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Language and Culture

Chapter 1

Learning a Second Language

Unit 1

Learning English funny commercials

• Learning English pronunciation (1:53)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvpikUEIaLI&feature=BFa&list=PLC83C85A682B5FACA&index=1

• We are sinking! (0:44)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRf9ooQ7qq8

• Do you really want to learn English? (0:27)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkgqhjbApQE&feature=BFa&list=PLC83C85A682B5FACA&index=3

Tips to learn English

• Five tips for learning English (2:05)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U62uYZ_zYd8

• Practice English every day (1:09)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdu4fHufwbE&feature=related

• Don’t be shy (0:46)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EfSpVWsq84&feature=related

Chapter 2

The Best Place to Live

Language and CultureUnit 1

Idaho

• U.S. Tourism Video: Idaho (4:08)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLsWdr19a1M

• Idaho - More than potatoes! (from the government) (6:32)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee83IY0JDBg&feature=related

Big cities

• New York City– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-58nsUMFs8

• Boston– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gNX8vNFqro

• Los Angeles– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgbf0GjwtNk

Chapter 3

The McCaugheys: An Unusual Family

Home and FamilyUnit 2

Multiple birth

• The McCaughey Septuplets Turn 13 (1:24)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPypWUsdwXk

• Jon and Kate Plus 8 (TLC 影集 : 十口之家 ) (8:37)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_f_CrtAvlE

Homeschooling

• Tim Hawkins - A Homeschool Family (1:09)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM6uqj0_jQc&feature=related

• Typical day for homeschoolers (1:21)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQGUJfVvQ-4&feature=related

Chapter 4

A Musical Family

Home and FamilyUnit 2

Noah Gray-Cabey’s story

• Noah Gray-Cabey (The youngest child in the Cabey-Gray family) (6:32)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnmJjZwKvzA

• Noah Gray-Cabey’s performance (6:31)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5yiU9V3n9I

Chapter 5

The Importance of Exercise for Children

Exercise and FitnessUnit 3

The importance of exercise for children

• The importance of physical activity and healthy eating (3:46)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhe0Ku4UFH0

• Children: Activity as a Way of Life (2:35)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9S6RjH2ris&feature=related

Chapter 6

The New York City Marathon: A World Race

Exercise and FitnessUnit 3

New York City Marathon

• New York City Marathon Nov. 6, 2011 (3:36)

– http://www.ingnycmarathon.org/

• Course Map – http://www.ingnycmarathon.org/documents/INGNYCM

11_Course_Map_For_Media.pdf

New York City Marathon

• New York City Marathon Inspiration video (2:08)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boauNvB9h6I

• 2010 NYC Marathon: Runners (1:41)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnxRJhJqCLQ&feature=related

Chapter 7

Margaret Mead: The World Was Her home

Remarkable ResearchersUnit 4

Margaret Mead

• Margaret Mead and Samoa (1988) (9:30)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw1NZjNkAYI&feature=related

• Tales From The Jungle Margaret Mead (10:01)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p113_9OQMw&feature=related

• American Samoa web site– http://amsamoa.net/

Chapter 8

Louis Pasteur: A Modern-Day Scientist

Remarkable ResearchersUnit 4

Louis Pasteur

• Important People of Medical History- Louis Pasteur (1:48)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QVkKdpdNoc

• Louis Pasteur and the Germ Theory (4:14)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo-ewybcG-Y

• Louis Pasteur on Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pasteur– http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E8%B7%AF

%E6%98%93%C2%B7%E5%B7%B4%E6%96%AF%E5%BE%B7 (Chinese version)

Chapter 9

The Origin of the Moon

Science and HistoryUnit 5

Moon

• 人類登陸月球 40 週年 壯舉回顧 (1:44)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtSgDmyonVo• Origin of the Moon (4:53)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibV4MdN5wo0&feature=related

• Origin of the Moon (6:46)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6A3BzWdd_o&feature=related

• Animation of a GIANT impact (0:48)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvc7Wf1xj4c&feature=related

Chapter 10

A New Route Across the Top of the World

Science and HistoryUnit 5

Northeast Passage

• 北冰洋絲綢之路 – http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/7/8/12/n17991

98p.htm

• BBC news - Northeast Passage– http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8264345.stm

Chapter 11

Saving Lives with Weather Forecasting

Future Technology todayUnit 6

Tornado

• Tornado rips through Tuscaloosa- April 27, 2011 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbGtP_KQPpg (3:0

3)

• Tornado damage (0:46)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71PuRQv6nyI&feature=related

• Tornado videos– http://www.tornadovideos.net/

Chapter 12

Clues and Criminal Investigation

Future Technology todayUnit 6

Crime Scene Investigation (CSI)

• Footprint Evidence (1:27)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlmZZoLGMpM&feature=related

• In the Forensics Lab (1:52)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUQ4LtDsbRo&feature=BFa&list=SP42AFD5DD124591C8&index=3

• Nailing the Murderer (1:37)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zh0yioExz4&feature=BFa&list=SP42AFD5DD124591C8&index=8

Crime Scene Investigation (CSI)

• Crime Scene Evidence (1:03)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQUE8IeVmpA&feature=related

• Forensic science lab (1:42)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekTbRJbN6is

• CSI: The popular show Intro (0:31)

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NzgPNpQkno&feature=related