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Unit 1 The Sweet Candy
Unit 2 How the Chipmunk Got Its Stripes
Unit 3 More Than a Ride to School
Unit 4 Nature's Drugstore
Unit 5 Raisins:The Incredible Shrinking Grapes!
Unit 6 The Amazing Holes
Unit 7 Nature's Design
Unit 8 A Successful Girl
Unit 9 Be Aware of Sodium
Unit 10 Room for Renting
Unit 11 Maple Day
Unit 12 What Should We Put the Blame On?
Unit 13 Where to Go for a Holiday
Unit 14 Computer World:Female Wanted
Unit 15 International Trade in Ancient China
Unit 1 The Sweet Candy
Unit 2 How the Chipmunk Got Its Stripes
Unit 3 More Than a Ride to School
Unit 4 Nature's Drugstore
Unit 5 Raisins:The Incredible Shrinking Grapes!
Unit 6 The Amazing Holes
Unit 7 Nature's Design
Unit 8 A Successful Girl
Unit 9 Be Aware of Sodium
Unit 10 Room for Renting
Unit 11 Maple Day
Unit 12 What Should We Put the Blame On?
Unit 13 Where to Go for a Holiday
Unit 14 Computer World:Female Wanted
Unit 15 International Trade in Ancient China
Unit 16 Exploring the Evolution of Cichlid
Unit 17 Angela Makes a Discovery
Unit 18 Funny Stories about Traffic Accident
Unit 19 We Are Half of the Sky
Unit 20 The Harvest in the Potato Field
Unit 21 All It Takes Is a Second
Unit 22 Earthquake Intensity
Unit 23 HK Students Eyeing Mainland Universities
Unit 24 Cruelty or Kindness
Unit 25 A Brief History of the ASPCA
Unit 26 Saint Lucia's Day
Unit 27 The Strange Egg Cracks
Unit 28 Ancient Chinese Fables
Unit 29 School Uniforms
Unit 30 Baboons in Desert Survive without Water
Unit 31 Building Bridges
Unit 32 Losing Weight
Unit 33 The World Mourns Diana,Princess of Wales
Unit 34 What Can We Eat?
Unit 35 A Lost Diary
Unit 36 Plant "Cry Out" for Water
Unit 37 Chemicals from Animals Help Heal Wounds
Unit 38 An Adventure in Nature
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