Unit 1 TravellingWarm-up 1
Listening 2
Speaking 3
Comprehensive English The Travels of Marco Polo 4
Reading for Interest Sailing Around the World 8
Writing 10
Unit 2 SpaceWarm-up 11
Listening 12
Speaking 13
Comprehensive English The Moon 14
Reading for Interest A Trip to the Moon 18
Writing 20
Unit 3 AnimalsWarm-up 21
Listening 22
Speaking 23
Comprehensive English Elephants 24
Reading for Interest Snakes 28
Writing 30
Unit 4 ScientistsWarm-up 31
Listening 32
Speaking 33
Comprehensive English Two Geniuses 34
Reading for Interest The Man Who Finds Things 38
Writing 40
Unit 5 SportsWarm-up 41
Listening 42
Speaking 43
Comprehensive English Soccer 44
Reading for Interest Why Do These Basketball Players Act Like Clowns? 48
Writing 50
Revision 1
Listening Exercises 51
Vocabulary Exercises 55
Grammar Exercises 56
Cloze 57
Reading Exercises 58
Unit 6 WaterWarm-up 61
Listening 62
Speaking 63
Comprehensive English The Water Cycle 64
Reading for Interest Oceans and Continents 68
Writing 70
Unit 7 HolidaysWarm-up 71
Listening 72
Speaking 73
Comprehensive English Thanksgiving Day 74
Reading for Interest Let's Celebrate!It's Halloween! 78
Writing 80
Unit 8 Learning a LanguageWarm-up 81
Listening 82
Speaking 83
Comprehensive English Asking My Students for Advice 84
Reading for Interest Perhaps I Didn't Pronounce It Correctly! 88
Writing 90
Unit 9 Foreign CountriesWarm-up 91
Listening 92
Speaking 93
Comprehensive English Iceland 94
Reading for Interest Canada 98
Writing 100
Unit 10 The TnternetWarm-up 101
Listening 102
Speaking 103
Comprehensive English The Internet 104
Reading for Interest What is an Intranet? 108
Writing 110
Revision 2
Listening Exercises 111
Vocabulary Exercises 115
Grammar Exercises 116
Cloze 118
Reading Exercises 118
Additional Material 1 123
Additional Material 2 133
Vocabulary 143
Proper Names 155