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Prinled in the United States of America 0-15-599719-X 90 12 3 039 12 11 1098 ^ J ẵỳ To the student To the Instructor VVorld Map Unit 1 Fast Food. 2 U n it2 Shopping Malls. 12 Unit 3 Puerto Rico.21 U n it4 Country Music. 31 Unit 5 The Pamily.
40 Unit 6 Eskimo Art. 50 U n it7 Havvaii, Island State. 60 U n ìts Language and Languages. 69 Unit 9 Cities in the 21'' Century.89 Unit 11 Medicines, from Leaches to Laser.98 U n itl2 Oil From Plants.
107 Unit 13 New Plants. 116 U n itl4 Amnecty International. 124 U n itlS National Parks. 161 U n itlB The United Nations.169 Unit 20 Marple Syrup.
203 U nit24 Early Humans. 229 Index to the World study Actịvitíes.232 Ansvver to Exercises TO THE STUDENT Insights and Ideas has 25 short reađings and many kinds of activities. You wiỉl use this book to talk, read, and write about interesting topics. You will leaxn new words and improve your reading skills.
We hope you enjoy this book. TO THE INSTRUaOR ▼ Insỉghỉs and Ideas, Second Edỉtion ỉs aii engaging reading text for high-beginning reữexive forms, past participles as adjec- tives, gerunds, and such coniiectors as through low-intermediate students of aỉthough, nevertheỉess, whether,yeU and Engìish as a foreign or second language. so are used. The text íeatures 25 thematic units on a A companion volume, Concepts and variety of topics, ranging from the culture Comments, is also available.
speciSc to the imiversal Each unit presents a short reading and Activity Types plentiM activities that focus on predict- ing, comprehension, finding the main Pre-reading ideas, understanding details, andmaking Each unỉt begins with a series of pre-read- iníerences. The text inừoduces approxi- ing questỉons to generate interest ajid give mately 1,000 taiget vocabulaxy items—in students a reason for exploring the topic. boứi the readings and ín ứie word study The questions encourage students to share activities—and guides students in using background knowledge and express context clues to discover meaning. opinions about the unit topic.
Most of the unit readings are approx- To further stimulate discussiơn and imately ứiree to five hundređ worđs in spark interest, each unit opens with apho- length; hovvever, in order to give students tograph, illustration, or map. more extended reading experiences, a few readings in later units are slightly longer. Working with Vocabuiary Although many of the readings are on This section in each Uĩiit íncludes the familiar topics, they often present new or folìowing two activity types: ỉittle-known inionnation that wiỉl intrigue Focus on the Readỉng. This activity iden- students.
A main íeatiưe of this texí is tifies approximately ten to fifteen new that the vocabulary items are systemati- vvords and asks students to practiciỉ using cally recycled thioughout. Thereíore, it them in the context of the reading. is recommended that the units are stud- Focus on New Conỉexts. Students practice ied in the sequence presented in the text, using the new words in dìfferent contexts.
so stuđents are not õvervvhelmed by new (Note that the worđs are used Kỉpeatedly vocabulary items. tìiroughout the other activities in tlie unit The text does assuine anunderstanding and in ứie units that follow.) of basic structures and vocabulary. All verb tenses except the future períei.t aie Understandỉng the Readỉng used. Personal pronouns, including the This section in each unit includes the ỈV Ĩồ rhe Ỉnsĩỉvơor following three activity types: source of related reading material for the Comprehension Questions.
These ques- class. tions ask for speciíic information from the readíng. They help students review Word Síudy Seơions the mdir poỉnts of the reading, and allow the instructor to gauge the students’ level The word study section in each unit is of understanding. One or two of the designed to enhance and reinforce stu- questions lĩiight requừe students to make inferenc(ĩS based on iníormation present- đents’ understanding of English struc- ed in the reading.
(Aìì questions or activ- tures and word fonns and to expand their vocabulary. Some of the activities deal ity that require students to make with preíixes and suffìxes and đemon- iníerences are preceded by an asterisk [*].) strate how many English words can The questions can be answeređ orally or change in form. All of the words pre- in wTiting and can easily be assigned for homework as well. sented in these activities are based on new words from the readings.
Other activ- Detaỉis. Several formats, including true/false and multiple choice, are useđ ities provide practice with prepositions, irregular verb forms, and identifying to focus students' attention on specific antecedents of noun substitutes. đetails in the reađing. This activity type À helpfiil index to ứie word study activ- gives students many opportunities to prac- ities is provided on page 232.
tice tiie essential reading skills of skim- ming and scanning for iníormation. Main Iđeas, This activity type gives Building Vocabulary Skills students practice in identifying the main This part of each word study section in- ideas of the reading. This reading skill is cludes the following two activity types: often diíScult for studentsr and it is help- Context Cỉues. The ability to fìeure out ful to dỉscuss with them the diíterence the meaning oi words ừom cc-^Ịtexi is a betwoen aiain ideas andsupportìng details.
key skill, and as students becc'ine more In a few units» the students must catego- proíicient at it, they become more effì- rize information from the reading into cient readers. This activity type provides maiĩì iđeas and supporting details. additionai practice in using context clues. The vvords that students encounter here VVriting are actually new vocabulary items that Each unít features an activíty that inte- appear in the succeeding unít» The goal grates vTÌting with the development of of this exercise is for students to develop reading skills.
ứieir ability to guess the meanùig of words These guideđ writing activities are ửoin context while they read. Make sure clearly related to the imit topic and prO" that students imderstaiid that they should vide meaningful contexts for students to not use a dictionary for this activity. use nevv words and respond to the topic. This activity type is The writing tasks are well-đefined and a quick revÌ8W of new words ửom previ- range iĩi variety from making shopping ous units.
Pormats include matching syn- lists to writing postcards. The^ products onyms or antonyms, sentence comple- of the vTÌting activities provide aaother tions, and multiple choice. Arcric O cean SanFmnasco ^ LosAngelet ARlÌONA Great Basin Moịave Desert HAVAII ế HAITI Arlonric O ^e on ^ / DOMINICAN REPUDUC % ^ San /non Pociíic Oceon EQUAĨOR Sechura Desert Atacama Desert Rio de laneiro Sao Paulo THE WORLD Showing some plQces discussed in rhe reodings Shows desert areas A N ĨA P .C 1C C lí^ạE Anrorơic Oceon \ _ —— Vi vii 'Srỉf* / ;i5ỉ m can Ỉ-' 5írĩ^*yr.-J-‘?=Srx -%ÍT» ■ Pre-reoding 1. vvhat is fast foo(J? Is it healthy food? 2.
Are there fast-fo()d restaurants in ỵour native coiintry? ỉf so, what kiỉids of food (lo thev serve? In countries Ihroughout iho vvorlít, and espiu:ially in the U nited States, hamỉ)urgers are a very popular f(3()d. It s e e m s im p o ssib le, but people have boLight more than 99,000,000,000 (99 billion) hainburgers from jiist o n e fast-foo(l com pany. This is enough to make a circle aroimd the earth 12 times! Most A m e rica n s’ íavorite place to buy a hamhurger is at a fast- Unir 1 Fosr ro o ơ 3 foo(i reí-taurant. In those reslaurants, poopln order their fúod, vvait ịust ;i fevv m iniites, and then carrv it to their tables them selves.n eat it in tho restaiirant or take the Ibod oiit and eat it at hoiiKì, at vvork, in a park, or nven in their cars.
At m a n v fast-food 10 restaiirc.nts, p eo p le can (Irive Iip beside a vvinciow. T hev order thcir íood.cl a worker hands it to them through the w in d o w. Híimlmrgers are Iiot the only kind of tood that fast-foo(l restaurants serv(í. Thcy also serve french fries, milk shakes, soft cỉrinks, and coffee.
Soine serve fish or chicken. Others serve hot dogs, tacos, 15 pizz;i, rr Siibm an nẹ s ạ n d w ic h ^. In the morning, s(3mo fast-food restaur.ints have a co m p lete breakfast m enu, vvith egg sandvviches, pancak^s, and juice. Fíist*'ood restaurants are very popular because the Service is fast and thf ío od is in exp en siv e.
(Inexpensive food does not cost verv 20 inuch.) For m an y people, lovv prices are more important than the q u a litv o f the food. Tlies3 restaurants are also popular because the food is alvvaỵs the samiì. ĩ e o p l e knovv that if they eat at a c o m p a n y ’s restaurant in the north ff th e citv or in the south of the city, the food vvill be the 25 sam»ì. Ir' th e y eat in Novv York or in San Prancisco, it w ill still be the sane.
Are ìanibiirgers, írench ừ ies, tacos, and other kinds of fast food good tiT vou? In general, fast tood has a ioí of fai and Toùdy, p e 0 Ị)l6 kr.ow that fatty and salty food is not healthv. Because more 30 pe(3plt w an t food that is good for them, fast-food restaurants are servinc salads and other healthy foo(ls. Kestiurants are also cooking vvith ỉess salt and fat. For e x im p le , so m e restaiirants aro n ow using a Health er oil for their írench fries.
35 OiK th ìn g is sure. P eo p le wiU co n lin u e to eat ast food. In fact, novv there are ( fast-foJcl restaurants in coiintries all over \ì. írench tries ■ Khoai táy chiên submarine sanwich.
bánh mì dai dốn thit, tacos (n) Dánh bột bắp. nhản thit phó mát 4 Unư 1 Fosr Food Working with VocQbulory A.