CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Unit 1 Who Is J.K. Rowling? Unit 2 What Are Some Special Rules for Chinese New Year? Unit 3 Where Is Buckingham Palace? Unit 4 Why Are Cows Special in India? Unit 5 How Do Mexicans Celebrate the Day of the Dead? Unit 6 Who Are the Inuit? Unit 7 What Is Beatlemania? Unit 8 Where Is the Great Wall? Unit 9 Why Do People Give Gifts for Weddings? Unit 10 How Did Disneyland Start? Self-Test 1 Units 1-10 Unit 11 Who Is Andrew Carnegie? Unit 12 What Is Life Like in Antarctica? Unit 13 Where Do People Live Under the Ground? Unit 14 Why Do People Decorate Their Bodies? Unit 15 How Did the Red Cross Start? Unit 16 Who Are the Blue Men of the Sahara? Unit 17 What Is Canada’s Favorite Sport? Unit 18 Where Is the Outback? Unit 19 Why Is the Elephant Important in Thailand? Unit 20 How Did Rich Romans Live? Self-Test 2. Units 11-20 APPENDICES Word List Map of the World Index to the Spelling and Punctuation Activities 13 19 25 31 37 43 49 55 61 65 71 77 83 89 95 101 107 113 119 125 129 132 135 iiiUNIT1 Who Is J.K. Rowling? BEFORE YOU READ Answer these questions. 1. What do you know about Harry Potter? 2. Is Harry Potter a real person? 3. How many Harry Potter books are there?