The Humor Code

A Best Book of 2021 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Time, and The Washington Post The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a ';compelling' (The Washington Post) account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies.When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a paperback titled The Double Helix on her bed. She put it aside, thinking it was one of those detective tales she loved. When she read it on a rainy Saturday, she discovered she was right, in a way. As she sped through the pages, she became enthralled by the intense drama behind the competition to discover the code of life. Even though her high school counselor told her girls didn't become scientists, she decided she would. Driven by a passion to understand how nature works and to turn discoveries into inventions, she would help to make what

The Sick Dragon 生病的龍 「小紅火龍一家人住在森林中，享受著乾淨的空氣、清澈的流水，但人們住進來以後一切都變了。一天，妹妹小藍火龍突然消失不見，小紅要怎麼找到她、並改變這一切呢？」 ★ 思考點：學習與其他物種在同一塊土地上共享共好、進而和平共處，同時了解環境維持需要每個人的努力。 單元介紹 Before Reading:提供與主題相關的前導練習活動，含聽力、寫作、口說等多樣練習，帶領孩子進入故事。Story: (1) 原創故事配上可愛逗趣的全彩繪圖，以及全新錄製的音檔，讓孩子百聽不膩；在聽完故事後，孩子亦可跟著Story Echo重複朗誦故事，讓英語口說更流利、更道地。(2) 每一跨頁提供不同的活動引導，如看圖數數 (Count)、回答問題 (Speak)、想一想 (Think) 等，幫助孩子在閱讀過程中發展思考能力，並鼓勵與同伴討論、表達自己的想法。After Reading:提供與故事主題相關或延伸的全方面練習，螺旋式複習所學，給孩子更多反思機會並加深學習成效。Explore More: (1) 提供兩則與故事內容相關的短文，除了加深閱讀能力，更延伸孩子的學習觸角，對故事主題能有更深一層的了解。(2) 短文亦附有MP3音檔，英語聽力和閱讀能力一次養成。(3) Level E 短文字數約 70~80 字。Made and Do:提供簡易的手作活動，讓孩子在看完故事後根據活動而發揮創意，讓孩子將所學跟生活連結。

The New Class 新班上課囉！ 「今天是開學第一天，所有學生都已經準備就緒，但對Evan老師來說，第一堂課要記太多人名了！面對來自不同國家的這些學生，到底要怎麼全部記住呢？」 ★ 思考點 : 透過上學的第一堂課，學習認識不同的國家與國籍。 單元介紹 Before Reading:提供與主題相關的前導練習活動，含聽力、寫作、口說等多樣練習，帶領孩子進入故事。Story:(1) 原創故事配上可愛逗趣的全彩繪圖，以及全新錄製的音檔，讓孩子百聽不膩；在聽完故事後，孩子亦可跟著Story Echo重複朗誦故事，讓英語口說更流利、更道地。(2) 每一跨頁提供不同的活動引導，如看圖數數 (Count)、回答問題 (Speak)、想一想 (Think) 等，幫助孩子在閱讀過程中發展思考能力，並鼓勵與同伴討論、表達自己的想法。After Reading:提供與故事主題相關或延伸的全方面練習，螺旋式複習所學，給孩子更多反思機會並加深學習成效。Explore More:(1) 提供兩則與故事內容相關的短文，除了加深閱讀能力，更延伸孩子的學習觸角，對故事主題能有更深一層的了解。(2) 短文亦附有MP3音檔，英語聽力和閱讀能力一次養成。(3) Level A 短文字數約 30~40 字。Made and Do:提供簡易的手作活動，讓孩子在看完故事後根據活動而發揮創意，讓孩子將所學跟生活連結。

The Three Seeds 三顆種子 「住在愛爾蘭農場的一家五口，過著踏實的務農生活。這天餐桌上，三個孩子提議添購一隻小馬協助農作，於是爸爸給了他們每人一顆種子，只要種出最美花朵的孩子就可以獲得小馬！一天天過去，只有女兒的種子始終沒有動靜…」 ★思考點：為了達到目的而說謊的小聰明可行嗎？其實，誠實地對待世界才是真正的聰明！ 單元介紹 Before Rea

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