前言
Introduction
Book One The Marathon by Paul Simmonds
Unit 1 A talented footballer
Unit 2 Chocolate
Unit 3 Across the Atlantic
Unit 4 THE MARATHON
Unit 5 Intelligence
Unit 6 The leaning tower
Unit 7 J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter
Unit 8 Challenger flight STS-51-L
Unit 9 An old disease
Unit 10 The Freedom Railway
Unit 11 The cheetah
Unit 12 Krakatau
Self-Assessment Form
Book Two Invention and Design by Paul Simmonds
Unit 1 The clockwork radio
Unit 2 Television
Unit 3 Gunpowder
Unit 4 The Millennium Bridge
Unit 5 Wind power
Unit 6 Water power
Unit 7 The compass
Unit 8 A prolific inventor
Unit 9 The bicycle
Unit 10 Printing
Unit 11 The perfection of Braille
Unit12 Silk, and the Silk Road
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Book Three Comparisons by MaggieAldhamland
Unit 1 Different ways of learning
Unit 2 City versus country
Unit 3 Different perceptions
Unit 4 A new life: Part 1
Unit 5 All kinds of animals
Unit 6 . The cat.family
Unit 7 Caring for animals
Unit 8 A new life: Part 2
Unit 9 Who speaks English?
Unit 10 Planets - big and small, far and near
Unit 11 How was the world created?
Unit 12 A new life: Part 3
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Appendix