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3. VOCABULARY 1 PRACTICE
1. Young people should save money now to use when they get older and stop working.
2. More people are buying natural foods.
3. Making money means a company is doing well.
4. I work with someone who is responsible.
5. There are more cell phone companies hiring people now.
6. The boss wants his employees to like him.
7. The company wanted a new symbol.
8. Businesses pay money for popular TV shows.
9. I am certain that the bank will not lose my money.

4. READING COMPREHENSION An Idea So Crazy It

Works
1. in the water near Alaska
2. a ship that carried oil
3. animals' fur
4. at a hair salon
5. The hair soaked up the oil.
6. McCrory took his idea to NASA.
7. human hair
8. in the Gulf of Mexico

5. READING SKILL Scanning a text

1. Exxon Valdez
2. 1989
3. Phil McCrory
4. nylon stockings
5. plastic pool
6. NASA
7. OttiMat
8. Deepwater Horizon
9. 2010
10. the United States

7. VOCABULARY 2 PRACTICE
1.  Sharks are always in motion , because they need to keep swimming to live.

2.  He has such a bad injury that it may take several months for him to recover .

3.  The boxers fought aggressively , hitting each other harder with each punch. 
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4.  She has shown great  dedication , working very hard to win the championship. 

5.  Breathing heavily when exercising is a  sign that your body is working hard. 

6.  The doctor said the athlete's injury was due to overuse of the arm. 

7.  At our school, the trend right now is for students to wear sports clothing. 

8.  He asked the teacher to make an exception to the rule and let him leave class early for the
championship game.

9.  Training for the Olympics is extremely  demanding . Athletes need to practice many hours
a day. 

8. CRITICAL THINKING VIDEO Identifying problems

and solutions
1. an expert on the topic
2. It helps you form a more informed opinion on the topic.
3. a way of solving or dealing with a problem
4. Ticket prices are too high.
5. It would make fans happy.
6. Players might go abroad to get more money.
7. More people may attend games.
8. Many people who live in the city have to deal with noisy neighbors.

9. VOCABULARY SKILL Collocations with adjectives +

prepositions
1. for
2. of
3. at
4. about
5. to
6. in
7. for
8. about

10. WRITING SKILL Writing an argumentative essay

Introductory Paragraph Body Paragraphs Concluding Paragraph
 thesis statement  reasons for the  restatement of
 counterargument opinion opinion
 background  facts  summary
information  examples  prediction about the
topic
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11. GRAMMAR Sentence fragments (1)

1. F
2. S
3. S
4. S
5. S
6. F
7. S
8. F

12. GRAMMAR Sentence fragments (2)

1. When I was in high school, I played tennis.

2. Mary can coach,
3. Can you call
4. Marcus trains a lot
5. Although it looks like it's easy,
6. Since I broke my ankle.
7. Because Sara is very shy,
because she's really gooda at tennis.
when you get home?
before he competes.
rowing is actually a difficult sport.
I haven't walked very far.
she doesn't like parties.

16. TRACK YOUR SUCCESS Vocabulary review

Nouns Verbs Adjectives
 expansion  invest  assured
 stability  recover  dependable
 logo  demanding
 market
 exception
 trend
 motion
 dedication
 image