內容簡介 Password 3rd Edition: A reading and vocabulary text 　　The five books in the Password series help students advance their reading skills and build a vocabulary of 2,000 high-frequency words and phrases. Research shows that at this point, most students can begin to read unadapted texts. 　　Now in a third edition with a fresh four-color design, Password’s theme-based units include an updated mix of nonfiction readings and skill-development activities for reading, writing, and critical thinking. The series continues to feature vocabulary work that helps students understand, remember, and use the target words and phrases to build a solid foundation for both academic and career success. 　　Password 4: A Reading and Vocabulary Text 　　what you can do to live a longer life? 　　how English became an international language? 　　why eating insects may be good for our planet? 　　Password 4: A Reading and Vocabulary Text helps students develop their reading and critical thinking skills and increase their active vocabularies. Now with a fresh four-color design, Password 4 offers theme-based readings about real people, places, events, and ideas along with the types of skills practice that low-intermediate students of English need for academic and career success. 　　Password's systematic, corpusinformed approach to teaching high-frequency words, expressions, and collocations helps students master the basic vocabulary that every learner of English needs. 　　Features 　　‧Engaging new readings that require and reward close reading practice. 　　‧Useful, high-frequency vocabulary selected through extensive corpus-based research. 　　‧Expanded array of exercises to enhance skills and help students better understand vocabulary and topics. 　　‧Careful recycling of vocabulary in readings and exercises. 　　‧Discussion questions and writing tasks that promote critical thinking and build community. 　　‧An emphasis on critical thinking that adds depth to discussions and helps students develop valuable congnitive skills. 　　‧Unit Checkpoints that help students review and reflect on what they've learned 　　‧New Tips for Reading, Vocabulary, Critical Thinking, and Writing 　　‧New Learning Outcomes that let students know that their learning experience will be. 　　‧New Essential Online Resources that include audio recordings of each rdading, bonus activities for extra practice in timed reading and study skills, and the Teacher's Manual with unit tests, expansive answer keys, and prompts for quick oral vocabulary reviews.