Take A Stand
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.
Take a Stand: 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 1 - Challenge the World
pages 8-9 | pages 16-17
pages 24-25 | page 34
Unit 2 - More Than Meets the Eye
page 37 | page 43
page 51 | page 64
Unit 3 - Point of View
pages 66-67 | pages 72-73
page 79 | page 80 | page 90
Unit 4 - Technomania
pages 92-93 | pages 98-99
page 103 | pages 108-109 | page 118
Unit 5 - Believe it, or Not
pages 120-121 | pages 126-127
pages 134-135 | page 144
Unit 6 - It's All Relative
page 147 | pages 152-153
page 162 | page 172
Internet Sites
Unit 1
An open letter to texting-crazed teen
Texting while driving common among Ontario teens: study
Teen who’ve made a difference
Oak Harbor teens make a difference
List of teenage girls who made a difference
Unit 2
Photo Manipulation Throughout History: A Timeline
Top 10 Doctored Photos
The Best Visual Effects in Movies (video)
Burning Building – VFX Breakdown (video)
Movie Making Secrets (video)
Storyboarding Your Film
Unit 3
Debate.org - Should parents be held morally and legally responsible for the actions of their children?
Parents' Responsibility for Their Child's Actions
The Heinz Dilemma (video)
Unit 4
10-Year-Old Saves Father’s Life With Facebook Post
Facebook selfie alerts police and saves a woman's life in domestic dispute
STOP CyberBullying
11 Facts about Cyberbullying
CyberBullying Stories
Unit 5
Truth is Stranger than Fiction
Looks to Good to be true
Scam watch - Real Life Stories
Mysteries & Secrets – Titanic
The Titanic: What made it sink?
Education World: Fact, Fiction or Opinion
5 lessons of misinformation
Internet Scams: Don’t believe everything you read
25 Hottest Urban Legends
Unit 6