5. Lesson 1A Click here to enlarge the passage

6. Vocabulary Lesson 1A

7. intelligent (adj.) having the ability to think, understand, and learn things quickly and well

8. smart (adj.) clever or intelligent

9. alike (adj.) similar

10. specific (adj.) precise and exact

11. system (n.) a way of doing something

12. conversation (n.) a talk with someone, usually in an informal situation

13. strategy (n.) a plan to achieve something, especially over a long period

14. method (n.) a particular way of doing something

15. advantage (n.) a way in which one thing is better than another

16. assist (v.) to help someone

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19. c a,b,d, e,f,h g

20. intelligent strategy system conversation

21. method assist alike advantage specific smart

23. trunk xylophone elephant instruments drum

24. VV V

25. Lesson 1B Click here to enlarge the passage

26. Vocabulary Lesson 1B

27. popular (adj.) well liked by a lot of people

28. huge (adj.) something extremely large in size, amount, or degree

29. gentle (adj.) kind, mild, and calm

30. encourage (v.) to give someone confidence, letting the person know what they are doing is good

31. performance (n.) entertaining an audience by singing, dancing, or acting

32. properly (adv.) correctly, in a satisfactory way

33. creative (adj.) able to invent, create, and develop original ideas

34. trainer (n.) someone who teaches people or animals necessary skills

35. earn (v.) to receive money in return for work that one does

36. artist (n.) someone who draws, paints, or produces works of art, or a person who performs such as a musician or actor

39. b e a d

40. trainers creative encourage artists earn

43. monkey trainer rope coconut

44. intelligent trainer encourage

45. advantage method popular huge earn assistance

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48. Reading Skills

49. Reading for Gist Reading for gist is reading to get a general sense of what a reading passage is basically about. In other words, we read to understand the main topic, or theme of the passage. For example, a reading passage might basically be about a new type of technology, or a tourist's vacation trip, or a story about a fictional character.

50. Identifying Detail Identifying details in a text to answer specific questions (eg: who, what, when, where, why) is often achieved through a strategy known as ‘Scanning’ for details. This is actually a technique often used in daily life when looking up a word in the telephone book or dictionary. Also when you read a newspaper, you're probably not reading it word-by-word, instead you're scanning the text for important information of interest.

51. Understanding Main ideas (Skimming) Once we've determined the text type of a passage, and what it's generally about, we usually then read on to understand the main idea of the passage. In other words: What is the writer basically telling us? Or, What is the writer's main message? Understanding the main idea of a text means being able to identify the most important point or information in the passage.

52. Defining Vocabulary Often a reading passage contains definitions or explanations of new words related to the topic. The definitions in the text may be given through different clues to help you identify how the author has explained its meaning. It is important to understand synonyms or parallel expressions are often used to define target vocabulary items.

53. Understanding Reference Understanding Reference in a text is an important reading skill which involves focusing on specific meaning of ‘pronoun references’ used throughout a passage (eg: this, those, their, it). This is an important skill to help develop full comprehension of significant details of a section of a passage which refer back to previous statements made.

54. Identifying Paraphrase Paraphrasing involves the skill of identifying a restatement of a section in a passage that retains the basic meaning while changing the words, often explained in a more simplified form. A paraphrase often clarifies a more ambiguous original statement in the text by putting it into alternative words that are often more easily understood.