Unit Title Theme Text type
1 Fast food Using my five senses Menu
2 Good nutrition Places and activities: Let’s go shopping Label
3 Balloon art Fun and games: Special days Interview
4 Vegetables? Yuck! Me, my family and friends Story
5 Eat more…fruit We love Hong Kong Leaflet
6 Kung fu master The world around us Biography
7 Breakfast for Mum Using my five senses Recipe
8 You are what you eat Places and activities: Let’s go shopping Magazine article 9 Science is fun Fun and games: Special days Instruction
10 Life on Mars? We love Hong Kong Newspaper article
Vocabulary quiz 1
11 Home sweet home Me, my family and friends Floor plan
12 Cactus The world around us Encyclopaedia
13 Sweet tooth Using my five senses Review
14 Where’s Mummy? Places and activities: Let’s go shopping Comic
15 Healthy at home? We love Hong Kong Magazine article
16 Christmas party Fun and games: Special days Diary
17 My favourite book Me, my family and friends Book review
18 Music in the dark The world around us Poster
19 Shop till you drop! Places and activities: Let’s go
shopping Directory
20 Hong Kong Ferris wheel We love Hong Kong E-mail
Vocabulary quiz 2 Prefixes and suffixes Vocabulary index
Current issues
Current issues
Current issues
Current issues
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3 A
Unit Title Theme Text type
1 Fast food Using my five senses Menu
2 Good nutrition Places and activities: Let’s go shopping Label
3 Balloon art Fun and games: Special days Interview
4 Vegetables? Yuck! Me, my family and friends Story
5 Eat more…fruit We love Hong Kong Leaflet
6 Kung fu master The world around us Biography
7 Breakfast for Mum Using my five senses Recipe
8 You are what you eat Places and activities: Let’s go shopping Magazine article 9 Science is fun Fun and games: Special days Instruction
10 Life on Mars? We love Hong Kong Newspaper article
Vocabulary quiz 1
11 Home sweet home Me, my family and friends Floor plan
12 Cactus The world around us Encyclopaedia
13 Sweet tooth Using my five senses Review
14 Where’s Mummy? Places and activities: Let’s go shopping Comic
15 Healthy at home? We love Hong Kong Magazine article
16 Christmas party Fun and games: Special days Diary
17 My favourite book Me, my family and friends Book review
18 Music in the dark The world around us Poster
19 Shop till you drop! Places and activities: Let’s go
shopping Directory
20 Hong Kong Ferris wheel We love Hong Kong E-mail
Vocabulary quiz 2 Prefixes and suffixes Vocabulary index
New word(s) Repeated new word(s) Page
dessert, French fries, pizza, salad 4
energy, information, nutrition, sugar 6
artist, beautiful, cartoon, character, host 8
carrot, corn, potato, strong, vegetables, yummy energy 10
cancer, enough, exercise, healthy, portion,
scientist salad, strong, vegetables 12
act, born, famous, film, fit, popular strong 14
cornflakes, ingredient, pour, spread, toast,
toaster 16
dairy product, grain, important, soft drink carrot, healthy, potato, sugar, vegetables 18
bottom, float, mix, salt, slowly, trick pour 20
believe, Earth, expensive, trip information, scientist 22
24 bathroom, bedroom, dining room, kitchen,
living room, study 26
cactus, different, herbal medicine, spike 28
air-conditioning, exciting, pancake, staff dessert, expensive, yummy 30
bakery, bank, lost, post office, supermarket beautiful 32
health check, housewife, smoking, unhappy enough, exercise, fit, healthy 34 holiday, party, potato chips, present, Santa
Claus exciting, soft drink 36
author, bow tie, messy, publisher, title character, trick 38 concert, country, dark, minute, ticket, website information 40 car park, customer services, directory bakery, bank, post office, supermarket,
yummy 42
Ferris wheel, idea, newspaper, view beautiful, exciting, expensive, ticket 44 46 48 50
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JumpStart Reading and Vocabulary Powerhouse 3A 40
Alex is looking at a poster about a concert. Read the poster and answer the questions on the next page.
Unit 18
Music in the dark Music in the dark
Repeated new word(s) information
New word(s) concert, country, dark, minute, ticket, website
MUSIC IN THE DARK
a concert for all
Date: 21st Dec 20XX Time: 8.00 p.m.
Place: The Grand Hall,
Hong Kong Arts Centre, Wan Chai What is it?
Can you see? What is it like for people who cannot see?
Music in the Dark is a concer t for those looking for a new experience. Find out what music and sound are like for people who cannot see. Everything is black and dark inside the hall. Close your eyes and listen to our music with your heart.
What songs?
Symphony No. 25 in G minor by Mozart Sonata in D major by Beethoven
and 10 other songs!
Who are we?
Light in the Dark (HK) started in 2005.
It is also in many other countries.
How long?
About 90 minutes How much?
$80 per person
Call our ticket office on 4721 0116 to book your tickets now!
Visit our website for more information:
www.music-in-the-dark.hk
Text type:
poster Text type:
poster
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Choose the correct answers by blackening the circles.
1. Who can go to the concert?
A. people who cannot see B. members of Light in the Dark C. people who cannot hear D. anyone
2. How many songs can you listen to at Music in the Dark?
A. ten B. twelve C. fourteen D. fifteen
3. When does Music in the Dark finish?
A. 8.00 p.m. B. 9.00 p.m.
C. 9.30 p.m. D. 10.30 p.m.
4. Alex wants to know more about Music in the Dark. He should .
A. call 4721 0116
B. visit www.music-in-the-dark.hk C. go to the ticket office
D. e-mail Music in the Dark
Answer the questions in complete sentences.
5. What is the girl in the poster playing?
6. How can we reserve tickets?
Posters are designed to catch the reader’s attention. The most important information is often the most eye-catching.
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Vocabulary Quiz 2
1. Milky the Brown Cat has many rhyming words. e.g. ‘cat’ and ‘hat’
Circle two rhyming words for each question. (5 marks)
(a) you your to who yummy
(b) red bed Ted reading room
(c) shop stop pop show ship
(d) no go not nose so
(e) day say dad pay Dan
2. Where can you can buy these things? Fill in the blanks with the given words. (6 marks)
supermarket pet shop clothes shop toy shop bakery restaurant
(a) (b) (c)
(d) (e) (f)
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3. Label these pictures with words from Units 11–20. (9 marks)
(a) (b) (c)
(d) (e) (f)
(g) (h) (i)
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Vocabulary in Minutes
Features
Around 100 grade-appropriate new words extracted from the units
Words are marked with syllable breaks, parts of speech, Chinese definitions and example sentences
Personalised booklet allows students to add their own words
English in Minutes goggles make vocabulary learning fun and easy
sample
dai.ry pro.duct
(n.) 乳製品 Earth (n.) 地球
e.g. Milk and cheese are dairy products . e.g. Curiosity sent some pictures from Mars to Earth .
dark (n.) 黑暗 e.ner.gy (n.) 能量
e.g. We cannot see clearly in the dark . e.g. A big breakfast gives us energy to work.
des.sert (n.) 甜點 e.nough (adv.) 足夠
e.g. Chocolate cake is my favourite dessert . e.g. Only 19% of Hong Kong people eat enough healthy foods.
dif.fe.rent (adj.) 不同的 ex.ci.ting (adj.) 令人興奮的
e.g. People use the cactus for different things. e.g. The London Eye looks very exciting .
di.ning room (n.) 飯廳 ex.er.cise (v.) 運動
e.g. My family has dinner in the dining room . e.g. We may get fat if we do not exercise enough.
di.rec.tory (n.) 工商指南 ex.pen.sive (adj.) 昂貴的
e.g. We can find out where the shops are by e.g. The food at Super Desserts is not too looking at the directory . expensive .
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