Autorentext
Paul MacIntyre earned his MA in TESL from Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts. He has been an ELT professional for over 20 years. Paul has teaching experience in Japan and the United States, and as an editor participated in the development of numerous ELT courses for classrooms around the world. As a writer, he has contributed to various major course book and testing programs. For National Geographic Learning he is proud to have authored Reading Explorer 2, Reading Explorer 4, and most recently Pathways Listening and Speaking 4. David Bohlke has over 30 years of experience as a teacher, teacher trainer, program director, editor, and materials writer. He has lived and worked in Japan, Korea, Singapore, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and Morocco, and has conducted multiple teacher-training workshops in Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, and the Pacific. As an editor he has worked on some of the world's best-selling ELT courses for teens and adults. For National Geographic Learning he has authored the series Time Zones, Keynote, and Reading Explorer. David holds an M.A. in Applied Linguistics/TESOL.

Klappentext
The new edition of the best-selling six-level Reading Explorer series will bring the world to the classroom like never before through new and updated topics, video, and visuals from National Geographic. Reading Explorer teachers learners to think and read critically to encourage a generation of informed global citizens.

Zusammenfassung
Part of the six-level Reading Explorer series that brings the world to the classroom through fresh topics, video, and visuals from National Geographic, this book teaches learners to think and read critically to encourage a generation of informed global citizens.

Inhalt
Unit 1: Food and Health

Reading A: Sweet Love

Reading B: Food for the Future

Unit 2: Our Bond with Animals

Reading A: Song of the Humpback

Reading B: Dogs in a Human World

Unit 3: History Detectives

Reading A: Was King Tut Murdered?

Reading B: Who Killed the Iceman?

Unit 4: Traditions and Rituals

Reading A: Bride of the Sahara

Reading B: The Changing Face of Kung Fu

Unit 5: Urban Underworlds

Reading A: Under Paris

Reading B: New York's Underside

Unit 6: Reef Encounters

Reading A: Cities Beneath the Sea

Reading B: The Truth about Great Whites

Unit 7: Sweet Scents

Reading A: The Flower Trade

Reading B: The Power of Perfume

Unit 8: Great Explorers

Reading A: Marco Polo in China

Reading B: The Travels of Ibn Battuta

Unit 9: Who We Are

Reading A: The Teenage Brain

Reading B: Seeing Double

Unit 10: Global Warming

Reading A: The Big Thaw

Reading B: Last Days of the Ice Hunters

Unit 11: Incredible Insects

Reading A: Army Ants

Reading B: Unexpected Beauty

Unit 12: Going to Extremes

Reading A: The Dream of Flight

Reading B: Dark Descent