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Stephen Bachman

Australia • Brazil • Mexico • Singapore • United Kingdom • United States STEAM-related article: Contents S : Science T : Technology E : Engineering A : Art M : Math Sports

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Extreme Dare to Jump? 8 Learning to Fly 10 A Frozen Sport 12 White Water Rafting 14 Surfing in the Sand 16

Equipment T E-Sports Are Taking Over 18 E The Fastest Cars in the World 20 Biking in Nature 22 Get in the Ball 24 T A New Way to Travel 26

People The Greatest of All Time 28 Six Olympic Medals! 30 The Cycling Pride of Hong Kong 32 The Accidental Superstar 34 Never Give Up 36

Culture An Ancient Tradition 38 The Dancing Dragon 40 Believe It or Not! 42 The World’s Oldest Sports 44 Why Do We Play Sports? 46

Special Great Athletes 48 Get the Cheese! 50 How Many Hot Dogs Can You Eat? 52 The Hardest Sport 54 Fighting Sports 56

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Environment Should We Use Nuclear Energy? 58 T Is It Safe? 60 T Clean and Popular 62 S No More Polar Bears? 64 S Less Every Day 66

Heritage What Is Heritage Protection? 68 Protection The Symbol of Ancient Rome 70 Tourism and Heritage Protection 72 War and Heritage Protection 74 Should All Heritage Be Protected? 76

Commerce T Converting to a Cashless Society 78 T The Most Convenient Way to Shop 80 T What Do You Think? 82 Let’s Pay for It Ourselves! 84 Bottoms Up! 86

Trend Clean, Convenient, and Cheap 88 Make Home a Little Nicer 90 T The Internet: Changing Everything 92 T It’s 4D! 94 T A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words 96

Events Who Is Watching You? 98 Typhoon Mangkhut 100 Culture and Nature 102 Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 104 A Fun and Strange Festival 106

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Travel Be Safe and Have Fun 108 One of the World’s Best Cities 110 A Beautiful City 112 A Trip to the Past 114 The Heart of Europe 116

Literature Want to Be a Writer? 118 One of Literature’s Biggest Prizes 120 A Top Writer 122 The World’s Oldest Novel 124 The King of Horror 126

Cuisine The Two Masters 128 Turning Food into Art 130 Free and Easy 132 Cooking Tips and Myths 134 Want to Try Fried Alligator? 136

Music The Stunning Music and Images of Woodkid 138 A Play Me a Song 140 A Life of Music 142 A The Changing World of Music 144 A Rap Music 146

Creativity A Turning Letters into Art 148 T Send Me That Photo 150 Relax Your Body and Mind 152 49 Meters above the Ground 154 Little Inventions That Changed the World 156

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Human Body S Why Do We Yawn? 158

S The Brain: Myths and Facts 160 T Don’t Touch That! 162 S An Amazing Invention 164 S It’s in Your Genes 166

Animals S Africa’s Most Dangerous Animal 168 S Gone Forever 170 S Biggest, Fastest, Smartest 172 S Emperor Penguins 174 S Staying Alive 176

Plants S Hungry Plants 178 S Giants of the Forest 180 S Danger! 182 S Plants That Can Help You 184 S How Do Plants Spread Seeds? 186

Mysteries It’s Raining Fish! 188 Nessie 190 England’s Greatest Mystery 192 S Stones That Move 194 S The Most Powerful Force in Space 196

Future T Traveling in the Future 198 T Going to Mars 200 T Inside a 4D Film 202 T The World’s Smallest Science 204 T A Microchip in Your Body 206

Vocabulary List 208 Photo Credits 216

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Review For Sports: People Track 014 The Cycling Pride of Hong Kong ften, it is the harshest circumstances that give birth to theOnly greatest champions. OLee Wai Sze, also known as Sarah Lee, is living proof of that. She was born in the Kowloon area of Hong Kong in May of 1987. Growing up, her parents were quite poor. She also suffered from a disease that lowered her amount of red blood cells, limiting her body’s 5 ability to pump oxygen. None of this, however, would stand in Lee’s way.

Sarah’s childhood was spent in public housing—a place where it can often seem that dreams are out of reach. However, in spite of her medical condition, Sarah excelled in school sports. Her specialty was running short distances such as the 100-meter dash and the 400-meter race. In her teens, she was spotted by the Hong Kong Sports Institute, a training center for 10 Hong Kong’s top athletes. She was invited to train there, and she switched her specialty to cycling. By 2004, still in herReview teens, Sarah was already a full-time cyclist. The hardships, though, were not quite over. In 2006, while training for a race, Sarah swerved to avoid a stray dog on the road. She fell and broke her wrist. For a time, the injury threatened to take her out of cycling forever. But just a few years later, the world would see 15 just how Fordetermined she was to succeed. At the 2010 Asian Games, Sarah became the pride of Hong Kong when she won the gold medal in the 500-meter time trial track cycling event. She even set an Asian record. She took home a bronze medal from the games, too, and was later awarded a Medal of Honor from the Hong Kong government. Two years later, Sarah brought honor to Hong Kong when she won 20 the city’s first ever Olympic medal in cycling at the London Olympic Games. Since then, she hasn’t slowed down, achieving medal finishes in events throughout Asia and around the world. From public housing to the Olympic podium, Sarah Lee has proven that with hard work, dreams really do come true. 32

NEW-Read to Achieve-BK2.indd 32 2019/3/25 下午4:45 Reading Comprehension Choose the correct answer for each question.

_____ 1. What does the disease Sarah suffers from do? (A) It makes it easier for her bones to break. (B) It makes it difficult for her to pump oxygen. (C) It makes her muscles ache all the time. (D) It makes her thoughts move slowly.

_____ 2. When Sarah was a runner, what was her specialty? (A) Long distances (B) Short distances (C) Marathons Only (D) Medium distances

_____ 3. What happened to Sarah in 2006? (A) She ran in her first race. (B) She was honored by the government. (C) She won a medal. (D) She had an accident.

_____ 5. What is the overall tone of this article? (A) Hopeful For(B) Doubtful (C) Sorrowful (D) Careful

_____ 6. What has Sarah done since 2012 according to this article? (A) She has retired from cycling. (B) She has tried to help stray dogs. (C) She has continued to win.

(D) She has worked for the government. Olympic cycling

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any people still carry a bit of cash with them in their wallet or purse. However, more Mand more people are going cashless. Rather than handing over a few bills or coins when it comes time to pay, they are simply using an app on their Onlyphone to give the exact amount quickly and easily.

5 One of the world’s largest mobile payment service organizations is Alipay. It was established in China in 2004 by Alibaba, the company owned by Jack Ma, one of the world’s richest business-people. By March of 2018, Alipay had 870 million users. In China, the app had over 50 percent of the third-party payment market.

What made Alipay so popular? Ma was smart in that he knew partnerships would be key. In 10 other words, he would need Alipay to be accepted as a payment method in as many places as possible. As such, he set up a variety of partnerships with over 60 financial institutions. He also partnered with major credit card companies Visa and Mastercard. This way, Alipay could become the payment Reviewservice provider for major online retailers such as Taobao and Tmall. Furthermore, Alipay became accepted at more than 460,000 online and local Chinese 15 businesses. Far from a regional app, it has also expanded throughout the Asian continent, and even to Europe, North America, Australia, and New Zealand. The popularFor Chinese messenger app WeChat has also waded into the cashless payment market. With over a billion monthly active users, it already had a great advantage when it rolled out WeChat Pay in 2014. It started as a way to send virtual red envelopes during 20 Chinese New Year. Soon after, it became like a digital wallet. Users could add to their balance by linking their WeChat Pay account to their debit card. Or, they could even receive money from other users. Just a month after launching, WeChat Pay already had 100 million users in China. Today, however, it still sits second to Alipay, with under 40 percent of the Chinese market. Still, with over 600 million users, WeChat Pay is enjoying the boom of the 25 growing digital payment industry. 78

NEW-Read to Achieve-BK2.indd 78 2019/3/25 下午4:45 Reading Comprehension Choose the correct answer for each question.

_____ 1. What made Alipay so popular? (A) It was accepted in very few places. (B) It had over 100 million users. (C) It was better than Visa or Mastercard. (D) It partnered with many different businesses.

_____ 2. Where is Alipay available? (A) Only in China (B) Just in Asia and Europe Only (C) Exclusively in Australia and New Zealand (D) All over the world

_____ 3. What did WeChat already have when it started WeChat Pay? (A) A billion monthly users (B) Partnerships with 460,000 businesses (C) 100 million users (D) 50 percent of the Chinese market

_____ 4. Who was Alipay started by? (A) The founder of a messenger app (B) One of China’sReview richest businessmen (C) The founder of Visa (D) The company that owns Mastercard

_____ 5. What is implied by this article? For(A) Cashless payments are not popular in China. (B) More people prefer Visa over Mastercard. (C) More and more people will go cashless. (D) More people will prefer to pay with cash.

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