Aleda Krause • Greg Cossu Published by Longman Asia ELT 2/F Cornwall House Taikoo Place 979 King's Road Quarry Bay Hong Kong fax: +852 2856 9578 e-mail: aelt@pearsoned.com.hk www.longman.com and Associated Companies throughout the world © Pearson Education Asia Limited 2005 All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publishers First edition 1997 This edition 2005 Reprinted 2005 Produced by Pearson Education Asia Limited, Hong Kong GCCI02 ISBN 962 00 5283 Publishing Manager: Gregg Schroeder Publisher: Christienne Blodget Managing Editor: Marie Webster Senior Editor: Treena Nairne Designers: Junko Funaki, Myth Wong Illustrators: K Y Chan, B Lai Siu Kuen, TeddyWong, Maxim Tang Cover illustration: Felix Ng We would like to thank © Dorling Kindersley for photos>()n pp 10, 12, 18, 19,26, 29, 38,44, 54,56, 60, 66, 70, 73 and 74 and © Corbis for photos on pp 18, 19,22,26, 48, 56, 70, 72 and 75 We would also like to thank Helen Pantenberg at the Taronga Zoo for the photo of the platypus on p.18, the U.S National Park Service for the photos of the mountains and ocean on p 48 and Gold Medal Products Company for the photos of the cotton candy and snow cones on p 57 Marion Sinclair, Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree reproduced here with the permission of Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd and peermusic CS.E Asia) Ltd Acknowledgements I wish to express my thanks to my students, who taught me everything I have learned about them, to my editors, whose dedication and professionalism are responsible for all that is good in this edition, and to my mother, Leona, who always knew I would write a book and whose encouragement led me to try And my gratitude to Lesley, without whom this would not be Aleda Krause Writing a children's course is a team effort I would like to thank all of the editors and the entire SuperKids team at Pearson Education for making the new edition of SuperKids a reality I also want to thank my co-author, Aleda Krause, for her support and encouragement Lastly, I want to thank my friend Lesley who believed in me I dedicate this book to my mother, Jewel GregCossu The Publishers would like to thank the following people for their contribution to the course: Christine Choi Sus an Bainbridge Kathryn Burder Mary Burkitt , Daphne Chen Florencia Chen Dorothy Chiu Cho, Jin -Hee Lee Seung Eun Sharon Eun Daniel Flynn AlIen Gilman Gu, Eun-Young Yumi Hamanaka Kazuko Kameyama Hiroko Kashimoto Christina Ke Greg Kennerly Kim, Soo-Kyeong Katsuko Kato Kim, Sun-Young Kim, Young-Soon Jessie Lin Tim Lyon Mark McTamney Ichizo Murakami Mari Nakamura Kaoru Naritomi Rie Noguchi SamuelOda Ayako Ozasa Song, Na-Young Suh', Yoon-Ji Chizuko Takai Hideko Takasu DerekY Takeda Naoko Watanabe Shinichi Tanaka ShellyThies-Itoh Nathan Toleman Eva Zawadzka Noriko Yoshio The publisher's policy is to use paper manufactured from sustainable forests I Table ·of Contents Syllabus Page Unit Countries Page Unit In My Backpack Page 12 Unit Animals in Australia Page 18 Page 24 Recycle it! '" Discover It! Australia Page 26 Unit Souvenirs in Japan Page 28 Unit A Family in Mexico Page 34 Unit Places in New York Page 40 Page 46 R ,cycle it! < Discover it! The U5 Page 48 Unit Sightseeing in Korea Page 50 Unit Fun Day in the U.K Page 56 Unit What We Did Page 62 Page 68 R cycle it! Discover it! The U.K Page 70 Culture Christmas Around the World Page 72 Culture Holidays Around the World Page 74 I can it! Page 76 Word List Page 79 Syllabus Unit and Title Topic and Vocabulary Grammar Countries: Australia, Japan, Mexico, the U.S., Korea, the U.K., Brazil, China, Spain, Taiwan We're going to the U.K / They're nor going to Brazil Are you going to the U.K ? /Yes, we are Are they going to Brazil? / No, they're not Travel items: suitcase, toothbrush, camera, flashlight, journal, passport, ticket Possessive pronouns: mine, his, hers It's nor mine It's hers Is this your suitcase? No, it' not If hers I Yes, it is Animals in Australia Animals: kangaroo, koala, platypus, crocodile, wombat, emu Comparative adjectives: big/bigger, small/smaller/ fast/ faster, slow/slower A kangaroo i fa t but an emu is faster Is a kangaroo fast? I Ye , it is, but an emu is faster Recycle It! Review of Units 1-3 Discover it! dry, animals, kookaburra, worm, centimeter, laugh, marsupials, pouch, baby, gum tree Countries In My 8ackpack Australia Souvenirs: fans , key chains, postcards, T-shirts, sweatshirts, wallets, mugs Prepositions: in front of, behind, above The fan are behind the key chains Where are the fans ? / They're behind the key chains Family members: grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, cousin Comparative adjectives: tall/taller, short/shorter, strong/ stronger, old/older, young/younger My brother's stronger than my cousin Who' stronger, your brother or your cousin? / My brother's stronger Places in New York Locations: post office, bank, arcade, museum, drugs tore, hospital, police station, movie theater, candy store, gift shop I was in the candy store / She was in the hospital Where were you? / I was in the candy store Where was she? / She was in the hospital Recyde it! Review of Units 4-6 Discover it! TheU.S river, North America, black bear, mountains, bighorn sheep, coyote, ocean, forest, bark, redwood tree Vacation activities: go sightseeing, take pictures, play cards, take a boat ride, buy some souvenirs, send e-mails, call home, write postcards, go to the aquarium, see a show She doesn ' t want to take a boat ride / He wants to play cards Does Toni want to take a boat ride? / No, she doesn' t She wants to see a show Does Chip want to play cards? / Yes, he does Park rides: merry-go-round, bumper cars, Ferris wheel, roller coaster, cable cars Park food: cotton candy, ice cream, caramel corn, corn dogs, snow cones We're going to go on the Ferris wheel Then we're going to get some cotton candy What are you going to do? / We're going to go on the Ferris wheel Then we 're going to get some cotton candy What We Did Past-tense vacation activities: saw a platypus, climbed a mountain, made a new friend, ate tacos, went to a party, rode a roller coaster, went to a museum, had a picnic, took a boat ride, bought some souvenirs We rode a roller coaster What did you in the U.K ? / We rode a roller coaster Recyde it! Review of Units 7-9 Discover it! The U.K two thousand, capital city, loud, Big Ben, heavy, Stonehenge, stones, built Culture Christmas Around the World Culture Holidays Around the World lights, wreath, family, carols, candlelight, Christmas crackers, mince pies, Christmas pudding, parade, pifiata Souvenirs in Japan A Family in Mexico Sightseeing in Korea Fun Day in the U.K I can it! money, red envelopes, lion dance, masks, costume, rice dumplings, sachets, dragon boat, people, float Assessment for Level Functional Dialogs Review Substitution Dialog Phonics School's out in three days / I can't wait for summer vacation / I can' t either Our class trip is in June / Where are you going? / First, we're going to Australia This is Mr Gray / Is he a tour guide? / Yes, he is / Nice to meet you / Nice to meet you, too br: Brazil, brown, brush gr: green, grapes, gray tr: trip, Australia, triangle Did you bring your flashlight? /Yes, I did / No, I didn't I forgot mine May I see your ticket and passport, please? / Here they are Excuse me Where's the restroom? / It's over there, next to the telephones Thank you /You're welcome pr: pretzels, present, printer fr: fruit, Friday, friend cr: crackers, ice cream, crayons That's Ayers Rock We call it Uluru / Wow / We can't climb it / Why not? / It's too dangerous Did you see a wombat? / No, I didn 't, but I saw a platypus Can I use your camera? I forgot mine / Sure Go ahead / Thanks pi: platypus, plane, play fl: flashlight, flag, flowers cl: climb, cloudy, clock Hi I'm Sandy / I'm lchiro / Where are you from? / I'm from Tokyo What are you buying? / Some postcards for my friends What day is it today? / It's Wednesday / How you spell Wednesday? / W-e-d-n-e-s-d-a-y sw: sweatshirt, sweater, swan st: stickers, stapler, faster si: slippers, slide, sleepy These tacos are delicious! / Thank you My aunt made them Look at the dancers! Your uncle is good / Yes, but my father is better It's really hot and sunny today / Yeah, I know / I like this weather / Me, too 0: u: We can't find Toni / Did you look in the arcade? / Yes, but she's not there There she is / What's she doing? / She's eating some candy How much are the sweatshirts? / They're 25 dollars / OK I'll take this one / 25 dollars, please / Here you are or: store, passport, morning ar: arcade, car, star ur: purple, turtle, hamburger What should we now? / Let's buy some souvenirs / OK Then let's go to the aquarium Could you take our picture, please? / Sure Smile! What's the date today? / It's June 23rd / Is today Monday? / No, it's Sunday igh: sightseeing, night, firefighter i_e: five, bike, nine y: fly , my, July This amusement park is great! / Look at all those rides / That roller coaster looks scary Can we go on the merry-go-round now? / OK, but come right back I'm really hungry / Do you want to get some corn dogs? / That's a great idea I'm thirsty, too / Me, too Let's go au: August, sausage, Santa Claus a: ball, walnut, water 0: corn dog, foggy, song How was your trip? / It was fantastic! We took a boat ride / What else did you do? / We bought some souvenirs I got this in Australia It's for you What is it? / It's a boomerang / Thanks 00 : mother, brother, gloves ou: cousin, younger, country 00 : uncle, sunny, lunch book, cookies, wood boomerang, kangaroos, school First, we're going to Australia Words e o Australia Listen Number Listen Point Say • Japan :1 Mexico I11 I11 the U.5 Korea ~ (!:n"t Listen the U.K Dialogs o China (!) Listen Point Say Taiwan Listen Ask Answer Is he a firefighter baseball player police officer CP Listen Chant Are you going to Brazil? Are you going to Brazil? Yes, we are We're going to Brazil Are you going to Japan? No, we're not We're not going to Japan Are they going to Spain? Yes, they are They're going to Spain Are they going to Korea? No, they're not They're not going to Korea teacher e Listen Point Say We went on a roller coaster and ate corn dogs Then we took a boat ride We went to the drugstore 68 €) Read the story Then listen to the questions Circle [ Yes, it was ! No, it wasn't J ( Yes, he did ( Yes, he did ~ J No, he didn't J No, he didn't ( Yes, he did ( Yes, he did ( Yes, he was J No, he didn't J ! No, he wasn't J No, he didn't Listen Write August foggy ball July book kangaroos firefighter nine songs Dpnny bought a - - - - - Soon Yong's uncle is a _ _ _ _ _ We sang _ _ _- - when we took a boat ride in Korea The weather was co.ol and _ in the U.K Emily's birthday's _ _ _ _ _ 16th She's - - - - Toni bought a _ _ _ _ _ about - 69 The U.K ; I Listen to the words and readings The U.K by Peter Clark The U.K is a small country It's smaller than Australia or the U.S., but the U.K is older The capital city is London It's 2,000 years old Big Ben by Donny Baker We went sights eelng In London We Saw Big Ben It's a very big bell It's 150 years old We listened to the bell Wow! It's loud ~9@@@ two thousand capital city loud stonehenge by Sandy Smith We saw Stonehenge Stonehenge is a circle of heavy stones It's 4,000 years old Who built Stonehenge? We don't know 70 Is the U.K a big country or a small country? What is the capital city of the U.K.? What is Big Ben? Is Big Ben loud? What is Stonehenge? How old is Stonehenge? ~ ~ Listen Sing Oranges and lemons Oranges and lemons, Say the bells of Sf elements You owe me five farthings, Say the bells of St Martins When will you pay me? Say the bells at Old Bailey When I grow rich, Say the bells at Shoreditch When will that be? Say the bells of Stepney I'm sure I don't know, Says the great bell of Bow 71 Christmas Around the World In the U.5., we hang a Christmas wreath and put lights on our house We give presents to our family and friends In Australia, we have a picnic on the beach At night, we sing carols by candlelight Words e light~ 72 ~ Listen Point Say wreath family €) Find carols In the U.K., we pull Christmas crackers We eat mince pies and Christmas pudding In Mexico, we have nine Posada parades at Christmas Then we have a pinata party and get fruit and candy Readings ~ Christmas crackers C!J:.:t Listen Read mince pies Christmas pudding parade pinata 73 Holidays Around the World In Taiwan, Chinese New Year is a three-week holiday in the winter We get money in red envelopes We watch the lion dance, too In Brazil, Carnival is a four-day party in the spring We put on masks and costumes and dance in a parade Words e~ money 74 Listen Point Say red envelopes €) Find masks costume In China, the Dragon Boat Festival is in the summer We eat rice dumplings and put on sachets Then we watch the dragon boats In Spain, Reyes Magos is January 6th We get presents from people in king costumes Then we watch a big parade with floats Readings ~ ~ Listen Read sachets Questions e @Jm Listen Answer people 75 Q Listen to the dialogs Check the answers o o o No, I don't [.I] Yes, but my father is better Sure Smile! o o I'm from Tokyo She's eating some candy It's too dangerous o o I can't either It was fantastic! o It's too dangerous o Here they are o I can't either I'm from Tokyo It was fantastic! o o o That roller coaster looks scary o o Yes, but my father is better Here they are o o Sure Smile! She's eating some candy 77 : I Listen Circle Write Is this your [ flaShlight ticket } No, it's not It's [ his hers )' ~ ' Where are the [ wallets They're ! postcards } the mugs Who's [ taller older J your aunt or your uncle? My aunt's _ _ _ _ Where was [ he she } _ _ _ _was in the _ _ _ _ e Say Write _ush _atypus "' -0/ I "- candy _ _ ore / s_nny kangar_s n_ _ t 78 f_ ggy _eatshirt esent Word List a Australia above animals April arcade art ate tacos August aunt 6,10,26 29 26 16 40, 44 44 62 60 34 b 26 baby bakery 14 ball 60 bank 40 bark 48 baseball player behind 29 big 19 Big Ben 70 bigger 19 48 bighorn sheep bike 54 black bear 48 66 book 42 book bags 14,41,66 bookstore boomerang 66 bought some souvenirs 63 7,10 Brazil 35, 38 brother brown 10 brush 10 built 70 56 bumper cars bus 38 buy some souvenirs 50 C cable cars call home camera candlelight candy bar candy store capital city caps car caramel corn carols CD player centimeter chicken China 56 51 12 72 44 41 70 42 44 57 72 22 26 58 7, 64 chocolate Christmas crackers Christmas pudding climb climbed a mountain clock closet 22, cloudy cold come cookies 36, cool 57, corn doglsl costume cotton candy country cousin 34, coyote crackers crayons crocodile 60 73 73 22 62 22 22 36 36 38 66 66 60 74 57 38 38 48 16 16 18 d dollars dragon boats draw a picture drew pictures drugstore dry 42 75 51 63 26 e emu eraser 19 20 f fall family fan(s) fast faster father February Ferris wheel firefighter five flag flashlight float flowers fly fly a kite foggy food forest forty French fries 60 Friday friend fruit 16,30,52 16 16 gift shop gloves go sightseeing go to the aquarium good goodbye grandma grandpa grapes gray great green gum tree 41 38 50 51 66 66 34 34 10 10 10 10 26 h had a picnic hamburger hamster handkerchiefs heavy l1ers his hospital hot hot dogs hungry ice cream in in front of look loud lunch 66 70 38 m made a new friend marsupials masks merry-go-round Mexico mince pies mine money moon morning mother mountains movie theater mug(s) museum my 63 44, 58 19 42 70 13 13 41 36 58 10 16,57 29 29 ocean October old older on 62 26 74 56 6, 64 73 13 74 66 44 35, 38 48 41 29, 64 40 54 n night nine noodles North America notebook November 54 54 66 48 66 52 48 52 35 35 29 72 28,64 : j 19 : jacket(s) 19,32 : Japan 35 : journal July 52 56 k 8, 54 kangaroo(s) 54 key 22 key chain(s) 12, 22, 54 kite 75 koala 22 kookaburra 54 Korea 22 60 66 laugh 48 lights 44 likes 16 lion dance 13, 42 6, 64 12 54 18,66 13 28, 64 54 18 26 6, 64 26 72 54 74 P parade park passport peanuts pencil people pinata pizza plane platypus play play cards police officer police station pool post office postcards posters 73 44 13,44 58 20 75 73 57 22 18,22 22 50 41 66 40 28 42 79 potato chips pouch practice present pretzels printer purple r 58 26 16 16 16,58 16 44 : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : stickers Stonehenge stones stop store strong stronger suitcase Sunday sunny supermarket swan sweater sweatshirtls) swimming rabbit 19 rainy 36 read books 63 red envelopes 74 redwood tree 48 14,41 restaurant restroom 66 rice dumplings 75 ~ t ride 54 : Taiw an 51 : take a boat ride ride a bike river 48 : take pictures 63 : tall rode a roller coaster roller coaster 56 : taller ruler 20 : teacher 38 : the U.K run : the US · 80 S ; Thur:sday sachets Santa Claus Saturday sausage saw a movie saw a platypus school see a movie see a show send e-mails September short shorter · sightseeing sister sleepy slide slippers slow slower small smaller snake snow cones snowy song Spain stapler star : : : : : : : : : 32 70 70 32 32, 44 35 35 12 38 38 41 32 32 28, 32, 64 32 50 50 35 35 7, 64 6, 64 30, 44, 52 ticket 75 took 60 took a boat ride 30 toothbrush 60 toy store 63 train 62 triangle 66 trip 51 T-shirtls) 51 51 ~ Tuesday 52 : turtle 35 : two thousand 35 54 : uncle 35 : under 32 32 : V 19, 32 : video game 19,32 19 19, 60 : walletls) 19 : walnut 19 : warm 57 : watch TV 36 : water 60 : water bottlels) : Wednesday 20, 32 : went to a museum 44 : went to a party ·· :U ·· · :W 13 66 63 12 14,41 10 10 10 28, 64 30, 52 19,44 70 34, 38 29 13 29, 64 60 36 51 60 13,42 52 63 62 windy wombat wood worm wreath write postcards wrote postcards 36 18 66 26 72 51 63 Y young younger 35 35, 38 Z zebra 10 Numbers 1st 13 17th 21 22nd 30th 42 85 2,000 52 42 42 42 52 42 52 52 42 42 70 ·· ···· ···· ·· ·· ·· ··· ··· ···· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ··· ·· · SUPERKlDS New Edition is a fun and easy-to-teach six-level series for elementary school children learning English Through lively child characters and an engaging storyline, SUPERKlDS presents and recycles language in ways that children can understand and use in their daily lives Special features of this Student Book • Nine core units with rich and colorful illustrations to present new language in context • Fun songs and chants to help children learn • Say it! activities to practice vocabulary and structures from previous levels • Three Recycle it! units with stories and games to keep children motivated and to reinforce language • Three Discover it! units to introduce cross-curricular themes • Two Culture units to develop international awareness • Final assessment to monitor progress Each level of SUPERKlDS includes Student Book Class Cassettes/COs Activity Book with CD Teacher's Guide Picture Cards www.superkidsseries.com ... Dorling Kindersley for photos>()n pp 10, 12, 18, 19,26, 29, 38 ,44 , 54, 56, 60, 66, 70, 73 and 74 and © Corbis for photos on pp 18, 19,22,26, 48 , 56, 70, 72 and 75 We would also like to thank Helen Pantenberg... Australia Page 18 Page 24 Recycle it! '" Discover It! Australia Page 26 Unit Souvenirs in Japan Page 28 Unit A Family in Mexico Page 34 Unit Places in New York Page 40 Page 46 R ,cycle it! < Discover... effort I would like to thank all of the editors and the entire SuperKids team at Pearson Education for making the new edition of SuperKids a reality I also want to thank my co-author, Aleda Krause,