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Wa Weise in ae ate 74 The Cheap Apartment: 10000. S022" sae ae 78 To the Teacher Answer Key Suni t 1. PRE-READING Look at the pictures. Listen to your teacher tell the story. two men in his neighbor's driveway. The men are carrying a big color TV. They are carrying the TV to a truck. Jim opens his window. ‘Hey!"’ he says to the two men. “Are you TV repairmen?”” "Yes," the men answer. “‘Are you going to fix that TV?” Jim asks. “Yes,” the men answer again. j IM is looking out his window. He sees “My TV is broken,” Jim tells the men. “Can you take my TV, too?” “’Sure/’ the men say. ‘We can take your TV." Jim gives the men his color TV. The men put the two TVs in the truck and drive away. Jim never sees his TV again. The two men aren't TV repairmen. They are robbers. 2. VOCABULARY Match the words and the pictures. Write your answer on the line. neighbor driveway: carry fix drive away robber 3. COMPREHENSION REMEMBERING DETAILS Which sentence is correct? Circle a or b. 1. a._Jim sees two cars in his neighbor's driveway. Jim sees two men in his neighbor's driveway. 2. a, The men are carrying a big table. b, The men are carrying a big color TV. 3. a. Jim asks the men, “Are you going to fix that TV?” b. Jim asks the men, “Are you going to watch that TV?" 4. a, Jim tells the men, “My TV is broken.” b, Jim tells the men, “My TV is old.” 5. a. The men put the TVs on the truck and pay Jim $25. The men put the TVs on the truck and drive away. s REVIEWING THE STORY Write the correct word on the line. Jim sees two men in his —_2eedghboe'L_ dsiveway. The men are ________ a big color TV, Jim thinks the men are TV 2 < He gives them his color : Jim never sees his TV again because the men are 5 4, DISCUSSION When robbers go into a house, what do they take? Money? Jewelry? Brainstorm with your classmates. Make a list of what you think robbers take. Your teacher will write your list on the blackboard. Now turn to page 89. You will see a Robbers’ List. Two hundred robbers answered the question: When you go into a house, what do you take? The robbers made a list, Look at the robbers’ list. Are your list and their list the same? 5. WRITING 1 2 Choose one picture to write about. The man in the picture is a robber! Write four sentences about him. For example: He is thin. He has a beard. He wears glasses. He is wearing a suit. 1 2. 3. 4, Read your sentences to a classmate. Which robber did you write about? Can your classmate guess? 1, PRE-READING | UNIT 2 | Look at the pictures. Listen to your teacher tell the story. RS. Thompson is driving her car. MI She looks in the rearview mirror. A blue car is behind her. A man is driving the blue car. The man in the blue car waves at Mrs. Thompson. He is saying something, but Mrs. Thompson can’t hear him. Mrs. Thompson turns left. The man in the blue car turns left, too. Mrs. Thompson turns right. The man in the blue car turns right, too. Mrs. Thompson drives fast. The man in the blue car drives fast, too. Mrs. Thompson is afraid of the man in the blue car. She drives to the police station. The man in the blue car follows her. Mrs. Thompson arrives at the police station and stops her car. A police officer comes to Mrs. Thompson's car. The police officer says, “There's a cat on the top of your car!” Mrs. Thompson's cat is on the top of her car. The cat is very afraid. Mrs, Thompson looks for the man in the blue car, but he is gone. Now Mrs. Thompson understands: The man in the blue car wanted to tell her, “There's a cat on the top of your carl’” 2. VOCABULARY Match the words and the pictures. Write your answer on the line. follow top of the car turn left wave afraid rearview mirror WWW a ir ‘ r ARO 3. 4. 5. 6. 3. COMPREHENSION REMEMBERING DETAILS Which sentence is correct? Circle @ or b. a Mrs, Thompson is driving her truck. Mrs. Thompson is driving her car. A blue car is behind her. b. A black car is behind her. 23 3. a. The man in the car follows Mrs. Thompson. b. The man in the car likes Mrs. Thompson. 4, a. Mrs. Thompson drives home. b. Mrs. Thompson drives to the police station 5. a, There is a man on the top of Mrs. Thompson's car. b. There is a cat on the top of Mrs. Thompson's car. Unie 2 REVIEWING THE STORY Write the correct word on the line. A _ AMG _____ in a blue car follows Mrs. Thompson. 7 _____ of the man. She drives to the z station. A police —____ tells her, 3 a cat on the top of your car!” Mrs. Thompson looks Mrs. Thompson is 3 for the man in the blue car, but he is —________. 4, DISCUSSION Mrs. Thompson is driving with ten things on the top of her car. Look at the ten things for 30 seconds. Then close your book. How many things can you remember? With a small group of your classmates, make a list. Which group remembered all ten things? ‘WRITING Mrs. Thompson wants to go to the police station. Here are directions to the police station. They are in the wrong order. 2 ¥ + Tu left on Sixth Street 21% [z + Turn right on Fifth Street. ee 2 + The police station is on the right. SES) | | Zc Conter St. os + Turn left on Park Avenue. m + Turn right on Center Street. G Pork Ave: poles Copy the directions in the right order. 1 unm. rughe on. Fufth dtret. 2. 3. 4 5. UNIT 3 1. PRE-READING Look at the pictures. Listen to your teacher tell the story. bad = =] ge = K 2D \\ i \ 10 unis T is three o'clock in the morning. Gladys sits up in bed and turns on a light. ‘John! Wake up!’ she tells her husband. John wakes up and opens his eyes a little. “What's the matter?”’ he asks Gladys. “Something is moving in the mattress,” Gladys says. “There! It’s moving now! Do you feel it?” “'No, | don’t,” John says. “‘I’m going back to sleep.” John and Gladys go back to sleep. An hour later Gladys wakes up. John!" she says. ‘‘It's moving again!"” “Gladys;’ John says, “this is a new mattress. There is nothing in the mattress.” John and Gladys go back to sleep again. An hour later John jumps out of bed and turns on a light. ‘Something is moving in the mattress!"’ he says. “You see!’ Gladys says. “There is something in the mattress! Let’s cut the mattress open.” “Cut our new mattress?”’ John asks. “Yes,” Gladys says. "I want to see insid John and Gladys cut the mattress open. Inside the mattress, they find a snake. di 12 2. VOCABULARY Write the opposites. You can find the words 1. tum off SE eee 2. goto sleep Bwios 3. wife ee es 4. alot me 5. old SOS. se ee 6. something ene 2 close = & outside in the story. =-F\ae alo bei aces 3. COMPREHENSION MAKING CONNECTIONS Find the best way to complete each sentence. line, Write the letter of your answer on the 1, Gladys sits up in bed and turns on Ga. a snake. 2, John wakes up and opens 3. Gladys tells her husband, . John and Gladys cut __ . Inside the mattress they find —____ b. the mattress, ©. his eyes. 4. a light. e. “Something is moving in the mattress!” REMEMBERING DETAILS ‘One word in each sentence is not correct. Find the word and cross it out. Write the correct word. . 1. Wisthaee deloden Wiecoeooor 4 2. Gladys sits up in bed and turns off a light. 3. Gladys sees something in the mattress. 4, She tells John, “Something is sleeping in the mattress!” 5. John says, “The mattress is old; there is nothing in the mattress.” 4, DISCUSSION Circle yes or no. In small groups, show your answers to your classmates. Are your answers and your classmates’ answers the same? If you have a true story about a snake, tell the story to your classmates. 1. There are big snakes in my native country. (How big? Show your YES NO classmates with your hands.) 2. Snakes in my native country sometimes kill people. YES NO 3, I like snakes. YES NO 4. 1 am afraid of snakes. YES NO 5, I have a true story about a snake. YES NO 5. WRITING Copy your yes sentences from the discussion exercise. unica 1 Look at the pictures. Listen to your teacher tell the story. 1, PRE-READING 14 unica HEN works at a restaurant in the daytime. In the evening he goes to an adult school. He is learning English at the adult school. This evening Chen's class is reading a story. The story is interesting, and Chen wants to read it. But Chen is tired; he can't read. He yawns loudly. Sofia is sitting next to Chen. She sees Chen yawn. She yawns, too. Allis sitting behind Chen. Ali hears Chen yawn. Ali yawns, too. Chen is yawning because he is tired. But Sofia and Ali aren’t tired. Why are they yawning? Sofia and Alli are yawning because yawning is contagious. When one person yawns, other people yawn, too. On this page there is a photo of a woman. The woman is yawning. Look at the photo for 30 seconds. DO NOT YAWN! Ready? Go! Can you look at the picture and not yawn? Most people can’t. When most people look at the photo, they yawn. Yawning is very contagious! 2. VOCABULARY Write the opposites. You can find the words in the story. 1. play BW. Oar k 2. nighttime one -y pacieg saian 3. child pe eee | 4, teaching [ee 5. standing co ae gee 6. in front of pies ieee Dh 3. COMPREHENSION UNDERSTANDING THE MAIN IDEA Circle the letter of the best answer. 1. Chen yawns because he is a. hungry. Bb. angry. tired. 2, Sofia and Ali yawn because a, the story is not interesting, b. Chen yawned. . they are tired. 3. Yawning is contagious. When one person yawns, other people a. don't like it. b. are afraid. . yawn, too. REMEMBERING DETAILS Which sentence is correct? Circle a or b. 1 Chen works at a factory in the daytime. Chen works at a restaurant in the daytime. 2. a, In the evening he goes to an adult school, b. In the afternoon he goes to an adult school. 3. a. He is learning Spanish at the adult school b. He is learning English at the adult school 16 una aah Ee a. This evening Chen's class is writing a story. 'b. This evening Chen's class is reading a story. 5. a. Chen is tired; he yawns loudly. b, Chen is tired; he talks loudly. 6 a. Sofia and Ali yawn because yawning is interesting. b, Sofia and Ali yawn because yawning is contagious. 4. DISCUSSION How do you say “yawn” in your native language? Can you say “yawn” in your native language five times, and not yawn? Who wants to try it? 5. WRITING In Chen's class at the adult school, the students are reading a story. What do you do in your English class? Do you read stories? Do you write? Do you practice speaking? Together with your classmates make a list. Your teacher will write the list on the blackboard. Then copy the list here. In our English class, we fee EEE UE SL i Te Look over the list. What do you like to do very much? Puta star ( « ) next to those things. Now count your classmates. How many people puta star next to 1? _ How many people put a star next to 2? __ 3? _ 2 e What'do your classmates like to do eli English class? une 17 A 1, PRE-READING Look at the pictures. Listen to your teacher tell the story. NINA is talking to her father. “Papa,” A Anna says. “I'm in love, and | want to get married. | want to marry Iztok.” “Iztok!”” Anna's father says. "No! You can’t marry Iztok, He's an artist. Artists don’t make a lot of money. Marry an engineer. Engineers make a lot of money.” Anna tells Iztok, ‘“I can’t marry you. I'm going to marry an engineer.” Iztok is silent for a few minutes. Then he kisses Anna. “OK,” he tells Anna. “Marry your engineer. Maybe he can make money. But can he kiss?’ Iztok walks away, Anna marries an engineer. She and her husband have three children. But Annais not happy with her husband. She thinks about Iztok every day. Iztok gets married, too. He and his wife have two children. But Iztok is not happy with his wife. He thinks about An Many years later, Anna husband, and Iztok divorces his Iztok and Anna get married. Annais old, and Iztok is 51. They are not young. Bi they are in love And they are finally happy. Unies 19) 20 Unie 5 2. VOCABULARY Write the opposites. You can find the words in the story. 1. mother ete soe te 2. can Kann eu es 3. a little aes is On eS 4, husband puny See 5. divorce SO ak Feo rs [eee 6 old 3. COMPREHENSION REMEMBERING DETAILS Which sentence is correct? Circle a or b. 1. @) Annas father says, “You can't marry Iztok!” B. Anna's mother says, “You can't marry Iztok!” 2: a. Iztok is a teacher. b. Iztok is an artist 3. a. Anna marries an engineer. b, Anna marries a doctor. 4. a. Anna is happy with her husband b. Anna is not happy with her husband 5. a. Iztok thinks about Anna every day. b. Iztok never thinks about Anna. 6 a. Many years later, Anna divorces Iztok, b. Many years later, Anna marries Iztok, UNDERSTANDING PRONOUNS Who is it? What is it? Write the letter of your answer on the line. 1, —C__ He says, “You can’t marry a. engineers Tatok”" b. Anna 2: He's an artist. c. Anna's father 3 They don't make a lot of oo d. artists 4 They make a lot of money. e. Iztok 5. She marries an engineer. 4, DISCUSSION FOR MEN ONLY: Brainstorm with the men in your class. Describe a good wife. Your teacher will write thé words on the blackboard. FOR WOMEN ONLY: Brainstorm with the women in your class. Describe a good husband. Your teacher will write the words on the blackboard. 5. WRITING FOR MEN ONLY FOR WOMEN ONLY Look at the words on the blackboard. Which Look at the words on the blackboard. Which words do you think describe a good wife? words do you think describe a good husband? Copy them here. Copy them here. A GOOD WIFE A GOOD HUSBAND units 24 nn UNIT6 1, PRE-READING Look at the pictures. Listen to your teacher tell the story. Sh ers a oppes oe RELIES! No More Space! ATRICIA Ball is on vacation from work, but she is not happy. She has only $45. Where can she go with only $45? Nowhere! What can she do with only $45? Nothing! Then she has an idea. For $45, she can get a tattoo! She pays $45 and gets a small tattoo on her chest. It is a tattoo of a horse. Patricia likes the tattoo. A few weeks later, Patricia has some extra money, so she gets another tattoo. It is a rainbow. Patricia likes the rainbow. She wants more tattoos. During the next ten years, Patricia gets hundreds of tattoos. She gets a Native American on her arm. She gets the ocean on her leg, with green plants and silver fish. She gets a jungle on her back, with green trees, orange birds, and a blue waterfall. Patricia gets tattoos everywhere on her body; only her face and neck have no tattoos. Patricia wants more tattoos, but she can’t have them. There is no more space for tattoos! Unies 23 AE TY 2. VOCABULARY Which colors are in the story? Find them. Write the words under COLORS. Then find the words for parts of the body, things in the ocean, and things in the jungle. Write the words on the lines. coLors PARTS OF THE BODY ‘THINGS IN THE JUNGLE a ‘THINGS IN THE OCEAN 3. COMPREHENSION REMEMBERING DETAILS Which sentence is correct? Circle a or b. be 2 4, 24 Patricia pays $450 for a small tattoo of a horse. Patricia pays $45 for a small tattoo of a horse. a. During the next ten years, Patricia gets hundreds of rainbows. b. During the next ten years, Patricia gets hundreds of tattoos. a. Patricia gets a Native American on her arm. b. Patricia gets a Native American on her leg. ‘a. She gets a jungle on her leg, with green plants and silver fish. b. She gets the ocean on her leg, with green plants and silver fish. a. Only Patricia's face and neck have no tattoos. b. Only Patricia's face and back have no tattoos. Unie 6 REVIEWING THE STORY Write the correct word on the line. Patricia is on vacation from work, but she has only $45. Where can she go with only $45? Nowhere. ! What can she do with only $45? ! Then Patricia has an idea. For $45, she can get a ____! Patricia likes her tattoo very much. During the next 3 ten years, she gets __ of tattoos. Patricia wants more z tattoos, but she can't have them. There is no more for tattoos! 4, DISCUSSION Circle yes or no. 1. Some men in my native country have tattoos. YES NO 2. Some women in my native country have tattoos. YES NO 3. I like tattoos. YES NO 4, like Patricia Ball’s tattoos. YES NO 5. Maybe someday I will get a tattoo. YES NO Ina small group, show your answers to your classmates. Are your answers and your classmates’ answers the same? 5. WRITING Draw some tattoos on the man. Then write about the man’s tattoos. For example Ho fas. a. tiger on Ait. chose Be has a foart on fie arm. Now write your sentences. uno 25 geen Pe TT gare EEE seen er UNIT TZ 1. PRE-READING Look at the pictures. Listen to your teacher tell the story. Looking for Love Every day he comes home from work and eats dinner alone. Then he watches TV alone. At 11 o'clock he goes to bed alone. John is not happy. He has a good job and a nice house, but he doesn’t have love. He wants a wife. How can John find a wife? One day he has an idea. John is a painter, and he drives a small truck. He paints these words on his truck: J OHN is 52 years old. He is not married. WANTED—A WIFE ARE YOU 35-45 YEARS OLD? DO YOU LIKE CHILDREN, PETS, AND QUIET TIMES? PLEASE WRITE ME. MY ADDRESS IS 307 S. SIXTH ST. 1 AM A HARD-WORKING MAN. Hundreds of women write letters to John. He reads all the letters. He likes one letter very much. The letter is from Bobbi. Bobbi is 33 years old, and she is divorced. She has two children and a dog. John calls Bobbi, and they meet. One week later, John paints his truck white. “I'm not looking for love now;’ John says with a smile. ‘One year later, John and Bobbi are married. Unie 7 27 CEE e nc racecars ree aa 28 Use 7 . VOCABULARY Write the correct word on the line. hard-working pets alone nice calls meets 1. John doesn't have a wife or children. Every day he eats dinner 2, John’s house has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. It has a big kitchen and a lot of windows. It’s a__________ house. 3, John likes dogs and cats. He likes — 4, John works every day from eight o'clock in the morning to six oclock in the evening. He is a man John reads Bobbi’s letter. Then he goes to the telephone and her 6 When John —___ Bobbi, he says, “Hi. I'm John,” and she says, “Hi, I'm Bobbi.” 3. COMPREHENSION UNDERSTANDING PRONOUNS Who is it? What is it? Write the letter of your answer on the line. 1. b — Heis a painter. a. his truck 2. It is 307 S. Sixth Street. b. John 3. John reads them. c. John’s address 4. She has two children and ad the letters dog. e. Bobbi 5 John paints i white. REMEMBERING DETAILS Which sentence is correct? Circle a or b. A Every day John comes home and eats dinner alone. Every day John comes home and eats dinner with his family John has a good job and a nice house, but he doesn’t have money. John has a good job and a nice house, but he doesn't have love. oe John is a painter, and he drives a small truck, John is a repairman, and he drives a small car. John paints these words on his truck: WANTED—A WIFE. John paints these words on his truck: WANTED—A JOB. se se |. Ten women write letters to John. Hundreds of women write letters to John. s 4. DISCUSSION How can people find a husband or a wife? Which ideas are good ideas? Circle yes or no. 1S IT A GOOD IDEA? 1. Put an ad in the newspaper. YES NO 2, Tell your parents: Please find a husband (or wife) for me. YES NO 3, Tell your friends: Please find a husband (or wife) for me. YES NO 4, Go dancing. YES NO 5. Go toa church, temple, or mosque. YES NO 6. Look for a husband or wife at work or at school. YES NO Now count your classmates. How many people think 1 is a good idea? _ ‘How many think 2 is a good idea? 3? 2 5? e Which idea is best? What do your classmates think? Do they have other good ideas? 5. WRITING Imagine that you are not married. You are looking for a husband or a wife. You have a small truck. You paint these words on your truck: WANTED—A ARE YOU - YEARS OLD? DO YOU LIKE put RIG SYR tas be AND? PLEASE WRITE ME. MY ADDRESS IS ___ F une? 29 uNITS8 1, PRE-READING Look at the pictures, Listen to your teacher tell the story. (9 oS eS SE OR rT REIN Sunshine in a Box ICTOR is from Guatemala, but now he V lives in New York City. Victor likes New York in the summer, but he doesn’t like New York in the winter. He feels terrible in the winter. He gets headaches and stomachaches often, He sleeps too much — 16 or 18 hours every day. He also eats too much. Sometimes he eats 20 candy bars in 15 minutes! And he is always sad. Why does Victor feel terrible in the winter? Victor feels terrible in the winter because he needs sunshine. In New York, there is only she a little sunshine in the winter. So, Victor buys a Sunbox. A Sunbox is a big light. In the winter, Victor sits under the ‘Sunbox for two or three hours every day. Then he feels fine. He doesn’t have headaches or stomachaches. He doesn’t sleep too much or eat too much. He is not sad. Many people in the North have Victor's problem: They feel terrible in the winter because they need sunshine. So, they buy Sunboxes. They say, ‘The Sunbox is sunshine in a box.” But Victor says, “My Sunbox is Guatemala in a box!" uses 34 ——————l 2, VOCABULARY Write the correct word or words on the line. sunshine stomachache headache candy bars terrible North 1 Viclors Head sci baa Fle hae a Acadachg © 6 2. Victor's stomach feels bad. He has a 3, Victor likes chocolate. He eats 4, Victor feels very bad in the winter. He feels 5. In New York the sun doesn't shine much in the winter. There is only a little 6. Guatemala is in the South, and New York is in the 3. COMPREHENSION UNDERSTANDING THE MAIN IDEA Circle the letter of the best answer. 1, Victor feels terrible in the winter because a. his family is in Guatemala. b. he doesnt like his job. ¢. he needs sunshine. 2. Victor sits under the Sunbox because a. the Sunbox shows pictures of Guatemala b. he likes to read every day. c. the Sunbox gives Victor light. REMEMBERING DETAILS ‘One word in each sentence is not correct. Find the word and cross it out. Write the correct word. 1. Victor is from Germany: 2. Victor doesn't like New York City in the summer. 3. Victor gets earaches and stomachaches often. 4, Victor sleeps too little—16 or 18 hours a day. 5, Sometimes Victor eats 2 candy bars in 15 minutes. 32 uns 4. DISCUSSION Where is your native city (or town)? Put an X on the map. Now think about the weather in your native city. Check (.~ ) your answers. OFTEN SOMETIMES NEVER 1. It is hot. 2. Itis cold heseter 3. It is sunny. 4, It is cloudy. 5. It is windy. 6. It rains. 7. It snows. Show your answers to a classmate. Tell your classmate about the weather in your native city. WRITING Write a few sentences about the weather in your native city. Here is an example. Coc dae ere We Aave ee he Oe he ee “Lite ae pataepi a four Xt might ik old Again. Soa de one nee Now write your sentences on your own paper. unica 33 UNIT9 1, PRE-READING Look at the pictures. Listen to your teacher telll the story. Two Happy Men happy! He won the lottery! He won $500,000! Pedro is happy for a few minutes. Then he remembers: His lottery ticket! He threw it in the garbage can! Pedro runs to the garbage can and looks inside. The garbage can is empty! “Where is the garbage?” Pedro asks his wife. “The garbage is gone,” his wife says. “The garbage truck came this morning.” The garbage truck takes the garbage to the garbage dump. Pedro goes to the dump. He P EDRO Rossi is happy —he is very, very looks in the garbage for two days. He doesn’t find his lottery ticket. Pedro lives in a town in Brazil. Pedro tells the people in the town, “’Look for my lottery ticket at the dump. If you find it, | will give you half the money.” Every day hundreds of people go to the dump. They look in the garbage for the ticket. Five days later, a man finds it. Pedro gives the man $250,000. Pedro won $500,000 in the lottery. Now he has only $250,000. But he is not sad. “Before, one man was happy,’ Pedro says. “Now two men are happy!” unto 35 36 unit 9 2. VOCABULARY Match the words and the pictures, Write your answer on the line. ‘garbage truck lottery ticket garbage can dump half town 3. COMPREHENSION MAKING CONNECTIONS Whaat is the past tense of the verb? Draw a line to it. ce came sued treo 3. throw won 4, come threw REMEMBERING DETAILS Which sentence is correct? Circle a or b. 1. a Pedro won $5000 in the lottery. Pedro won $500,000 in the lottery. 2, a. Pedro threw his lottery ticket in the garbage can. b. Pedro threw his money in the garbage can. 3. a. Pedro lives in a city in Mexico. b. Pedro lives in a town in Brazil. 4. a. Pedro tells people, “If you find the lottery ticket, I will give you $1,000.” b. Pedro tells people, “If you find the lottery ticket, I will give you half the money.” 5. a, Aman finds Pedro's ticket at the garbage dump. b. Pedro finds his ticket at the garbage dump. 4A. DISCUSSION Imagine this: There is a lottery ticket at the garbage dump in your city. Will you look in the garbage for the ticket? Circle yes or no. The lottery ticket is for Will you look for it? 1, $100 YES NO 2. $1,000 YES NO 3, $100,000 YES: NO 4, $1,000,000 YES NO Now count your classmates. How many people will look in the garbage for $100? How many people will look in the garbage for $1,000? For $100,000? _____ For $1,000,000? 5. WRITING Imagine this: You won $500,000 in the lottery. What will you buy? Brainstorm with your classmates, Make a list on the blackboard. Look at the list on the blackboard. Choose six things that you will buy. Copy the words here. I will buy uses 37 1. PRE-READING Look at the pictures. Listen to your teacher tell the story. J parents live in El Palmito, Mexico. El Palmito is 750 miles from San Diego. Today Elena is going to visit her parents. She gets into her flying car. Then she enters “El Palmito, Mexico” into the car's computer. The flying car goes up into the air. Then it begins to fly. It flies fast — about 350 miles per hour. Elena sits back and relaxes. She doesn't drive the car; the car's computer drives it. E LENA lives in San Diego, California. Her When Elena's flying car is over El Palmito, the car goes down. Elena drives the car to her parents’ house. The trip from San Diego to El Palmito was two hours and 16 minutes. Is Elena's trip to El Palmito really possible? Maybe. The man in the picture is building a flying car. Itis almost finished. The flying car costs $100,000. So, Elena's trip to El Palmito /s possible — if she has $100,000 to buy a flying car. unico 39 40 Unie 19 2. VOCABULARY ‘Match the sentences and the pictures. Write the letter of your answer on the line. - Elena sits back and relaxes. . He is building a flying car. The flying car is over El Palmito. |. Elena gets into her flying car. Elena enters “El Palmito” info the car's computer. The flying car is almost finished. peaege 3. COMPREHENSION UNDERSTANDING PRONOUNS Who is it? What is it? Write the letter of your answer on the line. 1. —d__ She lives in San Diego, a. the flying car Ci : one b. El Palmito, Mexico 2, ___ They live in El Palmito, Meteo. ¢. a computer 3 It is 750 miles from San a Hens, Diego. e. Elena's parents 4, ____ It drives the car. 5. If costs $100,000. — eee REMEMBERING DETAILS ‘One word in each sentence is not correct. Find the word and cross it out. Write the correct word, 1, Elena is going to visit her Sisters: 2. She enters “Miami” into the car's computer. 3. The flying car flies slowly. 4, The trip to El Palmito is about twenty hours. 5, The man in the picture is buying a flying car. 4. DISCUSSION Where are you now? Put an X on the map. Where do you want to go in a flying car? Put another X on the map. Now look at a classmate’s map. Ask your classmate: + Where do you want to go in a flying car? + Why do you want to go there? + What are you going to do there? WRITING Write the answers to the questions. Imagine this: You have a flying car. You get into your car. 1, Where are you going? 2. Why are you going there? 3, What are you going to do there? Unie 1044 PRE-READING Look at the pictures. Listen to your teacher tell the story. N old woman is walking home. She is carrying a bag of groceries. Suddenly a monkey takes the groceries and runs. Where does this happen? This happens in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a big city with a big problem =a problem with monkeys. About 700 monkeys live in a forest near Hong Kong. The monkeys come into the city to eat. The monkeys take bags of groceries from old women. They take bread from babies. They go into apartments through open windows and take fruit from kitchen tables. In some apartments the monkeys find cans of beer. They open the pop-top cans and drink the beer. The people of Hong Kong don’t want the monkeys in their city. They say, "Hong Kong is not a good place for monkeys. The forest is a good place for monkeys.” But the monkeys don’t want to eat in the forest. There is no bread in the forest. And there is no beer! So, every day the monkeys come into the city. How can people stop them? Nobody knows! une 43 44 Unie 11 2. VOCABULARY Which words go together? Connect them with a line. 1. groceries pop-top cans 2, forest oe rice, eggs, bread, milk 3. Hong Kong animal 4, monkey trees 5 beer big city 6 fruit banana, apple, orange 3. COMPREHENSION UNDERSTANDING PRONOUNS Who is it? What is it? Write the letter of your answer on the line. 1, b _ trisa city with a big . the people of Hong Kong pebeny b. Hong Kong 2. They ie forest near ae 3 ‘The monkeys take it from . 700 monkeys Kitchen tabies. Lee 4 The monkeys like to drink it. it They don't want the monkeys in their city. REVIEWING THE STORY Write the correct word on the line. Hong Kong is a big dy, __ with a big problem. About 700 ive in a forest near Hong Kong. They come into the Si Ronee pre . The monkeys take of groceries from old women, They bread from babies. They come into apartments through and take fruit from kitchen tables. open _

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