180

Unit 7 Caring for animals 186

Unit 8 A new life:Part 2 192

Unit 9 Who speaks English? 198

Unit 10 Planets—big and small,far and near 204

Unit 11 How was the world created? 210

Unit 12 A new life:Part 3 216

Self-Assessment Form 221

Appendix 223