Introduction

Unique Science and Technology • iii

Welcome to Unique—an English Reading and Vocabulary Program!

Unique was written especially for you. Raising communication skills to a higher, more fluent level is the overarching goal of the Unique series. To this end, each of the worktexts has been carefully designed to review and reinforce the fundamental skills and concepts that enhance reading comprehension and boost vocabulary development. There are four thematic books in the series: Science and Technology; Everyday Living; Workplace and Career; Media and Marketplace.

Pre-reading inspires student enthusiasm for new vocabulary and themes, as well as preparing them for the lessons.

Vocabulary lists the important words to acquire in each lesson. It is composed of both high-frequency and challenging vocabulary to enrich your word bank.

Reading includes high interest excerpts from real-world documents, forms, advertisements and how-to instructions, as well as academic sources (approximate reading level 4.0). Diagrams and other graphics support instruction and maintain interest.

Reading Comprehension not only offers activities to reinforce student reading skills, such as skimming and scanning, but also introduces referencing techniques essential to reading fluency. The series covers 16 basic grammar rules (in Everyday Living and Science and Technology) and 10 advanced rules (in Workplace and Career and Media and Marketplace).

Vocabulary Study provides a wide variety of different activities to help students understand and remember the spelling, meaning and form of unfamiliar words. Other strategies offered include the efficient referencing of a dictionary and thesaurus. Thinking skills, such as drawing conclusions and completing analogies, are included as reinforcement.

Different word power skills (spelling, understanding meaning, word form, writing and referencing) are strengthened via a wide variety of activities:

Review Lessons evaluate students’ acquisition of new vocabulary through various activities, such as puzzles and analogies. They also encourage students to apply newly acquired vocabulary by writing their own sentences.

Grammar appendix illustrates essential rules of grammar that supplement the Syntax exercise in Reading Comprehension.

Glossary lists some important scientific and technical words that all educated

people should know.

A word of advice: Don’t stop “reading and thinking of words” when you finish this program. First-class English skills must be constantly renewed! In order to earn a reputation as a first-rate communicator, you must incorporate everything you have learned into your everyday speech and writing.

Introduction

Unique Science and Technology • iii

Welcome to Unique—an English Reading and Vocabulary Program!

Unique was written especially for you. Raising communication skills to a higher, more fluent level is the overarching goal of the Unique series. To this end, each of the worktexts has been carefully designed to review and reinforce the fundamental skills and concepts that enhance reading comprehension and boost vocabulary development. There are four thematic books in the series: Sc...

Contents
Introduction iii
Lesson 1 How Does Sunlight Produce Vitamin D? 陽光如何產生維生素D?
Lesson 2 Waves, Surf, Seas and Swells 海波、海浪、海域、海底隆起
Lesson 3 Some Surprising Facts about Bones 骨頭發現的驚人事實
Lesson 4 A Very Long-Term Experiment 長期定位實驗
Lesson 5 Have You Ever Seen a Sun Dog? 你曾見過幻日嗎?
Lesson 6 The Dangers of Mercury 汞的危險
Review 1
Lesson 7 What’s a Hertz? 什麼是赫茲?
Lesson 8 What Causes Precipitation? 為何會凝結降水?
Lesson 9 Make a Standing Wave 駐波
Lesson 10 Carbon: A Common Element 碳元素
Lesson 11 The Scientific Method 科學的方法
Lesson 12 Rewriting the Record Books 重新撰寫記錄
Review 2
Lesson 13 A National Overview 一個國家的概述
Lesson 14 Making Mold 製造模具
Lesson 15 Basic and Applied Research 基礎研究與應用研究
Lesson 16 How Does a Radio Work? 電台如何運作?
Lesson 17 The Amazing Rhino 驚人的犀牛
Lesson 18 Avoiding Potholes on the Information Highway 避免網路上的陷阱
Review 3
Lesson 19 Rabbits and Hares 家兔與野兔
Lesson 20 Animal Intelligence 動物智能
Lesson 21 Why Are Deserts Dry? 沙漠為何乾燥?
Lesson 22 Q&A Sites on the Internet 網路上的Q&A連結
Lesson 23 Monitoring Vesuvius 維蘇威火山監測
Lesson 24 How Loud Is Too Loud? 聲音的分貝如何計算?
Review 4
End-of-Book Test
Grammar
Glossary

Contents
Introduction iii
Lesson 1 How Does Sunlight Produce Vitamin D? 陽光如何產生維生素D?
Lesson 2 Waves, Surf, Seas and Swells 海波、海浪、海域、海底隆起
Lesson 3 Some Surprising Facts about Bones 骨頭發現的驚人事實
Lesson 4 A Very Long-Term Experiment 長期定位實驗
Lesson 5 Have You Ever Seen a Sun Dog? 你曾見過幻日嗎?
Lesson 6 The Dangers of Mercury 汞的危險
Review 1
Lesson 7 What’s a Hertz? 什麼是赫茲?
Lesson 8 What Causes Precipitation? 為何會凝結降水?
Lesson 9 Make a Standing Wave 駐...