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Second Edition
David Bohlke
Series Consultant:
Dorothy E. Zemach

Reading & Writing

The skills for success at

Student’s Book university and beyond

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Video Reading Vocabulary

Chimpanzee Preview a text Change adjectives
CHARACTER characters to increase into nouns to
efficiency and describe people's

PAGES comprehension character

Psychology Read the texts

to find and
Survey: Are you a natural leader?
understand main
ideas
Article: Great leaders and their
character

Nap hotel Skim texts to get Learn about

TIME a general idea of collocations with
key contents and time
PAGE26 organization

Personal development Sean texts to

find important
Advice article: Time-management tips
information
Culture quickly

3D printed Read texts to find Practice and use

BUILDINGS building main ideas and prepositions
their supporting of place to talk

PAGE44 details about where

Make inferences things are located
Architecture
when reading
Magazine article: Designer schools
to interpret
Technology information
Article: Is technology helping the correctly
airport experience?

Metro construction Make predictions Practice and use

~CITIES about what you'll words to describe
read to connect change

PAGE62 your knowledge to

new ideas
Urban studies
Read texts to find
Essay: Creative solutions
problems and
Urban planning solutions
Descriptive article: Size doesn't
matter

Scanning buildings Read texts to Practice and

CULTURE identify facts and use words
opinions with positive

PAGESO Read texts to and negative

infer and identify meanings
Sociology
author's bias
Article and comments: The
negative effects of technology
Culture
Essay: Technology making a
difference

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Grammar Writing Studyskills Unit outcomes

Use a range of simple Use correct Introduction: learn Use previewing techniques
present structures to capitalization and about study skills and when reading
write descriptions punctuation in your how they connect to Read the text to identify
sentences your work main ideas
Plan, write, and edit a Write and edit a
paragraph describing a descriptive paragraph
leader's character about a leader's character

Use determiners of Write topic sentences Plan your time and Practice skimming in the
quantity (how much, a for your paragraphs to choose when to study context of an advice article
little, plenty of, etc.) express your main idea Scan a text to find
Brainstorm, compose, important information
and revise a paragraph quickly
explaining how well you Compose and edit
manage your time a paragraph with an
effective topic sentence

Use articles (a I an, Write supporting Think about making Read texts to find main
the, no article) with sentences to help your learning more ideas and supporting
nouns explain your main idea active details
Prepare, write, and edit Make inferences when
a paragraph describing reading
how technology can Brainstorm and compose
improve a building a paragraph using topic
and supporting sentences

Notice and use the Practice joining Choose what to note Make predictions
present progressive in sentences to write about down to improve your about texts using your
descriptions of trends contrasts, choices, or note-taking skills knowledge and context
and changes results Read texts to find
Plan, compose, and problems and solutions
share a paragraph Write and edit a paragraph
describing changes in a bout processes/ changes
your city in a city

Use the present Expressand justify Think about your own Distinguish facts and
perfect tense opinions in your writing motivation to work opinions in reading
Brainstorm, plan, and and study Read texts to identify bias
write a paragraph Prepare and edit an
explaining and justifying opinion paragraph
your opinion about
changes in culture

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Video Reading Vocabulary

Vegan cafe Read charts and Learn and practice
FOOD graphs in the text food collocations
to understand

PAGE98 visual information

better
Sociology
Scan a text for
Interview: Hurry up and slow down!
numbers to find
Culinary arts information
quickly

Everest skydive Sean text for Notice and

EXTREMES names to match practice using
them to key extreme

PAGE116 information adjectives

Engineering Practice
identifying
Comparison article: Earth's final
reasons in texts
frontier
you read
Geography
Place profile: The Empty Quarter

Eyeson your Practice scanning Practice the

VISION phone texts to confirm difference
your predictions between look at,

PAGE134 Organize your watch, and see

Biology notes using charts

when reading
Article: Is seeing really believing?

Smartphones and Identify names Learn and use

PROGRESS health and achievements words that show
in reading texts sequence of

PAGE152 Practice events

Medicine summarizing
information you
Essay: From medieval to modern
find in texts
Medicine/ technology

Teaching a robot Read texts to Use collocations

distinguish facts related to work
from opinions

PAGE170 Use pronoun

Aviation reference
when reading
Article: The clean future of flying?
to understand
Technology how the text is
Report: Leave it for the robot! organized

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Grammar Writing Studyskills Unit outcomes

Use comparative and Practice writing Interpret pie charts Read charts and graphs
superlative forms of descriptions of and bar graphs to understand visual
adjectives to express information in charts information
difference Plan, write, and edit a Scan a text for numbers
comparison paragraph Brainstorm and compose
about diets a comparison paragraph
interpreting charts

Practice and use Practice giving reasons Use critical questions Scan for names in texts
structures to talk in your writing to in your writing you read
about present, past support arguments Read texts to identify
and future ability Compose, share, reasons
and edit a paragraph Compose and edit an
explaining reasons explanatory paragraph
for exploring extreme about extreme exploration
places

Notice and use Combine ideas and Increase your reading Practice scanning
infinitives of purpose fragments into complete speed techniques to confirm
sentences predictions
Plan, write, and share Use charts to take and
a paragraph describing complete notes when
a diagram related to reading
vision Write and edit a paragraph
describing a diagram

Use the simple past Practise describing a Practice and use Identify names and
tense in active and sequence of past events words and phrases for achievements in texts and
passive voice to write Brainstorm, compose, linking ideas together paragraphs
about past events and revise a descriptive Summarize texts when
paragraph about a reading
process of discovery Plan and compose a
descriptive paragraph
a bout a past discovery

Use the simple future Write effective Manage your learning Read to distinguish facts
and going to in concluding sentences with technology from opinions
order to write a bout to improve your Read and interpret texts
promises, predictions, paragraphs using pronoun reference
and future events Plan, write, and edit Write and edit a prediction
a paragraph about a paragraph about the
future prediction future of work

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 INTRODUCTIO~? To the student
Academicsuccessrequiresso much more than memorizingfacts. It takesskills.This meansthat a successful
student can both learn and think critically.
Skillfulgivesyou:
• Skillsyou needto succeedwhen readingand listeningto academictexts
• Skillsyou needto succeedwhen writing for and speakingto different audiences
• Skillsfor critically examiningthe issuespresentedby a speakeror a writer
• Study skillsfor learningand rememberingthe Englishlanguageand important information.

To successfullyusethis book, usethese strategies:

Cometo classprepared to learn. This means Reviewyour work. Lookoverthe skills,grammar,
that you should show up well fed, well rested,and and vocabularyfrom previousunits.Study a little bit
preparedwith the proper materials.Watchthe video eachday, not just beforetests.
online and look at the discussionpoint beforestarting Be an independent learner, too. Lookfor
each new unit. opportunities to study and practiceEnglishoutside
Askquestionsand interact. Learninga languageis of class,such as readingfor pleasureand usingthe
not passive.Youneedto actively participate.Helpyour Internet in English.Rememberthat learningskills,
classmates,and let them help you. It is easierto learn like learninga language,takestime and practice.Be
a languagewith other people. patient with yourself,but do not forgetto set goals.
Practice! Memorizeand use new language.Usethe I hope you enjoy usingSkillful!Checkyour progress
Skillfulonline practiceto developthe skills presented and be proud of your success!
in the Student'sBook. Revisevocabularyon the
reviewpage. Dorothy E.Zemach- SeriesConsultant

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- INTRODUCTION
 INTRODUCTION

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INTRODUCTION -
Discussionpoint
1 Brilliant leaders
Discuss with a partner. "He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a
JJ, good leader."
1 What quote do you Aristotle
agreewith most?
I agree with the quote -*-'... "If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully."
by ... the most. Thomas Fuller
2 Do you disagreewith
any of the quotes? "A leader is a dealer in hope."
Napoleon Bonaparte
I disagree with the
quote by ... because ...
"A leader is best when people barely know he exists."
3 Can you name any
Lao Tzu
businessor political
leaders?
"I will go where there is no path and leave a trail."
Some other leaders
Muriel Strode

"Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader."

Tacitus

Beforeyou watch
1 Answer the questions with a partner.
1 Do your friends have similar or different charactersto you?
My friends have ...
2 Do you like to work with people who have similar charactersto you? Why?
I like to work with people who have ...

RMF

8 UNIT 1 CHARACTER
LJNIT READING
1 Previewing a text VOCABULARYPersonal qualities
READING
2 Identifying main ideas GRAMMARUsing the simple present tense to talk about regular actions and habits
AlMS STUDYSKILL Introduction to study skills WRITINGWriting descriptive sentences about a person

A mountain climberin the AustrianAlps.

While you watch After you watch

2 Watch the video. Answer the questions. 3 Answer the questions with a partner.
1 The scientists are from Asia/ Africa/ Europe. 1 Are people and chimpanzees similar?
2 The chimpanzees make friends with nobody/ Yes,they are similar. People and
chimps with the same characters/ chimps chimpanzees ...
who are different. No, I don't think they are very similar. People ...
3 Massen's team studied 38 / 83 / 48 2 Is it important to study animals?
chimpanzees.
It is important. When we study animals we ...
4 The unhappy and stressed chimps wanted to be
It isn't very important. It is more important to
alone/ to be with friends/ to be with family.
study ...

CHARACTER UNIT 1 9
 Are you a natural leader?
A Vocabularypreview
1 Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.

confident honest manage organized

perfect push yourself respect succeed

1 No one is ______ We all make mistakes.

2 My desk is always neat and ______ - everything's in its place.
3 You were relaxed and didn't look nervous. You looked very

4 It's importantto be ______ and never lie.

5 He's late for everything. It's not easy for him to ______ his time.
6 I know the job is not easy. But if you work hard, you will _____ _
7 I ______ our new leader. She is trying hard and doing her best.
8 I know you can do it. You just need to ______ and try harder.

B Beforeyou read
1 Work with a partner. Think of a leader. Do these words describe him or her?
What other words can you use?

bold calm confident friendly honest intelligent

I think Queen Rania is confident, intelligent, and friendly. She's also ...

Previewing a text When you preview a text, you look quickly at the title, headings, pictures,
captions, and design before you read it. This gives you a general idea of the
text. It can help you learn about the type of text you'll read, and tell you
how long you will need to read it.

2 Preview Are you a natural leader? Look at the title, the pictures, and the
way the text is designed. Read the sentences about the text and circle the
correct answer.

The text looks short and interesting/ long and serious. I can probably find it
in a psychology book/ a business magazine.

C Global reading
ReadAre you a natural leader? quickly. Then write the headings in the correct
places in the text opposite.

Managing others Problems and ideas Working with people

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 READING

Are you a natural leader?

Readour surveyand find out. Youget 1 point for everysentenceyou agreewith.

A Emotionsand stress
1 I like to try new things.
2 I like to push myself.
3 I managestresswell.
4 I feel it's sometimes OKto lose.
5 I'm not perfect but I know how to improve.

B
6 I'm a very organized person.
7 Cleargoals and ideas are important to me.
8 Changedoesn't bother me.
9 I'm able to do severalthings at the sametime.
10 If there's a problem at work, I try to fix it.

( _______ _
11 I like to be in chargeduring a project.
12 Peopleon my team try to do their best for me.
13 I want everyoneto participate in discussions.
14 I want the people around me to succeed.
15 I'm comfortable with my decisions.

D _______ _
16 People respect my ideas.
17 I explain my ideasclearly.
18 I'm confident of my public speakingskills.
19 Peopledescribe me as a "people person."
20 It's important for me to be honest.

Youarea naturalleader.Youwillsucceedin manythings!

Youhavesomequalitiesof a naturalleader.
Youare not a naturalleader.Butyoucanstilldevelopintoa strongleader.

CHARACTER UNIT 1 11
 D Closereading
1 ReadAreyou a natural leader?Check( ✓) the sentences that are true for you.
Doyou agreewith what it saysabout you?
I agree/ disagreewith the results.I think ...
Finding information in a text 2 Matchthesesentenceswith sentencesfrom the text. Writethe number.
a "I enjoy new experiences."
b "I find you don't have to win all the time."
c "I can work on more than one thing at once."
d "I try to fix things I'm working on if I can."
e "I enjoy being around a lot of colleagues."
f "I never lie."

3 Readthesestatements.Findstatementsin the text which meanthe

opposite.Writethe number.
a "It's important to win, win, win!"
b "Sometimes I'm not very organized."
c "I can't say what I think very clearly."
d "I don't like it when things don't stay the same."
e "I'm uncomfortable about some things I decide."
f "I prefer people just to listen when we're talking in a group."

E Criticalthinking
Discussthese questionsin a group.
1 Do you know a natural leader? Do the sentences in the text describe them?
I think ... is a natural leader.Thesentencesin the text describe/ don't
describehim/herbecause...
2 What are some qualities of bad leaders? Think about the sentences from
the survey.
I thinkbad leaderssometimes...
Goodleadersusually... but bad leaders...

12 UNIT 1 CHARACTER
 Study skiIls Introduction to study skills

Study skills include a range of abilities Self-management ski Ils

that help you achieve successin your Academic ski Ils
studies. These include the following four People skills
categories of skills. This is known as the Task management skills
APT-S model. The S (self-management) skill
helps you develop the other three skills.
When learning new study skills, think
about:
• Your past experience - what you
learned, how you prefer to learn, what
motivated you
• Your current experience -your subjects,
courses, and motivation for studying
them
• Your future aims - your ambitions for
study and career

© Stella Cottrell (2013)

1 Match the skill to an example.

1 Self-management skill a Identifying the time needed to manage
things such as reading a text develop {v) to improve and
2 Academic skill
use something
3 People skill b Involving everyone in your study group in
experience {n) knowledge
a discussion and skill gained through work
4 Task-management skill
c Identifying the main ideas of an essay or study
d Being responsible for finishing your own environment {n) the place in
work on time which people live and work

2 Think about the skills categories above. Write four skills you have. Then write
where you think you developed it. Usethe ideas in the box or your own ideas.

caring for and helping others family friends health

hobbies home school sports travel work

Skill Where I developed it

1
2
3
4

3 Work with a partner. Share a skill you have. Talk about where you developed it.
I work well with others. I developed that skill at school and through sports.
CHARACTER UNIT 1 13
 Great leaders and their character
A Vocabularypreview
1 Usethe wordsin the boxto completethe sentences.

arrogant boss challenge determined

employee positive responsible treat

1 I'm lucky that my ______ is confident and caring. No one wants to

work for someone who is unkind or _____ _
2 In our study group, a different person each week is ______ for
taking notes for the group. This way we ______ everyone in the
group equally.
3 The new sports coach is ______ to let every player play in every
game. He also wants everyone's experience to be _____ _
4 As the newest ______ in the company, I'm finding it a big
______ to work with so many people with different working styles.

B Beforeyou read
Previewing a text 1 PreviewGreatleadersand theircharacter.Circlethe thingsyou can see in
the text.

captions headings a map pictures quotes a title

2 Choosewhat the text is mainlyabout. Then underlineor highlightthe parts

of the text that helpedyou answer.
a the world's top leaders c great leaders from the past
b qualities of great leaders d how great leaders change over time

C Global reading

Identifying main ideas To identifythe main ideasin a text, first previewit. Then quicklylook
throughthe text, payingparticularattention to any headings.It can be a
goodidea to readthe first line of eachsectionor paragraph-if the main
idea isn't there, keep looking.

1 Lookat the headingsin the text. Circlethe keywords.Then choosethe best

summarysentencefor the text.
a Great leaders are confident, excited, and helpful.
b There are nine qualities that every great leader has.
c You need just eight qualities to succeed in business.
d Anyone can have the qualities of a great leader.

14 UNIT 1 CHARACTER
 and
Great leaders come in all shapes and sizes. They can be anyone from
a company CEO to a soccer coach, a small business owner to a group
discussion leader. While there are some natural leaders, most
great leaders are not born that way. Instead, they learned how to be
great over time. So what are these qualities that all great leaders share?

A They are confident D They communicate well

Great leadersare confident in their Good communication skills are important
abilities and actions. They are not afraid for great leaders.They communicate their
of new challengesand stay calm when ideasclearly, and listen carefully. Many
things get difficult. Oncethey decide to top companies have rulesthat encourage
do something, they do it. While great open communication. The tech company
leadersare confident, they are not Hewlett-Packard,for example, has an
arrogant. Confident leadersusually give "open-door" rule. Leadersleavetheir doors
comfort to those around them; arrogant open so employeescan stop by and speak
leadersrarelydo. to them anytime.

B They are excited E They are determined

No one wants to work with people Great leadershavea goal in mind and
who are not excited about what they do what they needto achieve it. Sony
are doing. Great leadersare excited co-founder Akio Morita did not succeed
about what they do and want to share the firsttime his company tried to sell its
that feeling with others. Think about a first product-a rice cooker. It didn't cook
soccer,baseball,or tennis coach who is the rice; it burned it. They sold lessthan
not excited about the sport. This kind of a hundred. But this did not stop Morita as
person hardly ever gets great results. he went on to create a multi-billion-dollar
company!
C They are helpful
Great leaderscare about other people F They are responsible
and want to help them. When people Author John Maxwellsays,"A good leader
need help, these leadersmake a is a personwho takes a little more than his
difficult situation lesschallenging. For shareof the blame and a little lessthan his
example,think about an employee who shareof the credit." Indeed,great leaders
is having a difficult time finishing some need to be responsiblefor the performance
work. A good bossalwaysseesthis, and for the people around them. When
offers support. something goeswrong, they look for ways
to fix problems quickly.
CHARACTER UNIT 1 15
 '' Great leaders
have a goal in
mind and do what
they need to
achieve it. , ,

G They are honest H They are respectful

Great leadersare honest people. There is a rule known in many cultures-
They are honest in all things-not treat other people as you want to be treated-
just what they say and do, but in who that great leadersdo not follow. Insteadthey
they are. In fact, the Pew Research treat other people as they would like to be
Center1 found that being honest is the treated. Perhapsauthor Jon Wolfgangvon
quality that matters most to people, Goethesaid it best when he said, "The way you
with 84% of people saying it was see people is the way you treat them, and the
"absolutely essential." way you treat them is what they become."

I They stay positive

Great leadersknow that the people around
them won't be happy unlessthey themselves
are positive.Whenthings go wrong, they smile,
fix the problem, and
move forward. This
keepseveryone
feeling positive.
Being positive
makeseveryone
feel that they are
working toward
something good.

16 UNIT 1 CHARACTER
2 Matchthe main ideasfrom the text (1-4) with the text sections(a-e). There
is one sectionin the list whichyou do not needto match.
1 They do not give up easily. a They are helpful.
2 No one wants a leader who lies. b They are excited.
3 They are often quick to offer support. c They are honest.
4 It's never helpful to be negative. d They stay positive.
e They are determined.

D Closereading
1 Completethesesentences.Useno more than two wordsfrom the text.
1 Great leaders are never ______ of new challenges.
2 A good ______ is quick to offer employees help when needed.
3 Sony's success with the rice cooker showed how _____ _
Akio Morita was.
4 A large number of people say honesty is a quality that's _____ _
5 ______ makes everybody feel they are working toward
something good.

2 Matchthe peopleor companywith their idea or opinion.One is extra. Scanningfor names

1 Hewlett-Packard a It's important to be responsible.
2 John Maxwell b Honesty is the most important quality.
3 J.W.von Goethe c Don't stop until you succeed.
4 Akio Morita d Respect others and they will respect you.
e You can speak to leaders anytime.

E Criticalthinking
1 Discussthesequestionsin a group.
1 Which quality from the text do you think is the most important?
I think ... is the mostimportantqualitybecause...
2 Name a leader with that quality. Can you name one without it?
I think ... is a leader who ...

2 Writeshort answersto thesequestions.

1 Do you think you have the qualities of a great leader?

2 What quality of a leader do you want to have? Why?

CHARACTER UNIT 1 17
 Vocabulary development
Changingadjectivesinto nouns
We usuallyadd a word ending(a suffix)to make an adjectiveinto a noun.
Differentwordstake differentsuffixes.Commonsuffixesinclude-y, -ity,
-ness,-ence,and -once.Sometimesthe spellingof the word changes
(seebelow).
Adjective Noun
honest +y honesty
stupid + ity stupidity
able - le+ ity ability
kind +ness kindness
happy i + ness happiness
excellent - t+ ence excellence
important -t+ once importance

1 Workwith a partner.Circlethe correctsuffix.Thenwrite the noun.

Checkyour answersin a dictionary.
1 selfish -ity / -ness
2 intelligent -ity / -ence
3 friendly -a nee/ -ness
4 reliable -ence / -ity
5 lazy -ness / -a nee
6 relevant -a nee/ -ity

2 Writethe adjectiveform of these nouns.Then read the sentencesfrom the

readingtexts below.Completethem with the adjectives.
A arrogance D happiness
B calmness E honesty
C confidence F responsibility _____ _

1 I'm _____ of my public speaking skills.

2 Great leaders need to be ______ for the performance for the
people around them.
3 They are ______ in all things-not just what they say and do, but
in who they are.
4 While great leaders are confident, they are not _____ _
5 They are not afraid of new challenges and stay ______ when
things get difficult.
6 Great leaders know that the people around them won't be _____ _
unless they themselves are positive.

18 UNIT 1 CHARACTER
Academicwords
1 Matchthe wordsto their definitions.Usea dictionaryto help you.
1 achieve (v) a the writer of a book, play, etc.
2 author (n) b praise or approval for something
3 communication (n) C to succeed in doing something
4 credit (n) d the act of sharing information with others
5 goal (n) e an aim or purpose
6 project (n) f a detailed study of something
7 research(v) g worry caused by a difficult situation
8 stress(n) h work that is finished over a period of time

2 Usethe wordsfrom Exercise1 to completethe sentences.

1 Mindy's ______ in life is to work as an electrical engineer at a
large company.
2 The ______ that I'm working on is helping organize a job fair at
my college.
3 It is not surprising that levels of ______ among students rise
during exam periods.
4 The company's 25-year-old leader deserves ______ for his
employees' happiness.
5 Martin is planning to do ______ on penguins in Antarctica
next year.
6 Stephen Hawking is the ______ of the book A Brief History of Time.
7 Jesse can't talk to people easily. Do you think a book on _____ _
would help?
8 Mark Zuckerberg was able to ______ amazing things even before
graduating from college.

3 Completesentenceswith your own ideas.

1 To manage my stress, I _________________ _
2 A goal I want to achieve is to _______________ _
3 I like to read books by the author ______ because ____ _
4 Good communication between is important because

5 A leader who deserves credit for solving a world problem is _____ _

6 A project that students sometimes do is ___________ _
7 After college, an area I really wantto research is _________ _

CHARACTER UNIT 1 19
 Writing model
Youare goingto learn about usingthe simple presenttense and usingcorrect
capitalizationand punctuationin yoursentences.Youare then goingto use
theseto write sentencesdescribingthe characterof a leader.

A Analyze
1 Lookat the word web. A studentchosea leaderand then brainstormedideas
in responseto the question,"Whatqualitiesmakethe leadergreat?"

Caring Talented

Friendly Helpful

Workshard Intelligent

Determined Communicateswell

2 Circlethe qualitiesfrom Exercise1 that you think are importantfor a leader.

B Model
1 Readthe paragraph.Underlinethe qualitiesthe student mentions.

There are many great leadersin the world. Some are in politics or business,
but a leader can be anyone. I think the singer Bono from the band U2 is a
great leader.There are three qualities that make him great. First, he is very
caring. Heworks to help poor people around the world. Second,he is very
determined. Heworks to raise money and does not stop until he achieves
his goal. Third, he has great communication skills. He can talk with anyone,
from regular people to world leaders.This is why I believe he'sa great leader.

2 Lookat this word web. Circlethe ideasyou agreewith.

~----==-----_________
A leader .._
Roles Qualities Actions
CEO talented raisesmoney
teacher caring communicateswell
president positive respectsothers

3 Describea leaderof your choice.Usethe idea in the word web and your
own ideas.

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