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Unit 1. Birds That Can’t Fly Unit 2. Flying Penguins!

A. p.2 A. p.4
1. wing 1. Antarctica
2. feather 2. real
3. beak 3. thick
4. weigh 4. fat
5. support 5. oil
6. strange-looking 6. dive

B. p.2 B. p.4
1. Africa 1. April
2. heavy 2. so
3. tiny 3. stay warm
4. support 4. keep

C. p.3 C. p.5
1. An ostrich can be more than 2.5 meters tall. 1. The BBC showed an amazing video on TV.
2. It can weigh more than 150 kilograms. 2. It looked so real that people believed it.
3. What’s this strange-looking bird? 3. Penguins use their wings for swimming.
4. It has a long beak and feathers. 4. Cold water can’t go past the feathers.

D. p.3 D. p.5
ostrich flying
feathers real
too, to April Fools’ joke
heavy swimming
New Zealand Antarctica
beak body fat
too, to

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Unit 3. Habitat, Sweet Home Unit 4. Desert Plants and

Animals

A. p.6 A. p.8
1. habitat 1. cactus
2. shelter 2. stem
3. dry 3. lizard
4. salt water 4. store
5. fresh water 5. avoid
6. stay safe 6. hide

B. p.6 B. p.8
1. lots of 1. stem
2. little 2. under
3. salt water 3. hide
4. fresh water 4. avoid

C. p.7 C. p.9
1. Animals live in different habitats. 1. Desert plants do not need much water.
2. Animals get food, water, and shelter from their 2. A cactus stores water in its stem.
habitats. 3. Desert animals need to find water and stay cool.
3. A forest gets lots of rain and sunlight. 4. Many animals avoid the heat during the day.
4. Only some desert animals live there.
D. p.9
D. p.7 cactus
habitats stores
gets, rain stay cool
desert food
ocean avoid
fresh water at night

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Unit 5. From Place to Place Unit 6. Going to School

A. p.10 A. p.12
1. transportation 1. canyon
2. submarine 2. island
3. goods 3. bridge
4. travel 4. take
5. deliver 5. ride
6. carry 6. cross

B. p.10 B. p.12
1. Transportation 1. take
2. in the air 2. islands
3. underwater 3. bridges
4. deliver 4. rides

C. p.11 C. p.13
1. Transportation moves people from place to 1. Many children take a school bus to school.
place. 2. But some children go to school in special ways.
2. People can even travel underwater with 3. In Colombia, some children cross a canyon to
submarines. get to school.
3. Delivery trucks deliver things to people. 4. In the Philippines, children on some islands ride
4. Trains carry a lot of goods at one time. on a special boat.

D. p.11 D. p.13
Transportation take
on land zip line
submarines cross
goods ride
deliver rides
carry takes

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Unit 7. Face Painting Unit 8. Instruments and

Their Families

A. p.14 A. p.16
1. Native American 1. musical instrument
2. tradition 2. percussion
3. fan 3. string
4. important 4. keyboard
5. religious 5. brass
6. try 6. blow

B. p.14 B. p.16
1. fans 1. instruments
2. tradition 2. in common
3. on Easter 3. string
4. painting 4. percussion

C. p.15 C. p.17
1. Native Americans paint their faces for special 1. Some musical instruments have something in
days. common.
2. In Africa, people paint their faces for hunting or 2. You play them with a bow or your hands.
religious reasons. 3. The flute and clarinet are wind instruments.
3. Sports fans paint their faces in their team’s 4. The trumpet and trombone are made of brass.
colors.
4. In America, children paint their faces on D. p.17
Halloween. musical
in common
D. p.15 percussion
Native Americans strings
religious blow
paint brass
Sweden
on Halloween

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Unit 9. Firefighters Unit 10. Awesome Spacesuits

A. p.18 A. p.20
1. rescue 1. space
2. protect 2. spacesuit
3. breathe 3. spacecraft
4. block 4. astronaut
5. tool 5. visor
6. equipment 6. float away

B. p.18 B. p.20
1. equipment 1. spacesuits
2. turnout 2. from
3. blocks 3. floating away
4. keep 4. visor

C. p.19 C. p.21
1. Firefighters put out fires and rescue people. 1. The suit protects astronauts from the heat and
2. Firefighters need special equipment to be safe. cold.
3. The air tank and mask help the firefighter 2. The cord keeps astronauts from floating away.
breathe. 3. The visor protects astronauts from sunlight.
4. They use them to break windows or to cut 4. Some suits have a rocket-powered backpack.
things.
D. p.21
D. p.19 Astronauts
dangerous spacesuits
equipment air
gear rocket-powered
tools in space
protects spacecraft
break

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Unit 11. Stars and Constellations Unit 12. Telescopes

A. p.22 A. p.24
1. constellation 1. solar system
2. North Star 2. planet
3. bright 3. galaxy
4. dipper 4. telescope
5. point 5. far away
6. find 6. study

B. p.22 B. p.24
1. saw 1. planets
2. shaped 2. with just your eyes
3. called 3. with a telescope
4. point 4. galaxies

C. p.23 C. p.25
1. Long ago, people saw pictures in groups of 1. A telescope makes things look bigger and
stars. closer.
2. The Big Dipper is one famous group of stars. 2. Scientists use large telescopes to study the
3. Two stars in the bowl are brighter than the planets and stars.
others. 3. Space telescopes send pictures of galaxies to
4. So people use them to find the Little Dipper. the Earth.
4. With these pictures, scientists can learn more
D. p.23 about space.
constellations
Big Dipper D. p.25
brighter far away
North Star telescope
Little Dipper closer
study
send
scientists

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