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I -Ev-qy year, wildfrres. * stmy d a m ~ f , hectares ofE m t land.Homes are and thmm&.afpe@e die. ~ m k j u m p & we helping to stop dm. 5 What is a smokejumper? Smokejumpers are a special type ~f ikef~~htir. They jump &omp h a into areas that are Mdtto reach by car or on foot, Wce the middle wfa mountain forest. They rn ID put outfwes as fast as thqy can, What do smokejumpers do? Ar a fire site, smakejumpersk t examine the l a ~ dand decide h w to fight the ;fireT.heir main goalis to stop a fire &omsprea&ing. 15 Using We .quipfi.lontsuch as &ovels and axes,* smokejumpers clear land of burnab19 material Ue plan@and other dry m a t e d They carry water with than too, but only a M t e d mount- 20 Who can be a smokejumper? Although tkmtaj--'\"r af mol~ejumpersare men, more w a r n we jaining. LVLQ$~ important ,ara9 ~ ~rl-1\"-: \" .land might.Smdwjumpers.mploydin the U.S., LUX ucamplc, must be 1ZB & 200 pounds (54 to 91 kilogram4),3sotheyJ I 25 don't get hurt when they land, or get blown by jw win&. I iumpep must also be: +ibrXe ofswvivbg in tkc In R u d a , m q y mokgmp~mkn& h ~ % f l a d food in the forest and malce *g1& futni~~II'EfQ~. m The work is danwmus, and the hours.are long. Xut for these DidYau Know? ~ 30 &fighters, s d i j u m p i n g isn't just an *pat 1. T h y lave R M a fmthaIaqM being abie tn jump wt ofp h a , fight fires, dlive in the number of ~ r n a foreit. &2&-year-~ldRussian smolcejumper Mexi Tisin says, in the wratld. \"This i s the best j ~ hb r mu h ys.\" &e.R>?b, a

Reading Comprehension R. Multiple Choice. Choose the best answer for each question. Gist 1. Whatisthereadingmainlyab~ut? a. the life of a Russian$mok~jju~per b, who t3rnske4urnpersare and what t h ~ ydo c. the d'dficuities of being'a female smokejumper d. why people become smokejumpers Detail 2. When a smokejumper gets to a fire site?what is the first thing he or she does? a. looks for water c. darts a small fire b, clears the land d, studies the land Detail 3. If y@uwantto beasmokejumpe~y,ou must be a, alder than 28 c+within a certah Mghi range h, mda d, able ta fly a plane Vocabulaty 4, I'nawildwtm (lineP7), thaw arenot many a* ppe:ple s trees b- RIBS d. .animals: Inference 5. In Alexi Tishim's uphion, why do pmple became s m a ~ ~ m p ~ r s ? 8. forthe money c, to hetp,their country b, fbr the excitgment d. ta work short hwn I agplYwith a r e m e add Cwrr ~~~pe~am?mplrnerw~

I 1 Vcjd~ularyPractice A. Garnpletion. Completa-the information with the correct form of war& from the,W.Ofla m d!s mtm. Eighteen-yew-oldAJ. Caston is 1, as a volunteer' &fighter. On Saturday nights, he doesn't sleep much. Several times a night, he has to jump out of F d3. is king a high srhasrhsatouldent. b be,d pPnd2. to help ,somtp~'~D.ue.sing , -\"'I- : the yeek, he lives with his f d y . His wud 8 h,,, Byt an the weeend, Goston k s and wgrlts at the :A part-tiqh* 5re s#tiop. 1- A.J. C O ~ ~ W ~ TQget the ju,b, C o s t ~ lhiad to take classes and learn cfifferent safe*etys U . He also had to lcarn to use differei~t fir&&tinp 4. -a, special flash lights, and other tools. When Castan w;ls 5. of using these, he was allowed to work inside burning builchgsA A l h u g h firefighters spend the 6. of their time guttin'g out kes, they also sometimes help people who have had accidents. This, says Coston, is one of rht: m ~ simt partant parts of the job. 2 If ym voluntaer, you do work fmTws, -1 We canadd q e n t 8. Words in Context. Complete mgh .sentaxe with the i best answer ( 4I.If yau &maw sofvethi~g,@u it. to SQmevewlto fm break b. fix nOUt& nOUhs.8ffm describe action, 3. We rrieftsm bight in . a. kilograms / pounds 6;centimeters/ inches L- 4. Ifa bbok E3 in the mWk of the t a b l ~it ~is uf tha table, @) the center b,tiem the @dge

-&@fmpoiib1e nMkd Serrifyingf d MORE Wildfire Photographer I !&Pireview. Look ai the m o b . \" What do you think are the 1 gaod and bad points of Mark Traiessm'sjob? I @ I-. Summarize. Watch the t, video, WiIdfire~hotograpfldf A Markrhiessen IS a Then complete the summary below using the correct form witdf~rephotographer of words from the box. Two words are extra. -.-,I. 4-y dimition Ghupntly height race ,:I;I . ! I ;pear mfprity rni4d.e cmcupathjn ., - & Think About It. - '1.What are Mark ;> .- _*,_: Thiwsen's ~cc.upaiotns? What skill&are important fur these jobs? 2. Do you think Mark's work is more or less dangerous than ather jobs in thls unit? -. - is a photwg-apher, but he also has 3 secohd .. - $' h h Z6bs .\"\"

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A. Word Link The strftix merit changes verbs (e.g., mpIoy) into nouns (e.g.,mpIliymm5). Read sentenm 1-5 below. Then, c~mpletes0ntBnces Mwith the noun form of the verbs in md. I.One way to improw your English is to live in an English-speaking couAntiy. 2.Dmerent sompaniss aehjeHmtheir products in newspapers and magazines, 3. Russian smokejumpers are paid about 3,100rubles (IOO U.S. doltars) p0r month, 4. W e n scientists ~e.as.mtdhe dinosaur's arms, they were 2.4 meters (eight feet) bng. 5. The city plans To iirve-stmorrey ih a new turnado warn@ system. a. There is an far travel ta Panama in rhis month's magazine. b. Europe uses the metric system of to deschbe distance and weight. c. By the end<of the course, rnany students see an in their reading skills. d,BuyinQpropePtyisoftenag~od . e,Renti~gtheloamco~~900eumspermrsnth,Each i8d~0onthefibt day of the month.

Discuss these questions with a partner. 4 -, 1. What is a pyramid? Where can you see pyramids? 2. Why do you think people built pyramids? A 3. What is one of the oldest buildings in your city or country? How old is it? PI Why was it built?

/: .* ' p ~ ~ e ~ ~ ~ ~ h , h . a. F- b ,,.thepbput&n chose to a n d o n the :'-Lg - clv,Archeolo$M~l stitl not sub -why. Mde on&of the city9 bi>ggmt h*A+' I +- .:* 2$@u&ures-the Pyramid of fhe Moon- 8 - 1. . ' I l l4 . &moI~gisthsave discovered many .-* i Rq . 7. Utiu&u&burial W. q.-, . A% .- .-. - ~ik.-le \\ '- . *>mb@~g~w - Before You R e d ~%dGw3w**!&- ~yrmf8dtrl~wGi- A Matohirrg. Readthe inTbmitton Bbbve and match each word in blue with its cl~finitim. 1, placing of a d&@ per;Sonlsbody into the ground or a tomb 2, s~ientistswho study buildjngs, tools, and 0 t h o~bjects from th& past 3. leave a plaw, thing, or personsuddenly, usually forever 1. I$ P~dict.Lookatthephotoand~dapt'rl~n~nth~r\"r~3ctp~e,What did archeologists'find in the Pyramid d the Moon? What might they learn fmm thee~thtngs?Read the passageto cheek your idem.

L M r S f , da qa C. ity was once one l- I Teotihuaeh jtay-o-tee-hwah--1 o f the world's most impartanr cities, but many things about it .mestill unknown today. HOWchiid r4e people 5 live, and why did rhey abandon their city?For years, I answers to some of these questions have been buried in the Pyramid of the Moon, Nlsw, findings in this ancient - . - . ~ - e are helping -archeohgistslearn marc abwt I II Tbnxih.rracb%people and their culture. 1 T8m Cines in the Pyramid I ! peaceful society, mostly ruled by gentle and w w - Eut recent hdings in the Pyramid of the Mw-n something else. Archeologists &scovered a number wr 8 headless bodies. Most weie foreigners. Many had their hands tied and were buried-alive,dong with animals, weapons,' and ather objects of power. Apparendy.ths people and objects found inside the pyramid were offg@p to the gods. , , ,L J 20 Hwwevqr, the findings in the pyrapid are difficult to iatq&. of \"[These findmgs] are Eke sente~ces, says arche~logisLt eonard06 -3~. Lopez Lujicn, \"but we dm't have all the words. .. so they're hard m ,.r rTd to read.\" Despite these problems, several akcheol~gisthsave , ,, d u d e d this: Teotihuach was not a society gmened b~ 4-1 : I peacefd rulers. In reality, officials used human sacrifice; says a ~ e. *. archeologist Saburo Shiyama, \"to control the people.\" -es The city probably a powerful army.5 The Swch Goes :On m,*'mn't; Whd wete the city% leaders?Scientists don't know. They 8m** *8b W 4 m1- . 30 have not found a king buried in the pyramid or my statues of Teotih~acbr'~ulers. But archeologists continue to search b &* fhr hem. They hope to learn more about the pyramid's craato~:a$hd one af the world? sost powerfd ancient cities. * k v b a n abject usedi6 Itill &Ns,I ba gun or a kr;rfe. a* Humah s d k e i-2 tW killingMa @Wfl@m ?- -& ~to a QUd. ~~am1~a~prPf~ewha~Mha~~

r. Multiple Choice. Choose the best answer for each question. Gist 3 . Whatkth~rleadingmainlyabout? a. how tha Pyramid of the Maon was built b. dismv~riesin the Pyramid of the Moon c, a king who builtthe Pyramidof the Moon .I,why the pmple of Teetihuac& left their city -..-.L. ' 2 7 line 10,what does the word ~iueism~ean? - .-2 a. questions .b. findings c. archeologists d. gods .iiT.'$WI! L -T1' \" 3. What have NOTbeenfound in the Pyramid of~th@Moan? ,a. the JoJ0o,dieosf kings c. wwporrs b. human skeletms d, animal skeletetans 4. In line 21, an archeol~~gisat ys, \"[These findjngs]are like sentences but we don't have all the words . . . za they're hwd to read.\" What does he mean? a. The* is writhg in the pyramid, but na une can read it, .b.We don't fully understandthe findnQsin the pyramid yet. c. We have not made any discoveries iii Teotihuacsn yet. .- .--- -88.The Teotihuachn lan>g. .u.-;ag.ee did nbt have many words. .I , I, -- . 't , fq I@ 1ine32,w refer t d .a. archeoldgists b. Pyramids i$. cities d. Ritrgk 0. True OF False. Readtha sentencs helow and drcle T (True) or F (Fdss). 1. The people and animals in the pyramid died in a religious wremony, , T F 3.Teotihuachn had a small army, T F' 4. Most af me ,@adbodies four?ql T F. I the pyramld were peopl~? om TeotikuacAn. ATourIsts dmb d m B pyranfd w in T e a h u d n , Mdm.

k A. Completion.G~mpl&etW iWomattmwith the cowredform t ufwardis mrnths box. wow is&&ran apparently gowern H f E ! wise expert 'indicate awmt~~e The rainforests of Central America were ,arx~ehome to milliofis of people called the Maya. The-%people had advanced sptems of mathemati.=, writing, and atrangmy. They also b d t Beat,citiesand huge 1. 7 like the pyramids of Chichen It& ngw in Mexico. The Mayg shared 8 cammog cultrase, but they did haw 3 s q l e ,city capital o,r C ruler. Instead, each M a w city 2* itself. I How did this c,dgctioa df cities be~omeone bf .the a e a t e ~ t I: cultwe,inthe Amaicas?Many's- ~ i r eIs Bornmwas rneopaos:nbseiblielevg. a man from Tm,~nac&mnimed i' &cent fmdi,ugs 4- that he a r h d in the Mayan ciy of'Wab h Guatemala on January 8, A.D. 378 with his &my. He then tobk control of TiM-me of the most i'mprtmt Mayan cities. What kind of leadm was hd 6, 1 Fire is Borrz ,acoumged trade and communication with other iti id and cultures thraughout . the region. Today, many believe this 6. leader fkam Teutihuacin s~onglyinflueaced the M-ayanwarld. R. Words in Context. Complete each smtence with the best answer, 1. If you condude that something isWue, you decide this you study the fd~ts. words to form verbs, a-g.,Indlmfe (to show anbefore ,b,after or identify),activate (to make sorneth~rig start working). 3. An ofbring is something you someone. a. rake from b, give to 4. An Mkial is a(n) person in an orgmiza€!csn ar gavmrnent. a, impatant b. unimportant lOA Ancient City:Teatihmch 115

before You W d 1,The at. we &&r-ttmIthepymdd@of- . mtr4 r n ~ t t < . 2*When thy w m h - k built3th~.~pymiadt$'Gizaw ~ ~ w k i t a 23, T b l b & &mmd d Khub at Q@awm t h w~ kik blest &&urn w w %,OMyeam Predict. Read the photo caption above md skjmthe'reading on the nexr piseawho do ~ O I Jthink built the ~ i 2 payramid@ C i W your answer. Then @ddthe passage to check. PI,foreign workers b, fareign ~lavw c. EwpthinwhfdTk@s dl Egyptia'l-r slaves

m I 7who built Giza's Purarnids\"i.S[.c, .. 1 &r c e n d e s , the pyramids of &a have k e n tkiid-5 symbbols of Eg@tian cultwe,. But wtr9 &ad21dy b d t them?&2$, DV4, m did not knw hr.;m;.But: archeologists recentl$'&scovered I an an&t dhge near the hpyramids. Close by, thexe was also a cemetery where pyrmd build€ ' ro studying these places, a r c h ~ o l ~ gcii6 ~ -.- f ~ ~ l f qth~atl l the pyramids were aot built by d8~ks fur~gners(or:space aligns!). O r d b q Egypttans bwlt them. 1t;Mob about eighty years to bwld the p-idi. Agw- to archeologigk, aboat 20,000-W,006pmpl I 5 weke hvolwd in completing the s@c. The workers had W e n t mb.&me dug up1the rock, some moved it, d stlmt shaped it into b l d i People also worked on M e r e n t terns, oach with h s o& name. On a wall in l&ufu% Great ~ ~%P exadmple, a g,roup ofworkers 20 uPden$s of Xhufu.\" Teams often compe..tP. d.to da a job Eater. L@&f6f thae wcjrlefs .Sh a d , EGWcean gee that 'fn the? ~Ic-eIemns,s~a'p Azza Mohmed.Sarry El-Din, a scientist stud* bodies found in the cernemy. The bones show sigm I . 16 of ar&iti~>which developed from carrying heavy things for a long h e ; Archeologists have alse found many female slce1:aansin rhc village and Eemetery. The: damage to their bones,is~Wmro ttre men's. Their lives may have been even rougher: male wa&er$l i v d to age 4045,, but women to only so 3Q-3 5. However, worker$u ~ d hyad enough had, and they also had medicd w e ifthey got sick mhurt. aborers were paid of their work. Y t ' s because rhey just b d & n g thi tomb of dl& king,\" s a p Egyptian arcbeo~~$iZst& Hawass, \"They as w a e Egypt. It was a natbnal p-raject,and everyone was a partidpant

A, Multiple Choice. Choose the best answer for each-question. Purpose 1. The main purpose of this reading is to &scribe , a. who the pyramid builders were and what they did b. how Khukr's Great Pyramid was constructed c. what life was like for tian an kings d. why Egyp~ankings wanted to build pyramids Detail 2. Which statement w t ~ ~tuhet pyramid builders is true? a. They lived fairly long lives. .b. Bath men and women built the pyramids, c. Most came from other countries, cl. They rarely had enough tb e@tor drink. Detail 3. Which statement about building the pyramids is true? a. It took over a century to complete. b, Builders all did the 3ami: work. - c. More than 30,000 workers were involved. d, Build@rsworked in teams. Reference 4, In line 27, what doe$ th& w f ~tro? a, archeologists *'c. female workers b, male w a ~ r s -el. medical workers .Vocabulary 5. In fine 32, what doas the word laborim mean? a. kings b. arhmiogisks c. wok- 4, womm RdMatching. Mat is the main idea af m& paragraph in t t 7 ~ rwdtng?Matoh a heading (a*) with tho corwd paragraph (1-4). Dn, heading is ,exka, Paragraph Heading .. a. A Pyramid Builder's Life 2. 6, An Impartant National Project 3. c. Female Pyramid Builders: The Challenges 4. dmPyramid Builders' Jdbs e. Who Built the Pyramids?

vocabulary Praetiee A Completion. Complete the inf~rmationwith the correct form of words horn the,box. Three wqrds ,me extra, - Cleopatra was no I. leader. Although she - rded Egypt over 2,000 years ago, her name and her stmy are still well known today. Cleopatra became queen at age ks,,when her brMher b w e : king. The cauple 2. far con& ofEgypt, and Cleopam lost. Later, WQimpartant l d w 5mn-1Rome- ]&us Caesar and MUGhtooy-bath 6 4in love with ha. an - - rnlagend, CIe0p.a- ,wasw r y beautiful. Shewas aim appmntly very ,vmart+ShG wed Caesw and A n ~ a tyo help establish her 4. as; Egyp~anqueen. But staying in p m r wag hot $n easy 5. GJe~patrhaad m y enemiep who eventually tpok power fim her. In the end, .the queen rnt a 6~. to ,8ur:endePto hef enemiq, and @dead 5 h d e to k d herself. Her legend s h v e d , h~wevtra~nd today Cleupatra remains a(&> 7 . symbol of andent Egypt. w rn1 &.9parnyI~meanswho Imtwy m w wants b'harmyw. a ~t &hhder, mu ha3,ht. & Refintbns~,Uwthe wmct form of the words in the bmdn A b I . If mWtt7ihQ w [email protected] is ,tt k d ~ m m ~ n or usual. Use #ask with: (YJ complete 8 k k ,give;s.orWne 2. A@) i%~~'@Wiatyt,Gome Wftd of w k a task, face a task,,pe&m atask you 60, (&dl,) dlffIcuh,&t easy task, 3,17:e,im&r\"thifigbr Someoneh , they am the impqrhnt @& Jmpossibte samaf~revett;hey &\"thangh; &t simple task. 4, YWr is j u M~ pasitiin. 6. A %sn?ed%ngis , it is 6h0wn ta b@true. 6. A(n) pewon has aimng f&Jfnp df MF-worn &r sdf-impartm~e, 7. If tu!ddp p l e fm som@thingtrhey tfy to win g.&,t farthemfei~w.

MORE 1r Giza Pyramids . .', . A Preview. Look at the photos and read the mptions. What kinds I \"'i I _ - -en complete the summary below using the correct - -, . o m of words from the box. Two words are extra. ._, . . +I r: $71 h& , 8m@bs aii~ordjiiig.b,*,&xped , .p~d iI o 4 Irnclal .mt,e- ,. con~lude .ilordinaw stn@tir'm : W w -- 1 - J , :I ' \" C '1 . , i,nh&Q.u! !tm %r the pyramids at Giza, a huge w d is being b d t . What is I . vo 'youjhhkibuilding - the wall is a guod id& h e purp~scof this 1. ? Zalcu Hawass is a(n) 2. - - in Egyptian arrchtology~ Why or why nat? 3. him,a teriible thing is h + e a g in 2. Which old buildjngs GT Giza. Near the p y r d d s , camels and horses are everywhere. structures in your Merchanrs 4. to self souvenirs to tourists, country must heed to I Many people act likq these monuments-the pyramids and t h ~ be protected? Why I structures. Bur they are very and how .doyou think -they have existed Eur they 6hauld be Egyptians are 7, ,. , of I protected? says ~ a w a s sW,UI kekp out souvenir sellerg als. Then visitors will be able to feel this plac.e's. m. . a>g-,ic.. r - I. .I G i houses are built almdst right next t o the 6ty 8. cannot pull down @E Tj@&gs, but they can put up<a wail to protect the yramids. B&ding the wail is a(n) 9. thing. . do, says KGva If the important of building the wall is aat complete i~ s d - mhay be gone i,ga h13.ndrgdyears. J -. . I :A - --

- t. . Q r n t r ~ ~w~itrh; a partner. 1 P been on a boat or a ship? What do you remember about the trip? ow any famous stories or legends about the sea or sailors? photo discovered a skull underwater. What other things m~ghbt e *' 1. L

A C$ptain Sarnud Before You Read Bellmy (In the red *at) \\ and his pirates A Matching. Read the information b,&w and match each word takemother ship. in blue with its definition, Z!&B G o k&e of Pi-~m(y1660-1 730) During the perbod 1660-1730, fiere was a lot of maritime trade between Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, and the,easbm coLmtsof the. Americas. Some goods commonly traded wee ~lsths,pices, and weapons, By the 1720s, piiatmw~rec@t-~mom-B@e~iallyin the Caribbean. I * Each pirate ship was lad by a captain. One of tha most famous was Black Sam Bellamy (pictured). 1, thel~aderofthepeopiesnaship Pwd@,3..~ .&;A 4 ;M-& 2. retated to the sea 3. things that are ma& to be a l d /I-,.-, 19 I -jL \"c-- L B. Predict. What do you think pirates were really like? Readthe sentences and circle T (True)or F (Fals~)T.hen read the pd*age to check your ideas. T ,,g:, I. Only the captain mad@the ship's rules. tm2. Pirates made most of their money by stealing gold. T, (\">-3, Many pirates had w~,odenlegs or ware earrings. <F a& $-thc'%a .

But what wm @ actually like for an 18th-cefitury p t e i And whf& parts of the movie pirate are real and which are hventtd? 6 . h = P I E W f l r Q&IEE In?eEiliyJthe mezqe p k t e w u u h d y trying tO m p e Gom a diEculr life. Sa'rrmewere ex-sailorswho -~ & etreated poorly on their ships. Others were escaped who wai~tedtheir f%x&rn. They came f r ~ m 10 .&fferenrbackgrounds. But ah a p h r e ship, equal o t m M~ m 'dectdl their captain md e e a ~ tdLL -9&94 rules togethet. The men also diPided the iaepmie &&&itdmgoode, and t h q &gg&we4;earnin& fairly, PIRATE TRIZ&?URE 15 In popular dm,pirates are aften s h o w n with dfgdd. It is tcue they tookmoney Pram a t h ~ s ~ ~ m v ~ , ir m g far more common far pirates to s t d things &e cloth, mdmen medicine. Then &ey &en sold thae dungs... Of come, plucb- stolen goods-*m piram was ai flegai, but many people did it. Also, W&C molae pirates, real \"pirates didn't bu17their'money,'' says Cori C~nvertitcl~; who W O T a~ , a maritime, museum in the U.S. @Theyh1w it as $ o mas they cautd an women and bo~ze~'a, .. a - ' PIRATE s m x 1. 1 I 7 2s pimtes often w m ey;~p, et&e~and haw wooden l e g . h ~te&q, many piraw dicLlaok like this. my?One was thc poor living ~amdltions\":bXel&t;m ww hard m4 dangerous,\" says David MDOK,a maritime mugwm .empi~ye~ intbe U.S. Disease was also common. Por these reasons, m Wme,piraw lost eyes and leg. But many $rat@ cXad w&t&mg for their health: b e y wort ~rirags,-just aas &thie i~~~vie? They beheyed p.uttingwaght on the em s t ~ p p ds & $ c ~ ~ @ i I IA The Real Pkraof&e Qribbem

L Multiple Choice. Choose the best answer for each question. . What is tRe,main idea d this reading? .a. A pirate's life was a dangerous but exciting admnture. b. Some things we've seen or read about pirates am ttnr8. but others aren't. c.Thelive9of 18th-centurypiratmandt\"nodern-da imt& are similar. d. Today's'stofies and muvi- about pirafe~mentirely W@ng, @d$2.l On many pirat$ ships, a men were like alaves b. there were sweral captaim F,only ex-salorswere a\\tow@d .m, .-eLno,s,qh,--5a+*r.ed. the r non yhy made : .: ,J . A. 3.. * *- ----+d-.J1-he- ~ l a ~ '48,& h e ~\",~ h e yblew it\" means'mey a. hid G~ made w v b. spent d. saved lnmnce 4. WhW statement would W i d Moore probably agree Gith7 tr la, Many pirates hpcl a difficult life fed probably died y~ung. ba, The>appmranceof movie pirates is wry difbpnt POTI reality,! c. A pirate8&life wasn't as dangerous as we see in the movies. d, Many pime5were friendlier than we see in the movies, w$ll According to the passage, pirates beliewd wearing earrings g. was fash'idnarbls c, brought good luck I b. stopped illness d. was only fgr womm R Classification. Mat~fi,eacah i e r (ia-g) with fie type of pirate it d_sscribes. Movie pirate6 Real Pirates \\ a. be@mepirates b have ah ad3eNurs c. stole money d joined pirm ships to e$cap&g dfffi'cuklife e. buried their treasure f. stole things likeW d af~dmedidhe 1:::rl=, ! 9. sold th@$i go& and ~ ~ @ $ ~ ~ p & , .- . ..r.r,,a

aat Cosnpktion*mmplete the inkrrnatimwith the curr@~t f m af war& from the bx:Thre; wa@~-rrm-extm. &st pedple earn a@) 1. Nat Bamy EDe makes money by h b g lost pirare r nmm.In 1884, he discavered a pirate.ship called the i' R%yd& in warms near Maamchmetts in the U.S.A. 4. the ship an4dl of its gwd1, Latm~Bellamy's men 5- the gw&. mmg &~w~~PGB. But their IugkWt 1&. On AprrI z6, the T%y&4 sagkl in a st- near w&~antd<t&$but~*d $ram; dkd. Tadas 6, ,such as bad weither and rough ~ t emrake it difficult fir CWj:d'i ~ a ttna bring & j e c ~up I from the Whyd~hD. espite this, o~eTlr)0,000objects have been fouad, hdudmg coins, weapom, and clothing. Erbm the, pirated clothe$, aci~ntistshave learndd that the 7. pirate was edy about 1.6 mews tdl(5'4\").Inother words, most pirates were not as d l as we =-in the movies. l Ifsamethingsink,,it g W u n c @ w . e B; Definitions. Use words from the box in A tQ complete the definitions, 1. If you samething, you buy it. 2 If you something, you break it into smaller, equal parts, 3. A 4. If something is is a reason ar cause of something. 5. 6. , it is not allowed by law. is the ability to do, say, or think what you want, is money you earn, usually for work you do. an opposite meaning. For exampie, iIIqal means not legal. Mher examples includeirregular and Irresponsible, 11A The Real Pirates sf the Caribbean 125

.--&foreYou Read L Cumpletisn. Readthe paragraph and then corn~Fetethe sentnses t3eIw. The Golden Age of h c y produced a number of famous pirates. Edward Teach, better hown a$ Blackbeard, was ane of the mast famous--and terrifjibg-pirates ~fthe time. Acc~rdingto legend, he cut off people's hgers and Med others jjst for h.Etom 1716 to 1718, he attacked boats inthe Athitit and the Caribbean. By 1718,he had a large fleet of s h i p m ~ dwas the ,captainof hnndreds ofpirates. In 1718, the British finally,chpturcd and killed Blackbeard. 1. If yau a&& a person ott thiwj you tvmtn th~m. them. a. hurt b. halp 2. A fleet is an arganls~dgroup QT a. ships b, people 3. If y ~ mu pture somethingor sumwne, you a. @0 ~ n cdntrol h. free I. Predict. Qn thenext page, bakat the titleand headins, and read - the first sentence of each paragraph.Answer the questians below. Then mad the passage to ~Reckyour answers. i,Why da you think the w.meh b'ecmie pi~gjtw? Z What & you think happetled to them?

I of pirates have been men. Below are two &om different parts of the world MARmY :P'im D I SaG U I ~ . ~- . IN '76 Mary b a d w a s horn in England a r ~ a n d1690.Sh& Lived most of i p - w4m Me W s e d as a man. tespage,r3l w h g &F advenwe., I_ s i x .&wdas -a hay and gggta job 3t sea Lger:, w a y>aungwoQman -: - (still prct~ndingto be a man];$hc g ~wtak on a sdip and 4 4 LC - ro'& Cwibbm. la On.onejourney, pirat= a t c a d 4 Mary's ship. h s ~ odf fighting, she jt$ned them. But Mary had to be careful because many pirife &ips had a rule: women d u r n & If themen discovered her me;i.dentity, rhey might b&-and k-ju,her.So at fist Mary stay& hp hemelf and wpided tlie>d&&s.But ane day,shema& a 15 s q % i . o b gd i s a v q : m e ofthe pim-~tosn the ship was a@y a w e w ! Anne Bonny wai the.caprain%@Jftimd,but $hew@ ~ S sQm w k d .Mary told -6 her &&eq, #e rn worn& hecame mod friend$ aid pome~fd@hr:&r~T. h q fought tmether grid t h q were apWii;edhi 1720. 20 (HINiG I H I H : PIRATE QVEEN h the early lg3fs, p e Chin$ ~hterrorized the Chinese caast; Wktm herpowefi pimte h w b d died, contrel ofhis 500 j&, . - .to Chg,$hib. While she was boss, hw.&t: 9&amg m- lit z,D@O, *gP ., 1325 A k h a fi&~tc, 1~ng&.s~away/80,a00M- b t h m m dwomen. They targeted ahi.. and towns ,dm$the coast dC h i Fox pars, ladm &mq$orn the rq$m failedtostopher. Ewnmzdp, cling:Shih. raked? a rith and r ~ s .w~mmd . A Chlng Shih controlled almost 2,0M junks.

Reading Comprehension PIlrnrjse A. MulZipleChoice. Choose the,best answer for each .question. 1. What is the mdn purpose of this reading? a. to d ~ s c r i htWI3 fernahpirates b, to compafe maleand female plratee c. to describe the Challenges th&t pirates faced d , to sb,w that fernate pirates ware very common Vocabutary 2. Look .at .the word disg~dsedin line 6. Here, disgu/semeans to a. wear beautiful d~.tI-res mb, change your appearancB c. hide yaur feelings d, look for adventur~ Referent 3. In line 14, what dues athem r ~ f e r f ~ ? a.ship .b.pirates c.women d.nrles Detail 4. What unuwai &mverydId Mary Read make? 8. The apta ah was a m a n . b,.Wmen weren't allwed un pir* shiw, c. The capt~rinwas her father, d, Another pirate wa,s a~tudlya woman, adail 5. Which staternsnt about G h i n ~8htht& I9 NOT frw? *a+All ufthe SB~IQ~wSem women, b. There were &our 2,Q.Oa of them. G*Wth ma@and female pirate&worked on them. \\i4; mgte wsre-@most80,000 peBpleon them. .L 16- with the persun MatyRead Wingmih a. was, maflied to a pirate b. was a pirats during the eady 1800s L G. dressed @s a man d. was askilled fighter e. $=me a DirW whghher shfp was a t w e d f. w& captured g, w g mptai'n df many 8tllp~ US Unix 1-1kgends o f b e Sea

,Al;c Completion. Comp1er:e the ihfdrination with the 3 -@ateattacks are sfl mC cdrect form of woMs W u m the bok. Uha word i~'eHra, . .@Hian t d y In tfre =df-M&- Pfrateg h g h f geem like a thhg of the past. Ln reality?they we &ll c@m6f1today hplaces such as the Strait of Malacca inS~utheasAt sia. This is one of the world's mast importarit shipping regions. Every year, I about 70,000c a r p ships 1, thfough thrs atea, Today's ~ h t e -hsave b~ttewr eapons, faster boats, and %re killers: They mostly 3. catgo I ships-for both the goads and the money on board. Some thmgs today's pirates steal (and resell) are oil, waod, animals, and weapons. H w do modem-day pirates w~rk?$om&mes, pirates4. . C obe a shp in trouble, When morhcr ship came5 tcr hdp, the pirates ~I&L& and steal money and p ~ d sS.ometimes, pirates use several born to attack a ship. Two bwts go to the back nf a shp, one gQesin front. m e n the ship slows t o 5. hitting the boat in frwb pirates in the.back can easily get on tbe &p. Pirates wiU also capture peopk ( k r example, ~ ~ u r f satrssadcirs) and h d d them. The pira~essay they will 6. the pkbple $they don't get m~ney. $, Words in Context Readthe s r n t m a~n~d\"circle T (RUB),ar F (mist). I.At work, the buss isthe'b m t perm4ri _theofi7w3 T F 2, If'gso;lic@fail to Web ,akllfm,,f&bfilbe.@@:8gcc&ul an4 T F atah the killer F 3. Ifyou repe'ct someone, you tik mdthink high1y of !Pi& persun, T 4. If you ti%@# ftum one bus ta amthat, you change buses. T F d trans- to wrtgn word3 to ?IOW %ham$ r n ~ ~ ~c h~m e~sfro~m e~n$ ~ . o x StaWw !pl to mather m e y &ansfeW &@,go~r;;P[sam one &@ rnanMm&@.) ,Mhm'e&mpb -WdWc!; fmnsakMk.

- MORE &!Preview.11~o@k-athtephoto and answer the ques&hs. ,.Why do y ~ thuink archeologists I (grei n & & ~ din it? the % ~ m t mby d ~ i~r r tgh~e:carred fmln A Objecctg,brought up from ~BI@beard1sshlp ~fwords fram the box, Three w ~ r d sam extra* tncbde this 18th-centuryshlp's cannon. x .~i&ew~ ~Cmlrirza,harc.heoiogistshave found the wreck1 .ofa ship. But>dsk t11, ship. OmThirrk About It. ' - kcheolagists thrnk it belunged to the m a t terrifpg and 1, Do you believe archmlagbts 2, pirate ever:, I P&ckbe&d. hqve really found In 171T7Blackbeard was 5. .I, .I Bl?qkbgard's ship? the coast of North Carolina He 'aptu~eda French.shq and Haw cm they h o w for sure?, rer~medit Qiem A n d $R&y&qgtzI;n ,1718,die ship s d . 2. Why do you Zh1nk -Wow, ~wchaeologisathink they have fQund one of the ship's canno=the large gum u ~ e dra 4. at pirates am SD p~pulartoday? ' other ship$* +:I, PJ. When the &mon is pulled up, h-doen't b o k like a caman at aI1. It has.been in tbe warer for a 10% time and is covered in rocks, dirt, and.shelis. But U, projecf & ,Mike Ramsing,,.wbleads the m a ,the s m o n is bcautifd. +aa &is mnnon;1Wy &om Bhckbesdf~ship?To answer thrs , q u d ~ n~,~ ~ ~ h t ~ hdo~pegt$asht sd rhe m ~ Cdoncomb on the 'fr cannon,eoncQ1.dew m the original name ofthe Freud shp b BIadbeard 6 . .Now that:the cannoon 4 is out o f t h e watm, &has been 7. ma ,lphce w h w it dlhe .deaned md :studied.The team h o p >ts - a s h the pmic-ci;tbg 2@18-300 yeam after the ship sank,

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77. MaLIory and twine, 1924 >,. Before You Read Completion. Complete the information with answers from the box. One answer is extra. Everest's height: 1, meters (29,035 feet); e a ~ hyear, it rises by another 2. millimeters. * F i t peoqle to' reach the summit of Everest: Tenzing Norgay (aSherpa from 3. ) and Edrnund Hillary (from New Tealand), in 4. r Hedth risks: Because of the extreme 5. , climbers can get frostbite, especially on their fingers and toes. Equipment: Most Everest climbers carry 6. tanks to help them breathe. Number of deaths on E'u'mst: more than 7. , mostly due t~ , avalanches (largeamounts of snow falling down the mountain). 6. Predict Loak at the title and read the first paragraph on the next page. What do you think happened to Mallory and Itvine? Read to check YQUr ideas. 132 Unit 12 Vanished!

8. ( 1 Were Edmund alIary md Ttinzhg N ~ ~ g raeay llm 11 the first people to reach the top afMount Everag S-o.mebelieve British climbers G c ~ f g cMallory and ' \" '1 Anhew Imine reached the ~~t prdowly- I 5 in June 19'24.Unfortunately, this is hard to prove ' b e ~ a u eboth men vmished on tlte mountain. Recently a team of climbers visited Everest, hoping to solve? this mystery. Near Evmegt's First Step, on the way to the summit:,rbe team found Mallory's l o pwglen tank--euidence=thqt hc and Irvine -re near the tap. Close by, a member ofthe.team, C ~ m a d &mI discmered Mdlory's body. the team e x ~ i n e bMdoryS body, rhcy found items like a f i f e and matches, but np photo^. Why is t.hi#.&-$? 15 Mallory carried a phum r ~hfis wik with him. He planned t~ learn it at the top of Everkst, if he reached the summit, 333 j?vfdoryand kvine achieve their goal and reach tlie top! Probably not, says Ankh. Here's whyt , D E d t @/Pam equipmmt: Mallory and lrvine were last rn seen near Evwcst's Sscond Step. Tbk is a 27-meter (80-hat)wall of rock. Climbing this $ d o n o f Everest is extremely difticdt, 1 -- I even with rn~t$go&~&iug~ q d p m f a tW. i t h a ~tthe right toob, ._ , ,' - I it is &-B&F, --@&Q.lLoryand Irvinc ygrg-zable to piaced to the to$., r - '--.,- 9 -I - t - - frastbite: M & q q w&&he~the mnzmit late the $PCDJX&'Xt~his time ne& 1C - 14 in the day Climbeis $ha /.- - t o c a m p a t t h e t o p . I f ~ ~ ~ d 6 ~ s X ~ ~ ~ s ~ ~1 -~2 ~ e t o s u f f ~ ~ BBEL&BSLBa~x~M~~W, y7gb ~ I g p ~ ~ . nofofi~-o~st~bije.p. -I .I So wh&happened to M@y and Itvine?&er thinks they prabab$ turned back just after the F b t Step. When M a b q f~ was going d m , perbps he acride~~talfleyll. Irvine's body has never been found. Whatem happened, they witl always be remembered as early Everest heroes.s Kyou salvea pdern, youflndan a n w to If. * A hiamte tjw~psrsnnnmmwn8 wno da& i S h l n 8 gmat U A On Top8:@t-he World

Reading Comprehension A. Mufiiple Choice. Chaose the best answer for each .question, Gist I.The r~adingis mainly about two climbers who a. solved a mystery about Everest b. vanished on Everest c. recreated Hillary and Nargay's climb d, invented new climbing tools Detait 2. Which statement is true? a. Maltory and Inlinewere last seen near Evere3t's First Step. b, Conrad Anl;cer\"searn found two budim on Everest. c. Mallory and lwine wet@near the top of Everest in tht~morning. d. Anker's team found s m e of Mallory's thing6 an the mountain. Reference 3. In line 18, what does it re%r to? a, the body G,the summit b. the oxygen tank d. the picture Vocal~~~lar4y. If Mallory and lrvine turned back (line29), they the mountain, a. stopped and went dawn c. tried to walk up b. went around d. stayed in one place on Infere!~ce 5. Which statement would Conrad Anker probably agree with? a. Mallory and lwine definit~lyreached the tap of Everest. b. MaHory and twins never got close to the summit. c, Mallory and Itvine got clase, but didn't reach the top. d. Andrew lwine probably reached the top, but not Mallory. --@!RWy B. For and Against. Completeths chart with words from the reading. Whi~hside do p u agree with? - and l-1 m e r e a d tthe tc of Mount Everest? .- - I\".

$ b I1- ~VocabularyPractice, ' k Completion. Complete the informlbn.withthe correct fom . gf words from the box. One word is exira, [F 'I'chi@--- d~u!bBut. pmced ,rsignf€lm1C! ~J&W - I Tenzing Norgay and Edmund H i k y reached the summit of I Everest: iu 1953. But there have heen a&er 1. \"fmts\" on Everest since then. Here we two: During a dimb up Everst in 1975,an avalanche buried 1 Japanese climber Junko Tabei in the s11io.w. It was 2, that she would survive. Luckily, a group of climbers from Nepal found and saved her. Twelve days Later, on May 16, 1975, Tabei 3. ha &ad $ In i'W~p:g@t4n~; '!mthe Hmalayc?wkiled and became the fmt woman to reach the summit. t2-liii;lkrAlw'Gm Can a blind' person clunb Everest?On May 25,2001, blind hurt C~ri@d@f American climber Erik tFSeiihenmeyer reached the surnmit and diwrw of 4. it is possible. Three years later, he M d k W b* dimbed Everest a g i n with a group of blind teenagers from Mt.EWE& is laraw h mbet. The 6. to thk top of Lh&p Ri Tibtan as Chomolunp~~ fo11epf Everat's summits) wm diilkult. Some teens 6. from extreme headaches (because of lack ~foxygen).Their amazing journey becamc a movie: d ~ \"Bdlindsight,?' A blhd pmianGannotm. 6. Words in Context. Complete each sentence with the b s t answer, 2, A newspaper h a s dffWeht 6@E'&f@,Wis; m ~ n 8it, has We can add -ever dierent . . (meaningmlf'wety) a. wlers b. p$uta, to certain q&i%a- war& 3. If ysu proceed in a dire~tionyou (who,whgt ,whwe, to form3mww1&. F;Qf a, continue in that direction b, avoid that dirwtion ~ x m p l ew, h m w r meam at any time. 4. If yau can buy W A W ~yoYu want, yau can *buy I a. anything b. only ~edatnthings 12A On Top of the World 135

ioneerslof the Sky A In 1997, pilot LindaFinch Before You Read successfully cwnpt e t d A. Discussion, Readthe timeline of Earhat's life. How did she become a famous pioneer?What rscord did s h 'a~re&? a round-he-wwldtrip, ftylng in the sama Mnd of M i a Earhart (f#f-1937) plane as Earhart' flew h 1918: Sees a small airplane take off in the snow of Toronto, 50 years;mrlfer. Canada, Decides she wantsto fly. $021r Becomes a p~loatt ags 24. May 1932: Breaks a world record: is the first woman to fly a plane alone across the Atlantic O c ~ m . mMay 20, I'WRWants t~ be the first woman to fly a plane around the world. Fliw with $uFd@Fred Monan a ~ m stshe U.S.A. Tmm California,south ta Brazil, and across Africa, Ah, and Australia. June 29, t937: Earhark and Noonan w i v e in New Guinea, July 2,1937: They take off again, heading far an i&nd in the PaiWc Ocean. They am newr seen again , . . * A ptoneer in an actlvltyIs on%of the first pad& to do It. B. Pmdkt. What 40yclu think happend to Earhart:mdNoonan? Read the passage ta ch-eckyour ideas, 1. I 136 Unit 12 vanished!

4~~&p=@&6f~nil&~&ff'&@~ 1 A- Dangerous Journey .I -dC-,w On July 2,1937, h e i a Eathart md Fred Naanqn left New Gain= ibr H4~1;~Zn4dbd in the Pacific. This mthe longest a d r n w d m g ~ r ~ u s _. part aftheir trip around the wmld. E a t k t had troubleLShortly&er f&e.gff. .s. The weather w-as starmy, $0she had ta flly a$ a$QUwters (10,000 &et). G9hg Ebis higa dme medg3j q$M$ 1 &!er about twenty ham, Earhaft ahd Woodan appsbched Howland Island. The i s l ~ do:nl~y abour I05 wmeten (65 miles) away, but the sun~ 2 sh3ining in their ro face's so they couldnTtsee it. Near Howland, a ship, the Irm1:aswas waiting. Earhart con~actedthe ship: 'iGas is l q m she +dY The Is&& tried tomaintain mntraa with hey but @&$BQ naponacr. F i d y , the It- cdcd for help. People @archedfar %hart and -Mar;l.~a.f~afrldays. Dtspite: the 16 &~!SL\"&C0r~@.&, &'C~Y f ~ fi~~dlblgd. ,-Ic:< -- to A.tneba Eahart?$40 on h ~ wfs8m m e . k~td~,a&rwxg~g%~a she ha%% @ wrQW&ction w@@I- g<.. a e n ad%*$s a bw e t * because the 8 G - m bdghtand h was had to soe. So phe got isst; 1, PO1 , SQM after5h-aplank ran qP g s and sbe d i d at sea. h ~ ~ t h e-i,. .- \" - ..I*-- I idea is that she survived the plarie a,&:~ w u am an uninhabited? 1 Islgd3and later died there, SfQ other9W-sbe $urYi.vedhq w h and sepetly returned to the U.S.with a new identity. ' Althaugh the first theory seems most likely, none of these ideas' has proven. Js%day, people are sduhmxtfgathg f k i r h f s and ~ ~ c r z r a n&~wspqeamm.xd * @~;[aoh@'s h a also never been found.) Whatever happened.,Amelia probabl~ ' hcd 4s h e heshed. \"When I p,=she sdid, UMlike best ta1go in my plane.\" -4 ~fyou run out of mthing, ywb m mum d$t$ft, a A wash kmaccidefit ~nwhich m wc O ~ B W ~ . ~ ~ ~ @ & I ~ M ~ ~ rt+.mek u w m 4ft n w % . -

f-l Reading Comprehension A. Multiple Choice. Choose the best answer for each question Gist Another tRle for this reading could be a. Pilat Mystery Is Finally Solved b. Amelia Earhart Breaks Another Recard c. What Happened to Amelia Earhart? d. T b Last Female Pilot in the U.S.A. Why was flying to Howland Island difficult? &a. Earhart was sick. b Nwnan d i h ' t have a map. c. Thdr plane was damaged. 1, , Shortly after taking off frm New Guihea, what happened? a. Earhartbplaneran out of gas. b-. T h.- ~ weas- a bad storm. cr. Fred Nuonan died. d. Earhart's dane cramd, I a. fly c. leave b. die d. travel 5. Which statement would the writer of the passage ~l:greewith? s.Amelia's plane probably ran out of gas and she d/ed at sea. b. It is possiblethat Fred Noonan killedAmelia Earhart, . Amelia Earhat probably died on an island in the Pacific. . Fred Noanan might still be alive today. B. Completion. Complete the mntencos in the flow chart, using words from the passage. Then tell a partner what happened t~ Amelia Earhark. 138 Unit 12Vanished!

Vocabnlary Practice A. OompIe-ti~nG. ompl~tethe infamation with wads from the box, On@word is extra. - a p f l m h ~ d bright dfsappmranm eftbrts fllght headed imestigater mahfain leesponse shine - ,On September 3,2007, Amerimn advenmeg Steve Fossett vanished in the Nevada desert. Why is Fossett's I, so wr~s~d? Bosserr was a skdled pjlot, and ltis 2. on September 3 wasn't long or difficllk.When Fwssett didn't return, search plhiia 3* to the desert to 4. . De@& their 5, Ithe missingpiht could not be found, What happened to Fossett?Maybe the weather caused him to crash, Qn September 3, the sun was & , ;it t:lwa a beautiful day. However, Fasen was flying near mountains in the Nevada desert. Hot-Air Pioneer: Wkds here can be dangerous. Maybe it was windy a he In 20@, Steve 7. the mauntahs. Perhaps this made It hard to Fomtt was the 8. canvol of his plane and he crashed. first personto fly rim-stop amund Bat some things about-thisstmy are strange. For example, on September the world in a b w , by 3, Po~setdt idn't tell anyom. exactly where he was ping. Later, people him~alf. . IF0sst tried to call his cell phoae, but they got no 9. did11~ttake his phone with him b t day. The qnesdon is . . . why?As with M d i a Eat-hart, we may never h w how this scoq ends. B. DefhMgns. Usethe correct form of the words in the Lpx inA t~mrnpfmih@ct&fri%E^i, 1, If you someoneor gamething, yau tfy to Rndout the truth about thm. 2, A m isa tPfp you t a b by plane. a A04 is an answer or reply. 4, If you smeone or so you come closer to it. 5. Wen the sun qr ather ItghJ: gives out a bflght light. (3. If you sOMetRirr\"g,YOU keep or ca\"ntbueit so it does not d-tm9e5 7. A(n) Is wpm someoneor something vanishes, 8. Ifyou make a[n) do something, you try very hardto do it. Q. Ifyou ta a certdn place, you go -tathat place,

MORE - -L Can you think of ano'r:h@~r x g ~ pofl e .anatwfdp h m ~ , ~ g g n ? I A @ b ~ ~ a s ~sa'~m.m.:&I g that happens or exists. We am WE, hear, ar feel it. S u m d s , it 5 2 m ~ g .WaU~L S U ~ I tg ~$.~Sarne Q F ~ Ep~h~~r~W~merfla we Li&hg, ~ ~ O WewS th, g~;rkea~n.d~ 6te. @ B. Sumrnafize varcn me video, Ma& f9:gMrb , . . ( I Then cemplerethesummary behw [email protected]&f form at wsrds from the box, Two words are &a. +I The C%hi @& in West Teaas is hame to a mysteriolts. phemm* &&#&!%%$&a I;@~RT.\"hew are I. - lights &at appear s u d d d p .inthe night sky. Then,jwust as quikkly, they 2. The,r-e arc o h two or more lights. ?They appear ip tbt & t i ~ 2 f h ~ many 5. @$thedese-a a t a m calLed Qmoq.p rgysferim mmg~@wn~3 Marfa. Sometimes they g&,t.t.elase ts,people%houses and .. 4. &d6gh%~windows. While training in ~~? <6tshave &&&~ .-r.4 -t-h* e- also -~lighf~i duriing o desert, Been ~ ., --# 8 8 -*-, w 6 4, 1 I,.. I ' causes-thelights) D m pilot) &$B-T&&$@$&r$j to queatim~Be Gap thaf &e 'irgh~~ on. ~ h e e~xirst O V ~ tFhe WWM. BUT .some:people, They mntinue to om?HOWhng have they d~td? - 1 not .apihior& 6t lIghtg really are, the,y I first appeared L

rpt Croa&word.Uwthe definitions below t;t,complete the missingwards. across Down I.not afraid at all 1. to bs u n w w s f u l at something 3. to mcomecloser to a p m n or place 2. important 5. to travel sorriewh~eby bmt 3. to succeed in doing something I puraammgs 4. to go forward 11. to m d so~me~thing from one plaw to' anom& 6. to wrongful& Bke something from la Smthing you build Id tn buy sorndhing mother person 15. ta ruh~roantmC uswally a muntrjc 16. wmething that Mts a dedshnor siRsatlon,a reason 7. oneput of samBthing 0. to und~pstandor dacide the meaning 17, aaS;peaialistIna,c&ain subjW of something 18. fopver the. same; not of a pxticuiar time or Gat@ 10. unlikelyto happen 12. one's job or position 8. Notes Completion. S c a n the information on pages 142-143 to completethtre nates.

.i--.Ld. The Hidden Iharriors Provinca caf China made an arnazin~ I I discovery: a huge army af buried warriors. The soidiers, Bach a life-size s&W,hsd 1 been hidden for mwe than 2,200 yaws, 1 -Wm uncmmed, the statues wwe t--*----..-Y--,.,!?L.!:i - 1 standing hthe meat posttion of a real -3 army. Exps~shave sinceYearned much 1 from them &out the @ M i q strategies of ancient China. Today, tthi feariess army I alss statyis-asa w0lld-famous artistic wander. Each &atwwas made by hand i%@!@-.. a unique face. ~ a s t l k ~ y ~ their bo@w8wer;eonceen8uefy paint@ tr bright &Jpr$. .. ,... 8 : 2 > - - -.L 57 s q u ~ mkilometer% ,,. miles), is still being unearthad. his arm, expark believe the whola tiWmtawn bf a r m him in death

- World Hefitage Spotlight ..&;. I I SIII. E eror Qi,, dnrnuang, . who ruled from 221 B.G. to 210 E.c.. was the first emperor to govern a united China, Over 700,000 people were involved in the construction of his mausoleum. Among his many other achievements, the Emperor was responsiblefor building the first of China's great wall: nat yet been apsned, as archeologist! are worried thai air and lrght may damage the objects in the tomb and *- erhaps the Emperor's body. No one nows exactly what is inside, but ancient tWs say that the tomb is .+desianed to look like a city, wZth rivet: I: *'. ra and a sky that shines with treasures. One day, experts hope to investigatethe truth of thme legends. Until significant advances in technotoyit have been achieved, however, Ernpel Qin Shihuangk +-mb remains untouchec In Ig98, ,2 statues VV,,, I more playful expressions than the Emperor's s~ldiersand offtcia!s were found a the mausoleum. According to expen? these statues, including this headless acrobat (pictured),were apparently based on real-life entefla~nerswhc performed for the Emperor anc his family. .-_. =-.el- +-

-d add-ful or4s 0 Vocabulary BuildingLink. The suffixes -ful (meaning\"full of\") and -less (meaning \"without\")can be to nouns to form adjectives, e.g. fearful, fearless. Read the two paragraphs below, ch ward to create the correct adjective.Then ahswer the astions. Use you ary to help you. I &the~$ppttwn % , t d y & the t c h n i x . h gr~he b&iy is ovm3 p ~ Du -p- 'I mdhe&&d&?xz~&~'ism&dt&B *I &d ,*~ b d rnh~- l - . S. ~ & l %iIqJelddngeath -me.H ~ th hb d d q qvkkmtd 21 wgt r\"t, heybelieve i p i n mu&.&dk&g&sare&, bcsPe_--tha~~xdltarnmera:&arheynrde&$w- I, - - - I- - - -- - - Mast ofh e j m c y fidm M-dari3Ehfi M b W n was B, peace .Por w&, &e %&>saw no other ships. mar the i s h d s of the Bahimas, piram attacked them. Crew memlyrs tealimd it wai 5. sense tg fight. The phtes had w a p w and were ho* tobe 66h.eart. killera. The pitares Wle ev@l&g, but. Ehc crew didn't care. -- -Theywere 7. thank ,.vdhichnoun in 1-7 ,--- to be dive. - . ---, --I. . .L- . - - A ...:'L L .~q,r 2. Which two nouns in 1-1 c;m ur ~tyve useu v ?;fbss? -- B, Word Partnership. Read the passage below and underli- six verb + preposition with,prefend to, suffer from . .b , th,e c~orrect form of combinations, e.g., . ._..._ the combinationsto lete the sentences below. In the seas of southern Japan, underwater archeologists think they may have discmered tlre ruins ofan ancient city. Some experts believe this sunken city is part of Mu-a mythical land that vanished into the sea 2,000 years ago, possibly &.m a huge esthqpke. According to legend, some people escaped &omMu and traveled to btherpiir&of e Pacific. Mw&i E m m has iden&td &rent s m t l m c s fkom the ancient thy, \"ificluding(in his opinion) a 5,008-year-oldp w d - m a y b e the eldest in &e world. - But other scientists disagree with Eimura3sEn&@. They say tke underwater ~tnzctures , are naturd rack famafions, wt a part gf,mancientsunken city. h u r a responded - .tothis by saying, '\"The best way ro get an . ..answer . . .is m [collect] more evidence.\" I > d' - d Gretel, the two children Mexico, you should be sure to visit Teotihuacan,





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Video Scripts TI Monkey College ~nfact,-some&t monkeys even go re a e g e ! The monkeys ar the Monkey Training Schoolin Swat Thani, Thailand, are sent there by farmersto leam~a1i1mpommt jab: haw topick coconuts,f r ~ m very tall mes. TrainerSornporn Siewkwo wys it takes months for the young monkeys tolearn the stbregy far pidung cocmuts. For the first month, he jum h the monkey p h H~e show him how rn,<@b coconut ina ba. Thm he halds the m&q%harid and mcqwages him to twist the ~oconuhtimself. Pak Dee, Cocanut Farmer Later, ht brings the monkey to.x andlets him ''I tie the monkq ma qxwlut tree near the ho- l e a how topick the eocan~~tthsat are qady to eat. I give him ike to ear, &m&a with e m . The. Step by step, the monkey goes &her and higher. m d e y ran.fivc to be 13 yea8 old, sp he has t e n The tmber u s e a rope LOcarnal direct the more years that he cmwo&. Idon't need any m m I m d q s work. The monkey goesleft, right, upp, +monkeysthan I have na%, I just want m carry on rhis m~nleeyfar his Wetime.\" and dawn.Whea Samparn pulls the rope, @ ximnkey goes &serer Mawator: M o d e y ~hae been helping Thai farm.& ta,pick Farmers that becausethe mmkey$ate m mcmuts for mare than a hundred yews. The Ixnpaaant~mthem, mpt q e well cared for a d $onFthave a hard lift. But 3- pcdple make tk rnodqs climb me& and twistcoconutswirb tkeir animals work too hard audmat them badly. hands until the fiuh Mo t4 the ground. Ssmporn 3aewkwa explains die a d m m &wing monkey Somporn Saewkwo: fat thisjob. \"In 'ne pw,cvmanew mining rrrde)rsin Somporn Saewkwo, MonkeyTrainer: a diffkerrt--and $om&pwple me& hw- she \"Mawachys, therewe about 12,000 m&e~risn SumtT h d that ark wwking ro pi& crnanuts, rnonke~.,~ helpinghwnans. Ifwe climb up t h s e tx~es,we can fdl and die.\" Narmtor: *Narrator: T~aheSrimpom S a m k m m e da Wcxent, m f e l&e corsanuth an important h i t fm&mrs gentle m s d of teaching;monkeys, which is non phere, Farmers can earn about two doll- for every used byothcmat the a&y training~ C S . hundred coconutsthat &q kgm market,P w l e buy rhff fruit on T M beaches, md it's alsa used Became alot & T e d \" $heists have di~appeared? b d herofnadxysnaw need &an7$hdp to be~&tolive. - 7U4iE& in4 e m m q *p~opularcoconut m q . A hug@ Somporn Saewkwb: of ~ o n u t . s a b uttwo million-are \"All the modeys that &me to $faywith us k v t a month in Thadd. And many better living than in the junde. One side doesnot : y couldn't pick the fruit without havean advanmge over the &her.\" 4 PaIc Qg?~-tbree~~cemmaolndkey assists with his Newator: I&. work Th-rilbdzeypicks h i t from Pak's -trees. As long as Thailand c ~ r r t h u ato produce cownuts: x Palehll@&j&e monkeyto 0thfarmers rn earn am maw &.animal is 80 ~ a l u a t~haet ~ a k these&men will probablycan&ue to use neverlea& it BB@ done. The mo* couldrun monkeys. You see, fit rn* and the coconut away osmmmeb&~&d take it, P& l4& d-ibes will be ta:$ether always. As long as ~u have the mthe Vtem he uses:<- coconut, you will also have the mo~-Ilrey.

Land Diver&:- CSarratm Tb young,-who wore the cmne=miw~s,drve z& a b o ~ t l djumps indie local l-qiwp land Mek? V?. TWistheNa&& qn lnen*t.@li&us e m t T h e firSt dive- p i i f . The second dive I k d & - whih meam ahmid&hg;\"\"The &&9 s g d a vine, But as liin&>&Fm not hurt, e~er).~hi%ng, - is t~ to& the wfl~with &e tpp d k s bead, going w d . I'm a lmhy The p~:h@kb&PP: tSi2s;dmake m e &a ciid~ Narrator: produceilo@ this year. The last dive of the &wfiwm isby w e of the best dirt&.$ah Pentecost Idand. b&h diving fw Thc land diversjump fr0rn.a21-meter high towerl many y e a pHe diw fiqm the tow= and Im& b d t in a $pate b~the jungle. From he^ you m saEely. Evewm*eies very happy. set the P a d c B c m . men it's k~ke4the children ~nm&de tower: Thq dream d the day when @@U beold Qmof the went's orgmkd, Renee, gives m g hto dive, Aodenough eo test &.cr'ir b m q h this,advice Renee,blid:QiVer: m e ofthe mast urimual events on Earth. 'Whenwer p a are an the rower ready to jump, .if p u haw x m d thoughts, thgt mema you m u t not jump.\" Narrator: The first diver greets the people. His dive goes well. He hits the ground hm& but he's qhg, His friends quiddpfieE him Wm h e vin& thatare tied to his k , t , The second*$ dwm'tgo adl.The y w g boys ask a h t thewet&@&the ha.Butthie older divem tell them &&'they will txstrong enough. But they aren'i iirb& enough. One of the vines br*, and the young boy go& &iceh t into thc eiurh, W Pg~ to help hih. But h e boy doesh't SF&he's hurt. The last: t i m e a land *s killed here wag in1974. But people get hqrt wen yea- S C I ~ I I &~ Q~ WS ~Y. The otherboys arid men pdt m1d mtec 'sn:the buy%head. Eventually he walks am&,&ted by & a d s a d bmthers, ~Om thed&r men jumps. next. It'sarrr &pe&lly .goaddive-perfect! Pebpb h m abroad are not dowed to take p & h l a d -gl as it'? ody f ~ nrguvc divas. But the &ie f says that a WeAtem ~amerari~aatnl tie a small cwnem\"toa diver's leg*It's the bt timethis has k e n done. The people Iove it. f i e r a m e r m m th* the land &diver. Video Script 2 149

1 Video Scripts I Steel Drums 1-11 Narrator: Tony Payer; The idan& afthe Caribbean region y e .Earnous 'LlnEm, in &.earlrdztp they knw no* a b o ~ for theidaxing beach& and Wely mdit. But ththe music. T h q played by suund, they even wed . mmic ofthe inmwnentlaom*as rn~@zmo$r the pw by mund-to& to& w&--xn# hey ;. paw, ish e t@ o~dyone idand nation: Trinidad listened to t h e note unril thQ @T it , ., and Tobq+ho0m& of the s t e e l h d . Steelbandmu$ic is a popularpaft of life hkre. Narrator: From the small &slung dkgcs ta the hilIwps, the whok popdation Imam dizd loves the The s e e k 1 M saund stif& VW&e mm who i~atimailnstrument. Tony Poyer, Stwtband Expert: runes the drum-the tuner. upan is most important t~Triuidad and Tobago. TG6 tuna ig k ~ w ans Honey Boy.He\" been It's par^ of our cultwe.It ms invented in ad tuningpan$fop many p m . It takes a long and2bbago , . . It is the only music4 i s s w u r n e ~ t tune the drums. Bqt thee i n s m e n t s ark used bv invtnred in the 20th atm my-.\" gome of the re$iafiysmpprhnners. Narrator: BUEthe stdbd is more rhanjust music tqJx The special sound h n g happinas to chiidrcnand Tdx.L Tr is a ppat-taf tha lmd culture, s%:Whg adults dike,and m mudcians &om many different: the wqrld the uedviky of't&ei s W spagle. places and backgraunds. Through the idands%cets Every night, places calledpmyfrh fill with and mwkm, you mn't c s c p the music. mu$id&s who cometa ltm the instnment. me&does stedbmd mtlsic c;cnnt go@?T&&dd i$ People like Beverly and Daq :,% , , . an oil-producingnation. D q h g Wsrl4War TI, the _ I_ Beverly. idand's old oil drums.b e c m e ~ r d hflbr~metl5ng learn it. I s b d d knqw a little bir ab,oucit.\" d s h a musical insfrummtg.The &nms produced s ~ m dt5hat hatre hcavily kd3uenced the music af the Dove: regton, and &nndw'khaid in eveqtbhgk r n idmd calypw dMcd&c. &Pani5 mTrinidad pan of our main cdtwg. Thig ours. We made ir, we crated iz.\" fn kt,the musjc goes bckseveral cepturies to Narrator: &plyAfr;c;ans who,were not dawed f ~BS. Rtheir b m drums. Davk says that s t e e l k d b e l ~ h pto &E pwpk Tony Poyer: of Trinidad and Tobago. But it is something \"They wtre banned from be* ,&t+@mgo which t h ar~e happy w shwewith pudimces mi musicirms.-aroundthe mdd. r h &c~m,r&hm by er, people played an rha tee1 drums, a n d that's hour thestdband I &if@ musician^ usually play by earf%$t .Mtuse mu& written on paper. I C