3

Cool
JOBS
Hi-tech suits keep
climate scientists safe
from the extreme cold
as they are lowered
onto the Arctic ice.

Warm Up
Discuss these questions with a partner.

1. What are the people in the photo doing?

Would you like this job?

2. What interesting—or “cool”—jobs can

you name? What makes them “cool”?
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 Training
Before You Read
GRIZZLIES! Author Doug Chadwick
roars next to Tank, a bear
from the Wasatch Wildlife
A. Definitions. Look at the photos and read the captions on Training Center. At the
pages 36–37. Then match each word below with its definition. center, Lynne and Doug
1. wrestle • • a. a baby lion, wolf, or bear Seus train animals to be
actors in TV shows
2. paw • • b. a person in a TV show, movie, or play
and movies.
3. actor • • c. the foot of an animal, like a dog or bear
4. cub • • d. to teach a person or an animal
5. train • • e. to use your body to fight someone or
push them down

B. Scan. When he was 16, Russell Chadwick had an unusual

summer job. Scan the first two paragraphs on page 37. Answer
the questions below. Read the passage to check your answers.
1. What did Russell Chadwick do that summer?
__________________________________________________
He worked as an animals trainer.
2. Where did Russell Chadwick work?
__________________________________________________
He worked at the Wasatch Rocky Mountain Wildlife.

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 3A

Russell Chadwick copies Tank as Russell Chadwick wrestles with

he holds his paw up in the air. a little bear cub.

1 Russell Chadwick remembers the summer he turned 16. It was

the summer he wrestled with grizzly bears!

It all started when Russell worked as an animal trainer at

Wasatch Rocky Mountain Wildlife. Wasatch Wildlife is an
5 animal-training center in Utah, in the U.S. At the center, Doug
and Lynne Seus train animals to be actors.

Doug and Lynne asked Russell to help take care of two

four-month-old grizzly bear cubs named Little Bart and
Honey Bump. That’s more difficult than it sounds. Baby
10 bears are big!

Russell’s job was to play with the bears. This teaches them to be
comfortable with humans. Playing with the bears was fun, but
Russell had to remember that bears are wild animals.

“One time, Honey Bump took a bite1 out of my back, and I

15 had to wrestle her to the ground. But it also showed me how
smart2 she is. She knew she had done something wrong and
‘apologized’ by putting her head in my lap.”3

Russell found that bears can understand more than just “sit”
and “stay.” For example, when Russell said “Peekaboo!” to
20 one baby bear, he covered his eyes with his paws, just like a
human child. 1  A bite refers to a small piece
of food, or something you
grab with your teeth.
Russell didn’t get much money for doing this job. But he 2  If someone is smart, they are
enjoyed the experience. He also learned a lot from it. When good at learning things.
3  Your lap is the front area
you’ve wrestled with a grizzly bear, things like work and exams formed by your thighs when
25 don’t seem so difficult anymore! you are sitting down.

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 Reading Comprehension
Multiple Choice.  Choose the best answer for each question.

Gist 1. What is the reading passage mainly about?

a. how to get a summer job in Utah
b. why wild animals make good actors
c. what Russell Chadwick did for his summer job
Vocabulary 2. In line 1, we could change the word turned to ______ .
a. became
b. grew up
c. went around
Detail 3. Which of these sentences about Doug and Lynne Seus
is NOT true?
a. They are movie actors.
b. They are animal trainers. Did You Know?
c. They work at Wasatch Rocky Mountain Wildlife. When they stand on
their back legs, grizzly
Detail 4. What was the main thing that Doug and Lynne Seus bears can be over
wanted Russell Chadwick to do? 2.4 meters (8 feet) tall.
a. play with the bears
b. teach the bears to sit and stay
c. teach the bears to live in the wild
Reference 5. In line 20, he refers to ______ .
a. Doug Seus
b. a baby bear
c. Russell Chadwick
Main Idea 6. What is the main idea of the last paragraph
(from line 22)?
a. Tests and homework are good ways to get ready
for a summer job.
b. Russell Chadwick’s experience helped him get
ready for other things in his life.
c. Russell Chadwick didn’t get enough money
for his summer job.

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 Reading Skill
Finding the Correct Definition of
a Word in a Dictionary
When you look up a word in a dictionary, there is often more
than one definition. To find the correct definition, first identify
what part of speech the word is (e.g., noun, verb, adjective,
adverb). Then look at the other words in the sentence to help
you find the correct definition.

A. Matching. Identify the part of speech of

smart \´sma rt\
the word smart in each sentence below. Then
adjective
match each sentence to the correct definition.
a. good at learning
1. The actor’s clothes are very smart. ______
B b. fashionable
2. I bought a smartphone. ______
C c. controlled by computers
3. Smoke makes my eyes smart. ______
D verb
4. The bear is very smart. ______
A d. to hurt

B. Completion. Circle the part of speech for each underlined

word. Then look up the word in a dictionary, and write down
its definition.
1. At the center, Doug and Lynne Seus train animals.
(lines 5–6)
part of speech: noun / verb
noun
definition: _____________________________________

2. That’s more difficult than it sounds. (line 9)

part of speech: noun / verb
noun
definition: _____________________________________

3. Honey Bump took a bite out of my back. (line 14)

part of speech: noun / adverb
definition: _____________________________________
noun

4. I had to wrestle her to the ground. (lines 14–15)

part of speech: noun / adjective
definition: noun
_____________________________________
Animal trainer Doug Seus
works with Tank, a grizzly
Critical Thinking   Discuss with a partner. What animals do
bear actor.
you think are easy to train? Would you like a summer job
like Russell Chadwick’s? Why or why not?
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 Vocabulary Practice
A. Matching. Read the information below. Then match each word
in red with its definition.

There are many jobs that animal-lovers would be good at.

For example, some people work as caregivers. Their job is
to take care of animals. Caregivers need to feed, wash, and
play with the animals they work with.

People who enjoy teaching animals to do tricks could

become trainers. Trainers can work in a pet store, an animal
park, or a zoo, but if they want to train people’s pets, they
have to be comfortable teaching the owners, too.

Some animal-lovers become veterinarians. Being an “animal

doctor” can be fun sometimes. However, a vet’s work is
often quite difficult.
A zoo vet holds a
1. ________________:
difficult not easy baby orangutan.
2. ________________:
enjoy to like or have fun doing something
3. ________________:
comfortable okay with; relaxed
4. ________________:
take care of to look after something and keep it safe

B. Words in Context.  Choose the correct word or phrase to complete

each sentence below.
1. If you remember something, you __________ .
A
a. think of it again b. forget all about it

2. Examples of wild animals are __________ .

B
a. dogs and cats b. lions and bears

3. If you cover something with your hands, you put your hands _______
B it.
a. under b. over

4. Something that is difficult is _______

A to do.
a. hard b. easy

5. If you apologize, you say that you are B

_______ .
Thesaurus
a. happy b. sorry
difficult Also look up:
(adj.) hard, tough, challenging

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 3B

Getting the Shot

Before You Read National Geographic

photographer Joel
Sartore photographs
A. Discussion. Look at the photo above and read the caption. an Adélie penguin
Then discuss these questions with a partner. chick in Antarctica.
1. What kinds of things do you usually take photos of ?
2. Do you think a photographer’s job is easy?

B. Skim. Skim the interview on pages 42–43. Then write each

interview question above its answer in the passage.
a. I want to be a photographer. Do you have any advice for me?
b. What kind of photographers is the National Geographic
magazine looking for?
c. Is it difficult to get a job as a photographer today?
d. How did you become a National Geographic photographer?

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 Monarch butterflies
at rest completely
cover a tree.

1 An interview with Joel Sartore

Joel Sartore is a writer, teacher, and photographer. His
words—and images—show his passion for photography
and for the world around us.

5 Question 1: __________________________________
D

My first job was for a newspaper. After a few years

there, I met a National Geographic photographer. He
liked my photos and said I should send some to the
magazine. So I did. That led to a one-day job. And that Joel Sartore
10 led to a nine-day job, and so on.

Question 2: __________________________________
B

To get into National Geographic, you have to give them

something they don’t have. It’s not enough just to be a
great photographer. You also have to, for example, be
15 a scientist, or be able to dive under sea ice, or spend
several days in a tree.

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 At the cutest-baby
contest in Barrow,
Alaska, the babies
wear coats made of
seal and wolf fur.

Question 3: __________________________________
C

It’s now more difficult to work for magazines. Technology now

makes it easy to take good pictures, which means there are more
20 photos and photographers. Also, the web is full of photos from all
around the world that are free, or cost very little. These photos are
often good enough to be put in books and magazines that once
paid for photographers and their photos.

Question 4: __________________________________
A

25 Advice?1 Well, work hard. Be passionate about every project you

work on. Take lots of pictures in different situations. Look at
others’ photos thoughtfully and learn from them. And be curious2
about life. There’s something to photograph everywhere.

But be a photographer for the right reasons. If you do it for the

30 money, you probably won’t really be happy. Do you want to
make the world a better place, or make people see things in a
different way? If so, you’ll enjoy the work much more.

1  If you ask someone for advice, you ask them what you should do.
2  If you are curious about something, you want to know more about it.

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 Reading Comprehension
Multiple Choice.  Choose the best answer for each question.

Vocabulary 1. In the title Getting the Shot on page 41, what does
the word shot mean?
a. job
b. photo
c. magazine
Detail 2. Which of the following sentences about
Joel Sartore is true?
a. His first job was with National Geographic.
b. He once worked for a newspaper.
c. He wants to be a teacher someday.
Purpose 3. What was Sartore’s main point in his answer to
Question 3?
a. Photographers need to use more technology.
b. Putting your photos online can lead to
other jobs.
c. It’s not easy to get paid work as a
photographer these days.
Paraphrase 4. The sentence There’s something to photograph
everywhere. (line 28) is closest in meaning
to _______ .
be curious
a. Anyone can be a photographer these days.
b. Take more photos than you think you will need.
c. You can find interesting things to take
pictures of anywhere.
Inference 5. Which of the following things can you infer from
the passage?
a. Sartore is a scientist.
b. Sartore didn’t like his first job. Did You Know?
c. Sartore carries a camera everywhere he goes. The first photo ever
was taken in 1826.
Main Idea 6. What is the main idea of the last paragraph The first color photo
(from line 29)? (above) was taken
a. You should try to see people in different ways. in 1861. It was of a
b. If you work hard, you can make money ribbon.
as a photographer.
c. You should ask yourself why you want to
be a photographer.

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 Reading Skill
Understanding the Use of Commas
Knowing how writers use commas helps you read and understand texts
better. Look at some rules for comma use. You should use a comma . . .
• to separate things in a series
e.g., I enjoy taking pictures of people, animals, and flowers.
• to separate a city, state, or country
e.g., I recently traveled to Rome, Italy, to study photography.
• to set off an introductory word or expression
e.g., At first, I was shy about taking pictures.
• to separate different ideas in a sentence
e.g., I have a camera, but it’s not a very good one.
• to set off a word or phrase within a sentence
e.g., I am, however, a very good photographer.

A. Analyzing. Check (✓) the sentences below that use commas correctly.

1. I flew to San Diego, California, last week to see my sister.
2. She moved, there several years ago.
3. When I got there, my sister took me to the zoo.
4. She works at the zoo, so she gave me a tour.
5. She works with, bears wolves and, monkeys.

B. Completion. Add commas to the sentences below. (The number in

parentheses shows the number of commas needed.) Look back at the
passage on pages 42–43 to check your answers.
1. Joel Sartore is a writer, teacher and photographer. (2)
2. And that led to a nine-day job and,so on. (1)
3. To get into National Geographic, you have to give them something
they don’t have. (1)
4. If you do it for the money,you probably won’t really be happy. (1)
5. If so you’ll,enjoy the work much more. (1)

Critical Thinking   Discuss with a partner. What other questions would

you have asked Joel Sartore? Do you think you would enjoy being a
photographer? Why or why not?

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 Vocabulary Practice
A. Completion. Choose the correct words in red to complete the information below.
Stories Behind the Shots

Joel Sartore took this photo of an ocelot at Behind this 3. (passion / image) is another
the Omaha Zoo in Nebraska, U.S.A. great story. At an aquarium in Baltimore,
Sartore 1. (spent / paid) a lot of time with Maryland, U.S.A., Sartore came across
the animal, but getting the shot was not a very angry frog. While he tried to
easy. “They hardly ever hold still,” says take a photo of it, it tried to bite him.
Sartore. “So I really had to act quickly He never thought he would be in a
when he looked into my camera’s lens.” 4. (situation / cost) where he was afraid
Many animals will stand still only long of a frog! “First time for everything,”
2. (probably / enough) to get food. says Sartore.
After they eat enough and are not hungry
anymore, the photo shoot is over.

B. Words in Context.  Read the sentences below. Then mark each sentence as
true (T) or false (F).
1. Something that’s probably true is likely to be true. T F
2. When you’re paid for a photo, you get money for it. T F
3. If something is free, it costs a lot. T F
4. If you have passion for something, you like doing it very much. T F
5. If you have enough money, you don’t need any more. T F

Word Partnership
We use spend + time to mean we allow time to pass when doing something
(e.g., I spent an hour at the mall.). We use spend + money to mean we use
money to pay for something (e.g., I spent $100 on a new camera.).

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 VIEWING Right Dog for the Job
Before You Watch
A. Definitions. Look at the picture and read the caption below. Pay attention to
the words in bold. You will hear them in the video.

Since 1991, Canine1 Assistants has trained over 1,500 dogs. In Canine Assistants’
super-dog program, puppies learn more than just tricks. These very smart dogs will
grow up to be service dogs and will be given to people who need them. The recipients
are people who cannot move around without help or have other special needs.2 These
dogs have an important job to do. It is the animal trainers’ job to teach them to do it.

1  The term canine refers to a dog or doglike animal. For example, wolves and foxes are also canines.
2  In this context, special needs refers to mental, emotional, or physical problems that cause some people
to need help with their daily activities.

B. Predict. What do you think the trainers in the video teach the dogs to do?
Check (✓) your ideas from the skills below.
  pick up things   call the police   turn lights on
  run in a race   attack bad people   be comfortable with people
  find help   drive a car   perform in contests
  buy groceries   use a phone   get along with other animals

While You Watch

Checking.  As you watch the video, check your answers in Before You Watch B.
Which skills are mentioned in the video? Are your answers correct?
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 After You Watch
A. Completion. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of the
sentences below.

1. According to the video, the dogs have to 2. Scientists think this kind of training makes
learn to (take care of themselves / the dogs (better learners / healthier).
want to help their owners).

3. In the puppy room, the dogs 4. The trainers take each puppy on a trip to
(face situations / meet the people) (experience the world outside /
they’ll find in their new homes. learn to do the shopping).

B. Paraphrasing. The sentences below are from the video.

What do the phrases in bold mean?
1. If their owner is in trouble, the dogs have to press a big button . . .
“is in trouble” = (needs help / has done something bad)

2. When the recipient says: “Will you pick this up for me?” It’s all up to the dog.
“up to the dog” = (only the dog can do it / the dog can decide)

3. At eight weeks they hit a time of fear, where just about everything is frightening.
If they don’t get past it now, they never will.
“get past” = (move away from / find a way to deal with)

C. Discuss. Discuss these questions with a partner.

1. Would you like to be a trainer at Canine Assistants? If you were an animal
trainer, what animal would you train?
2. Jennifer Arnold says the dogs must love their jobs to do them well. Do you
think this is true for people, too? Why or why not?

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