Contents
Unit 1 Learning and Living
Text 1　Discussion: Single-Sex Schools vs. Mixed Schools
Text 2　Doing Schoolwork in Your Pyjamas
Text 3　What to Do with a Learning Disability
Text 4　Why Do We Build Strange Places?
Text 5　What’s Good about a Messy Bedroom?
Text 6　Many Parents Lack Skills to Help with Homework

Unit 2 Discovery and Inventions
Text 1　Like Father, Like Son? Perhaps Not ...
Text 2　The Amazing Human Body
Text 3　The Time Machine
Text 4　What’s New?
Text 5　Hands on the Wheel
Text 6　Science Fiction or Science Fact?

Unit 3 Adventures and Wonders
Text 1　My London Adventure
Text 2　Julie’s Blog: Backpacking Round South America
Text 3　Four-legged Heroes: Animals with Amazing Abilities
Text 4　Extract from EVA 23: Exploring the Frontier
Text 5　My Dream Destination
Text 6　Tobermory

Unit 4 Experience and Growth
Text 1　Try to Be the Only One
Text 2　Extract from Wonder
Text 3　Digging for the Past
Text 4　Richard Turere: Inventor
Text 5　An Artist in the Arctic
Text 6　Mary Shelly and Frankenstein’s Monster

Unit 5 History and Culture
Text 1　A Love Poem in Stone
Text 2　The Spartan Training
Text 3　The Greek People
Text 4　The Silk Road
Text 5　Festivals Around the Year
Text 6　The Most Popular Drink in Britain

Unit 6 Media and Entertainment
Text 1　Who’s Who Online?
Text 2　The Companionship of Books
Text 3　The Pros and Cons of the Media
Text 4　Video Games for Kids: Win or Lose?
Text 5　A Good Night’s Sleep
Text 6　Someone’s Always Watching You Online ...
Answers for Reference