TIME TO READ 1

TIME TO READ 1 CONTENTS THE NURSING HOME VISIT .................................................3 SWEET DREAM: CHOCOLATE ......................................... 9 THE WOMAN IN THE SKY ....................................................15 SOPHIA: THE FIRST HUMANOID ROBOT ..................... 21 SUPERSTITIONS ..................................................................... 27 SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK ..........................................33 A NEW AGE: THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ................ 39 J.K. ROWLING ....................................................................... 45 DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES IN DIFFERENT BODIES ... 51 NANCY’S DREAM ................................................................. 57

UNIT 1 THE NURSING HOME VISIT 3 Before you read. 1) Do you respect to old people around you? 2) Do you know “nursing homes’’?

THE NURSING HOME VISIT Dear Diary, I want to tell you about our nursing home visit. Our teacher, Mrs. Bennet took us to nursing home yesterday. We were very excited because it was our first nursing home visit. Firstly, our mothers cooked some meals for the people at the nursing home. Then, Mrs. Bennet 4 bought some presents for them. And she wanted us to take a book with us. We didn’t understand the reason but we did. Yesterday morning, we took the bus from the school and went to the nursing home. There was a nice building in the forest. We entered the building and we greeted the old people. They felt very happy and excited when they saw us. We hugged them and we served the meals. We ate our mothers’ meals together. They thanked us and then we began to chat. Most of the old people didn’t have a family and they had to stay there. Some old people preferred staying at nursing home because they wanted to be together with their old fellows.

After that, Mrs. Bennet gave some presents for them. 5 They felt pleased. I could see their happiness in their eyes. And finally, Mrs. Bennet said “Come on children! Let’s read for our elder friends.” We were surprised and happy. We read books for them. Sometimes we had a break and talked about the book. They felt very glad. In the evening, we said goodbye to them and promised to visit them again. When I left there, I was thankful to Mrs. Bennet. She wanted to show us the respect to our elders. I feel very happy now and I will visit the nursing home again. I have new friends there. Diana

Unit 1 READING CHECK-UP A) Find the synonyms of the given words in the puzzle. ANCVBN J I OO B U A P R OM I S E NR S LY I PGOS T SDEKORTOU H I F AG L E RKR ANG S RR S E T P NGHE ERE TAR KHADE YNR Z I FOLF TGTSCS 6 UML O L D YDO E LEXC I TEDPD F E L L OWN J G L U I RES PECTN 1) Welcome = 2) Old people’s home = 3) Satisfied = 4) Give word to do = 5) Feeling happy = 6) Astonished = 7) Grateful = 8) Friend = 9) Esteem = 10) Gift =

Unit 1 READING CHECK-UP B) Match the halves. 1) Diana writes her visit a) the nursing home. 2) Mrs. Bennet b) books with them. 3) Diana and her friends take c) in the forest. 4) The nursing home is d) cook meal for old people. 5) The mothers e) on her diary. 6) Old people become happy f) is Diana’s teacher. 7) Diana visits g) when they see the children. 8) At the end, Diana feels h) happy. 7 C) Answer the questions. 1) Why did Mrs. Bennet take the children to the nursing home? ______________________________________________ 2) What did the children do in the nursing home? ______________________________________________ 3) Why did the old people stay in nursing home? ______________________________________________ 4) Would you like to visit nursing home? ______________________________________________

Unit 1 READING CHECK-UP D) Complete the passage with the given words. cooperated / nursing / abroad / miss / satisfied / take (x2) / learn / communicate In London, Nightingale ___________ (1) home is different from the other ones. Judith Ish Horowich is a manager of a kindergarten. She always ___________ (2) her students to nursing home to visit old people in their neighbourhood. One day, she decides to open a kindergarten in a nursing home. She states “A lot of children’s grandpa or grandma live in ___________ 8 (3) so they can’t see their elders so I want my students to ___________ (4) with old people. Because the children have a lot of things to ___________ (5) from the elders. Also, they ___________ (6) their grandparents. Moreover, children’s energy makes the old people ___________ (7).” So the manager of the kindergarten and the manager of the nursing home ___________ (8) with each other and they opened a kindergarten in a nursing home in September, 2017. The old people and the young children became very happy. They are playing games; singing songs; eating dinner together now. The old people talk about the life and the children ___________ (9) important lessons about life. It is a great project and it teaches lots of things to children by the experience of the elders.