2 Table of Contents READING EDGE SMART 1 UNIT READING TIP SPEED READING 1. Multicultural Evening 8 1. Melting Pot or Salad Bowl? - 2. Online Profile 10 2. Internet Begging - 1. Teens’ Life 3. The Advice Column -12 3. Sisters and Rivals Identifying Subjects (7~21) 4. Teens’ Future Jobs 14 4. Gone with Technology & Verbs -20 - 5. Fighting the Five-finger 5. (longer passage) Discount 16 - 1. Blood Type Theory 24 1. Essence of Life - 2. Artificial Limbs 26 2. Another Style of Olympics - 2. Science & Technology 3. The Leafy Sea Dragon 28 3. Mimic a Lizard Kinds of Verbs 36 - - (23~37) 4. Ergonomic Chairs 30 4. Stand up! - 5. Space Kimchi 32 5. (longer passage) - 1. Fireworks 40 1. Dance to Chase - Away Evil Spirits 2. Namdaemun 42 2. Angkor Wat - 3. History & Culture 3. Mosuo: The Last 3. The Land of Relative Clauses -52 (39~53) Matriarchal Society -44 Female Warriors 4. Afternoon Tea 46 4. Tea Party on a Ship? - 5. Unbelievable Ancient 5. (longer passage) Surgeons 48 - 1. Prom Party 56 1. J-U-M-P! - 2. The Batik Style of 2. What Colors Can Cloth Dyeing 58 Say About You - 4. Art & Festival 3. Edgar Degas’ 3. The Art of Capturing Participles -68 (55~69) Paintings -60 the Moment 4. In Memory of 4. Left Behind Rostropovich 62 - 5. Sapporo Snow Festival 64 5. (longer passage) - 1. The Origin of 1. X-tremely Dangerous? Bungee Jumping 72 - 5. Mythology & Origin 2. Bite the Bullet -74 2. Other Phrases of Military Origin Transition Words -84 (71~85) 3. The Crystal Skull -76 3. OOPArt(Out-of-place artifact) 4. Plastic Surgery 78 4. The History of Cosmetics - 5. Psyche and Her Love 80 5. (longer passage) - 3 We’re READING EDGE SMART Every student knows studying English requires a lot of patience. Even worse, some English books are difficult and boring. Fortunately, there is a way you can change your perspective on learning English. Now you can develop your reading skills in an enjoyable way. The Reading EDGE Smart series will help you to improve your reading skills. You can learn how to read with a purpose. Each level of this series comes with one text book, one guide book and one audio component. Each book is organized into 5 units consisting of Introduction vocabulary and related questions. One of the key features of this series is that it integrates many skills: reading, vocabulary building, listening and writing. This series also deals with a variety of unique and interesting topics, and the readings are graded to the appropriate length and depth depending on the English proficiency level of the student. After reading, students will be challenged to guess the meaning of words used in the passage, summarize the passage, and solve various types of questions. Students can listen to the entire script by MP3 or use the attached CD. Students will broaden their English ability from reading to listening, speaking and writing. This integrated approach will enable students to dramatically improve their English. We’re Reading EDGE Smart Features READING EDGE SMART 1~2 READING EDGE SMART 3~4 READING EDGE SMART 5~6 Unit Topic based Korean SAT test based In-depth reading skill based Speed Reading Impact Reading Power Reading Reading skill Essential skills Essential skills for preparing Essential skills for reading for the Korean SAT test for In-depth reading 44 (cid:165)Reading Passages The Reading EDGE Smart series covers a wide variety of topics ranging from teen life to social issues. This series also covers academic and contemporary topics, which will motivate students to study English. The real life topics will provide students with knowledge and an enjoyable reading experience. In addition, passages related to social issues will give them more insight into everyday life and help foster logical thinking skills. This series has longer passages, consisting of over 300 words, which will help students get used to reading longer passages clearly and confidently. (cid:165)Words Students are encouraged to read the definitions in English, which provides them greater exposure to English vocabulary. Structure Vol.1 After reading the definitions in English, they are asked to translate them into Korean. This process will motivate students to think in English first, then guess the matching Korean word. (cid:165)Question Types (cid:165)Tips After reading each passage, students are advised to answer This section provides additional questions related to the passage. These questions are meant to information related to the passages in help students promote their English comprehension skills. In order to encourage further thought on addition, they are designed for students who are preparing for the topics. various types of tests including school tests, college entrance exams and internationally recognized tests such as TOEFL. The question styles used in the Reading EDGE Smart series include (cid:165)Review multiple choice, fill in the blank and summary completion. The This section gives students a chance activities in the Reading EDGE Smart will ensure greater to practice words and idiomatic reading fluency and exam success. Completing the summary expressions learned in each unit using will contribute to improving students’ writing skills by enhancing various approaches. their ability to think in English. (cid:165)Reading Skills Section The Reading EDGE Smart Series takes three different approaches to developing and improving reading skills: Speed Reading, Impact Reading, and Power Reading. These sections will help students grasp the essential skills required to improve their reading ability. (cid:165)Guide Book The Reading EDGE Smart Guide Book consists of Korean translations, idiomatic expressions, structure review, grammar tips and answer keys. 55 Growing up is learning how to deal with difficulties and the benefits are great. 1 Unit Teens’ Life Reading 1 Multicultural Evening Reading 2 Online Profile Reading 3 The Advice Column Reading 4 Teens’ Future Jobs Reading 5 Fighting the Five-finger Discount READING EDGE 1 Read the following and answer the questions. Join us for a Multicultural Evening When: Saturday, June 5, from 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Where: Unity High School, Burnaby The Multicultural Society of Unity High School (a) will be hosting a dinner party to encourage multiculturalism within our community. This event will give all who (b) attend an opportunity to get to know more about different cultures. There will be a variety of food from all over the world. If you’re curious to know what hummus, kimchi, churros, or pakoras (c) taste like, don’t miss this event! There will be a number of events during the evening, including traditional dances. Photo by Amanda Even more importantly, this evening provides an opportunity to get to know various cultures and make some good friends. In addition, learning more about different cultures (d) help fight ignorance, racism and stereotypes. (e) By celebrating different cultures, we can view cultural differences as positive rather than problematic. For more information about this or other Multicultural Society events, please visit our website: multiculturaleventalert.com. Note: If you would like to lend a helping hand, please call the President of the Multicultural Society, Nora Blumefield at 555-1338. Please let her know which committee you would like to join: entertainment, catering or decorating. Words Read the following and translate them into Korean. (cid:8607)multicultural:involving people or ideas from different cultures (cid:1518)(cid:1945)(cid:3354)(cid:2628) (cid:8607)opportunity:a situation in which you can do something (cid:1245)(cid:3365) (cid:8607)racism:unfair treatment of people because they belong to a different race (cid:2635)(cid:2713)(cid:2864)(cid:2041)(cid:2737)(cid:2628) (cid:8607)stereotype:an idea of what a particular type of person is like (cid:1162)(cid:2687)(cid:1177)(cid:1435) (cid:8607)positive:being good or useful (cid:1243)(cid:2687)(cid:2680)(cid:2635) (cid:8607)problematic:difficult to deal with (cid:1945)(cid:2689)(cid:1086)(cid:2643)(cid:1495)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:3303)(cid:1150)(cid:3294)(cid:1245)(cid:2479)(cid:1776)(cid:2573) 8 U N I T 1 Teens’ Life 1. Who is this advertisement for? (cid:733)Students who are members of the Food Society (cid:734)Students who are interested in diverse cultures (cid:735)Students who want to participate in the dance contest (cid:736)Students who are leaving the community soon (cid:737)Students who are in favor of racism and stereotypes 2. Which is NOT grammatically correct? Choose one from (a) to (e). (d) (help fight (cid:170)helps fight) 3. Write T if the statement is true. Write F if it is false. (cid:733)This event is for students who want to attend the Unity High School. F (cid:734)The Multicultural Society is looking for some volunteers. T (cid:735)This event shows that different cultures can co-exist harmoniously. T P Melting Pot or Salad Bowl? TI (cid:8630)‘Melting pot’ is a term used to describe a multicultural society. In a melting pot, ingredients are combined to make a great soup. America is known as a melting pot society because of the way various races and cultures tend to blend together. The ‘salad bowl’ concept is similar, but each ingredient (in this case, race or culture) maintains its own identity, so races and cultures are mixed but not merged. 9 READING EDGE 2 Read the following and answer the questions. Have you heard of Cyworld, Myspace or Facebook? These sites all allow people (a) to create an online profile. Today most teens are making online profiles about themselves. They create online profiles for many reasons: friendship, dating and networking. You can make your page as simple or as complex as you like. So how can teenagers who want to create (b) an online profile gets started? The first step is to decide which site is best for you. Once you have chosen your site, you can begin to add a little information about yourself. You can even upload photos and games. But be careful. (c) Maintaining a webpage can be more work than you think. It can even be addictive! People need to take care not to spend an unreasonable amount of time or money (d) while creating their page. Also, when creating an online profile, you have to keep in mind that anyone can access the Internet. It’s important to be safe, so don’t reveal too many details about your identity or post public photos. Strangers can use your personal details or photos for fraudulent purposes. They can even repost your pictures on other websites! So make sure (e) your profile is set to private, not public. Words Read the following and translate them into Korean. (cid:8607)complex: detailed, not simple (cid:2050)(cid:2655)(cid:3296) (cid:8607)upload: to transfer data from your computer to a server or host computer (cid:9)(cid:1560)(cid:2633)(cid:3104)(cid:1843)(cid:10)(cid:1)(cid:2530)(cid:1851)(cid:1518) (cid:8607)addictive: habit-forming (cid:2339)(cid:1177)(cid:2239)(cid:2628) (cid:8607)access: permission to look at information (cid:9)(cid:2687)(cid:2049)(cid:1843)(cid:10)(cid:1)(cid:2053)(cid:2299)(cid:2643)(cid:2618) (cid:8607)detail: a small part of a larger structure (cid:2241)(cid:2071)(cid:2190)(cid:3302) (cid:8607)fraudulent: dishonest or deceitful (cid:2071)(cid:2687)(cid:2628)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:2190)(cid:1245)(cid:2239)(cid:2628) (cid:8607)repost: to post or send a message or image again (cid:9)(cid:1899)(cid:2342)(cid:2769)(cid:1377)(cid:2633)(cid:1975)(cid:2769)(cid:1843)(cid:10)(cid:1)(cid:1518)(cid:2342)(cid:2049)(cid:1394)(cid:1122)(cid:1377)(cid:1137)(cid:2660)(cid:3294)(cid:1518) 10