New Mosiac
To assist in enriching your English lessons, ECB Online provides:
- Internet sites based on the themes in your coursebook and provide resources for the unit tasks.
- Downloadable audio reading files (mp3) provide recordings of the reading texts that appear in the coursebook
- Activity and task links for your classroom activities.
- Free Activities: click here להקיש כאן to download (only available for Windows computers)
New Mosaic: Audio Reading Files
Listen to the texts in your book.
Click the links below to hear the audio reading of your text.
To download and save an audio reading file (mp3) to your computer:
- Right click on the page number.
- Click Save Target As or Save Link As.
- Choose folder to save file.
- Click Save.
Unit 1 - That's Entertainment!
pages 8-9 I pages 10-11
page 13 | page 14
pages 20-25 Part 1 I pages 20-25 Part 2
pages 2-25 Part 3 | page 33
Unit 2 - Survival
page 38 I page 39
page 50 | page 51
pages 54-56 part 1| pages 54-56 Part 2
pages 54-56 Part 3
Unit 3 - Horror
page 73 I page 74 I page 89
pages 80-84 Part 1| pages 80-84 Part 2
pages 80-84 Part 3
Unit 4 - Explorers
page 97 I page 98
page 104 | page 105
pages 111-113 Part 1 I pages 111-113 Part 2
pages 111-113 Part 3 | page 117
Unit 5 - The Age of Technology
pages 121
pages 122-123 Part 1 | pages 122-123 Part 2
pages 134-135
pages 140-144 Part1 | pages 140-144 Part2
pages 140-144 Part 3| pages 140-144 Part 4
page 149
Unit 6 - Cops and Robbers
pages 154-155 I page 156 I page 162
pages 168_174 part4 I page 179
Internet Sites
Unit 1 — That's Entertainment!
Television History - The First 75 Years
Entertainment Weekly Magazine
Task sites:
Parks Overview:Walt Disney World Resorts
Six Flags Amusement Park
Grand Canyon National Park
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
British Museum
Adventure Land Water Park: New Zealand
Sea World
Unit 2 — Survival
Ready.gov - Know the Facts, Be Empowered
Amazing rescue at Niagra falls (YouTube)
Dramatic Dog Rescue (YouTube)
INCREDIBLE TORNADO VIDEO!! (YouTube)
News Blog: China earthquake: live coverage of the rescue effort
EMS Training Inc
Yona survives tsunami train disaster December 2004
Task sites:
SNN Newsroom reporters toolbox
How to Write a News Article
Famous Disasters
10 'Worst' Natural Disasters
World Worst Natural Disasters
World Distaster Timeline 21st Century
Unit 3 — Horror
Haunted Houses
Horror Films
50 Top Horror Films
Winchester Mystery House
Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens (Wikipedia)
Frankenstein Films
The whole story: Blair Witch Project (Wikipedia)
The Scariest Movies of All-Time
My House is Haunted - A True Story
Task sites:
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios
Haunted House
Winchester Mystery House
Unit 4 — Explorers
In 1492 - poem
CyberSleuthkids: World Explorers
Columbus Day - A History
Jacques Cartier (Wikipedia)
My Hero Project: Alexandrine Tinne
Biography of Michael Crichton
Explorer's bid to emulate father
Unit 5 — The Age of Technology
Kids and Tech: How Much Is Too Much?
Wayback: Technology in 1900
CNN: The kids are alright: Technology doesn't make them "little criminals"
The History of:
A Class Act - Young Inventors
Edison Birthplace Museum
Task sites:
The History of:
Unit 6 - Cops and Robbers
Time: Top 25 Crimes of the Century
Wiki: Great Train Robbery (1963)
Train robber Biggs to return to UK
An Interview with Ronnie Biggs
Munch's 'Scream' Stolen in Brazen Raid
Six charged with The Scream theft
Adrian Lamo charged with computer crimes
Wiki: Adrian Lamo
Task sites:
Greatest heists in art history
CBC News Indepth: Art Thefts
Famous Art Heists