Reading explorer 1 student book

Now in the third edition, Reading Explorer is a sixlevel series that prepares learners for academic success with highly visual, motivating NationalNow in the third edition, Reading Explorer is a sixlevel series that prepares learners for academic success with highly visual, motivating Nationa

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Contents

Explore Your World!

,&ape and Sequence

I ntrgduct on

Unit 1 Amazing Animaa

Unit 2 Thvel and Adventure

Unit 3 Music and Festivals

I Unit 7 Dinosaun Come Alive

Unit 8 Stories and Storytellers

Unit 9Tough Jobs -'- -

b- Unit 11 Legends of the Sea

Unit 12 Vanished!

Review 4

Vocabulaty Building

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m M Sabinas, Mexico, scientist:

Nearly 100 years ago,

a lost city was found

in the jungles of P ~ K $ , Who built the cit* _

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n M a y '" lia Earhar~ L

aft horn -dShe.A, or

) round-the-world flig&hat hqppened to hW @ !,'

and why? .p 40

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The tomb of China's First Emperor

I has not yet been fully opened What treasures might still be there? p 142

'R'ubic and Fastiirals A: A World of Music HIP-Hop Planet Usage: femalt woman :Bed Drum

0: Carnival 7 m e E = ._ - 0mzilian Samba! Word Unk: -&on b -/on

~Blbthing abb mshian A: FrQm Sandal to

1 , 1 1 , Moro Than a Shoe? WOK LH lk: -y Silk Weavers of

Wnosatp [:me Alitre A: PEhi&orio Pime ling Rinasaurs: Facf and Fktidn Wbrd Link: -er / -or

,B: Strange Dinwurs \Mystew of the BrribI~ Hand Wud Partne@hip: qaidioh Discovery I

Word Unk; -en

Y: " " A &t - ; ~ Tarmdo ~ Chasers ? Word Link: ~ -& ~ Wildfire ~ I

~#&fkbr~ts on Flr& I Sm$kejumpers Ward Llflk -menf Phatog$apher d

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b m m 8 u ~ ~ ~ r ~ A: ~nei'ent Cky: Meico's Pyramid Ward UnR: -ate G I

Lk Wonders of o f p f Who BuUt Gla's Pyramid8 Word Partnekshlp: &k I

1 ~miitlhstiii kme R&I pirates I Pirates: Romnet

of me Carl bbean

1 p: $W: On Top of the World Mystew on Everest word m-4@

P i o n ~ r s qf the Sky The Missing Pilot I - ~ o r d , L & $ @ q

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r@l Welcome to Readitig Explorer!

captions, and maps Ask yourself:

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As you mad, check p u r predf&am-

what have I letrrmd?

h you read, rake now Use them

I 10 help you answer questhm about

Write down-words you learn in a

Practice yaur reading skills and

mcabdaq in the Review Units

exploh your world! - -

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2 What,wn some mima$ do that h m ~ s g@f@'

3 What iis vour W i t e a n i d ? W

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A True or False Read the sentences below, and circle T (True)

or F (False) Then cheek your a W & s an page 18

Fast Facts: The Bottlenose Dolphin

1 Dolphins are mammals (like cats, horses, and< humans), not fiSh T F

2 A dolphin$ bra% is bigger than a human's T F

3 Dolphins cummunicate with each other using olicking ahd whistling 'sounds T F

-4, As adults, dotphins live by themsdves T F

"Skim for the Main Idea On Zhe next page, bok at the title, headitlgs, photos, and Captiauls What is this reding mainly about? Circle a, b, or c Then read the passage to check

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I Man geople say dolphins are very intell@& T h q &em to

t .- i ablei@ir&, - understaod, and learn things qgi&f But are

they smart like - -c humans -.-. C of' more likk ca*, or dog's,bolpbg

use their br s dBeredtly from people But scientists s

z d d p h inteuieence and human h%eK&e arif&kii

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humans, every dolphin has its own "nar- - " TIE name

is a specid whstle Xach dolphn chooses a spcc'".~ whstle

r a for itself, usually by its first birthday Actually, s~lentists t h d c

dolphins, like people, "talk* to each other about a lot of

ch as their-age, their feehgs, or h&ng f ~ o d , like l~umans, dolphin4 use a system of sounds and

y language to comQ,cate But &standmg their

1s nv~ -~: - is not easy' CAr humans No one '"peaks

-.-C A n m e w.*:-+~ m ~ y i n g to learn

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1 FACT 2: la J Play

Dolphins arc alaa SCXEII animals They live in gaps ~ ~ d e d

pz& I g d - * o h j,oixiF&t& e m dii3krn.t E play

x I pmt a d have E z r G j u ~ t iitr peqkc in fact, rp%l g topether

I Dolplunsd h m m ue z , i a & i n & ~ & ~ btr& make

Ik &.m d g w h

U& an intrn&@ m#@#Jy Zt3

we a m a d&&bs 5 q g d x m p k

.*&/W p w ur r3Mi.n t h t v ~ t ~ ~ U@ this mcti a-

A&.&* cm m&h a- la h d- Poi -

tbe,&wns? Why the mca? TIk ddpbw .~;ea

A Multiple Chaioe ' G h ~ ~ s e the best answer far each question

Main Idea 1 What Is the main idea of the recling?

a Dolphins are very intelligent animals

b Them are many dierent types of dolphins;

e, Some >dolphin8 &@ mop intelligent thm h~ir~ans

d, Dolphins are humans' favorite animals,

Detail 2 Which sentence about dolphin language is hue?

a, A dalphh gets its name frsm its mother,

b Dolphins use hfiguage Tb talk about many thlrrgs,

c, Dolphins whistle, but they don't use bndy Ianquaaa

d Dolphin conversation is ewy to ~t"rderstand,

Detail 3 Why do ,dolphins s~rnetlrnes help fishormen?

b Sd the dolphins mn g ~ t bud

e The dolphins know the men are hungry

- d, The fis hei-?n~n ask the' dolphins for hdp

e 4, In lihe 19, others means ofher:,

a pad8 b people c~elblphins - d, games

Vocabulary 5 In the smbnc~ R e d~lphri7~ get to eat some uf the gsh,

(line 29), what does get to mean?

a are 3ble to b have to c should tl want to

8 Classifi~ation How a e .dolphins and humam d iffmnt?

How are thw the same? Write the answers (a-h)

in the dlagrarn

acplay g m ~ s in $map%

b have their own Trams

c use spakn wards ta

cornmunimte -

d plan ways to do =mething

e caivtch fish for food

f comrnmlcate Zhelr feelings

'Sup*.gd ,Bmm

A Cornpistion Compl~te the inkmation with the wards are' NQgmt down, and

from the box, One ward is Wva w a n d h a , in .-get M

But &d p u b w that the omgum is a very

1, animal? F Q ~ exampie- 4mngatmz

usG do] B $@ staydl-y~&&~ L r _ it W,

b y W e leaves &om the trees a& use therillikewk

umhtua! These q k l 4 don% W e a cmgkxl

language 3 / h m a s do,

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But today, Some cjmgut'aas - a&; l $ a @ h b +- b q i &

language M q b e , in*~ f u n ~ ~ ? ~ ~ we will be able m, Me

a shple 4, with them

wiTlPl&: ma& up af rnlp'parts

in red wAh a d e f i n i t l

In some ways, & md h m m irl,tdigence are &e BM just

heii ma~t are some m i m a i s ? Sciatists 'in Japan w a n d to study

mcmmy in humans add chimps ' T h q used this methad: they

s b ~ e d a group uT tollcge students and five- year- old chimps the

numbers 1 to 9 in Merent places on a cmputer screen, but

pdtim of the numbers in the >cwrqrt order Every time, rhe

the chrimpgE N q but rhe animals probably had an impo~tmt

chimps *re faster than the mdene Why8 Did someone assist 1

dm- .they're yaung As hoth humans ;and animal9 >get

memory gets h r s e The &mp5 also bad mother advanrage:

The sufbes %nq and

*newat the ehd af a a ~ r d indkate &at it it$ a

nwn , For '&ample, &&+&tame Is the< noun b r n

or asdSf, -and m mhalping someone

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1 - jBJArtistic Animals

A Lahii-ng Rpdb the FnfomatiQ;A $r~Iow, Thdn Iahel the nurnbared

items in the p'tdut~ wi.t2? ths wrda in Mua

Can an elephant make music) Some people might say "no," but the animals in the photo are musicians Each elephant us& its am!<

ts, like the dmm or the rryLophone

B Predict, Whkh ofthm da yw think elephants can do?' Check, (4

y ~ u r *WBF(S) mn read the, in*farmat\or-r on the nwt m a tg c ; h c k

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Musical

i In the town of Lampang in

norther11 TI1ada18, there is an

unusuall group of musicians

They play many dfferenz; h d s of

5 music everythlrmg Eram traclitional

Thai soags to music by Beethoven

Both children and adults love t h i s

g r ~ u p What makes them so

ppdar? Is it their music? Their

lo looks?"es, it's both of these

things, bur it's also something else:

they?-re elephants

These musical elephants started at

Did You Know?

the Thai Elephant Conservation Center (T'ECG) in Lampang A Sangduen Chailert helps

75 Thc TECC protects elephant$ It teaches people to elephants near Chiang at a Mal, nature Thailand park

understand and care for these huge, but p n t l ~ , animals

And, like many zoos around the worId, the TECC

Richard Lair works with the TECC He: knows a lot about

20 elephants He says same of the animals' paintings are very MY6NLln

good But, in fact, elephants hear better than they set, And so hrHUIt

he had a11 idea: if elephants are intellgent and they have good

hearing, maybe they can play rnuscc To test his idea, Lair and

a friend started the Thai leih ham O r ~ h e s t r a ~ During a

25 pwf;ammme; the elephants play a variety of instrulnena,

includmg the drums and the xyiaphone The animals also 4 -,

use their voices a i d trunks to make sousds, *IL ,

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L1 Reading Comprehension

A Multiple Choice Choa* the best answer tor each quastion

Gist I Another title for this reading could be

a Teachha Elephants to Paini

b Elephants in Danger

c, T E G Trainers

d An Unusual Orchestra

The elephants at the TECG

a see better than they hear

@ b 8re able 10 paint

1 , c copy humans t~ ptay mus'

I d make m'r awn insturnmi Data! 1 3 Why d fd Ri~hard Lair 'the Thai Elephant Orch~stra?

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a He had hqrd the elephants playing music

b He needed Uo make: money far the TECC

c He believed elephants could play rnusia

%aphm@, 5 Read the last sentence in the passage again What does itmean?

an The elephants play great musk*

b, Human a W s now play with the elephdnts

t G The ekphants are 'every bwutihl

d Human m u s i d m want to copy the elephants' songs

€3 Matching mat is the main idea b%ach paragraph in the reading?

Match a heading (a+) with the correct paragraph (1-4) One heading is extra

1 - a Qsle man's idea: The Elephant Qrche~tra

2 - b An unmual group of rnusici@-s , - , , , ,,

3 - e, Why do animals like.musi~? i n , .,, : ' - A

4 - d The elephants really can play music!

e, The work of the TECC

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Gompletion Complete the

information with words f r ~ m

f he box word is extra

3 If something is popular; people like it

a a lot 05 b, very few -

Many elephants can paint In fact, elephan~ in zoos

sametimes draw on the ground with a stick, Seeing this, some

hold a paintbrush, and 2, the elephants

to choose colors and paint Of course, not every painting is g o d

Just Iilce humans, o d y some elephants are very

3 , Now, an o n h e gallery sells

painkgs by these elephant 4 By d ~ i n g

this, the gallery hopes to 5 money tr!

We can add -ist ta words b,krm nouns lIws8 ntrum ofien

describ jobs, for example, artrst and a&nU&, - - - -

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., Then c~rnplete the suhm~ry helow using the com.e$t form - - - MALAYSIA

of w6rds from the box Two words are e*rm

I @;ThirikAbo~t It

I Hew d ~ , e s Sompwn Sa~wkwa t ~ h

the monkys?

I 2 Do y ~ u think monkeys are

intelIig.ent than other

: about iri this unit?

Why7

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' " Compl6lion Look .at the s, and'cread about each pla~e

Thm complete each description with a word from the box

camp cruise hike

@ Scan You are gdq:@ read about two friends' travel adventure

Quickly scan the reading to answer the ,questians bdow Then read again taaheck your answers

1 Where did they start and end th@Mp@ W d i d they travel?

2 HOW many kilometer9 .- A (or mile$ did they travefi

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Many people drear@ Wgoing on a great travel adventure

Most of us keep dreaming; others make it happen

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Gregg Bl&ey'@ dream wag to &el && Americas from tap

to bottom He got the idea after he f35sh.d a 1,600 &meted

6 ;(1,000 mile) bike ride Gregg7ii Bmlr% men, was dso a, -

cyclis t,l The two &ends talked and dow1'9; w a plan: t h e -

&dd ti"axl fim Alaska to Argentina-b~ bjh

To pay for the q , Greg8 and' Braoks w&kd and saved a

rheir money for y m Once t h q were on the read, they-

0 s i n camped ~utdaora OT stayed in h o s g l ~ ~ In many plam,

local people opened their homes co the rwo friends &d gave

them food

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Duringtheiruip, &eggmdBrlo~ksqdedthaughdese&a,, .-,i

jainftrrests, and mowtaing They visited modern cities ad$. .- -3' : - '

In May 2007-two yeus, twelve cg2mtries, and over

30,500 lm (19,000 mil&) later-Gregg mw- reached

Ushuaia, Argentina, the $~u&ernrnost city in the world, (Near

2 G n a t l a , Brbaks had '%% E f l t;f ,the U,S., and Gregg

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continued without himi, 9 - -

The trip taught both men a lot about a a v d q i l

a p d d l y if you travel a h a d What did the,y l e a d

Here is s k o f Gregg's &w

Travel light The less F , yo u have, the less

you'll worry a h t

Be polite As on& travell& told *&lwq6

rmmber that t:nhady vim= to B h t , cheat, ar

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1 Reading Comprehension

A Multiple Choice, Ghome thebest 'arlswgr for ewh question

Gist 1 Amthwtitlebrtkis r ~ i n g c g u l d hhe

.a Cycling the Arnerims from Tbp to 6dtt~m

bn The W~lthemrnost 'City in 'tb$ World

c Thiqgs to See md DO jn Alaska and Argentina

d Argentina: The Land af Adventurs

Detail 2 Which sentence about G r q g and Brsok' trip ia NOT true?

a To pay for the trip, t h q saved #wir money and trwded

c h ~ q ~ l y on the road

'a, Only Gregg made The cdrnpbfe trip from Alas+@ to kgdntina

c, ohring thekaip, they ,met peole tiam all a m the world

d In Guat~maka, G ~ g g got sick and want back to the U.S.A

Re%rence 3 tn line'l2, them means

a the local ptmple c other cyclists

b Gmgg and &Q&S d, their frjends Vocabulary 4 Whikh ~ f t h ~ s ~ , w o r d s or phrases is most similar in meaning to

flwible in line 27?

a abl,e to change &~iIy c wgll-Dlmnael

Inference 5 Which gtatement wbuld Gregg 'most likely agree with?

a In <other cromtrcies, only stay in hotals or mh people y ~ u kmw

b Plan wwy pad af yaur Wp so you can relax

c When abroad, learn how t~ say "thank you'' in the local language

d, Bring a la? w i i you bn ybur XripV~d you &n",Z; have z'a buy anflhing

B Sequencing Put the ev~nts below in order fmm 1-8,

Than this story to a partner

Gregg and Brooks ,start their trip in Pmdhoe

Bay> Al&

Gr egg reaches U~huaia, h g e m h ~ c d

Greg& goes on a 1800-mile bike ride,

&egg a d hu friehd Brooks t& abmt biking

i?m Pilash to Argentina

Brooks r e m a to 'the U.SA &egg antinuts

withbut him

Gregg md Brooks work to save inonq

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A, Definitions,? RWB thg NfiormWph bejie~(rw T%@I

mat& & wad in &nwHlg ha&afiitan,

&-E ytiu UpImin& th ~ a v d a s pIFpmlri leaking

F Y ~ ~ ~ u ~ It IS an arpa rhat ii hared by bmh

add k g e n ~ h a Here are nvo place8 you &~d&'r miss: I

Gaveofthe Hands: These an&mc;t~epainthgsmre

done 9,5011-13,000 years a p m e of Pm@s I

e & a ~ p p k e

* Ghes Ma&d & ~ t ts s p plate fnr W gand

munrain didhg 2 k blue l b d white f P L a ~ h e

huge rives ofke-rhar were b m d d r l a 5 of y w ago i

A lot of smart paple make mist* when they go hilring

Here's some L* that can help ygu

stay d e :

Before you start, tell someone where you are gahg and for

Nb one U e s to carry a lot OF 3

But it's important ro take ceflaiil h g s on yaw

4 : water, extra c1obthing, and a

cell phone

If you get lost ar hurt, you should "S.T 6 .I?>' This means:

Stop: gt to 5 md stay calm

Think about yow: situation

Observe: look around and notice where ygu are,

Plan what to do next

t Which countries are &&bed? Ffmd and circle them on the mw

2 Match the words inbi~e ( a 4 with the sport pictured

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kim for the WaFn Idea On W - M page, look quickly at the title,

x photos, andcaptions Which word best describes t h e

on Van.uatw? Circle a, b, or c Then read the passage ts

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Tmna wgm? pint A

their C ~ I ahd dress - Reading Compreheniion

in apeafal, ctahes for

tl,,Gqmony

A Mulitpla choice= Ghmm the b s ~ t mswer im qumi~n

Purpose 1- what i's the ,g5.uipO& afthis W i n g ?

a 'to &hcoUmQe pmple not to da dmgerou~ sQort9

fi to explain what volcqno '&,flno and land ilivinp at@

C to talk abmt'ttle wa~U's b a t vol@nrj'sumr and [and divm

d, tb campam gdivitim in Vamtu with sports in New Zealand Detail Z Whi'ch se@fiCs about Mount Y q r is Wu,@

a l ~ t G r ? o I b n g e r ~ h ~~pl$Ra,v&h~gn.clifi~ngitr6r:algn~Vrn@

b It gets a lo7 of $now, d, I@ ~n PeMmst I$l,Wd

Detail 3, Land djving

a was first called "bungee jumping"

b c m e to y ~ u a t u ~ o t n dother cauritry

k; is let!@ po,puta'Y Md'iy' thgn in f he pwt

&B attra~monal actIdty in W U ~ U

R,eference Ir"llihe'2, ,wh~~o.&th6S$t$f@~@?

fpeople b .Wntrim e '@Mimi$ d islands

Vocabulary >5 In linQ 23, what .&BS the ~ p t h meah?

a -ma peogle v b grbund c; the tower d t h e W l l U

8 Cladfi~atkon, Matqh a mwer l-3 with the QctiviZy it dwrtribs

Vblmna sWfI~lg Land diving

G is denger~us becaum Bf flying racks

d is a very old activity

e was fir.st dohe on P6ntewst Idand

f is siPirilar tq a popular water spdrt

J g.i~averyfestactNity

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Wh&C;: the CQ of hmplpna kt w@- S ~ & I

Whw July, far nbc day

What h a p e s : E v q day, there are sp-pd

wen.tg; music, dance$& and 1

ceremonies Bnr,the p<igt: of the fedvd 'that mrit

pople af: 3, Mrh is *the

rumkg of the bull's." Every mdrbhg, a goup d

Iialts rn$ d m a ciq m e t Hmdre& dp&ple

iri h n r of the animal# h mwe& whit%

they aiba 3 ,a red smf umhd

their bodies Thk run laas tbrer: min nu@^

A wmser% 4 is: 'rn

6 6 &Gun the b d k wi&nux

-fdhg ar ge* 6 by .tb=

kxnnibg Y&& the b d a , m t ' ~ d h S@ in the Pmk W n g fed g$in@Bt

I3ih Fw md is $rill m y popular today run Bp&n from the bulls jp Pm!qn@,

P a r n & ~ ~ 8, and vidms:~ b m all over tit* wwld

join in T4e ran is wry d a r ~ o u s So w h do pe~ple do it?

E a r s m w m , i ~ b a t ~ ~ f g , ,Far @ t k m f

the run q&a &m 6 ~ 1 alive

B Definitions b e the wards In the, box in A to Complete- the defininom

1 A(n] is 700 years

2 If you from samething, you run away fmm It

3 A[n) is an a!m ar m e t h i n g you ate trying to do

4 A(n) of $omwhere is fmm that plam

5 If you touFh someone or somdhing vw k r d , you them

6 A you are with something, you know or under-nd it well,

7 If you two things wether, you, bring t h ~ m t q d h e r

with a kflot

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T B ~ IIB~~Y~S QF V~WPU are lad by a fdhief

& & d ~ n ~ is very danq?mu~, $O y ~ u need to be very brave to do it

'@a Sgmthafize Watch the vidw, f and Dhmi Then complete the

sgfim'$ym belW with tKe cBr0 hr form of words from the btjx

TND >words We Gx&ra,,

Madern hmgee c jumpbg , star& in N m M m d , Ent this

1 sport actually started about a(n)

cerenlony on Pcn~wa-s Islmd h the lrxal l m p p , it is called

Nagol Thrs means "land divmg." One i i ~ has ~ some r

for dryem: It's important to

when ysu we on the tow= h d

can be very dangmus, 6 if y'nu axe

The last time a diver died -,in 1974 But every year,,

peoplga k the $round hard and they get

hurt ~ m $ e &om other countria catl me&> but only Vmuatru

8 can join in Nagol PUP a National

~ e o g r a ~ h & d & a , the chief ddwkd one brave diver to

petQrrhs ,wtth mower

musician +=GI, m a beach

4 Keb MoJ, a papular

I A Matching k d the i n f ~ m i o n abovs and m r c h '

mch word: In blue with its definitbn ,

' I , ' ? fdd,ylqf $erim af or m ~ ~ ~ m e f @

3, things that arc: difficult in IHe

4 peoph' who am owned by ather people I b

b Skim for the Main Idea On the n ~ x t pag0, look at the Me,

headings, and first parqgiaph What is the passage mainly ahout?

@imIe a, b, or c Then r ~ d the passags to check your answer

h a Famous hip-hop ahis& >G Hip-hop in tyvo countries

1 6" The history of hip- h~p:

I I Hip- hop iit ~ - ' a $ ' x ~ C q in the 1370s Today,

-rrom~eg have &eir awn lomi ha-hap scenesil Artists

AssaneN'Diaye, 19,laveship-hop music He grewup in asmall 7 fishing village in Sen+ For a time, he was popular as a D J in

clubs-in D*, the capital city of Senegal

T h y , Assane irr his vdicge He has formed a

fives a villa@ f&hmmeo, and about w m k g long, hard

days and ewsing d m a s t ^no money Many people in their

Citdl wderstd &a% -5, " b p ? -8 .Sap3

"doesn't M a g to, h a 5 c a n d ~ eIt .bdmgs here It ha8

15 always existed hae* be-we \af our p;rin and Q,UT hardships> , , n

Assane d r e w crfmaking a CD wd having a better Me ID'@te

his hardship, rhg mu~ii givw Asmi hope

liy;~4 -

20 often called "gypsies." Many R o m arc poor

they aIso fiw &scrimination;2

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Now some Roma teenagers we using hip-hap

tolerance? Tn the Czech Republic, Roma teeas meet hop class called "Kap for veacq Hip-Hop."

25 is Shameema Wdhms She i a mesaber of the all

In the lessbns, the teens learn to write rap m&

to teach others ab~jillt Roma culture These teens, Shame believes, c m use the music to c h q c their

m people7s att'itudm "Use your creative energy and see &at

possib&ties4 are," she .says r .; g I ; ,', - -

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I Whatisthe.purposesfthisreadjngF I - ,: I s b l 1 L 1

I a to compare American and African rap-music

b, to say why some people do not like rap music

e4 !.to derscriba different hip-hop scrjnes

d ;tam @plain how hip-hap stated

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a only likes American rap m u s i d m -

b is going to move to the U.S,A

c has already made several CDs

d, lives in a small village

:, : 3 Which Statement would Assane N'Diaye most likefy agree with?

7 B, The best rapper3 are from the U.S ,A

b Rap music is a part of Senegal,

c R&p music came fa Africa m n t l y

d Many Africans don't understand rap 3 d l

Detalf A Which sentence abou~ the Roma teenagers is NOT true?

a They are using music to teach pwple about thdr ~ultur&

b In some places, they am disliked, bmause they are Rima,

e They are taking a hip-hop class,

d M a s t of them are from Suuth Africa

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R' Classification Match each a]

fa-e) with the person

helps students wdte rap m ysic

raps about life, in a small villgge was a DJ

t~ Completion, Complete the InfOnnaCisn below usjng the ~ m e ~ t

fawns of the w ~ r d s in red

Hip-hap started ~n the sweets and in the .dph af New Pbrk

city ~ @ t e this, hip-hop's look a d sound dm't bi-g to

the Wnir~d States only The music chagts ~erywhefe - p u go

A pefson frbm one backpod-for a m p l e , a Maroccan man

living in Paris-might rap about one dung But andther

person (for example, a f d e musician Corn Las Angeles)

will rap about sornethmg different

1, S h a m m a Williams is I n ) rap artist,

2, If something to you, you bwn it,

$A A p1ac~ w h m you m li&n to music and danw

4 YOUP is, irrformtion about you: where you come frarn, ete-

5 @@nQ a qlllte new farm af music, hip hop is very

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forms of wards ftfrom the b x

The P d ~ t k h n group DAM raps in sever4 lmguag~, including

Eaghsh md Arabic The grgup's music fucvee an different meld

1, For example, they s i n g about &e

problems thgt women and yowg people 2

They also fk& about tbc need far 3- and

tglerance, a ememher~ of D M to cha~ge p.e~ple's

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;r think differently about certain things

Todayy tJ~e group pekfms fbr ' k

Usage

rn C ae Fertlab an adbcttve, but is mmrnonly u&et can

Jso bg a noun; in everyday aymamation,

wmen w~dly is more poIft~ than f ~ ~ ~

3R I Carnival Time!

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A= Discussion Read the ihformation below How are

tha faur festivals similar? How are they different?

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Every year in February ~k MqM, pqple iy many aquntries oelehrate mhival

This festival can I a t for swef@J dqa I+@ at@ f'wr ~ ~ t h ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ e s t Carnival festivals

C B A ~ is called Mad/ GMB ;,[ b m h for "Fat Tue-sdw): T b r e am

law paxM@s with ~ p l e in m8;tlrrr#, and the saund of

~&,musTe fll6.,ttle streets

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Dutihgl Bairikal @son, ,pmptedance

to tha rhythm dfTrinida& nbtive music,

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page; #hm~is%&:paia mai~lly &mt? Circle a, b, or c

Then readfiiepq&&& %6heck your answer,

a a m~&E$b~rument b a type of music c a reggae artiAt

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1, What is the main idea ofthis reading?

a The Rio -Carnaval is the most important f&tlval in Bratl

b, Samba reggae is wn impgTtmt iype of rnwsic in Brazil

>c Rio samba is very popular all over the world,

'd Samba is a type of African music:

Detail 2 Samba rqgw

a is mait popular in Rio ,de Janeirp

b is fastqr and mare- energetic than No salnba

c is q mix ~f different kinQs,,of musi~

d $arted h JarnaiqB

P @ @ h m 4 What does Samba from thls r w i ~ h of B r 1 is heavny rtlfMfiC@

by African r'whms (I\@ 15) mea?

a Wnba is usually played by ~frican hu$cim9

b, Afridn music W ~ S irnpsRan1 in creitihg BaMn mrn b a

e, Brazifian samba is very diff@@nt fir17 A f i m rhusi~,

,# d A ~ w n music is iiYmasli-lgly p~pular In Mia,

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P ~ r ' m o ~ than 20 pms, Bmxm has been 1 sangmter,

m u a m , m d sit-iger In the 1990~~ Lie a l s ~ starm! a nan-

pm%tl Sa ,, the RacCamm &sic S&wl

The ech~dpmkdes free e b t i m far paor children in

.Mvadar$, B a h *# Msn-pwR rneqfls m wr m@m,mno

3, If a room 1g139I@l With pqpl@? fh@ @~_rri has

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I [&d pm by the local$) 2, theair af this

island nation and b h @ people f diffemt 3

together The msteeiband sound (coma from T U d 4 a d Tobago

in the z Q & ~ , ~ m y How w& It creatd! T U a d podurn oil During $~ople kgm

old ~d dmms as rn~~dicd irxsGem he s~eeltind &mi

all kinds of m 4 c in ~r&dad and

Most

players do not rmd music 7 - .tb,

They p l q music by ear undl right Far the people of Trinidad, the, s t d b d

the p e e ~f Trigidad, d Tobago,

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1 .winmi fig that help FU Su&@d I In a fnregn country

7, 10 giw b Q e Qr support to gomeone 3 finally

,8, the number d peqple who live in q phge 5 inklligent

0% m y mmh: f u W 6 the people who watch or listen to a

I S a s M o d r;zt[iil ' 10 ta run away fmm someone or som"ething

14 Mty I&' 12 an area in a country or part of the world

15, @ rnw qomething fClll 15 to begln to exist; to create

16, tg: cr@e,gomgthing tor the.$@ tima

I $7- 18, Wi ia brhg ljked m6 by pmple GP B~~OFB thingsto@her inta am

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