Contrasts
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)
Contrasts: 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.
Unit 4 - Make It or Spend It?
page 83 I page 85 | page 93
page 98 | page 104 Part 1 | page 104 Part 2
Unit 5 - Believe It or Not?
page 112 I page 121 I page 129 I page 134 Part 1 | page 134 Part 2
Internet Sites
Unit 1 — Lucky or Not?
Are You Superstitious? - online quiz
Murphy's Laws - types of laws
How Murphy's Law Works
Task sites:
How Murphy's Law Works
YouTube - Practical Examples of Murphy's Law
O Henry - Wikipedia
O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)
Unit 2 — Harmful or Not?
The Tobacco Timeline
A brief history of tobacco - CNN
A small list of dangers associated with tobacco
Exercise and stress: Get moving to manage stress
'Superfoods' Everyone Needs
Task sites:
Eating Healthy Food Aids Learning
School Lunches
Unit 3 — To Tell or Not to Tell?
How to Keep a Secret
Harlan Coben - Wikipedia
Harlan Coben talks to Shots ezine about ‘The Innocent’ - Interview by Ali Karim
Book Browse review - Tell No One
Task sites:
Teen Advice
Writing a Book Review
eNotes - How to Write a Book Review
Unit 4 — Make It or Spend It?
A Comparative Chronology of Money
NOVA Online (PBS) - The History of Money
NOVA Online (PBS) - Digital Cash
History of Banking - Wikipedia
Economy of Second Life - Wikipedia
Debt Nation
Task sites:
Timeline Archive
Timeline Index
MysteryNet
Teaching Mysteries
Unit 5 — Believe It or Not?
Fun Trivia
Surfing the Net with Kids - Trivia Games
BBC - h2g2 - Lulu the Pig
Dog Saves Man from Heart Attack
ASPCA Humane Awards
Discovery Channel: Living with Tigers
Task sites:
Teen Advice Blogs