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My name is Pamela K. Torres Resto, and I am eighteen years old. I live in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico with my parents and my sister. I study Industrial Chemistry at the University of Puerto Rico, Humacao Campus. I love my family, spend time with my friends and watch Netflix in my free time. Take care about others is something in which I’m good. I feel passion for help others so that’s one of the main reasons of why I want to become a doctor in the future. I want to help the world with one of its principal needs that is good health professionals, also it needs best education and more peace. I think we can all create a new world with better opportunities!

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HI, my name is Alejandra M. Torres Hernández. I am currently nineteen years old and in my second year of my bachelor in Health Sciences Nursing in the University of Puerto Rico. Throughout my life I have discover a lot of things that I like or love such as getting to know people, reading, having new experiences, and spending time with the loved ones. But one thing I am passionate about is helping and taking care of others which can explain why I have choose nursing. With my chosen career I want to be able to educate people and create awareness in the important things of life and very need ones in this world like mental health, empathy and, communication. When we get together as a team and understand that we need each other and not to be against each other, we are able to do the impossible!!

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My name is Camille Rodríguez, I’m 19 years old and I’m studying a bachelors in science of nursing.Something that I love is learning new things specially medicine and science related. I’m good with critical thinking and science. The world need more people in the medical field. As a nurse I can help people with my knowledge in science and medicine. Right now the world is going through a pandemic and we need health providers more than ever.

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1. What risks do you sometimes take?
I don't think I am a person who usually takes risks because I don't like not having control of the situations I am in. For me is something frustrating and maddening not knowing what's going to happen. But when I do take risks are simple ones like talking to new people, trying a new food or going out to the beach alone.

2. What kinds of people take a lot of risks in their lives?
The kind of people that likes to live an extreme life and needs adrenaline in their system to survive everyday. An example of this are the Nascar drivers who risk their lives constantly for awards and recognition. The parachutists, as well, who have companies of parachuting, live their entire days at risk.

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Would you like to try any dangerous activities? If yes, which ones?

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Would you like to try any dangerous activities? If yes, which ones?

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Yes, I would like to do a dangerous activity and it is parachuting. But for the moment, I don't have the courage.

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P.79 Think of a time you took a risk. What type of risk was it: social, financial, career, or something else? 

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P.79 Think of a time you took a risk. What type of risk was it: social, financial, career, or something else? 

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1.I took a social risk when I decided to talk to more people at the university.
2. I took the risk because I needed to make friends. I felt good because now i have good friends.

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Photos on pages 84-85. What do the people in the passage do? What is risky about these activities?

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Photos on pages 84-85. What do the people in the passage do? What is risky about these activities?

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Ashima Shiraishini is doing bouldering which pretty much consist in climb rocks without any special equipment. I consider this is dangerous because this people does not have any type of security and trust a 100% in their knowledge and ability to do this activity.

Brian Skerry is a underwater photojournalist who goes around the world taking pictures of dangerous animals. This job is dangerous because this man is not in his inhabit and practically everything can turn bad in seconds.

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B. Note answers to the questions below. Then share your ideas with a partner.

1. Do you have a goal for learning English? What is it?

Yes, I have a goal for learning English and is to be able to hold conversations in English.

2. When was the last time you felt afraid? Why did you feel this way?

The last time I felt afraid was two weeks ago. I feel this way because I almost had a car accident.

3. Would you like to try any dangerous activities? If yes, which ones?

I like to try some dangerous activities like zip line.

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C. Read the information. Complete the notes with your ideas. Then share with a partner.

Nile crocodiles

1. can be about as long as adult humans lying end to end

2. can weight around three times more than an average human male

3. can eat about 365 kg of food in a meal

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A. Would you like to work with dangerous animals? Why or why not? Discuss with a partner.

I wouldn’t like to work with dangerous animals because I would be afraid of being attacked.

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B. Think about the types of risk-takers you read about on pages 77-78. In your opinion, what kind of risk-taker is Brady Barr? Check more than one option if necessary. Discuss your answer with a partner.

1. A thrill seeker

2. A professional risk-taker

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B. List three ideas for each category below. Then share your ideas with a partner.

1. Three sports in which you need to be strong

a. Boxing

b. American Football

c. Weightlifting

2. Three countries that are close to your country

a. Dominican Republic

b. British Virgin Islands

c. Haiti

3. Three animals that are about the size of a small car

a. Small dogs

b. Rabbits

c. Squirrel

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C. Read the title and look at the photos on pages 84-85. What do the two people in the passage do? What is risky about these activities? Discuss with a partner.

The people in the passage are climbing and photographing. About these activities in the case of Ashima it is risky to fall and in the case of Brian to be attacked by an animal or suffer a cerebral embolism.

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D. Think about the risk-takers in this unit. Which person takes the biggest risk? Why do you think so? Complete the sentence and then share your ideas with a partner.

I think Brian Skerry takes the biggest risks because personally I’m afraid of sea creatures and I would never have the courage to take a risk like his.

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E. How often do you these activities (1-4)? Discuss your answers with a partner. Then write you answers using adverbs of frequency.

1. I never travel alone.

2. Sometimes I speak in front of large groups.

3. I rarely talk to strangers at parties.

4. I hardly ever study for a test at the last minute.

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Think and discuss
A. Which of the world’s animals are disappearing? Why are they disappearing?
Endangered animals are disappearing. They are disappearing because people do not their
habitats and destroy them.
B. What can people do to help save animals in danger?
To help save endangered animals, people can recreate their habitats and care for them.

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Using Vocabulary
B. List three ideas for each category below. Then share your ideas with a partner.
1. Three countries with a population of under 10 million
a. Puerto Rico
b. Panama
c. Costa Rica
2. Three animals that like to live in cool places
a. Polar bear
c fox
c. Penguins
3. Three things that are rising in your country
a. Farming
b. Population
c. Professionals

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Critical thinking: analyzing a sequence
C. Find and underline information on pages 95-96 that describes two effects of climate change
on sea turtles. Then complete the flow chart. Check your answers with a partner.
Higher temperatures
rising sea levels > flooding on beaches > turtle nests and eggs are destroyed
warmer sand > affects the climate change in turtle nets > not enough male turtles are born

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Discussion
A. Look at the photo on this page and the one on page 100. What do you know about these
animals? How would you describe them? Discuss with a partner.
I don’t know too much about these animals. They look a little similar.

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Learning about the topic
B. Read the information about lemurs. Then discuss these questions.
1. Did any of the information about lemurs surprise you?
The information about lemurs surprise me because I didn’t know that exist about 100
species.
2. Why do you think lemurs are endangered?
I think lemurs are endangered because humans destroy their habitats.

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Reacting to the video
A. What does Chris Smith mean when he says, “When you look into a lemur’s eyes, you can tell
that they’re looking back”? Note your ideas below. Then discuss with a partner.
Chris Smith means that the same you think about them, they can think about you.

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Critical thinking: synthesizing
B. Which animal would you like to help more: lemurs or sea turtles? Why? Complete the
sentence below with your own ideas, and then compare with a partner.
I would like to help lemurs because they are in danger of extinction and deserve to have
better living conditions and reproduce.

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Using Vocabulary
B. Note answers to the questions below. Then share your ideas with a partner.
1. Which animals do you care about the most? Why?
The animals I care about the most are dogs because I have a pet dog.
2. What animals do you know about that have disappeared forever?
Dinosaurs have disappeared forever.

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Critical thinking
Note answers to the questions below. Then discuss with a partner.
1. How do the Duke Lemur Center and Joel Sartore help to save endangered species?
Duke Lemur Center Joel Sartore
The Duke Lemur Center protect lemur’s
babies.
Joel projects try to help animals using
photography.
2. Which approach do you think is more useful in terms of saving animals?
I think Duke Lemur Center is more useful in terms of saving animals.

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1. three countries with a population of under 10 million:
a. Puerto Rico                                         b.Singapore
c. Paraguay
Three animals that like to live in cool places:
a. Polar bear
b. Arctic fox
c. Penguins
Three things that are rising in your country:  a. Death
b. Gasoline
c. Taxes

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1. List of items I use everyday:
Phone
Bed
Car
Shower
Fridge
Toothbrush
Computer

2. Do you know who invented any of the things on your list.
No, I don't, except for one...the computer. Thanks to this lesson I know that Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace could be the creators of the first computer.

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Why does the author describe the inventions as "amazing"?
He describes it as amazing because every half hour, the clock, came alive.

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What opinion does the author give of al-Jazari?
The opinion that he gives is that he is probably one of the greatest engineers in history.

What evidence does the author use to support his/her opinion?
That some of the historians call him "the father of modern-day engineering".

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Which of the people in activity A do you think made the most useful discoveries? why?

1. The most useful discovery was Al- Jazari’s. Like I said before, his discovery was the base to the creation of many of the transportation methods we use. And I think that thanks to his discovery other persons were able to create and think about other inventions.

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three things you celebrate every year
birthdays, christmas and the end of the year
three reasons to study english
it's a universal language, it's good and we must
three brilliant scientists
Nicolas Copernico, Arquímedes and Marie Tharp

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Three things that al-Jazari and Ada Lovelace have in common

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Three things that al-Jazari and Ada Lovelace have in common

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both invented very important things in this period
both created things that were related to math
both are very brilliant creators

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What adjective does the author use to describe Lovelace's math and science ability?
1. Brilliant
What phrase does the author use to describe his/her opinion of Ada Lovelace?
Ada Lovelace continues to be a role model for young woman around the world.
What evidence does the author give to support his/her opinion?
That she helped write an article on the Analytical Engine that she even added her own ideas in and that she made a step-by-step calculation that is thought to be the first ever computer program.

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C. List three ideas for each category below. Then share your ideas with a partner.
1. three things that float in water
a. wood
b. oil
c. ice
2. three things that sink in water
a. key
b. coin
c. stones
3. three things that have an engine
a. car
b. truck
c. boat
4. three famous people from history
a. Albert Einstein
b. Abraham Lincoln
c. Mahatma Gandhi

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A. Look at the title of the video. The phrase Golden Age is used to talk about times in history when people achieved great things. What period in your country's history could be described as a Golden Age? Discuss with a partner.
The period in my country that could be describes as a Golden Age was the period of hands-on operation.

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The author asks: “Are there other planets like earth?” “Could it be possible for humans to live on an Earthlike planet on day?”

I think that there should be thousands of planets like Earth but if the human can really discover them on time, I think it would cost too much money to arrive there or maybe only rich people can have the opportunity to go.

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Page 137 Where are the people? What do you think they can learn from exploring a place like this?

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Page 137 Where are the people? What do you think they can learn from exploring a place like this?

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The people are in an underwater cave. They can learn a lot of things, like the years of the earth and how does the underwater cave system work.

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Page 138 Would you like to explore underwater caves? Why or why not? 

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Page 138 Would you like to explore underwater caves? Why or why not? 

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I would not like to explore underwater caves. It is too dangerous and even experts have died doing it.

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Page 138: How are the challenges of exploring underwater similar to the challenges of exploring space? 

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Page 138: How are the challenges of exploring underwater similar to the challenges of exploring space? 

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I think that they might have similar challenges like distance and getting into places that the human has never been. Also, that to explore those places you got to be an expert and is a very difficult and dangerous situation.

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1. zombie worms, goblin shark, and deep-sea octopus

2. boats, jet ski, and submarine

3. flu, cold and, influenza

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I think the ocean exploration in more interesting. Because is something that we already have in our planet. Why try to explore other planets when you don’t know almost anything about yours?

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Think and Discuss

A.    Which do you think is more interesting - the ocean or space? Why?

It seems to me that space is more interesting because it is immense, and I find it fascinating that there are more planets.

B.    Do you think it’s more useful to explore the ocean or space? Why?

Both are important, but exploring space is extremely important because the earth is in the solar system, and we depend on it to continue with life.