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Unit 1 Holmes I know you stole the Crown Diamond, and

Page 13, exercise 2 C 09 I know how you stole it. I’ve written it all in
Boy I built a tree house last weekend. this book. The only problem is, I can’t write
Girl Oh, I’ve always wanted a tree house. How did you about where the diamond is now, because
make it? I haven’t found it yet.
Boy Well, first, my dad drew the plans for the house. They Moran You will never know.
looked great. But my tree house doesn’t look like the Holmes Oh, I think I will. You see, my friend Watson has
tree house in the plans. just gone to the police station. The police are
Girl Oh no. Why not? coming now. You can wait here. I will wait in
Boy Well, Dad got some wooden boards to make the my bedroom.
walls and the roof. We worked together but it was Moran What are we going to do?
difficult. Merton I don’t know.
Girl I see. Moran The diamond is here, in my pocket. Take it and
Boy First I used a saw to cut the wood. leave the country.
Girl I hope you were careful. Holmes Thank you. I’ll take that. Ah, that’s the police.
Boy Of course. Dad was there with me. I didn’t hurt Just in time.
myself. Next, I used a hammer and nails to join the Social Studies Time!
pieces of wood together. Once, I nailed my coat to
some wood. Page 27, exercise 1 C 22
Girl Oh no. That’s funny! Does your tree house have Katie Hi Mark. What are you doing?
windows? Mark Oh, hi, Katie. I’m doing my social studies homework.
Boy Yes, it does. And there is real glass in both windows. I’m learning about the Mid-fall Children’s Festival in
Girl That’s really cool. So it’s like a real house, but it’s up Vietnam.
in a tree. Katie What’s that?
Boy Yes. Dad used rope and he pulled the tree house into Mark It’s an important celebration. Its Vietnamese
the tree. It looks a bit funny, but I love it. name is Tet Trung Thu. It’s a festival to celebrate
Girl I can’t wait to see it. the harvest moon.
Katie When is the harvest moon?
Fluency Time! 1 Mark It’s usually in October. In Vietnam, it’s a special
Page 16, exercise 2 C 12 time for children. They wear masks, join in parades,
David Hi Kevin. Are you by yourself today? and light special lanterns. The lanterns are lots of
Kevin Yes, I am. I always play with my brother but he’s not different shapes and colors.
at school today so I don’t have anyone to play with. Katie That sounds fun.
David Oh, that’s too bad. What’s the matter with your Mark I know. They eat special cakes, too. Some of the
brother? cakes are white, to represent the moon.
Kevin He’s not feeling well. He has a cold. Katie I’d like to try one of those.
David Oh, no! Well, don’t worry. You can play with Ben Mark Me too. In the evenings, people go to the temples.
and me. They take fruit and flowers and they burn incense.
Ben Come on David! Are you playing or not? But do you know what the best Tet Trung Thu
David Kevin’s all alone today. His brother’s not at school. tradition is?
Why don’t we all play a game together? Katie No. Tell me.
Ben Yes, sure! That’s a great idea. Do you want to play Mark There are special dances, like the lion dance. Groups
soccer with us, Kevin? of people dance the lion dance in the streets. They
Kevin Yes, please. That would be cool! also visit people’s houses and dance inside the
houses. People believe that the lion dance brings
Unit 2 good luck. There’s a dragon dance, too, with a huge
Page 23, exercise 3 C 19 dragon that breathes fire!
Holmes Ah, Mr Moran. I’m glad you’re here. I wanted to Katie A real dragon?
talk to you. I want to find the diamond. Mark No, silly! It’s just dancers wearing a dragon costume!
Moran I don’t know where it is. Katie Oh! Ha ha. Of course.
Holmes Yes, you do, and you are going to tell me.
Moran I won’t tell you anything.
Holmes Perhaps Mr Merton will tell me. Billy, please
bring Mr Merton in.
Billy Yes, sir. Here is Mr Merton, sir.
Merton What’s going on?

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Unit 3 Fluency Time! 2

Page 33, exercise 3 C 29 Page 46, exercise 2 C 41
Narrator The dancers were in front of Emily and she Megan Oh, no …
couldn’t see Harry. Just then, a crowd of Emily What’s up? What does it say?
people on stilts walked between Emily and her Megan Well, I’ve just realized something. We can’t book
parents. The people on stilts were a lot taller seats because we don’t have a credit card!
than Emily. She couldn’t push through the Emily Oh, of course! That’s annoying. I’ve never been to
crowd and she was scared. She moved down a classical concert before!
the street with the crowd. Suddenly, Emily Megan I know! We can go to the ticket office after school
heard a voice. It came from the speakers in today. I have my allowance with me.
the street. Emily Yes, great idea! I think I have enough money to buy
Harry “Emily! Where are you? Can you hear me?” a ticket as well. Let’s go!
Narrator It was Harry. Emily shouted Harry’s name, but Megan Wait a minute. Where are you going?
the music was too loud. Just then, a man on Emily To the ticket office! Let’s run so that we get there
stilts looked down and saw Emily. before the tickets are sold out!
Man “Are you OK?” Megan We can’t go now – we have a music lesson!
Narrator he asked. Anyway, the bus will be better. Running is not as
Emily “No,” fast as the bus!
Narrator said Emily.
Emily “My brother is calling me, but I can’t see him.” Unit 5
Narrator The man lifted Emily up. Now she was high Page 53, exercise 2 C 48
enough to see Harry on the float. She shouted Boy We read about a fun recycling competition in our
and waved to Harry. Harry saw her and waved favorite magazine and we decided to enter it.
back. Emily’s parents laughed when they saw Girl We thought about it for a few days and then we had
Emily on top of the crowd. The man on stilts a great idea. We had some old jeans, so we decided
put Emily down and she ran to meet Harry and to use them to make pencil cases.
her parents. She was glad to be back with her Boy We cut pieces from the jeans. We used the pieces
family again. Now they could enjoy the rest of of jeans to make the pencil cases and then we
the parade. decorated them with special pens.
Girl We made two pencil cases. One of the pencil cases
Unit 4 had my name on it.
Page 43, exercise 2 C 38 Boy And the other pencil case had my name on it.
Interviewer Today, we’re talking about how we can all Girl Yes. Then we sent the pencil cases to the magazine.
help the environment. Tim Harris is in the Boy We waited for a week and then we got a letter from
studio with us to tell us about how he helps the the magazine. They loved our idea and they sent us
planet. Tim and his family live in an eco home. two ‘As Good As New’ T-shirts.
Do you like your house, Tim? Girl We were very happy. The next week, there was
Tim I love it. It’s a really cool house. My friends love a photo of our pencil cases in the magazine.
it, too. They always want to come and visit. Then all our friends wanted pencil cases with their
Interviewer That’s great. Now, do you burn wood to heat names on them.
your house? Boy We made lots of pencil cases and we sold them at
Tim Yes, we do. My brother and I go out to get school. We gave the money to charity. It was great!
wood every morning. Our house is in a forest,
so there is a lot of wood near us. But we never Art Time!
cut wood from the trees. We find wood on the Page 57, exercise 1 C 51
ground and take it home. Amy That’s an unusual painting, Jack. Did you paint it?
Interviewer That’s good. Where does your water come Jack Yes, I did. It’s modern art. Do you like modern art,
from? Amy?
Tim It comes from a well near our house. Amy I love it! I think it’s really interesting. I went to a great
Interviewer I see. Do you go to the well every day, too? modern art exhibition last week.
Tim No! The water comes from the well to our Jack Did you? Where was it?
house. We save rain water, too. We use rain Amy At the big new art gallery in town. It’s an amazing
water to water the plants in the garden and to place. Lots of cool artists display their work there.
clean the house. Jack I’ve never been there. Where is it?
Interviewer Really? That’s interesting. Now, Tim, can you tell Amy It’s in the town square. You can’t miss it. It’s become
us about … a famous landmark, because it’s a very modern
building.
Jack Oh. I’ll go and see it next time I’m in town. Did you
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Amy No, I went with my class. Our art teacher took us on Unit 7
a tour of the gallery. Page 73, exercise 2 C 67
Jack Lucky you! What kinds of art did you see? Operator 911, what’s your emergency?
Amy Well, there were lots of paintings and some amazing Helen We need some help here. Can you come
sculptures. There was a car made out of old clock quickly?
parts and there was a big display that looked like Operator Do you need the police, fire fighters or
a treasure. But it was made out of trash! ambulance?
Jack Trash? Really? Helen I need an ambulance, please.
Amy Yes! The artist had used lots of old things to create Operator What’s your name, please?
the treasure. It was very clever. I looked at it for Helen It’s Helen. Helen Roberts.
a long time, because the artist had made ugly old Operator OK, Helen. Are you hurt?
trash look really beautiful. Helen No. No, I’m fine.
Jack That sounds cool. Operator Where are you calling from, Helen?
Amy It was. I want to create a sculpture out of trash. Helen I think I’m on Green Street. Yes, I’m outside 51,
Do you want to help me? Green Street. Across from the bank.
Jack Yes, please! That would be great! Operator Can you tell me what’s happened? What is the
Unit 6 emergency?
Helen There’s been an accident. A car accident.
Page 63, exercise 2 C 58 Operator How many vehicles were in the accident?
1 Helen Two cars and one motorcycle. The motorcycle
Presenter Today we’re talking about endangered species. crashed into one of the cars and then the other
Lee Masters is a keeper at London Zoo. Lee, car crashed into them.
can you tell us about some endangered Operator OK. Please stay calm. You’re doing very well.
species? Now, how many people need help?
Lee Well, the gorilla is the most famous Helen Three, I think. Yes, three people.
endangered species. The gorilla is a large Operator OK, Helen. The ambulance is on its way. Can
mammal. It’s between 165 and 175 centimeters you see if any of the people …
long.
Presenter 1.7 meters? Fluency Time! 3
Lee Yes, the gorilla is a big animal. It weighs Page 76, exercise 2 C 70
between 140 and 200 kilograms. That’s the Ben Hi David. Hey Emily.
same as two big men. Gorillas live in forests David Hi Ben!
and jungles. The main threat to the gorilla is and Emily
hunting and loss of habitat. Ben What are you doing?
Presenter I see. David We were on the Internet. We want to find out
2 more about gorillas and how to help them.
Presenter What about endangered birds? Emily Ben, what are you going to talk about for your
Lee Well, the Great Green Macaw is one example endangered species project?
of an endangered bird. It’s between 85 and 90 Ben I’m glad you asked, Emily. Take a look at this!
centimeters long. David I’m confused, Ben. I don’t think these animals
Presenter And what’s its weight? are endangered species.
Lee It weighs about 1 kilogram. Ben I’m sorry but I don’t agree. Rats carry many
Presenter 1 kilogram? That’s pretty heavy. diseases.
Lee Yes, it’s a big bird. The Great Green Macaw is Emily Yes, but they’re not endangered. They won’t be
also endangered because of loss of habitat. It extinct in the future.
lives in rainforests, but people are cutting down Ben Oh no! I’m going to fail. I thought Mr Ross said
the trees. dangerous species.
Presenter That’s sad. David Don’t worry, we can help you. Let’s take a look
Lee Yes. online …
3
Lee Another problem is that people kill animals for Unit 8
food or sport. Like the Southern Bluefin Tuna. Page 83, exercise 2 C 77
The Bluefin Tuna is a large fish. It is up to 430 Woman I was making a special chicken dish for my
centimeters long. family. I went to the supermarket to buy
Presenter Wow! 430 centimeters?! everything I needed. When I got home, I started
Lee Yes. It weighs up to 910 kilograms, so it’s as cooking. Then I realised that I didn’t have any
heavy as three horses! The Bluefin Tuna lives chicken! I ran back to the supermarket and
in oceans, but because of fishing, there aren’t bought some. The meal was a bit late, but it
many left. tasted good.

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Boy I wanted to help my mom, so I took the meat Unit 9

out of the fridge and put it in the oven to cook Page 93, exercise 2 C 87
for dinner. After a while, there was a horrible Interviewer Joe Willis is 18 years old and he’s a cyclist on
smell. I looked in the oven and saw that the the American team. He’s here today to tell us
meat was wrapped in plastic. I forgot to about his life as an athlete. Joe, when did you
remove the plastic and it melted in the oven start cycling?
and made black smoke. We couldn’t eat the Joe I was five when my dad taught me how to ride
meat. I felt very silly. a bike.
Girl It was my mom’s birthday and I decided to Interviewer When did you win your first cycling race?
make her a cake. I put the cake in the oven Joe When I was seven years old. I was racing some
and went into the living room. I was very tired of my friends.
and I fell asleep. I woke up when my mom Interviewer Do you have to do a lot of training?
came home. The house was full of smoke and Joe Oh yes. I cycle every day. I also run four days
the cake was black. It was very lucky that my a week and I go to the gym three days a week.
mom came home when she did. I won’t cook Interviewer How long do you spend training?
by myself again. Joe Well, I cycle for two hours. I run for an hour and
Man I was making some soup but it wasn’t very I spend about two hours in the gym.
tasty. I put some salt in the soup, but it tasted Interviewer Do you have a special diet?
sweet. I put in some more salt and some more, Joe Not really. I usually just eat healthy food. I eat
but the soup tasted sweeter and sweeter. Then a lot of fruit, vegetables, whole grains and fish.
I tasted the salt. It wasn’t salt. It was sugar! I drink a lot of water, too. I have to drink water
Science Time! every 15 minutes when I’m training.
Interviewer Joe, that’s all we’ve got time for, but thanks for
Page 87, exercise 1 C 80 talking to us today. We look forward to seeing
Karen What are you doing, Tom? you in the next Olympics …
Tom I’m making a food web for the ocean. It’s for my
science project. It shows what all the different ocean Unit 10
animals eat. Look! This is a sea turtle. Sea turtles are Page 103, exercise 2 C 96
my favorite animals. Boy 1 The Parthenon is in Athens, Greece. It’s more than
Karen Yes, sea turtles are nice. Do they eat fish? 2,000 years old. It’s on the top of a hill in the center of
Tom No, they don’t. Sea turtles are omnivores. They eat the city. It’s a long walk up to the top of the hill, but
jellyfish and plants. Plants are producers, because when you get there, you can see the huge columns
they make their own food. They don’t eat other and the beautiful statues. Some of the walls have
plants or animals. fallen down and some of the statues are in a museum
Karen Oh, that’s interesting. What else is in your food web? now, but it’s still a great place to visit.
Tom Well, bacteria, of course, because they eat Girl I think the most wonderful place I’ve ever visited
everything when it dies. Bacteria are decomposers. is Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu is in Peru, in South
Karen Oh! I didn’t know that. America. It was built by the Inca people more
Tom What’s your favorite ocean animal, Karen? than 500 years ago. It was a beautiful city in the
Karen I love dolphins. I think they’re beautiful, and they’re mountains, but now it is mostly ruins.
very intelligent, too. Boy 2 We visited the Great Wall when we were in China
Tom I’m going to put dolphins in my food web. Are last year. It was one of the most beautiful places
dolphins herbivores? we’ve ever been. The wall is very long. It’s made
Karen No, they aren’t. They’re carnivores. They eat fish. from bricks and stone. We walked along some of it
Tom Dolphins are big animals. I don’t think another and we took a lot of photos. We met some people
animal would eat a dolphin. who were trying to walk along the whole wall!
Karen Well, you’re wrong, I’m afraid. Sharks sometimes eat
dolphins. Fluency Time! 4
Tom Really? Sharks eat sea turtles, too. I don’t like sharks. Page 106, exercise 2 C 99
Karen Ha ha! That’s silly. Sharks are consumers. They have Megan Wait a minute, Ben. I just got a text from Mom.
to eat smaller animals. Ben What does it say?
Tom I suppose so. Megan It’s not good news – she says that I have to clean my
Karen You eat animals, too, Tom. You love burgers and you room tonight.
love chicken. Ben Oh, really?
Tom That’s true. I love chicken and fries. I’m an omnivore! Megan Wait, there’s more. I have to go to the store and pick
I eat everything! up some milk on the way home!
Karen I know! And now I’m hungry. Do you want to make Ben I guess I’m lucky.
some sandwiches? Megan Are you sure? Check your phone.
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Megan What does her message say? Anna We even saw some very old pieces of tapestry. They
Ben She said that I have to get some bread from the were found in a pharaoh’s pyramid and they had
store and then clean my room, too! pictures of the pharaoh on them.
Megan I know! If we hurry we’ll finish quickly. Then we can Boy It sounds like you have a lot to write about!
still go to Emily and David’s house. Anna I do! But I’ll come and play computer games with
you later.
Unit 11 Boy Thanks!
Page 113, exercise 2 C 106
Boy 1 Did you see that great movie on TV last night? Unit 12
Boy 2 No. What movie? Page 123, exercise 2 C 116
Boy 1 It was a movie about a girl who travels back in time Carl Hi, Julie. What are you reading?
and meets Queen Elizabeth the First. Julie Oh, hello, Carl. I’m just looking at this magazine. It’s
Boy 2 Oh really? I don’t really like movies about time full of photos of celebrities. These days, everyone
travel. can become a celebrity. I think it’s too easy.
Boy 1 Well, this one was very good. The story was clever. Carl You’re right, Julie. There are lots of new pop stars
I think you would like it. The beginning was a little and actors these days. They sing one song, or act in
boring, but then it got more exciting. one movie and then we never see them work again.
Boy 2 Was it a drama? But reporters still write about them, so they are still
Boy 1 Yes, but it was a comedy, too. I laughed a lot. There famous.
were some great performances in the movie. The Julie Well, I think it’s silly to be famous for singing a song
actors were great. or being on TV. I think that the real celebrities are
Boy 2 Well, maybe I will watch it. people who change the world, like inventors and
Boy 1 You’ll love it. The special effects were amazing. But world leaders.
I think you’ll cry at the end. The ending is very sad, Carl I agree. But celebrities are written about because
because the girl has to leave all her new friends and there are so many newspapers and magazines and
go back to the future. reporters have to fill them with something.
Boy 2 Haha. Well, I don’t need to watch it now. You’ve told Julie I suppose it’s because the public wants to read
me the ending! about famous people. Everyone wants to know
Boy 1 Oh, sorry! about the celebrities and their lives.
Carl I think it’s because everyone wants to be famous
History Time! these days. That’s why there are so many TV shows
Page 117, exercise 1 C 109 for the public to go on.
Boy Hi, Anna. Do you want to play a computer game Julie That’s sad. People should want to do more
with me? important jobs. We need doctors, police officers,
Anna I can’t. I’m writing about my school trip to the firefighters and scientists. We don’t need more
museum. We went to see the Ancient Egypt celebrities!
exhibition yesterday.
Boy Cool! Was it interesting?
Anna It was great! We learned all about the ancient
Egyptians.
Boy What did you see at the museum? Did you see an
Egyptian mummy?
Anna Yes, we did. It was amazing. And we also saw lots of
things that were found in Egyptian pyramids.
Boy Really? What sorts of things?
Anna Well, there were lots of old pots. They had scenes on
them showing boats, people, and animals.
Boy Wow! What else?
Anna Oh, there were lots of pieces of stone, too.
Boy Pieces of stone? That doesn’t sound very interesting.
Anna I know, but some of these had ancient writing on
them. People wrote on stone tablets in Ancient
Egypt. And some of the stones had murals painted
on them. The murals told stories about the Egyptian
pharaohs and gods. There were lots of gods in
Egyptian mythology.
Boy Oh, I see. That is interesting.

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