TEXT TYPE KEY READING KEY VOCABULARY

SKILLS SKILLS

Success, fame, and money

Unit 9 – The secret Magazine article Identifying time Guessing meaning 64
Theme 5

of success order from context

Unit 10 – Is money Questionnaire Skimming Antonyms 70

the answer?
Extension 76

Going places
Unit 11 – The car Postcards Understanding the Collocations 78
Theme 

is king main idea

Unit 12 – Incredible Book review Separating fact Recognizing parts 84
journeys and opinion of speech
Extension 90

Culture connections
Unit 13 – We do Web page Identifying the Suffixes 92
Theme 7

things differently topic

Unit 14 – The Personal letter Scanning Using a dictionary 98
language puzzle
Extension 104

The way we live

Unit 15 – No place Magazine article Identifying cause Prefixes 106
Theme 8

like home and effect

Unit 1 – Fighting Travel diary Identifying Synonyms 112
the future reference words
Extension 118

Extensive reading 119

Activity sheets 138
Key reading skills – study sheets 146
Key vocabulary skills – study sheets 156

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SKILLS SKILLS

Fashion and beauty

Unit 9 – A career E-zine article Identifying Synonyms 64
Theme 5

in fashion reference words

Unit 10 – The Magazine letter Understanding the Collocations 70

pressure to look good main idea
Extension 76

Mind and body

Unit 11 – Health Information leaflet Skimming Using a dictionary 78
Theme 6

and healing
Unit 12 – Staying E-zine article Separating fact Collocations 84
young and opinion
Extension 90

Travel
Unit 13 – Time Guidebook extract Scanning Suffixes 92
Theme 7

for a vacation
Unit 14 – Great Encyclopedia entry Identifying text Synonyms 98
explorers organization
Extension 104

The gender gap

Unit 15 – Male Diary extract Selecting Words with 106
Theme 8

and female roles different meanings

Unit 16 – Women Newspaper article Separating fact Word groups 112
fighting back and opinion
Extension 118

Extensive reading 119

Activity sheets 139
Key reading skills – study sheets 147
Key vocabulary skills – study sheets 157

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skills skills

Animals and us
Unit 9 – Are Magazine article Inferring meaning Synonyms 64
Theme 5

animals intelligent?
Unit 10 – Animals Short stories Skimming Guessing meaning 70
in traditional stories from context
Extension 76

Humor
Unit 11 – What Jokes Identifying the Using a dictionary 78
Theme 6

makes us laugh? topic

Unit 12 – Private Biography Identifying Recognizing parts 84
lives of comedians reference words of speech
Extension 90

The global village

Unit 13 – Ethical E-zine article Reading quickly Collocations 92
Theme 7

trading
Unit 14 – A small Advertisement Inferring meaning Suffixes 98
world
Extension 104

That’s entertainment
Unit 15 – Ways we Movie reviews Understanding the Word groups 106
Theme 8

have fun main idea

Unit 16 – Extreme Magazine article Identifying Words with 112
sports text organization different meanings
Extension 118

Extensive reading 119

Activity sheets 140
Key reading skills – study sheets 148
Key vocabulary skills – study sheets 158

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