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Success with Reading Book 1 —Boost Your Reading Skills—© Cosmos Culture Ltd., 2014
Japanese edition © Seibido Publishing Co., Ltd. 2020
Published by arrangement with B.K. Norton
All rights reserved for Japan.
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form
without permission from Seibido Co., Ltd.

Preface
Success with Reading Book 1 —Boost Your Reading
Skills— is the first book of a three-volume series
designed mainly to develop reading skills withthe aid of learning strategies. High proficiency inEnglish will broaden your horizons and enable you
to see a more interesting world.
Each unit of Success with Reading Book 1 follows
a set structure to encourage students to put what
they have learned into practice in communication
activities. The unit begins with a Tips for Reading
section, which introduces a strategy for more
effective reading. This is followed by a Vocabulary
section in which students check words related
to the topic in context. They will then check theircomprehension of the passage, both details andmain ideas. The unit ends with opportunities forstudents to express and exchange their ideas
regarding the related topics.
As students progress through each level, they
are constantly encouraged to put what they havelearned to use. At the same time, they never stoptaking new challenges that will push them to a newstage. Success with Reading Book 1 will open up apath to a place where students can look out over awonderful landscape after enjoying every momentof the journey.

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Contents
Preface

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Contents

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Learning Overview

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Tips for Reading: Planning for your study

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KEY FOR LEARNING 1

Remembering new words with sounds
UNIT 1

Amazing Chocolates

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UNIT 2Jokes

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KEY FOR LEARNING 2

Remembering new words in context
UNIT 3

The First Money

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UNIT 4White Noise28

KEY FOR LEARNING 3

Learning vocabulary with prefixes and suffixes

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UNIT 5The Genius of Albert Einstein

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Making use of visual aids
UNIT 7

Taiwan — Beware of Typhoons

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Pie Chart: Better Sundays Through Efficiency 52

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KEY FOR LEARNING 5

Slash reading
UNIT 9Global Warming

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UNIT 10

Avoiding Cancer

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KEY FOR LEARNING 6

Scanning
UNIT 11

Obesity

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UNIT 12

Democracy in the Modern World76

KEY FOR LEARNING 7

Paying attention to topic sentences
UNIT 13

Borrowing From a Living Library

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UNIT 14The Importance of Language

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Tips for Reading: Reflecting on your study

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Learning Overview
KEY FOR LEARNING 1

UNIT

1 Remembering new words with sounds
Amazing
Chocolates
WARM-UP QUESTIONS

1

WARM-UP QUESTIONSIntroduces warm-up questions toactivate the students’ backgroundknowledge about the topic.

Discuss the questions below with your classmates.
1. How often do you eat chocolate in a week?
2. When do you think was chocolate first sold in Japan?
2
VOCABULARY
From the choices below, choose the word which fits best in eachsentence.

1. In the English alphabet, the letter M __________________ the letter L.
2. Would you like to __________________ sugar to your coffee?
3. There are many different __________________ in the world, such as
Buddhism and Islam.
4. My father could not __________________ to buy such an expensive toy forme.
5. We regularly clean the playground to __________________ our community.
6. Herbal tea has healing __________________.
7. We need to put the same __________________ of sugar and flour into thebowl.
8. They all laughed, with the __________________ of Taro.
9. This webpage __________________ a lot of useful information for tourists
in Japan.

2

VOCABULARYTeaches topic-related vocabulary
words in a sentence where students
can learn the usage of the words.

10. The heavy rain __________________ my new shoes.
addaffordamountbenefitcontains

exception

follows

properties

religionsruined10

When you see a word for the first time, you link it to its meaning throughits sounds (seeing

soundsmeaning). After your brain takes thisroute many times, it skips sounds

UNIT 4

TIPS FOR READING

UNIT 3

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UNIT 2

Remembering a new word by using sounds works very well for your brain.

UNIT 1

Remembering new words with sounds (1)A first step to successful reading is increasing your vocabulary.

AMAZING CHOCOLATESTIPS FOR READING

to reach the meaning. In orderto build a shortcut, you can startlearning vocabulary by checking its

UNIT 5pronunciation.
It may be helpful to use an electronic

UNIT 6or on-line dictionary. Below are someexamples of useful online dictionaries.
Which one is your favorite?

UNIT 7

Teaches a reading strategy
together with examples and key
points.

ExampleHas both English-Japanese and English-English dictionaries.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ja/
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Has many useful example sentences.
https://www.ldoceonline.com/

Useful for checking words with similar meanings (= thesaurus).

UNIT 14

Words to Check

UNIT 13

If you are not sure about the pronunciation, check it with a dictionary.

UNIT 12https://www.merriam-webster.com/
EXERCISE
Check the pronunciation of the words in the Vocabulary Section.

UNIT 11

Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary

UNIT 10

Useful for beginners using a monolingual dictionary.

UNIT 9Provides an opportunity forusing tips for reading introduced
above.

Cambridge Dictionary

UNIT 8EX ER C ISE

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UNIT 3a large amount of calories, so people who eat a lot of chocolate risk becoming
obese. Perhaps the secret to enjoying chocolate’s flavor and not ruining yourcome from?

health is very simple: do not eat too much of it!

UNIT 4

creamy flavor is hard to resist. But where did chocolate
About 2,600 years ago, the Olmec, who lived in Central and Southdrink, but this drink was not sweet like the chocolate we are used to. It was

READING PASSAGE

very bitter. In the years that followed, they started adding other things to their
UNIT 6

4

America made use of chocolate. They used cocoa beans to make a special

UNIT 5

5

UNIT 2of dark chocolate might be able to reduce the risk of a heart attack.
Nothing is perfect, and chocolate is no exception. Chocolate can containDo you like chocolate? Most people love it. Its sweet,

UNIT 1system and has other anticancer properties. Thus, small but regular amounts
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AMAZING CHOCOLATES

Chocolate

3
READING PASSAGE
Read the passage below and focus on the sound of
the words.

cocoa drink to make it taste better.
Chocolate was very important for the Maya,
another group in Central America. Mayans

UNIT 7

Features an interestingarticle from a variety of
topics. Also, it provides
an other opportunity forusing tips for reading
introduced in the unit.

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used cocoa beans as money, and it is said that
10 beans could buy a rabbit. Cocoa beans
Mayan writing referring to cocoa
Wikipedia

ceremonies. The Mayans also used cocoa beans

UNIT 8

were also used in Mayan religion and wedding

A Mayan chief forbids a person to touch a arof chocolate.
cc by Mayan Civilisation

to make a chocolate drink, but only rich people

UNIT 915

could afford to drink it.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

back to their home countries. Milk, cream, andDecide if each statement is true［T ］or false［ F ］. If it is false, correctit.

sugar were added, and eventually the chocolate
we know was born. In the year 1689, chocolate］The Maya changed the chocolate drink to make its taste better.

2.［］In Mayan society, one rabbit cost 10 beans.

3.［］The familiar taste of chocolate existed before Europeans arrived

can enjoy chocolate in bars, ice cream, cakes,

4.［］Eating chocolate regularly may cause a heart attack.

milkshakes, pies, and many other foods. Some

5.［

］Eating a large amount of chocolate causes obesity.

Chocolate is now one of the most popularflavors in the world. In modern society, wein South America.

UNIT 13

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UNIT 121.［

milk was developed in Jamaica.

UNIT 11

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UNIT 10When the Europeans arrived in SouthAmerica, they started to bring this popular drink

UNIT 14studies have found that dark chocolate is goodfor our health because it benefits the circulatory
Chocolate is created from cocoa beans.

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GRAPHIC SUMMARYCOMPREHENSION QUESTIONSIntroduces comprehension exercises
based on the content from Reading
passage.

Introduces a summary-writing
exercise which is also usefulas an output activity.

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GRAPHIC SUMMARY
Complete the outline notes below. You can look at the passage if you
want.

AMAZING CHOCOLATES
1History of chocolate
About 2,600 years ago in Central and South America

WRITING AND DISCUSSION
Introduces questions for output
exercise based on the content of
the reading passage.

• The Olmec used cocoa beans to make a special drink.
.

• At first, it was sweet but very 1.

.

• The Maya used cocoa beans as 2.

it.

Only rich people could 4.

• They 6.

1. What do you eat or drink regularly to keep yourself healthy?

milk, cream, and sugar.

.

Your Ideas

UNIT 5• Chocolate milk was 7.

For Healththe circulatory system and

UNIT 6• Dark chocolate 8.

.

has other anticancer 9.

your health.
2. What is your favorite food? How is it eaten in other towns or countries?

UNIT 8Hints À bananas / fried food / niku-jaga / pork instead of beef

UNIT 9Your Ideas

UNIT 7• Eating too much chocolate could 10.

UNIT 4

Hints À well-balanced meals / protein drinks / green tea

In 1689 in Jamaica

2

WRITING AND DISCUSSION
Read the questions below and write down your ideas or opinions.
Exchange your ideas or opinions with your classmates. Use the hints
if you want.

UNIT 3to• They brought the chocolate drink 5.
Europe.

UNIT 2

When Europeans arrived in South America

UNIT 1, wedding

3.

AMAZING CHOCOLATES• They also used beans forceremonies, and a drink.

UNIT 1014

For further study, access ActeaBo and review today’s lesson.

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UNIT 13
UNIT 14Introduces an opportunity forfurther independent study.

FURTHER STUDYUNIT 12FURTHER STUDYUNIT 118

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Tips for Reading: Planning for your study

For successful English learning, one of the most important things is to
CONTINUE learning it. You cannot master English by studying only fora couple of years. English learning is therefore very similar to climbing
mountains, practicing cooking or practicing a music instrument. You need tocontinue.
However, you cannot continue to learn English without a CLEAR GOAL toachieve. For example, when it comes to climbing a mountain, how high isthe mountain? What tools or clothes do you need for climbing? Which routeare you going to take? How many days do you need? Without knowing all of
this clearly, you cannot maintain your motivation and may soon give up.
Therefore, you need to set a clear goal before restarting your English
learning this time. The clearer it is, the more easily you can achieve it. Also,
setting SMALLER STEPS to achieve the goal helps you continue learning.
Every time you take one step forward, you can feel success and the desire
to move forward.

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Example

Goal

Reading one passage easily without using a dictionary

1. Increasing vocabulary (300 more words)
Smaller steps

2. Reading faster← arriving here one year later!
3. Writing a short summary (with a few sentences)

LET’S TRY

Set a clear goal for your English learning. Also, set smaller steps to achieve
the goal. Do not forget to indicate where you want to be one year later throughlearning English with this textbook.

Goal

Smaller steps

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KEY FOR LEARNING 1

UNIT

1 Remembering new words with sounds
Amazing
Chocolates
WARM-UP QUESTIONS
Discuss the questions below with your classmates.
1. How often do you eat chocolate in a week?
2. When do you think was chocolate first sold in Japan?
2
VOCABULARY
From the choices below, choose the word which fits best in eachsentence.

1. In the English alphabet, the letter M __________________ the letter L.
2. Would you like to __________________ sugar to your coffee?
3. There are many different __________________ in the world, such as
Buddhism and Islam.
4. My father could not __________________ to buy such an expensive toy forme.
5. We regularly clean the playground to __________________ our community.
6. Herbal tea has healing __________________.
7. We need to put the same __________________ of sugar and flour into thebowl.
8. They all laughed, with the __________________ of Taro.
9. This webpage __________________ a lot of useful information for tourists
in Japan.
10. The heavy rain __________________ my new shoes.

10

add

affordamountbenefitcontains

exception

follows

properties

religionsruinedUNIT 3

Remembering a new word by using sounds works very well for your brain.

UNIT 2A first step to successful reading is increasing your vocabulary.

UNIT 1

Remembering new words with sounds (1)AMAZING CHOCOLATESTIPS FOR READING

When you see a word for the first time, you link it to its meaning throughroute many times, it skips sounds

UNIT 4its sounds (seeing → sounds → meaning). After your brain takes thisto reach the meaning. In orderlearning vocabulary by checking its

UNIT 5to build a shortcut, you can startpronunciation.

UNIT 6It may be helpful to use an electronic
or on-line dictionary. Below are some
Which one is your favorite?

UNIT 7

examples of useful online dictionaries.

ExampleUNIT 8Cambridge Dictionary
Has both English-Japanese and English-English dictionaries.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Has many useful example sentences.
https://www.ldoceonline.com/

Useful for checking words with similar meanings (= thesaurus).

If you are not sure about the pronunciation, check it with a dictionary.

UNIT 14

Words to Check

UNIT 13EX ER C IS E
Check the pronunciation of the words in the Vocabulary Section.

UNIT 12https://www.merriam-webster.com/

UNIT 11

Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary

UNIT 10

Useful for beginners using a monolingual dictionary.

UNIT 9https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ja/

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Chocolate

3
READING PASSAGE
Read the passage below and focus on the sound of
the words.

Do you like chocolate? Most people love it. Its sweet,
creamy flavor is hard to resist. But where did chocolate
come from?
About 2,600 years ago, the Olmec, who lived in Central and South5

America made use of chocolate. They used cocoa beans to make a special
drink, but this drink was not sweet like the chocolate we are used to. It wasvery bitter. In the years that followed, they started adding other things to theircocoa drink to make it taste better.
Chocolate was very important for the Maya,

10

another group in Central America. Mayans
used cocoa beans as money, and it is said that
10 beans could buy a rabbit. Cocoa beans
were also used in Mayan religion and wedding
ceremonies. The Mayans also used cocoa beans

15

to make a chocolate drink, but only rich people
could afford to drink it.
When the Europeans arrived in SouthAmerica, they started to bring this popular drink
back to their home countries. Milk, cream, and20

sugar were added, and eventually the chocolate
we know was born. In the year 1689, chocolate
milk was developed in Jamaica.
Chocolate is now one of the most popularflavors in the world. In modern society, we

25

can enjoy chocolate in bars, ice cream, cakes,
milkshakes, pies, and many other foods. Somestudies have found that dark chocolate is goodfor our health because it benefits the circulatory
Chocolate is created from cocoa beans.

12a large amount of calories, so people who eat a lot of chocolate risk becoming

UNIT 3

Nothing is perfect, and chocolate is no exception. Chocolate can contain

UNIT 2of dark chocolate might be able to reduce the risk of a heart attack.

UNIT 130

AMAZING CHOCOLATES

system and has other anticancer properties. Thus, small but regular amounts

obese. Perhaps the secret to enjoying chocolate’s flavor and not ruining your
UNIT 4

health is very simple: do not eat too much of it!

UNIT 5
UNIT 6
UNIT 7

A Mayan chief forbids a person to touch a jarof chocolate.

UNIT 8

Mayan writing referring to cocoa(Wikipedia)(cc by Mayan Civilisation)

UNIT 92.［］In Mayan society, one rabbit cost 10 beans.

3.［］The familiar taste of chocolate existed before Europeans arrived

4.［］Eating chocolate regularly may cause a heart attack.

5.［］Eating a large amount of chocolate causes obesity.

UNIT 13in South America.

UNIT 12］The Maya changed the chocolate drink to make its taste better.

UNIT 11

1.［

UNIT 10COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
Decide if each statement is true［T ］or false［ F ］. If it is false, correctit.

UNIT 14

13

GRAPHIC SUMMARY
Complete the outline notes below. You can look at the passage if you
want.

AMAZING CHOCOLATES
1History of chocolate
About 2,600 years ago in Central and South America• The Olmec used cocoa beans to make a special drink.
• At first, it was sweet but very 1.

.

• The Maya used cocoa beans as 2.
• They also used beans forceremonies, and a drink.

.

3.

, weddingOnly rich people could 4.

it.

When Europeans arrived in South America• They brought the chocolate drink 5.
Europe.
• They 6.

tomilk, cream, and sugar.

In 1689 in Jamaica• Chocolate milk was 7.
2.

For Health• Dark chocolate 8.

the circulatory system andhas other anticancer 9.
• Eating too much chocolate could 10.

14.
your health.

UNIT 3
UNIT 4
UNIT 5Your Ideas

UNIT 2

Hints À well-balanced meals / protein drinks / green tea

UNIT 1

1. What do you eat or drink regularly to keep yourself healthy?

AMAZING CHOCOLATESWRITING AND DISCUSSION
Read the questions below and write down your ideas or opinions.
Exchange your ideas or opinions with your classmates. Use the hints
if you want.

UNIT 6
UNIT 9Your Ideas

UNIT 8Hints À bananas / fried food / niku-jaga / pork instead of beef

UNIT 7

2. What is your favorite food? How is it eaten in other towns or countries?

UNIT 10
UNIT 11For further study, access ActeaBo and review today’s lesson.

UNIT 13

http://acteabo.jp

UNIT 12FURTHER STUDYUNIT 1415