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NGL.Cengage.com/impact Through authentic, real-world content, big ideas, and inspiring stories from National Geographic Explorers, Impact challenges students to not only understand their world but also engage with it. Global Citizens Unit 1 " Make sure to be passionate about whatever it is you get into…" —Jack Andraka Friends celebrating Holi, the Indian festival of colors Who Am I? 9 8 1. How would you describe the people in this photo? How do you think they might describe themselves? 2. Describe yourself in five or six words. Now think of five or six words that you would never use to describe yourself. 3. What are you passionate about? Why? OWI_2_SE_62951_008-023_U01_CP.indd 8-9 2/3/16 10:43 AM By encouraging self-expression, global citizenship, and active participation, Impact motivates students to explore who they are and who they want to be, all while learning English! Active Participants Express Yourself Choose an activity. 1. Choose a topic: • an unusual place • an unusual job 2. Choose a way to express yourself: • a review • an advertisement • an interview 3. Present your work. 4 — JGirl, Seoul Read the online travel review. TR: 31 1 A gondola My parents loved looking at the beautiful bridges, churches, and palaces along the route. I really enjoyed listening to our gondolier talk about his work. He told us that it takes years of study and practice to get the job. Who knew? He also told us that of all the gondoliers in Venice, only one is a woman! I think I need to change that! It's time to start training for my dream job! Maybe my dad will let me borrow his shirt. ;) Gondola Tours of Venice gave me a great tour of a beautiful city—and an interesting idea for my future career! I recommend the gondola tour to anyone who's interested in learning about unusual places and unusual jobs . . . especially if they're stuck on a boat with their parents! Work in groups. Discuss the review. 1. Does JGirl's review make you want to visit Venice and go on a gondolaride?Whyorwhynot? 2. Do you think the review gives enoughinformation?Isitfunny andinteresting?Whatelse would you like to know about VeniceoraboutGondolaTours ofVenice? 2 Connect ideas. In Unit 1 you learned about exploring and unusual places. In Unit 2 you learned about unusual jobs. What connection do you see between the two units? 3 "Our gondolier saved my vacation!" Well, I'm in Venice, Italy with my family! Venice is incredible! The city is hundreds of years old, and it's built on WATER. People get around on special boats called gondolas, and today I had my first gondola ride! A gondolier controls the gondola using an oar and his own strength. (These gondoliers are REALLY strong.) The gondolier's job is to describe Venice's culture and the history as he takes you through the city's canals. Our gondolier was so good at telling stories I almost forgot I was sharing the ride with my parents. That might sound exciting, and it was, but of course I was with . . . my dad. And Dad thought it would be funny to wear a striped shirt to match the gondolier's shirt. Can you say embarrassing?! GoTravel Re vIeWs GondolA TouRs of VeniCe 210 reviews 41 40 OWI_B_SE_62975_024-041_U02_CP.indd 40-41 2/1/16 3:00 PM Impact covers a vast range of subjects that are integrated throughout the course. In every unit students are immersed in a topic that has been specifically chosen to engage, inspire and stimulate to better prepare students for further academic success. Cross-Curricular Topics LeaRn new woRds Listen and repeat. 003 work in pairs. Which colours make you feel happy? Sad? Angry? Excited? 2 3 Your brain can see seven million colours. How many of them can you name? what do different colours make you think of? Discuss. Then listen and read. 002 1 red is a symbol of good luck in many cultures. It is the traditional colour for wedding dresses in China and India. But many cultures associate red with danger. This is why we see it on emergency vehicles and warning signs. Eight per cent of the population is red-green colour-blind: they can't clearly see the difference between red and green. Green is a colour that makes people feel at peace because it's the most common colour in nature. The green in leaves and grass comes from something called chlorophyll. This word comes from the Greek khloros (green) and phyllon (leaf). Green also symbolises safety. Because of this, it's used in traffic lights to signal when it's safe to go. blue is the most popular colour in the world. More than half the world's f lags have blue in them. Blue is also the most common colour used by businesses. Many businesses use the colour blue to represent them in logos and advertisements. This is because blue helps us feel like we can trust them. indiGo is a dark colour between blue and purple. Indigo clothing was a sign of luxury in the past because indigo dye came from a rare plant. It was very expensive and few people could wear clothes made with this dye. Now we use indigo dye to make blue jeans. Violet is a light purple colour. It is one of the oldest colours in the world. There are violet cave paintings in France that are 25,000 years old! However in some countries, for example Thailand and Brazil, violet is the colour of death. oranGe gets its name from the fruit. The word originally described the taste of the fruit's peel, but by the sixteenth century, orange was also the name of this bright colour. Yellow is the colour of taxis and school buses in many parts of the world because it's the most visible colour on the road. Like red, yellow is also used to warn people of dangerous situations. Because it attracts attention, yellow is used for highlighter pens. The bright colour activates different parts of the brain that help the reader remember the highlighted text. 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