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Hi, everyone! Today's news is about a 10-year-old girl. Her name is Maya. Maya wants to help the world. She wants less plastic pollution in the world. 今天我們要來講一個十歲的小女孩 Maya 的故事。Maya 希望可以減少地球上的塑膠汙染。 How is Maya helping the world? She is in a group. The group helps the environment. It wants stores to stop using plastic stickers. The plastic stickers are on fruits and vegetables. Maya 要怎麼幫忙呢？她加入了一個環境保護團體，這個團體希望店家可以停止使用貼在蔬菜和水果上的塑膠貼紙。 Why do stores use these stickers? The stickers make it easy to find the price of a fruit or vegetable. Then customers can pay the right price. The stickers are small. But stores have lots and lots of fruits and vegetables! So the stickers make a lot of plastic pollution. Maya doesn't want stores to use plastic stickers. But stores don't want to stop using them. 這些貼紙讓客人可以找到蔬果的價格。雖然貼紙很小，但蔬菜水果那麼多！這些貼紙會造成塑膠污染，Maya 希望這些店家可以停止使用，但是店家不願意。 Can stores use paper stickers? Paper is better for the environment. But plastic is stronger. So stores like plastic stickers. 店家可以改用紙貼紙嗎？紙對環境比較好，但是塑膠比較堅固耐用。 Maya wants everyone to know about these plastic stickers. She wants everyone to know these small stickers make a lot of plastic pollution. Then maybe stores will stop using plastic stickers. Maya is great! She's 10. And she's trying to help the world! ________________________________ Vocabulary 減少塑膠汙染，可以從很小的地方開始。 1. customer 顧客 How's your first day of work at 7-11? 你第一天在Seven工作如何？ Well, a customer came up to me. 有一個顧客來找我。 2. help 幫忙 And? 然後呢? She said she wanted half a sandwich. 她說她要半個三明治。 So what did you say? 所以你怎麼說？ I said I couldn't help her.我說我幫不上忙。 3.girl 女孩 The girl came back later. 這個女孩後來又回來。 This time she asked another worker. 這次她問了另外一個店員。 For half a sandwich? 要買半個三明治？ Yeah. 是的。 4. want 要 He asked her, "Do you want the left or the right half?" 他問，你要左半邊還是右半邊？ She just left. 她就走了。 今天的單字很簡單。 customer 顧客 help 幫忙 girl 女孩 want 要 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What does Maya's group help? A: Stores B: Plastic stickers C: The environment 2. What is true about the plastic stickers? A: They're big B: They're paper C: They're small 3. Why do stores like the plastic stickers? A: They're strong B: They're colorful C: They're pretty Answers 1. C 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Summer's here! That means… it's music festival time! Music festivals are big events. Lots of musicians sing and play music. 夏天是音樂節的時候！很多歌手會在音樂節唱歌表演。 Are you a music fan? You can have lots of fun at a music festival! There are pop festivals, hip-hop festivals, jazz festivals, rock festivals, classical music festivals, folk festivals, blues festivals, reggae festivals… 音樂節有好多種，流行音樂、嘻哈、爵士樂、搖滾、古典音樂、民謠、藍調、雷鬼音樂節等等… There's a very special music festival this summer. It's called Ossyfest. Ossyfest is in Oswaldtwistle, a town in the UK. This year's festival will have forty musicians. The musicians play for free. But people pay to go to Ossyfest… 英國一個小鎮 Oswaldtwistle 舉辦了特別的音樂節，叫做 Ossyfest。今年有 40 個音樂家會表演。他們免費表演，但是觀眾要付費。 Where does the money from Ossyfest go? All the money pays for music classes for local kids! Last year, Ossyfest paid for music classes for 400 kids! Ossyfest saved their parents thousands of dollars. 這些錢去哪裡呢？都幫當地的孩子付了音樂課的學費，去年有 400 位小朋友免費上音樂課，幫爸爸媽媽省了好多錢！ Ossyfest and its musicians hope these local kids will make their own songs. Maybe the kids will play at Ossyfest someday! Ossyfest 的音樂家希望這些孩子以後也可以自己創作音樂，說不定還可以回來 Ossyfest 表演！ Today is Make Music Day. Ossyfest's musicians make music because they hope kids will make music someday. So how about making some music yourself? Maybe you'll play at a music festival someday too! ________________________________ Vocabulary 英國小鎮這個音樂節，門票收入讓兒童學音樂。 1. music 音樂 I've never been to a music festival. 我從來沒有去過音樂節。 Really? That's too bad. 真的喔，真可惜。 It's a lot of fun.它很好玩的。 2. musician 音樂家 What's it like? 它是什麼樣子？ A music festival? 音樂節嗎？ Lots of musicians would sing on different stages. 很多音樂家在不同的舞台上唱歌。 You can choose the one you like. 你可以選喜歡的。 3. pay 付錢 How much do I have to pay? 我需要付多少錢？ It depends. 不一定。 From about 500 to thousands of NT. 從五百塊左右到好幾千台幣。 4. someday 有一天 I want to go to a festival someday. 我有一天也要去音樂節。 Yeah, you should. 你是該去。 Do you like music? music 音樂 musician 音樂家 pay 付費 someday 有一天 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where in the UK is Ossyfest? A: Fizzel Wizzel B: Oswaldtwistle C: Lethal Bizzle 2. How many music classes did Ossyfest pay for last year? A: 40 B: 400 C: 440 3. What day is today? A: Make Music Day B: Christmas Day C: Monday Answers 1. B 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Australia has some very cool animals. It has the world's smallest penguins! They're called little penguins. They're 35 centimeters tall! 澳洲有世界上最小的企鵝，叫做小企鵝，牠只有 35 公分高！ Foxes were eating the little penguins. So they moved to small islands near Australia. The water around the islands kept the foxes away. 狐狸會獵捕小企鵝，後來小企鵝遷移到澳洲附近的小島，狐狸過不來。 One island had 600 little penguins. But foxes found a way to the island! The foxes ate and ate the little penguins. Then there were only 10 little penguins left. 原本島上有 600 隻小企鵝，結果狐狸找到方法登陸，吃掉了好多小企鵝，後來島上只剩下 10 隻小企鵝了。 Local people worried about saving these little penguins. Then a local farmer had an idea… His farm has thousands of chickens. The farmer's dogs keep his chickens safe from foxes. The dogs are big. They have a very deep bark. They bark to keep the foxes away. But the dogs are kind to the chickens. So the farmer wanted his dogs to keep the little penguins safe too! 當地居民想要拯救小企鵝。有一個農夫養了好幾千隻雞，也養了狗來保護牠們。要是狐狸靠近，狗會狂吠，把狐狸嚇走。這位農夫希望狗狗也可以保護小企鵝的安全！ The farmer's idea worked! The dogs kept the foxes away. The dogs are kind to the penguins too. And there are more little penguins every year. 結果成功了！狗狗嚇走了狐狸，現在島上的小企鵝越來越多了。 Now the island has hundreds of little penguins. Thanks to the farmer's great idea, big dogs are saving little penguins! ________________________________ Vocabulary 友善的狗既保護養雞場，也保護小企鵝。 1. keep away 離遠一點 Is that your dog? 那是你的狗嗎？ Keep it away from me! 讓牠離我遠點！ Sorry, but Buddy doesn't bite. Don't worry. 抱歉，不過巴弟不會咬人，別擔心。 2. safe 安全的 No, I don't feel safe when it barks like that. 牠那樣叫我覺得不安全。 There, you're safe now. 好了，你現在安全了。 3. big 大的 Why do you keep such a big dog? 你為什麼養那麼大的狗？ Buddy is not that big。巴弟沒有那麼大。 And he's cool.而且牠很酷。 4. island 島嶼 He can swim fast. 牠可以游泳游很快。 We sometimes swim to that island together. 我們有時候一起游到那個小島。 Wow, that's far away! 哇，很遠呢！ 我們來讀單字。 keep away 離遠一點 safe 安全的 big 大的 island 島嶼 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What was eating the little penguins? A: Farmers B: Local people C: Foxes 2. What do the dogs do to keep the penguins safe? A: Bite B: Bark C: Eat 3. What does the farm have? A: An idea B: Chickens C: Little penguins Answers 1. C 2. B 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Mmm… I love wax apples. It’s my favorite fruit. I want wax apple trees in my garden. Then I can pick wax apples when I want them. I can eat them all the time! 我好愛吃蓮霧！好希望能夠在我的花園種一顆蓮霧樹，讓我想吃就可以摘。 Farmers in Taiwan grow a lot of wax apples. We can get them at fruit stands and supermarkets here. But sometimes we can’t get wax apples in other countries. 在台灣買到蓮霧很容易，不過在其他國家就不一定了。 A husband and wife from Taiwan live in the USA. He wanted to eat wax apples there. But he didn’t find any. Then someone gave him a wax apple tree. The pair made a tropical fruit farm… with that one tree! 有一對住在美國的台灣夫妻，老公想要吃蓮霧，但是在美國找不到。後來有人給了他們一棵蓮霧樹，這對夫妻就用一棵樹，種出了一整座熱帶水果園！ “Uncle Happy Farmer” and his wife made the farm 40 years ago. Now their farm has more than 40 kinds of tropical fruits and vegetables. His wife grows the fruit trees. Uncle Happy Farmer grows the vegetables. 「快樂農夫叔叔」跟他的老婆四十年前建了這座農場，現在農場裡面已經有四十多種蔬果。老婆種水果，老公種蔬菜。 A chicken helps them! Her name is Lucy. Her poop is good for the trees. 還有一隻雞 Lucy 會幫忙！牠的便便對樹木很好。 Maybe I can make a fruit farm too. And maybe I can get a chicken to help me! Then I’ll have all the wax apples I can eat! ________________________________ Vocabulary 快樂農夫叔叔農場有各種蔬菜水果。 1. fruit stand 水果攤 Don’t you just love fruit stands? 你會不會很喜歡水果攤？ They are so pretty to look at. 它們真好看。 2. farm 農場 You’re right. 你說得對。 Red apples, yellow bananas and green guavas. 紅蘋果，黃香蕉，綠芭樂。 My cousin owns a fruit farm in Taitung. 我表哥在台東有一個水果農場。 3. pick 採摘 We sometimes go there to pick the fruit. 我們有時候會去那裏採果子。 How nice! 真好！ Yeah, it’s wonderful! 對啊，是很棒。 4. chicken 雞 He raises chickens, too. 他也養雞。 So you would have chicken soup after the hard work. 所以你們辛苦工作之後就喝雞湯。 No! He never wanted to kill the chickens. 沒有，他從來不肯殺雞。 你最喜歡什麼水果呢？ fruit stand 水果攤 farm 農場 pick 採摘 chicken 雞 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is the husband known as? A: Mr. Joy Planter B: Uncle Happy Farmer C: Grandpa Fun Rancher 2. Where do the husband and wife live? A: The USA B: Taiwan C: Malaysia 3. What did the pair start their fruit farm with? A: Wax apple seeds B: A wax apple tree C: Tropical vegetables Answers 1. B 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Phew! It’s very dry! Are we in a desert? I need water… A desert is a place without water. It gets very little rain. It’s hard to find plants in a desert. Plants need water to grow. 沙漠裡面很少下雨，水很少，也沒有甚麼植物。 Good soil needs plants. Without plant roots, the soil can’t hold water. The soil gets hard and dry. No plants can grow. The place becomes a desert. 少了植物的根，土壤很難留住水分，很快就會變乾、變硬。最後這片土地就會變成沙漠。 Iraq has two big deserts. This country has long, hot, and dry summers. Now the earth is getting hotter. And Iraq is getting less water from rain and rivers. More places there are becoming desert. 伊拉克有兩個大沙漠。伊拉克的夏天又長又熱，現在因為全球暖化，伊拉克的水越來越少，更多地方變成了沙漠。 People want good soil again. So some people planted trees. Then more people planted trees! Now Iraq wants to plant 5 million trees! 伊拉克希望改善土壤品質，決定開始種樹。他們決心要種五百萬顆樹！ The tree roots will help the soil hold water. Then more plants can grow. Their roots will help the soil. Then more plants can grow. Their roots will help the soil. Then more… 樹根可以幫助土壤留住水分，這樣就可以種更多植物，留住更多水分，變成一個正向循環！ The earth needs our help! Can you plant a tree today? ________________________________ Vocabulary 伊拉克希望多種樹，把沙漠變成綠洲。 1. grow 種植 I’m trying to grow roses, but it’s a lot of work.我正在種玫瑰，但是它需要做好多事。 Roses? You can’t even grow cucumbers! 玫瑰? 你甚至不會種小黃瓜！ 2. soil 泥土 That’s why I’m using the soil for roses. 這是為什麼我用這些泥土來種玫瑰。 3. root 根部 But roses have deep roots. 但是玫瑰的根很深。 Your pots are not big enough. 你的花盆不夠大。 Since when did you know so much about roses? 你什麼時候開始這麼懂玫瑰？ 4. more 更多 I read about it. 我有看書。 But I learned more from my mom. 但是我從我媽媽那裏學到更多。 She plants roses every year. 她每年都種玫瑰。 你有種過任何植物嗎？一起來讀今天的單字。 grow 種植 soil 泥土 root 根部 more 更多 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is a desert? A: A place without water B: A plant C: Good soil 2. What can grow when tree roots help the soil hold water? A: Strong winds B: No plants C: More plants 3. How many trees do they plan to plant in Iraq? A: 5 B: A million C: 5 million Answers 1. A 2. C 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Guys! There's a butterfly on my nose! *giggle* It tickles! *sneeze* Aa… aa… AAA-CHOO! How many kinds of butterflies are there? Scientists say there are more than 19,000 kinds! Butterflies have lots of beautiful colors. 科學家說，世界上的蝴蝶種類超過一萬九千種！蝴蝶有各種繽紛的色彩。 Where did the first butterfly come from? Scientists wanted to know. They went back 100 million years. That's back to dinosaur times… 科學家想知道，世界上第一隻蝴蝶出現在甚麼時候？他們一路找回到一億年前，也就是恐龍的時代。 Many kinds of animals were not living yet. There were no dogs. There were no cats. And there were no butterflies. But there were lots and lots of moths. 那時候沒有狗狗、沒有貓咪，也沒有蝴蝶。不過有很多很多蛾。 Moths and butterflies are in the same family. But they are very different. Butterflies have lots of bright colors: yellow, blue, green, and more. Most moths do not. That's because moths fly at night. Many are black, brown, or gray. These dark colors help them keep safe. 蛾跟蝴蝶是親戚，但牠們其實大不相同。蝴蝶有很多鮮豔顏色，蛾沒有，這是因為蛾是夜行性的，暗沉的顏色比較安全。 Scientists think a moth didn't like the dark 100 million years ago. It liked the light! It wanted to fly in the bright sunlight! Flying in the sun made the moth's dark colors brighter. Now scientists think that's where the first butterfly came from! 科學家認為一億年前，有一隻蛾不喜歡晚上，牠喜歡光亮的地方！在陽光下飛讓這隻蛾的顏色變亮了，科學家認為這就是第一隻蝴蝶的起源！ A dark moth gave the world beautiful bright butterflies, thanks to the sun! ________________________________ Vocabulary 一億年前的陽光，讓蛾類開始演化成蝴蝶。 1. bright 光亮的 Wow, look at these paintings! 哇，你看這些畫。 The colors are so bright and beautiful! 顏色好鮮明，真好看！ 2. sunlight 陽光 Yeah, it's like they come alive under the sunlight. 對啊，在陽光下好像變成活的。 How many butterflies are there in this painting? 這幅畫裡有幾隻蝴蝶？ 3. dark 黑暗的 I guess at least one hundred. 我猜至少一百隻。 It would look good on a dark wall. 掛在黑暗的牆上可能不錯。 4. night 夜晚 The dark wall of our house? 我們家那面黑暗牆壁嗎？ Are you thinking of buying it? 你想買這幅畫？ Maybe. It would look even better at night. 也許。它晚上看起來可能更好。 來讀讀單字。 bright 光亮的 sunlight 陽光 dark 黑暗的 night 夜晚 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How many kinds of butterflies are there? A: 19 B: 1,000 C: 19,000 2. Which animals have lots of beautiful, bright colors? A: Moths B: Butterflies C: Dinosaurs 3. Why do most moths have dark colors? A: To keep safe B: To fly C: To look cool Answers 1. C 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

That tastes sooooo good! But one glass is all I want. A 58-year-old man from Iran likes soda a lot. He drinks three large bottles of soda every day! 我喜歡汽水，不過喝一小杯就夠了。但是在伊朗，有一個 58 歲的男子很愛喝汽水。他每天喝三大罐汽水！ How much does the man like soda? He likes it so much, he doesn't eat food! He only drinks soda. He says that's all he needs. 他有多愛喝汽水呢？他喜歡到只喝汽水不吃飯！ The man stopped eating food in 2006. 這個男子從 2006 年之後就沒有吃過飯了。 He woke up one night with a very strange feeling in his mouth. He went to many doctors. Why did he have that strange feeling? The doctors did not know. 他某一天半夜起床，覺得嘴巴裡面有一種怪怪的感覺，看了好多醫生都沒有用。 Going to the doctors did not help the man. And looking at food made him feel sick. So he stopped eating. That was 17 years ago! 他去看醫生也沒有什麼幫助，他只要看到食物就全身不舒服，於是停止吃飯，那是 17 年前的事了。 The man says soda gives him energy. He does not feel hungry. His family does not eat in front of him now. They know looking at food makes him feel sick. 這個男子說，汽水讓他有精神，不覺得餓，他的家人現在也不在他面前吃飯了，他們知道看著食物會讓他感到噁心。 It's not a good idea to stop eating food! Most doctors say we should eat three meals a day. That's breakfast, lunch, and dinner. 但是不吃飯對身體不好，醫生建議一天應該要吃三餐。 Just soda? And no food? For 17 years?! No, thanks… Uh-oh, now I'm hungry! ________________________________ Vocabulary 有人沒辦法吃東西，只能喝汽水維生。 1. drink 喝 Why do we have to eat and drink every day? 我們為什麼每天都得吃吃喝喝？ Because we like to stay alive? 因為我們想要活著？ 2. sick 生病的 No. 不對。 So what's your answer? 那你的答案是什麼？ We need food because we don't want to be sick. 我們需要食物因為我們不想要生病。 3. strange 奇怪的 That's a strange thing to say. 這是很奇怪的說法。 I mean it. 真的啊。 4. doctor 醫生 I tried to stop eating for 2 days. 我試著兩天不吃飯。 I had to see a doctor. 就得去看醫生。 Then why did you do it? 那你為什麼不吃？ I just wanted to see how it felt. 我只是想看看是什麼感覺。 你每天吃三餐嗎? 來一起讀單字。 drink 喝 sick 生病的 strange 奇怪的 doctor 醫生 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where is the 58-year-old man from? A: Pakistan B: Iran C: Iraq 2. When did the man stop eating food? A: 2006 B: 2007 C: 2017 3. How many meals should we eat every day? A: 1 B: 2 C: 3 Answers 1. B 2. A 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The mail's here! A lot of important mail comes to your house. Like birthday cards, or report cards from your school. Report cards show how you're doing at school. They show all of your grades. ALL of them! The good ones and the bad. 信箱裡有各種郵件，包括成績單。它上面有你所有好的壞的成績，寄到你家信箱。 A high school student in Taiwan was getting good grades at school. Until her boyfriend broke her heart. Then her grades got very, very bad… 台灣有一個高中生原本成績很好，但在一次失戀後，她的成績跌到谷底。 Her mother was waiting at home for the report card. She was going to be very angry! The student wanted to hide her report card from her mother. She didn't want anyone to know. So she hired… a detective! 她媽媽在家裡等成績單，但是高中生想要把成績單藏起來，所以雇用了一個偵探！ Detectives can do things in secret, without anyone knowing. But they cost a lot of money! The student paid the detective. The detective hid the report card. 學生給了偵探很多錢，請他幫忙把成績單藏起來，他也照辦了。 But then, the story got in the news! Her mother saw her bad grades in the paper! 結果這件事情上了新聞，她的媽媽也在新聞上看到了她的成績！ The student lost lots of money. And she failed to hide her bad grades! Don't do what she did! It's better to tell the truth and study hard. ________________________________ Vocabulary 這名高中生不想讓爸媽看成績單，於是用了很特別的辦法。 1. hide 隱藏 Have you ever tried to hide your report card? 你有試過把成績單藏起來嗎？ That would be useless. 沒有用。 Why? 為什麼？ Because we have to get our parents to sign it. 因為我們得讓爸媽簽名。 2. grade 分數 And return it to your teacher? 然後要還給你的老師？ Right. 對。 Even when you get bad grades? 就算成績很爛也要？ Especially when we get bad grades. 尤其是成績很爛時更要。 3. angry 生氣的 So your mom would get angry with you? 所以你媽媽會對你生氣？ No, not really. 不會。 But she would be worried. 但是她會擔心。 4. hire 雇用 She would also hire a tutor for me. 她也會幫我雇一個家教。 你會擔心成績單不好看嗎? 來讀單字。 hide 隱藏 grade 分數 angry 生氣的 hire 雇用 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Who sends report cards in the mail? A: Your family B: A detective C: Your school 2. What kind of grades are shown on a report card? A: Bad grades B: Good grades C: All grades 3. How much do detectives cost? A: Not much B: Nothing C: A lot Answers 1. C 2. C 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi there! Today's news is about a vending machine. Vending means selling. So a vending machine is a 'selling machine'. "Vending" 的意思就是賣。今天的新聞跟自動販賣機有關。 You put money in the vending machine. You push the number of the thing you want to buy. Then it drops down. You can buy candy, chips, or drinks from vending machines. You can buy other things too. 你只要投錢，按按鈕選你要的商品，它就會掉下來。你可以在販賣機買到糖果、洋芋片、飲料，還有很多其他的東西。 There is a special vending machine in Tainan. It doesn't sell candy, chips, or drinks. It just sells one thing: eggs! People love to see this egg vending machine. They love to take pictures of it. 台南有一台特別的販賣機，只賣一種東西，那就是雞蛋！這台販賣機吸引了很多人來參觀跟拍照。 How much are the eggs? One egg is 25 NT. That's a lot of money! 裡面一顆雞蛋要賣 25 塊錢，好貴！ Do eggs break in the vending machine? No, they don't break. That's good. No one wants to buy a broken egg. But some eggs get stuck. They don't come out of the vending machine. That's because the eggs are different sizes. But this can be fixed. 販賣機裡面的雞蛋不會破掉，但因為雞蛋的大小不同，有可能會卡在機器裡面，不過這個問題很好處理。 Do you want to buy eggs from a vending machine? I think I'll save my money and go to a supermarket! ________________________________ Vocabulary 自動販賣機的商品五花八門，甚至還有雞蛋。 1. candy 糖果 A vending machine? Wow, I'm saved! 自動販賣機? 哇，我得救了！ There are only candy bars and chips here. 這裡只有糖果棒跟洋芋片。 2. how much 多少 Are you sure you want to eat this? 你確定你要吃這些？ Let me see how much they cost first. 我先來看看它們要多少錢。 3. machine 機器 Hmmmm, everything costs 30 NT in the machine. 這個機器裡面每樣東西都要30塊。 That's more money than at the supermarket. 這比超市裡面賣的要貴。 4. buy 買 So do you still want to buy them? 所以你還是要買嗎？ Yeah, I'm too hungry to wait. 要買，我太餓了，不能等。 今天的單字你記住了幾個？ candy 糖果 how much 多少 machine 機器 buy 買 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is a vending machine? A: A washing machine B: A selling machine C: A computer 2. How many dollars is one egg? A: 5 B: 15 C: 25 3. Why do some eggs get stuck? A: They're different sizes B: They're too heavy C: They break Answers 1. B 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I'm at an arcade! They have lots of driving games! But they make me carsick. 我人在遊樂場，這裡有好多賽車遊戲，但我會暈車。 Look! Over there! They have fighting games! Ugh… they're too scary for me! 還有槍戰遊戲，但我覺得有一點恐怖。 I know! I'm going over there to the claw machines! Do you know what a claw machine is? Taiwan has lots! A claw machine looks like a big glass box. There's always a prize in it! The prize can be a toy, candy, or sometimes something expensive! Players can win a cell phone from some claw machines! 我要去玩夾娃娃機。它像個大玻璃櫃，獎品有玩具、糖果，還可能有很貴的東西，像是手機！ To win a prize, a player picks it up with a claw. The claw is a metal robot hand. Picking up the prize sounds easy doesn't it? But it's very hard! 你需要控制金屬爪子去夾獎品，聽起來很簡單，其實很不容易。 A boy played a claw machine. But he didn't win. What did he do then? He climbed inside it. He wanted to take the prize! But then the boy got stuck in the claw machine! 有一個男孩夾不到獎品，就爬進娃娃機裡面，結果卡在裡面出不來！ Some people got him out safely. But now he cannot play that claw machine for one whole year! 後來大家把他安全救出來，但是他一整年不能再玩夾娃娃機了。 Hmm… I want a prize too. But I won't climb inside! I'll play the right way… wish me luck! ________________________________ Vocabulary 夾不到獎品的小男孩，乾脆爬進夾娃娃機的玻璃櫃裡。 1. prize 獎品 Wait, I want to play this one. 等一下，我要玩這個。 You're such a child, Paz. 你真是個小孩。 Look at all these prizes. 你看這些獎品。 They are so much fun! 都很好玩呢。 2. toy 玩具 They are just cheap toys. 它們都只是些便宜玩具。 You're not still playing with toys, are you? 你沒有在玩玩具了吧？ 3. pick up 撿起來 I am. And I like cheap toys. 我有，我喜歡便宜玩具。 Now I have to pick up this car. 現在我一定要夾這個汽車。 4. over there 在那裏 Oh no! Why is it so hard? 糟糕，怎麼這麼難？ Come on. Let me buy you ice cream at the store over there. 來吧，我請你到那邊店裡吃冰淇淋。 你喜歡玩夾娃娃機嗎？ prize 獎品 toy 玩具 pick up 撿起來 over there 在那裏 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What does a claw machine look like? A: A driving game B: Some candy C: A big glass box 2. What is always inside a claw machine? A: A boy B: A prize C: An arcade 3. When can the boy play the claw machine again? A: One week B: One month C: One year Answers 1. C 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I love the beach! Let's swim! Wait! What's all that brown stuff? It smells like bad eggs! 我喜歡海邊，我們去游泳吧！等一下，海灘上那個咖啡色的東西是甚麼？它聞起來好像臭掉的雞蛋。 That brown stuff is seaweed. Seaweed grows in the ocean. Ocean waves push it to the beach. 原來是海帶。海帶生長在海裡，被海浪推到沙灘上。 Some beaches have a lot of smelly seaweed! People don't want to go to those beaches. 有的海灘會有很多臭臭的海帶，讓人根本不想去。 What can we do with this seaweed? Well, we can make houses! 這些海帶可以拿來做什麼呢？可以用來蓋房子！ A gardener in Mexico is making houses from seaweed. His company cleans the seaweed from the beach. He mixes the seaweed with other materials.He makes the blocks. He dries them under Mexico's hot sun. Then the gardener builds houses with the blocks. He makes a little money by selling some of the houses. He gave 14 houses to people in need. 墨西哥的一個園丁用海帶來建造房屋。他的公司清理海灘上的海帶，然後把海帶混合其他的材料，製造成磚塊，用這些磚塊來蓋房子，賣掉這些房子可以賺一點錢。他也曾經把十四棟房子送給需要的人。 Are the seaweed blocks safe? Researchers say they are good for 120 years. 這些海帶磚安全嗎？研究人員說它們還可以維持一百二十年。 Lots of seaweed on beaches is a problem. Making houses from this seaweed is a great idea! ________________________________ Vocabulary 海帶可以用來當作房屋的建材，沒有想到吧？ 1. make 做 Let's have some sushi tonight. 我們今晚來吃壽司。 I'll make them myself. 我自己來做。 Good. Then I'll make seaweed pork rib soup. 好啊，那我做個海帶排骨湯。 2. smelly 有臭味 Why is sushi so delicious? 為什麼壽司這麼好吃？ Because I'm a good cook? 因為我是很棒的廚師？ Of course. But I sometimes find sushi a little smelly. 當然啦，不過我有時候覺得它有點臭。 3. egg 蛋 But it's just rice and some fish. 但它只是米飯加一點魚。 And some eggs. 還有一些蛋。 4. mix with 混合 You like eggs, right? 你喜歡蛋，對吧？ Yeah, especially when they're mixed with onions. 對，特別是它混搭洋蔥的時候。 請注意，來一起讀單字。 make 做 smelly 有臭味 egg 蛋 mix with 混和 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where does the gardener live? A: America B: Canada C: Mexico 2. What's bad about seaweed on the beach? A: It's clean B: It's smelly C: It looks good 3. How many years are the seaweed blocks good? A: 20 B: 120 C: 220 Answers 1. C 2. B 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hello from sunny Greece! I'm here on vacation. Today is World Oceans Day, so I'm relaxing at the beach! 今天是世界海洋日，而我正在希臘的海邊逍遙！ The beaches in this country are great. The sand is soft and the sea is beautiful! For me, swimming at the beach is easy. I can just stand up and walk into the sea! 只要站起來，走進海裡，就可以游泳。 But how about people who can't move easily? Sand makes walking hard for them. And some people can't walk. They use wheelchairs. But wheels don't work well on sand… 但是對於有行動障礙的人，沙子很不好走，輪椅在沙灘上也難行動。 Greece has the answer: special ramps to the sea! Greece is putting these ramps on 287 beaches! The ramps are free and easy to use. People press a button. The ramp carries them into the water. Then they can swim! 希臘想出了辦法! 他們在 287 座海灘搭建了坡道，只要坐上坡道的椅子，按一下按鈕，椅子往下到海邊，就可以游泳了！ What happens when they get tired? No problem! The ramp carries them from the sea to the beach! Now people who can't move easily can go in and out of the water! 玩累了怎麼辦呢？很簡單，爬上坡道的椅子，電動椅會把他們送回岸上。這樣行動不便的人也可以盡情玩水了！ These special ramps make swimming in the sea easy for everyone. Great job, Greece! ________________________________ Vocabulary 希臘的海灘坡道，讓身體有障礙的人也能享受海泳的樂趣。 1. sand 沙子 It feels so good to walk on sand barefoot. 打光腳走在沙灘上真舒服。 Such cool and soft sand! 這麼涼快柔軟的沙子！ 2. relax 放鬆 We should come here every weekend. 我們應該每個周末都來。 It'll make me more relaxed. 會讓我放鬆得多。 3. hard 困難的 You don't have a hard life, Nancy. 你的生活並不難啊。 Oh, but I do. 很難的。 I have to get up every day. 我得每天起床。 And feed three cats and one dog. 餵三隻貓和一隻狗。 4. vacation 假期 Don't tell me you need a vacation. 別跟我說你需要度假。 That's what I was about to say! 我正要說呢！ 今天的單字你記住了幾個？ sand 沙子 relax 放鬆 hard 困難的 vacation 假期 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What special day is today? A: World Problem Day B: World Open Day C: World Oceans Day 2. How many beaches in Greece will have these ramps? A: 287 B: 200 C: 87 3. What does it cost to use the special ramp? A: They're free B: €1 euro C: $1 dollar Answers 1. C 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Some people like to exercise on their own. Maybe they like jogging, or going to the gym. Some people like to play team sports, like baseball or basketball. They play with their friends on a team. There's a fun new team sport! It's reading! 有一些人喜歡自己去運動，像是慢跑或去健身房。有一些人喜歡團隊運動，像是棒球或籃球。但現在有一種新的團隊運動，就是閱讀！ At some schools, students can make teams. The teams read 10 books to get ready for a game. They talk about the books. Who are the writers? What are the names of the books? What are the books about? Who are the people in the books? Students study the books. Then the teams are ready. 學生可以組隊，一起閱讀十本書。然後討論作者、書名、書的內容、角色等等。 The teams play against other teams at their school. The winners play against teams from other schools. One team played against another school's team. Their families, friends, and other students were watching. The teams answered 20 questions. But there was no winner yet! 校內比賽的贏家會跟其他的學校比賽，家人朋友都來看比賽！但是回答了 20 題，贏家還沒有出爐。 The teams answered eight more questions. They gave good answers again and again! Which team was going to win the game? 比賽隊伍又回答了 8 題，通通答對了，到底最後會獎落誰家？ Then… there was a winner! Reading on a team and playing against other teams is fun! Could reading be a sport in Taiwan? ________________________________ Vocabulary 閱讀這種靜態活動，也可以當成團隊運動項目來比賽呢。 1. gym 健身房 Heading out for the gym? 去健身房嗎？ Right, I really need to work out. 對，我真的需要運動。 I've been lazy for two weeks. 我已經偷懶兩個星期。 2. jog 慢跑 Gym is boring. 健身房很無聊。 You can try some outdoor sports. 你可以試試看戶外運動。 Like jogging or biking? 像是跑步或是騎車嗎？ No, thank you. 不，謝了。 3. exercise 運動 I'd rather exercise indoors. 我寧願在室內運動。 It's no fun when you're alone.自己一個人不好玩。 4. talk about 說到 You can talk about things when you jog with someone. 你跟別人一起跑可以聊天。 No, I don't want to wait for others. 不，我不想等別人。 Let's read the vocabulary. gym 健身房 jog 慢跑 exercise 運動 talk about 說到 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Which of these is not a team sport? A: Basketball B: Jogging C: Baseball 2. How do students get ready to read as a sport? A: Throw books B: Study books C: Kick books 3. How many books did the teams have to read? A: 8 B: 20 C: 10 Answers 1. B 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Ugh… I'm tired of walking. Why did I want to walk home? My legs are very tired. How many kilometers can you walk? One kilometer? Five kilometers? Ten kilometers? 走路回家好累人，我的腳好酸。你們可以連續走幾公里呢？一公里、五公里、還是十公里呢？ How about more than two hundred fifty kilometers? That's a very long walk. But somebody did it. Oh wait! Not somebody… some dog did it. His name is Nanuq. 如果要走兩百五十公里呢？有一隻狗狗做到了！牠叫做 Nanuq。 Nanuq went out with some other dogs one day. The other dogs came back. But he didn't come back. His family could not find him. They were very worried. Was Nanuq okay? Nanuq 有一天跟一群狗狗出去玩，但是其他的狗狗都回來了，Nanuq 卻沒有回來。牠的主人找不到牠，非常擔心。 Nanuq was gone for more than a month! Then his family found him. Nanuq was in a place across the sea! The place was two hundred fifty kilometers away! How did Nanuq walk across that many kilometers of seawater? 牠失蹤了一個多月，結果在海的另一邊被找到了。牠走了兩百五十公里！牠是怎麼越過大海的呢？ Nanuq and his family live in a very, very cold place. The sea is icy. Nanuq's family thinks he walked on sea ice. Nanuq was very lucky. He was okay! And he was home! Nanuq 跟牠的主人住在很冷的地方，海面都結冰了。Nanuq 的家人認為牠是走在冰上面過去的。Nanuq 非常地幸運，牠現在終於回家了！ No one knows how Nanuq crossed two hundred fifty kilometers of seawater! What do you think? ________________________________ Vocabulary 一隻牧羊犬是如何越過白令海峽? 牠的主人很好奇。 1. tired of 厭倦 I'm looking forward to winter. 我很期待冬天。 I'm tired of summer. 我厭倦夏天了。 Too bad. 糟糕了。 Summer is just beginning. 夏天才剛開始呢。 2. gone 離開，消失 I wish it was already gone. 我希望它已經走了。 Why do you hate summer so much? 你為什麼那麼討厭夏天? It's too hot. I miss the cold days. 太熱了。我想念冷天氣。 3. cold 冷的 Winter in Taipei is too cold for me. 台北的冬天對我來說太冷了。 In Canada, it's icy everywhere in winter. 加拿大的冬天，到處都結冰。 4. worried 擔心的 People would be worried about too much snow. 大家會擔心雪太多了。 Are you tired of summer? tired of 厭倦 gone 離開，消失 cold 冷的 worried 擔心的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where does this story take place? A: A very hot place B: A very dry place C: A very cold place 2. What is Nanuq? A: A cat B: A dog C: A bird 3. What does Nanuq's family think he walked across? A: Fire B: Air C: Ice Answers 1. C 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

What does "environment" mean? Go outside. Look around. Lie on the grass. Look at the sky. Our environment is the natural things around us. It is the air, plants, animals, the clouds in the sky… 什麼是環境呢？出去走走，到處看看，躺在草皮上，望向天空。我們的環境就是空氣、植物、動物跟天空中的雲。 The Earth's environment keeps us alive. We have air to breathe. We have water to drink and food to eat. 地球的環境讓我們有空氣可以呼吸，我們有水可以喝，有食物可以吃。 But our planet has 8 billion people! It needs help. 但地球有八十億人口！它需要幫助。 We can help. But can another planet help too? Can people live there one day? Hmmm…which planet? Some planets are too hot or too cold. Some are okay. But do they have water? 我們幫得上忙。但另一個星球也可以幫忙嗎? 有一些星球太熱，有一些星球太冷。有一些星球還可以的，但它們有水嗎？ The planet Mars is not too hot or too cold. Scientists are learning more about its environment. They sent robots to look around. 火星不會太熱或太冷。科學家派機器人去了解。 Guess what one robot found?! Salt water! Mars had salt water a long time ago. Maybe Mars has water now! 他們找到了甚麼呢？一台機器人找到鹽水。火星很久以前有鹽水，或許現在有淡水了！ Can people live on Mars one day? Scientists need to find out more. For now, let's help our environment here on Earth! ________________________________ Vocabulary 有水的地方可能就有生命，科學家很想知道別的行星是否有水。 1. sky 天空 Hey, you're back! 你回來了！ How's Hehuanshan? 合歡山如何啊？ It was great! The air was fresh and the sky seemed bigger. 很棒，空氣新鮮，天空好像變大了。 2. cloud 雲 There were no clouds at night so we watched the stars. 晚上沒有雲，所以我們看星星。 That's wonderful! 太棒了！ 3. grass 草地 So you just laid on the ground outside? 所以你們就躺在外面地上？ Yeah, we laid on the grass until midnight. 對，躺在草地上到半夜。 4. long time ago 很久以前 I love stargazing. 我喜歡觀星。 I saw many shooting stars on Taipingshan a long time ago. 我很久以前在太平山看到好多流星。 今天的單字很好記。 sky 天空 cloud 雲 grass 草地 long time ago 很久以前 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What does the Earth's environment do? A: Makes us special B: Keeps us alive C: Learns about Mars 2. What did scientists send to Mars? A: Air B: Robots C: Clouds 3. What did Mars have a long time ago? A: Animals B: Salt water C: Plants Answers 1. B 2. B 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Narrator: Guys! Listen up! Two kids were arrested! The police put them in jail! The kids were fighting in the street. They were running into each other. They were fighting with their heads! 有兩個小孩在路上用頭互撞的方式打架，被警察逮捕了！ Some people saw the fight. One person said the kids had "been fighting all weekend". 有人說那兩個小孩整個周末都在打架。 Some people were worried. They didn't want the kids to get hurt. So they called the police. 有人很擔心他們受傷，所以叫了警察。 The police came and pulled the kids apart. Police: Come on, you two! Narrator: The kids were very angry! They wanted to keep fighting! 警察把他們拉開，但他們還是很生氣，想要繼續打架！ The police took them to the police station. The kids spent a night in jail. 他們被帶到警察局，在監獄裡面待了一個晚上。 The next day, their owner came and took them home. Wait! Their owner?! Kids don't have owners, do they? They have mothers and fathers and teachers… but no one owns them. Right?! 隔天主人來把他們帶走。等等，主人？小孩只有爸媽，沒有主人吧？ Well, these kids have an owner. You see, they aren't people like you and me. These kids are goats! 其實，他們跟你們不一樣，他們是小山羊！ Yep! A 'kid' is a young goat…like a puppy is a young dog, and a kitten is a young cat! "Kid" 除了是小孩，也是小山羊的意思。就像 puppy 是小狗，kitten 是小貓。 So, two young goats went to jail for fighting. Those are some baaaaaaad kids! ________________________________ Vocabulary 兩隻小山羊被關起來了，免得繼續打架。 1. get hurt 受傷 Come on, boys, knock it off! 好啦，孩子們，該停止了！ You may get hurt! 你們可能會受傷。 2. fight 打架 Why do boys like fighting? 為什麼男生喜歡打架？ I don't know. 我不知道。 Girls fight too, but not with their fists. 女生也會，只是不用拳頭。 Yeah, girls fight with words. 對，女生用語言。 3. listen 注意聽 They say things to hurt each other. 她們說一些話傷害對方。 Sometimes people just need to listen. 有時候大家只要聆聽就好了。 4.angry 生氣的 They can't if they're very angry. 假如他們很生氣就做不到。 Right, I can't when I'm angry. 對，我生氣的時候就沒辦法。 大家一起來讀單字。 get hurt 受傷 fight 打架 listen 注意聽 angry 生氣的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What do we call a young goat? A: A puppy B: A kitten C: A kid 2. How long did the goats spend in jail? A: A weekend B: A night C: A month 3. What were the goats fighting with? A: Their heads B: Their hands C: Their teachers Answers 1. C 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Happy World Reef Day! The world's most famous coral reef is the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. It's the world's biggest reef too. 全世界最大的珊瑚礁在澳洲的大堡礁。 Coral reefs are very important for life underwater. Many kinds of fish live in them. They're like apartment buildings for fish! Some people fish there. They sell or eat the fish. 很多魚類住在珊瑚礁裡面，牠們就像魚的公寓。有一些人會捕魚來自己吃或拿去賣。 Taiwan's biggest coral reef is by Lamay Island. But more than half of Lamay Island's reef died in 2020. This is because the ocean is getting warmer. It's sometimes too warm for coral reefs. 台灣最大的珊瑚礁在小琉球，但是 2020 年，小琉球的珊瑚死了一半以上。因為海洋溫度升高。 Coral reefs are made of millions of very small coral animals. Reefs take thousands of years to grow. But we need them now. 珊瑚礁是由數百萬極小的珊瑚蟲組成，要好幾千年才形成。 Scientists are working to save coral reefs. Last year, they tried a new idea. They planted new coral on reefs. These scientists are underwater gardeners! 科學家正在努力拯救珊瑚礁，他們在珊瑚礁上種新的珊瑚，他們是海底的園藝師！ The idea worked! The new coral grew. More fish came every day! 這個計畫成功了！新的珊瑚長了出來，更多魚來到珊瑚礁附近！ Scientists gardening underwater, saving reefs and protecting ocean life! Far out, dude! ________________________________ Vocabulary 氣候暖化造成很多地方的珊瑚礁大量死亡，科學家忙著搶救。 1. underwater 在水下 It's so hot today! 今天好熱喔！ Yeah, I wish I could go diving underwater. 對啊，真希望潛到水裡。 2. ocean 海洋 In the ocean? 潛到海裡？ In the ocean, with colorful fish, turtles and coral reefs around me. 在海裡，四周都是繽紛的魚、烏龜和珊瑚礁。 Where can you find such a place? 哪裡可以找到這種地方？ Xiao-liu-qiu. 小琉球。 3. warmer 更溫暖的 But it's in Pingtung. 不過那在屏東。 It maybe even warmer there. 那裡可能更熱。 4. die 死亡 You're right. 你說得對。 But I'd die if I didn't go swimming somewhere. 但是假如我不去哪裡游泳我就會熱死。 今天的單字你可記住了？ underwater 在水下 ocean 海洋 warmer 更溫暖的 die 死亡 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is the world's most famous coral reef? A: The Belize Barrier Reef B: The Great Florida Reef C: The Great Barrier Reef 2. Where is Taiwan's biggest coral reef? A: Orchid Island B: Green Island C: Lamay Island 3. What is making coral reefs die? A: Warmer oceans B: Too many fish C: New coral Answers 1. C 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

My grandpa watches soccer on TV. But some grandpas in Japan play soccer! 我的阿公會在家裡看足球比賽。但在日本，有一些阿公卻出門踢足球！ Japan has a new soccer league. It's called Soccer For Life. The league has three teams. They are called White Bears, Red Star, and Blue Hawaii. All of the players are 80 years old… and older! 日本有一個新的足球聯盟，叫做「終身足球隊」，聯盟有三支球隊，分別叫做白熊、紅星，還有藍色夏威夷，裡面的球員年紀都超過80歲！ Mr. Shiozawa is the oldest player. He's 93! Mr. Shiozawa loves to play soccer. He's the goalkeeper for White Bears. 最老的球員是Shiozawa先生，已經93歲了！他是白熊隊的守門員。 Mr. Shiozawa has a big job! He tries to stop the ball from going into the goal. He uses his body to stop the ball. He can use his hands to stop it too! When he stops the ball, the other team cannot get a point! Shiozawa 是用身體或是手阻擋球踢進球門，阻止對手得分。 Mr. Shiozawa needs a lot of energy for soccer. Energy lets him run, play, and kick. Mr. Shiozawa wanted more energy. How did he get it? He stopped smoking! Now Mr. Shiozawa runs in his office and he runs on the soccer field. He plays practice matches. He plays matches with the other teams. He has a lot of energy! 當守門員需要很多體力，為此他決定戒菸，在自己的辦公室跟球場練跑，還會參加練習賽！ Mr. Shiozawa plays soccer at 93 years old! Good for you, Mr. Shiozawa! Soccer for life! ________________________________ Vocabulary 銀髮族踢足球，一樣玩得很開心！ 1. soccer match 足球賽 I can't wait for the next World Cup. 我等不及下一屆世界盃了。 It's more than 3 years away, Paz! 要等三年多呢！ I know. Don't you miss those fun soccer matches? 我知道，你不會想念那些好玩的足球賽嗎？ 2. player 球員 I miss all the handsome players. 我想念那些帥哥球員。 Jane, you have to see how they play the game. 你得看他們怎麼打球。 I did! 我有啊！ 3. goalkeeper 守門員 I like watching the goalkeeper doing his job. 我喜歡看守門員守球門。 4. star 明星 Right, and he's often the team's star. 對，而且他通常是全隊的明星。 That's why I like him. 這是為什麼我喜歡他。 你喜歡看足球比賽嗎？ soccer match 足球賽 player 球員 goalkeeper 守門員 star 明星 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What team is Mr. Shiozawa on? A: White Bears B: Red Star C: Blue Hawaii 2. How old are the soccer players on these teams? A: 20 to 25 B: 80 and older C: 90 to 140 3. How did Mr. Shiozawa get more energy? A: He stopped smoking B: He used his hands C: He watched TV Answers 1. A 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi everyone. Do you know what eagles are? They're very big and strong birds. Murphy is an eagle. He is 31 years old. He can't fly, so he lives in a place for injured animals. Murphy 是一隻 31 歲的老鷹。牠飛不起來，住在受傷動物收留所。 Murphy wanted to be a dad. He made a nice nest for an egg. He sat on the egg every day. No one could come close. Murphy didn't want the egg to break. Murphy 想要當爸爸，牠築了一個巢天天孵蛋。牠害怕蛋破掉，不讓任何人靠近。 Murphy waited for his egg to open. He waited to see his baby… But there was one problem. Murphy's egg wasn't an egg. It was a rock! People felt sad for Murphy. Murphy 每一天都在期待蛋孵化，但是那枚蛋其實是一顆石頭！ Then a storm came. A baby eagle fell out of its nest. Some people found the baby eagle. They had an idea to help the baby eagle and Murphy at the same time! 一場暴風雨過後，有一隻老鷹寶寶掉出鳥巢外被人發現。他們想到一個主意，可以同時幫助老鷹寶寶跟 Murphy！ They took Murphy's rock away. Then they put the baby eagle in Murphy's nest. Now Murphy is the baby eagle's dad! Murphy takes care of the baby. He gives food to the baby eagle. Murphy is a good dad! 他們把石頭拿走，把孵出來不久的老鷹放進 Murphy 的巢裡面。現在 Murphy 當爸爸了！牠細心照顧寶寶，餵牠食物。Murphy 是個好爸爸！ Murphy and his baby are very lucky. They have a new family! ________________________________ Vocabulary 幸運的 Murphy，終於成為老鷹爸爸。 1. fall 掉落 What's that on the road? 在路上那個是什麼？ My God, it's a bird! 天哪，是一隻鳥。 I think it fell from above. 我想是從上面掉下來的。 See the nest? 你看到鳥巢了嗎？ 2. put 放 Poor little bird! 可憐的小鳥！ What should we do about it? 我們拿牠怎麼辦呢？ I think we need to put it back.我想得把牠放回去。 3. take 帶走 Back in its nest? 放回鳥巢裡？ Are you kidding? 開玩笑。 You're right, the tree is too tall. 你說得對，樹太高了。 Maybe we should take it to the place for injured wild birds. 我們也許應該把牠帶去野鳥救傷中心。 4. fly 飛 Can the little bird fly? 這隻小鳥會飛嗎？ Yes, it will. 牠以後會的。 But not now. 但是現在沒辦法。 今天學到四個動詞。 fall 掉落 put 放 take 帶走 fly 飛 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. What did Murphy think was his egg? A: A nest B: A toy C: A rock 2. What did Murphy want to be? A: Injured B: Big and strong C: A dad 3. What made the baby eagle fall out of its nest? A: An idea B: A storm C: An egg Answers 1. C 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi there! Have you ever been to a water festival? People throw lots of water. Everyone gets very wet! It sounds like fun! 你參加過潑水節嗎？大家都會全身濕淋淋的，很好玩！ There is a water festival in a country called Myanmar. The festival is called Thingyan. It celebrates Myanmar's New Year. Their New Year is in April. 緬甸的潑水節在四月舉辦，叫做 Thingyan，是緬甸的新年。 Many people from Myanmar live in Taiwan. Many of them live in New Taipei City. New Taipei City has a "Little Myanmar". Little Myanmar has many shops and restaurants. 很多緬甸僑胞住在台灣的新北市，新北有個地區綽號叫做小緬甸，有很多商店跟餐廳。 Every year, people from Myanmar have a big water festival there. But this year, there was a problem. There wasn't much rain. And now it is important to save water in Taiwan. What happened to the water festival this year? 每一年，緬甸人都會在小緬甸舉辦潑水節，但今年台灣的雨太少了，需要節約用水，怎麼辦呢？ They still had the festival. They celebrated their culture and traditions. They shared them with festival visitors too. But they used very little water! They sprinkled some drops of water on people. Their tradition says this water washes away bad luck. 他們還是舉辦了潑水節，慶祝傳統文化，不過只撒一點點水在身上。他們相信潑水可以洗去厄運。 People from Myanmar had their water festival with very little water! Let's help Taiwan save water too! ________________________________ Vocabulary 新北市的小緬甸，每年都會慶祝潑水節。 1. celebrate 慶祝 My friend has just returned from Thailand. 我的朋友剛從泰國回來。 He says he had the best time celebrating the Water Festival there. 他說他在那裏的潑水節玩得非常開心。 2. everyone 每個人 What did they do? 他們做了什麼？ He and his friends bought big water guns… 他跟他的朋友買了大水槍… And they shot water at each other? 然後互相射擊？ Yeah, and everyone they saw on the street. 對，並且也針對路上看到的每個人。 3. year 年 That does sound like a lot of fun! 聽起來真好玩！ Yeah, I want to go, but it's too late now. 我很想去，但是現在太遲了。 You can go next year. 你可以明年去啊。 They have this festival every year. 他們每年都有這個節日。 你想慶祝潑水節嗎？ celebrate 慶祝 everyone 每個人 year 年 ________________________________ Quiz 1. When is Myanmar's water festival? A: January B: April C: August 2. What do people do at water festivals? A: Make other people wet B: Swim C: Drink a lot of water 3. How much water did this year's water festival use? A: A lot B: Very little C: No water Answers 1. B 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hey! Do you hear that? That's the sound of too many rats! Wild rats are mean! They fight other animals. They eat trash. They run in very dirty water… which means they carry lots of germs and diseases. They're dangerous, they can make you very sick. Stay away from wild rats! 野生老鼠會咬垃圾，在下水道亂鑽，身上細菌很多，可能讓人生病！ New York City has many, many rats. They're everywhere! The mayor of New York City says that everyone who knows him knows one thing: he hates rats! Now the mayor wants to fight the rats. He wants them out of his city! 紐約到處都有老鼠，紐約市長決心跟老鼠宣戰，把牠們趕出城市！ The mayor gave Kathleen Corradi a new job. Her job is to get rid of rats. Kathleen Corradi has helped nearly 120 schools get rid of rats before. Can she help a big city now? 市長找來專家 Kathleen Corradi，她之前成功幫助120 所學校除掉老鼠。 First, Kathleen Corradi is taking away the rats' food. She's getting garbage trucks to pick up people's trash earlier. Then the rats can't eat it all. 首先，Kathleen Corradi 請垃圾車早一點去收垃圾，讓老鼠沒有東西吃。 She also wants people to fix all the holes and cracks in their homes. That stops the rats from getting inside. No food and no homes mean no rats! 她也請民眾把家中屋頂或是牆壁破洞修補好，老鼠就不能亂鑽。沒有食物、沒有地方住，就不會有老鼠了！ So, it's New York City versus the rats! ________________________________ Vocabulary 紐約市長下定決心，要把老鼠趕出紐約市。 1. get rid of 除掉 Mosquitos! I hate mosquitos! 蚊子，我討厭蚊子！ I'll get rid of them. 我來消滅牠們。 You missed, I can't believe it! 你沒打到，真不敢相信！ No, I got one. 不，我打死了一隻。 2. fight 對抗 There are two more. 還有兩隻。 How can we sleep tonight? 今晚怎麼睡啊？ We have to keep fighting them. 我們只有繼續跟牠們大戰。 3. stop from 阻止 Let's put up a mosquito net. 來把蚊帳掛起來。 Yeah, that should stop them from coming at us. 對，讓牠們沒辦法咬我們。 4. hole 破洞 Hey, how come I still got three mosquito bites? 為什麼我還是有三個蚊子包？ Maybe there's a hole in the net? 也許蚊帳有破洞？ 一起來讀讀單字跟片語吧。 get rid of 除掉 fight 對抗 stop from 阻止 hole 破洞 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Does the mayor of New York City like rats? A: Yes B: No C: Maybe 2. Who has the job of getting rid of rats in New York City? A: The mayor B: Kathleen Corradi C: Wild rats 3. What should you do if you see a wild rat? A: Kiss it B: Fight it C: Stay away Answers 1. B 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you like to look at buildings? There are many interesting buildings in the world. Taipei 101 is interesting. It is so tall! One small town in Spain has some very cool buildings. This small town is called Setenil de las Bodegas. It is home to 3000 people. They have houses built in caves! And some houses have been built under very, very big rocks. Why did people build them? 西班牙有一個有三千個人的小鎮，那裏的建築很特別，鎮上有一些房子蓋在洞穴裡面，而且有一些房子蓋在很大很大的石頭下面。為甚麼他們要這麼做呢？ First, the houses did not take much money to build. Rock is a big part of each house, it's the walls and the roof! People didn't need to buy much wood and other material. They made the caves bigger. They made some walls for new rooms. 首先，這種房子的屋頂跟牆壁都已經是石頭，不用買太多的木材或其他的材料，所以很便宜，不需要花太多的錢。如果要增加房間，只要建隔間牆。 Second, rock makes the houses comfortable. Comfortable?! Yes! It makes the houses cool in the summer… and warm in the winter. 第二，石頭讓房子冬暖夏涼，住起來很舒服！ Third, rock makes the houses safe. Rock doesn't catch on fire. It is also very strong. The houses won't fall down in an earthquake. 第三，石頭不會著火，地震的時候也不會倒塌，石頭房很安全！ What do you think? These houses don't cost a lot of money to build. They're not too hot. They're not too cold. They're safe. And they're very interesting! Do you want to live in a house built in a cave? ________________________________ Vocabulary 西班牙這些石頭房屋有各種優點，而且很便宜呢。 1. rock 石頭 We went on an outing yesterday and walked through this lovely rock tunnel. 我們昨天去郊遊，走過一條可愛的石頭隧道。 Rock tunnel? Where? 石頭隧道? 在哪裡？ 2. roof 屋頂 It's in Rui-fang, New Taipei. 在新北市的瑞芳。 It's an old railway tunnel. 它是個舊的鐵路隧道。 The roof and walls are all stone. 屋頂跟牆壁都是石頭。 3. warm 溫暖的 They give such a warm and cozy feeling! 它們有種很溫暖舒服的感覺。 Is it long? 很長嗎？ Yeah, about 3,000 meters long. 很長，大約三千公尺。 4. cool 涼爽的 It was hot under the sun, but cool inside the tunnel. 外面太陽底下很熱，但是隧道裡面很涼快。 Sounds really nice! 聽起來真不錯！ 今天你學到哪些單字？ rock 石頭 roof 屋頂 warm 溫暖的 cool 涼爽的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is the story about? A: Some cool buildings B: Taipei 101 C: Earthquakes and fires 2. What is true about the houses in the summer? A: They're hot B: They're cool C: They're not comfortable 3. What happens to the houses in an earthquake? A: They fall down B: They are safe C: They catch on fire Answers 1. A 2. B 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi everyone! Do you… I'm at… Hey, guys! QUIET!!! …Thank you! All those animals are so noisy! Every different animal makes a different sound. Even turtles! Many people think turtles don't make sounds. But they do! How do I know? A scientist named Gabriel found out. 很多人以為烏龜不會發出聲音，但有一位叫 Gabriel 的科學家發現牠們其實會叫。 Gabriel was doing a study. It was not about turtles. The study was in the Amazon rainforest. He heard turtles make sounds there! He wanted to know more. Why? Well, science says turtles do not make sounds. Gabriel 原本在亞馬遜雨林做其他的研究，他聽到那裡的烏龜會叫！ Gabriel went home. He listened to his pet turtle. He heard his turtle make some sounds! Then he did a new study. He listened to 50 kinds of turtles. That's a lot of turtles! All 50 kinds of turtles made sounds! So why didn't scientists know about turtle sounds? 他回家後聽自己養的寵物烏龜，發現牠也會叫。Gabriel 決定展開研究，聽了50種不同種類的烏龜，發現他們都會叫！為什麼科學家之前都不知道呢？ Gabriel first heard turtles in the Amazon rainforest. Indigenous people have lived there for a very long time. Do they know about turtle sounds? Scientists have not asked them. Maybe they can ask. Maybe they can learn from indigenous people. 亞馬遜雨林的原住民在那裏住了很長時間。他們知道烏龜會叫嗎？科學家或許可以去問問。 Gabriel found out something new. You can too. Go outside. Listen. What animals can you hear? ________________________________ Vocabulary 烏龜行動緩慢，讓人誤以為牠們沒有聲音，其實不是。 1. loud 大聲的 Guess which animal is the loudest in the world. 猜猜看哪種動物是世界最大聲的。 The loudest, hmmm… Lions? Elephants? 最大聲的，獅子嗎? 大象？ No, it's the whale! 不，是鯨魚！ 2. hear 聽到 But they are in the sea! 但是牠們在海裡！ You don't need to hear them. 你不需要聽到牠們。 But their family does. 但是牠們的家人需要。 3. kind 種類 What kind of whales? 哪一種鯨魚？ The sperm whale. 抹香鯨。 Their sounds can travel a long way. 牠們的聲音可以傳很遠。 4. know 知道 I know that blue whales sing. 我知道藍鯨會唱歌。 They do. They sing all day long. 會，牠們會唱一整天。 你聽過烏龜的聲音嗎？來讀讀單字。 loud 大聲的 hear 聽到 kind 種類 know 知道 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. What kind of animal did Gabriel listen to? A: Dogs B: Turtles C: Frogs 2. Where did Gabriel first hear these animals? A: In a rainforest B: At home C: At a pet store 3. Who has lived in the Amazon for a long time? A: Gabriel B: Gabriel's pet C: Indigenous people Answers 1. B 2. A 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Athlete Spends 500 Days Alone There's an athlete from Spain who really likes to be alone… 西班牙有個運動員喜歡自己一個人。 The athlete's name is Beatriz Flamini. She's a mountain climber. Beatriz had a question. What does being alone for a long time do to someone? 她叫做 Beatriz Flamini，是一位登山家。她想知道長時間一個人會有什麼影響。 She spent almost a year and a half by herself! Underground! In a cave! 她獨自在地下洞穴裡面住了將近一年半！ Beatriz went underground in November 2021. She was all alone. But Beatriz had lots to do in the cave. She exercised. She read books, drew pictures, and… she knitted lots of woolly hats! Beatriz 在 2021 年 11 月開始單 獨住在地洞裡面，她做運動、讀書、畫畫，還織了很多毛線帽！ Far, far away, some scientists were watching Beatriz. They could not talk to her. And she could not talk to them. They were watching Beatriz to make sure she was safe. 科學家在外面監測 Beatriz，確保 Beatriz 的安危。但是 Beatriz 沒辦法跟他們溝通，他們也沒有辦法跟她溝通。 Beatriz came out of her cave last month. She had been alone for 500 days! She said she really needed a shower. She had not washed for nearly a year and a half! Eww… 500 days is a very long time. But Beatriz loved it! She said she didn't want to leave! Beatriz 在上個月離開洞穴，她在裡面待了 500 天！她說她想好好洗個澡，因為她已經 500 天都沒洗過，也說喜歡單獨一個人的生活，不想要離開。 Could you be alone for 500 days? ________________________________ Vocabulary 這名女子獨自在洞穴裡過了一年半。 1. spend 花費 Can you imagine being alone for such a long time? 你能想像自己一人那麼久嗎？ Spending time with yourself only? 只有跟自己消磨時間? I have no problem talking to myself. 自言自語對我不是問題。 2. question 問題，answer 回答 Uhm, I've heard you asking and answering questions all by yourself. 我有聽過你自問自答。 That's not crazy, right? 那不算瘋狂，對吧? 3. find 認為 Not if it makes sense. 只要聽得懂就不算。 Really, why do people find living alone strange? 說真的，為什麼大家覺得獨居很奇怪? 4. read 閱讀 Not me. 我不會。 I enjoy reading and drawing. 我愛閱讀，畫畫。 I prefer to be alone. 我喜歡獨處。 今天的單字你記住了幾個？ spend 花費 question 問題 answer 回答 find 認為 read 閱讀 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is Beatriz's job? A: Mountain climber B: Picture drawer C: Book reader 2. In what month did Beatriz go underground? A: October B: November C: December 3. What did Beatriz need when she left the cave? A: A scientist B: A woolly hat C: A shower Answers 1. A 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

People all over the world like comics. In the USA, they like superhero comics. Some of these comics are now big Hollywood movies! 你喜歡看漫畫嗎？美國人喜歡超級英雄漫畫，有一些漫畫還被改編成電影。 In Europe they like comics too. Belgium has streets named after famous comic artists. Art schools in Belgium even teach comic art! 歐洲人也喜歡漫畫，比利時還有一些街道以漫畫家命名，藝術學校還會教畫漫畫！ The most famous comics in Asia are from Japan and Korea. But Taiwanese artists have been making comics for 100 years. 亞洲最有名的漫畫是日本跟韓國漫畫，但是台灣的漫畫已經有超過100年的歷史。 Taiwan's government wants people all over the world to like Taiwanese comics too. So they're making a national comics museum! 政府希望大家認識台灣漫畫，所以設立了台灣漫畫博物館！ The museum will be in a big arts space in Taichung. They do lots of art there. They do painting and tea-making. They do martial arts too, like kendo! 這個博物館設在台中的一個藝文空間，還提供茶道、劍道等活動！ The Taichung arts space is in an old Japanese building. Long ago, it was a prison! People were sent there for breaking the law. Now it's a happy place. People learn how to draw and paint there! 這個藝文空間是以前的日式建築，曾經是一座監獄，但現在是個有趣的地方。 Taiwan's national comics museum will open soon in Taichung. I can't wait! ________________________________ Vocabulary 漫畫博物館讓人可以進一步認識台灣的漫畫作品。 1. comic book 漫畫書。 Reading Japanese manga, Paz? 在看日本漫畫嗎？ Yeah, this one is really good. 這本真的很好看。 Better than the comic book you read yesterday? 比你昨天看的漫畫書還好？ 2. artist 藝術家 They are very different. 他們很不一樣。 But both artists draw very well. 但是兩個藝術家都畫得很好。 3. art 藝術 Oh, I've never thought about it as art. 我從沒想過漫畫是藝術。 I just read the story. 我只讀故事。 You should. Don't you find the drawings attractive? 你應該想想。你不覺得這些圖畫很吸引人？ 4. draw 畫圖 I don't draw. That's probably why. 我不畫圖。這也許是原因。 你喜歡漫畫嗎? 我們來讀今天的單字。 comic book 漫畫書 artist 藝術家 art 藝術 draw 畫圖 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Which country teaches comic art in art schools? A: Japan B: The USA C: Belgium 2. How long have Taiwanese artists been making comics? A: 100 years B: 100 months C: 100 days 3. What are people sent to prison for? A: Learning to draw B: Breaking the law C: Making tea Answers 1. C 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Have you ever been to Delhi? Delhi is in India. Lots and lots of people live in Delhi! 你有去過印度的德里嗎？很多人住在那裡。 Many years ago, there were lots of sparrows in Delhi too. Rakesh Khatri gave food to sparrows. He was a kid then. 德里很久以前有很多麻雀，Rakesh Khatri 小時候常常餵麻雀。 Sparrows are little brown birds. They like to live in cities. But sparrows are leaving Delhi. They don't have many places to live. People are not making space for sparrows in the city. 麻雀喜歡在城市裡生活，但是很多都飛走了，因為德里人口增加，留給麻雀的空間也一直縮水。 Rakesh Khatri wants to help sparrows live in Delhi. He has been making nests for a long time. A nest is a bird's home. Sparrows live in nests. He puts the nests all over the city. People call him the 'Nest Man of India'. Rakesh Khatri 想要幫助麻雀，他特別為麻雀做鳥巢，放在城市每一個角落，人們都叫他「印度鳥巢人」。 He makes nests from coconut shells, cotton, or other natural things. He recycles too. Sometimes he makes nests from old juice boxes. 他會用椰子殼、棉花等等的自然界物品做鳥巢。他也回收，有時候他用舊的果汁盒來做。 Rakesh Khatri has made 250,000 nests! He made them with no help! Now he teaches students how to make nests too. He has been to 3,500 schools! Now 100,000 students can make nests! 他一個人做了 25 萬個鳥巢！他還拜訪過 3500 間學校，教學生怎麼做鳥巢，已經有十萬個學生學會了這個技巧。 Today is a day for helping animals. So thanks, Rakesh Khatri, the Nest Man of India! ________________________________ Vocabulary 為了讓更多麻雀留在德里，這位印度人做了25萬個鳥巢。 1. little 小的 Look at those birds! 你看那些鳥！ Yeah, aren't they beautiful? 可不是，很美吧？ They're little egrets. 牠們是小白鷺。 2. nest 鳥巢 They come here in the spring, build a nest and breed. 他們春天來築巢繁殖。 And then they fly away? 然後就飛走了？ 3. leave 離開 Right, they often leave in the summer or autumn. 對，通常在夏天或是秋天就走了。 Where do they go? 去了哪裡呢？ I'm not sure. 我不確定。 4. place 地方 A place that's cooler than Taipei, I guess. 我想是去比台北涼快的地方。 So you've watched them for a long time? 所以你觀察牠們很久了？ Yeah, I come here once a month. 對，我每個月來一次。 今天你學到哪些單字？ little 小的 nest 鳥巢 leave 離開 place 地方 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What color are sparrows? A: Blue B: Brown C: Black 2. What is the Nest Man of India's name? A: Rakesh Khatri B: Delhi C: Nest Man 3. How many students can make nests now? A: 250,000 B: 3,500 C: 100,000 Answers 1. B 2. A 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi everyone! Do you know what that sound is? I think you do. It's the dragon dance. This dance is great! It's one of Taiwan's traditions. 你知道這是甚麼聲音嗎？這是舞龍表演，是台灣的傳統之一。 Dragon dancing is very old. It started a long time ago in China. You can see the dragon dance in many countries now. People do dragon dances during special times like Chinese New Year. 舞龍表演起源於古時候的中國，現在很多國家都可以看到，有一些人會用舞龍來慶祝新年。 There is an interesting dragon dance in Taiwan. Kids at a school in Taoyuan do a different dragon dance. What's different? They do the dance on skates! Yes, on roller skates. That is a fast dragon dance! 桃園一所國小的學生，一邊溜直排輪一邊舞龍！ The kids make their dragon. It is 40 meters long! It is red, white, blue, yellow, and black. It has many teeth. It looks fierce! 他們自己做了 一條長40 公尺的龍，有紅色、白色、藍色、黃色、黑色，還有很多牙齒，看起來很兇惡！ The kids are proud of their dragon. They are proud of their dance. They carry the dragon over their heads. They make it move. And they do this on skates! Cool! 他們對這條龍，還有他們的舞龍表演很自豪。 People love this interesting dragon dance. The kids go to different places to do their dragon dance. They go to temples. They go to festivals. The kids have fun dancing! People have fun watching! Let's go and watch them! ________________________________ Vocabulary 一邊溜直排輪一邊舞龍，這個表演可不簡單！ 1. festival 節日 There's a flower festival next week. 下星期有個花卉節。 I love flower festivals, but is it in Taipei? 我喜歡花卉節，不過在台北嗎？ No, in Miaoli. 不是，在苗栗。 2. long 長的 That's a long drive from here. 從這裡要開很長一段路呢。 No, it's okay, I'll do the driving. 還好啦，我來開車。 3. white 白色，blue 藍色 They have your favorite flowers-white, pink, and blue hydrangea. 他們有你最喜歡的花，白色粉紅色跟藍色的繡球花。 Oh, those are pretty! 那是很漂亮的花！ 4. fun 樂趣 Yeah, we can see the flowers and eat delicious Hakka food. 我們可以賞花，吃客家美食。 That does sound like a lot of fun. 聽起來確實很好玩。 你喜歡各種節日嗎？ festival 節日 long 長的 white 白色 blue 藍色 fun 樂趣 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where did the dragon dance start? A: China B: Taiwan C: Japan 2. Why is the dragon dance in Taoyuan different? A: Kids use different animals B: Kids do it on skates C: Kids ride bicycles 3. Who made the dragon at the Taoyuan school? A: The teachers B: The parents C: The kids Answers 1. A 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hey there! Can you hear me? Am I on the Internet? We are very lucky in Taiwan. The Internet is easy to get for many people. We can get it at home, at school, and in convenience stores! Plus, it's cheap! 台灣很幸運，在台灣要上網很容易，家裡、學校，還有便利商店都有便宜的網路！ Some countries are not so lucky. The Internet is hard to get for many people. And it isn't cheap. 有一些國家就沒有這麼幸運了。網路又貴又不容易取得。 The Internet has social networks. People talk on these social networks. They talk with family and friends. This is great! But people with no Internet cannot join and talk. Life with no Internet is hard. 網路上有社群網站，可以讓我們跟家人朋友聊天，但是沒有網路就不能這樣做了。 Even animals talk! They talked 500 million years ago! Animals called 'rangeomorphs' lived in the ocean then. They looked like tree leaves! 不只我們會聊天，動物也會！有一種叫做「葉狀型態生物」的古老動物，存活在五億多年前的海裡，長得橡樹葉！ Rangeomorphs had no mouths, arms, or legs. How did they talk with their family and friends? They talked with a kind of string. 這種動物沒有嘴巴，也沒有手腳。這樣牠們怎麼聊天呢？牠們用一種特殊的線。 Some strings were four meters long! The strings joined them with other rangeomorphs. They talked to each other with these strings. The strings were their Internet! 這些動物被這些線連在一起，有一些線甚至有四公尺長！牠們用這種線溝通，就像牠們的網路一樣！ Today is a special day. It's about making the Internet easy to get for everyone! Let's make a new social network! Let's get the whole world talking! ________________________________ Vocabulary 人類喜歡交談，科學家發現五億年前有一種古生物也是這樣。 1. each other 彼此 Hey, Paz, how are you? 你好嗎？ I'm fine. It's been a while since we last saw each other! 我很好，我們有一段時間沒見面了。 2. talk 談話 Right, we only talked via Line. 你說得對，我們只有用賴說話。 That's not real talking. 那不是真正的交談。 No, it's not. If you want, we can chat using Line, too. 確實不是。你要的話我們也可以用賴聊天。 Okay. 好啊。 3. friend 朋友 Speaking of Line, did you see any messages from Kevin? 說到賴,你有沒有看到凱文的訊息？ No, he's not my friend. 沒有，他不是我的朋友。 4. arm 手臂 Oh, I thought he was. 我以為他是。 He broke his arms in a crash. 他在車禍中手臂骨折。 Oh no! 真糟糕。 來一起讀單字。 each other 彼此 talk 談話 friend 朋友 arm 手臂 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where can you get the Internet in Taiwan? A: Strings B: Social networks C: Schools 2. What did a 'rangeomorph' look like? A: A mouth B: A tree C: A leaf 3. What joined all the rangeomorphs together? A: The Internet in Taiwan B: A kind of string C: Arms and legs Answers 1. C 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Guess what?! I have a new bike! I love it! It's shiny and new, and purple and blue! I can't wait to go ride my bike! 我有了一輛新的腳踏車，我等不及要去騎騎看了！ Taiwan has many beautiful cycle routes. They let you see mountains and forests and the ocean… They have made Taiwan famous all over the world for cycling! Route 是路線的意思，你也可以唸做 route。台灣有很多美麗的自行車道，可以看到高山、森林，或是大海。這讓台灣的自行車旅遊世界聞名！ New Taipei City has lots of cycle routes. Many of them are by a river. People in the city can go cycling and feel healthy! But cycling can be dangerous too. Some people cycle very fast and crash. They sometimes get badly injured. Also, many cycle routes are far from big roads. It isn't easy for ambulances to get there. 新北市有很多河邊的自行車道，但是騎車是有風險的，有人騎太快而撞車受傷。而且很多自行車道距離馬路很遠，救護車很難到達。 New Taipei City had a great idea. They made a special team of cyclists. These cyclists help people! 新北市有個好點子，他們組織了特別的自行車隊伍來幫助人！ These cyclists have first aid kits on their bikes. The kits have everything they need to help injured people. The team rides up and down the cycle routes. The cyclists look for people who need help. They can get to people faster than an ambulance. And they're eco-friendly too! 這個隊伍的自行車上有急救箱，還在自行車道上巡邏，幫助有需要的人。這樣不只可以比救護車快，也更環保！ Taiwan's newest rescue team, cycling for safety! ________________________________ Vocabulary 腳踏車急救隊，可以及時幫助受傷的人。 1. ride 騎車 Let's go for a bike ride today. 我們今天去騎車吧。 On a rainy day like this? Are you sure? 在下雨天喔？你確定嗎？ 2. injure 受傷 For a good cyclist like you, it shouldn't be a problem. 對你這樣很會騎的人，應該不是問題。 I am good at biking, but I don't like getting injured. 我確實很行，但是我不喜歡受傷。 3. up and down 上上下下 Let's just ride in the Jing-mei Riverside Park. 我們就只在景美河濱公園騎好了。 That way we don't need to go up and down. 這樣就不用上下坡。 4. route 路線 Yeah, they have a nice bike route along the little river. 好，那裏沿著小河有很好的自行車道。 And the rain seems to have stopped. 而且雨似乎停了。 你會騎腳踏車嗎？我們來讀單字。 ride 騎車 injure 受傷 up and down 上上下下 route 路線 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. Why are Taiwan's cycle routes famous? A: They're shiny B: They're beautiful C: They're new 2. Where is the special team of cyclists? A: Taipei B: New Taipei City C: Taoyuan 3. Where are many of New Taipei City's cycle routes? A: In the mountains B: On the ocean C: By a river Answers 1. B 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Look at that beautiful dog! All that long, gold hair… I think it's a Golden Retriever! That dog is great! I want to say hello! But I can't. That dog is a guide dog. 那裏有一隻好漂亮的狗狗，我想是黃金獵犬，真希望摸摸牠說哈囉，但是不行，因為牠是導盲犬。 Guide dogs are working dogs. Their job is to help blind people or anyone who cannot see very well. Guide dogs keep them safe. 導盲犬有工作要做，負責保護視障人士的安全。 Most sidewalks in Taiwan are busy! There are people and steps and signs and scooters… Close your eyes. Imagine you are blind! You can get hurt on a busy sidewalk. 台灣的人行道人很多，還有階梯、招牌，跟機車。想像你是個盲人，在忙碌的人行道上會容易受傷。 A blind person can be safe with a guide dog. A guide dog will stop them from getting hurt. In Taiwan, 60,000 people are blind or cannot see very well. But there are only 42 working guide dogs in this country! Most other countries have more guide dogs. 全台灣大約有六萬名視障人士，但是只有 42 隻導盲犬，比其他的國家都少！ It is not easy to get a guide dog. A dog needs training for 2 to 3 years. There are not many trainers in Taiwan. And one dog costs more than 32,000 NT$! 一隻狗狗要經過兩三年的訓練，才可以成為導盲犬，而且國內的訓練師不多，一隻導盲犬的訓練費用可能要花三萬兩千台幣！ Taiwan needs lots more guide dogs. So come on! Let's train those doggies! ________________________________ Vocabulary 導盲犬對於視障人士有極大的幫助，卻不容易得到。 1. beautiful 美麗的 What a beautiful dog! 好漂亮的狗！ What's his name? 他叫什麼名字？ Her name is Tracy. 她的名字是崔西。 Hi, Tracy! 嗨，崔西。 2. can 能夠 Can I pet her? 我可以摸摸她嗎？ Sure, go ahead. 當然，你摸吧。 Oh, you're a nice dog, aren't you? 你真是一條好狗，是吧? 3. train 訓練 Yeah, she's well-trained. 對，她受過良好的訓練。 Did you send her to a dog school? 你是送她去狗學校嗎? No, a dog trainer helped me out. 不是，有一位狗訓練師來幫我忙。 4. safe 安全的 Tracy keeps me safe on the sidewalk. 崔西會在人行道上保護我的安全。 Wow, how does she do that? 哇，她怎麼做? She stops bikers from hitting me. 她不讓腳踏車撞到我。 我們來一起讀單字。 beautiful 美麗的 can 能夠 train 訓練 safe 安全的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What kind of dog has long, gold hair? A: Golden Bell B: Golden Horse C: Golden Retriever 2. Who do guide dogs keep safe? A: Working people B: Blind people C: Beautiful people 3. How many people in Taiwan are blind or can't see very well? A: 33 B: 32,000 C: 60,000 Answers 1. C 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I'm eating lunch at the beach! Now, where are my sandwiches? …Hey! That seabird took my lunch! It's very smart! Now scientists want to see just how smart seabirds are, to keep them safe. 海鳥偷走了我的午餐，牠們好聰明。科學家想要知道海鳥到底有多聰明，好保護牠們。 Scientists want to keep seabirds safe from wind farms. Wind farms make electricity from the wind. They have big machines called "turbines". Turbines have three blades. The wind spins the blades around and around. There's lots of wind at sea. Turbines make the most electricity there. So companies put wind farms there. 海邊風很強，所以風力發電渦輪機都蓋在海邊，上面有三片葉片，風會吹動扇葉來發電。 Scientists are worried about seabirds. Seabirds might fly into a turbine's blades and die. So scientists studied seabird safety at a wind farm. 科學家擔心海鳥會飛進發電機轉動的扇葉而死亡，於是開始研究風力發電場的海鳥安全。 The study took two years. They watched 10,000 videos of the turbines. They saw four kinds of seabirds come and go. And they found… nothing! Zero seabirds flew into the turbine blades. Zero seabirds died! They all flew far away from the spinning blades. Scientists don't know why. But those seabirds are very smart indeed! 科學家研究了兩年，看了一萬多支發電機的監視器影片，發現有四種海鳥來來去去，但是這些海鳥就是很聰明，沒有一隻海鳥被撞死，科學家也不知道為甚麼。 Scientists need to study other kinds of seabirds. Maybe now they will find how to save thousands of other seabirds too! Bravo, birdies! ________________________________ Vocabulary 海鳥跟風力發電渦輪機相安無事，讓科學家有些意外。 1. fly 飛翔 Fly, kite, fly! 飛呀，風箏，飛吧。 Look how high it is! 你看它飛得多高! Yeah, it's beautiful against the blue sky. 對啊，襯著藍天真好看。 2. spin 轉圈 Oh no, it's spinning around. 糟了，它在轉圈圈。 It's just the wind. 只是風的關係。 It'll steady once the wind weakens. 風變小就穩定了。 3. far away 很遠的 Now it's flying too far away. 現在它飛得太遠了。 It'll take an hour to bring it back. 要一個鐘頭才收得回來。 That's okay. We have a lot of time. 沒關係，我們有的是時間。 4. beach 海灘 This is really a nice beach. 這真是個美好的海灘。 It is. We should come back more often. 真的，我們應該常回來。 你有在海邊放風箏過嗎？ fly 飛翔 spin 轉圈 far away 很遠的 beach 海灘 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What are wind farms for? A: Studying seabirds B: Watching videos C: Making electricity 2. What machines have three spinning blades? A: Videos B: Scientists C: Turbines 3. How many seabirds flew into the machines? A: Zero B: Two C: Four Answers 1. C 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hey, everyone! Look at the people around you. Some people are tall. Some are short. Some are thin. Some have big bellies. Some people think big bellies aren't healthy. But some think big bellies are great. 我們身邊的人，高矮胖瘦都有。有一些人覺得大肚子不健康，但有一些人就欣賞大肚子。 The Bodi people live in Ethiopia. Ethiopia is a country in Africa. The Bodi people like men with big bellies. They have a contest every year. The man with the biggest belly wins! 博迪人住在非洲的衣索比亞，他們喜歡大肚子的男生，每一年還會舉辦比賽，肚子最大的人勝利！ A big belly isn't easy to get. It can take six months. The men eat and drink all day. Do they eat hamburgers and pizza? No. They eat honey. What do they drink? They drink a lot of milk and cow blood. The men want to have the biggest belly very much. The men don't exercise. They sit all day. 要有大肚子其實不簡單，每天要吃蜂蜜，喝牛奶跟牛血，而且整天坐著不運動。 The contest day comes. The men walk around. They show their big bellies. What does the winner get? Money? A car? No. He wins respect. That means everyone thinks the winner is great! 比賽當天，男士們會走秀，展示自己的腹圍，贏的人得到什麼呢? 沒有獎品，但是會得到大家的尊重！ After the contest, the men get thin. Next year, they'll try to get the biggest belly again! 比賽後呢？他們會開始減肥，直到隔年再次養大肚子！ Big or small, you are great! Let's celebrate "Eat What You Want Day" today! ________________________________ Vocabulary 衣索匹亞這項比賽，是選出肚子最大的男士，認為這是榮譽。 1. exercise 運動 I really need to exercise during summer vacation. 我真的得在暑假時運動。 Why wait until summertime? 為什麼要等到暑假? It's still one month away. 還有一個月呢。 2. month 月份 Summer vacation is 2 months long. 暑假有兩個月。 I know that. 我知道啊。 So I can try to walk two hours every morning. 所以我可以試著每天早上走兩個鐘頭。 3. walk 走路 You can walk 20 minutes every day now. 你可以現在每天走二十分鐘。 That's different. 那不一樣。 I need to walk off my belly fat. 我需要走路甩腹部脂肪。 4. fat 脂肪 Belly fat is tough. 腹部脂肪很麻煩。 And I have loads of it. 而我有一大堆呢。 你有沒有每天運動的習慣？ exercise 運動 month 月份 walk 走路 fat 脂肪 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What do the Bodi men eat to get big bellies? A: Hamburgers B: Honey C: Pizza 2. Why do the men walk around on the contest day? A: To get bigger bellies B: To get smaller bellies C: To show their bellies 3. What do the Bodi people think of the winner? A: He's great B: He's tall C: He's hungry Answers 1. B 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Ah, that tastes good! Hey! Do you like soda? How about some cold milk tea? Drinks are great on a hot day! 你們喜歡喝甚麼飲料呢？汽水嗎？還是冰奶茶？ But there is a problem. Many drink shops use plastic cups. People use these plastic cups just once. Then they throw the cups away. Plastic is very bad for the earth. Lots of plastic gets into the ocean. It hurts the animals there. 很多飲料店都用塑膠杯，用一次之後就會丟掉。塑膠對環境有害，流進海裡也會傷害到海洋動物。 That's why New Taipei City has a new rule. It started on May 1st. Drink shops can't sell drinks in plastic cups! This is a big change! There are 2,700 drink shops in New Taipei City. Now 368 million plastic cups won't be used there every year! 所以，新北市政府規定從五月一日開始，飲料店禁止用塑膠杯。新北市有 2700 間飲料店，這樣每一年會少用三億六千多萬個塑膠杯！ New Taipei City is the second city in Taiwan to have this rule. Which city was the first? Taipei. Yes, Taipei was the first to ban selling drinks in plastic cups. 新北市是第二個推行這個規定的城市，第一個是台北市。 What do drink shops in New Taipei City and Taipei use now? They use paper cups. Paper is better for the earth. 現在新北跟台北的飲料店都用紙杯，紙杯對環境的危害比較少。 I'm happy to drink from paper cups. I hope you are too! ________________________________ Vocabulary 為了環保，許多飲料店都已經停用塑膠杯。 1. drink shop 飲料店 Time to go, Paz. 該走了。 Okay, let me get my water bottle.好，我來拿水壺。 Why bother? 幹嘛那麼麻煩？ There are drink shops everywhere.到處都有飲料店。 2. better than 比別的好 No, I prefer water. 不，我比較喜歡水。 Water tastes better than most soft drinks.水比大部分飲料好喝。 Does it? I like tea.會嗎? 我喜歡茶。 3. first 第一 First, some tea drinks have too much sugar. 首先，有些茶放太多糖。 Second, it now costs some 50 NT a cup. 第二，現在一杯茶要五十塊。 4. cup 杯子 That's not a lot. 那沒多少。 No, but you will save one cup. 對，但你省下一個杯子。 That's just one in a billion. 那只是十億個裡面的一個。 You're hopeless, Jane. 你沒救了。 你常喝飲料嗎？來讀單字。 drink shop 飲料店 better than 比別的好 first 第一 cup 杯子 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What kind of cups are very bad for the earth? A: Paper cups B: Glass cups C: Plastic cups 2. How many drink shops are in New Taipei City? A: 368 B: 2,700 C: 368 million 3. What will drink shops in New Taipei use now? A: Plastic cups B: Glass cups C: Paper cups Answers 1. C 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you like cell phones? I think they're great. We can use them anywhere! We can do many things with cell phones. We can call people. We can text our friends. We can take pictures. 手機可以幫我們打電話，傳簡訊，還有拍照。 The first cell phone was super big. It was heavy. It weighed one kilogram! People could only talk for 25 minutes. That is very short! 史上第一台手機有一公斤重，超級大又超級重！而且只能講25分鐘的電話。 Martin Cooper is called the 'father of the cell phone.' He made the world's first cell phone. He made it in 1973. That was 50 years ago! Martin Cooper 在 1973 年，也就是 50 年前，發明了世界上第一支手機，所以又被叫做「手機之父」。 Mr Cooper's cell phone was about 5,000 US dollars. That's over 150,000 NT dollars. 當時他製造的手機要賣5000美元左右，超過15萬台幣！ Mr. Cooper is 94 years old now. He has a brand new cell phone. He is happy that people use cell phones. Mr. Cooper likes them. He uses lots of APPS! But he thinks people look at their cell phones way too much! Cooper 今年已經94歲了，他有一支新的手機，他很開心大家都在用手機，但他覺得大家用太久了！ Some people eat dinner and look at their cell phones. They cross the street and look at their cell phones. That isn't good. A car can hit them. 有些人連吃飯跟過馬路的時候都在看手機，這樣很危險。 What do you think? Do people look at their cell phones too much? ________________________________ Vocabulary 手機已經有很多年的歷史，現代手機跟以前的大不一樣。 1. brand new 嶄新的 Come see my brand new bike. 你來看我全新的腳踏車。 Wow, it looks great! 哇，看起來很棒呢！ 2. pay for 付錢 How much did you pay for it? 你花了多少錢買？ About 40,000 NT. 大約四萬塊。 That's a lot of money for a bike. 以腳踏車來說很貴。 I know, but I'll make the most out of it. 我知道，不過我會儘量多用。 3. anywhere 任何地方 I'll take it anywhere I go. 我不管去哪裡都會騎。 Anywhere? It's quite heavy! 不管去哪裡? 它很重呢！ But it's super easy to ride. 不過超好騎的。 4. think 想 I'm thinking of riding it up Yangmingshan. 我想騎上陽明山。 I'll go with you. In my car. 我跟你去。坐我的車去。 我們來讀單字。 brand new 嶄新的 pay for 付錢 anywhere 任何地方 think 想 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is Mr. Cooper called? A: "Brother of the cell phone" B: "Father of the cell phone" C: "Uncle of the cell phone" 2. How many kilograms was the first cell phone? A: 1 B: 25 C: 50 3. What did Mr. Cooper say about cell phones? A: People look at them too much B: He doesn't have one C: People like them Answers 1. B 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

That's the sound of a fire truck. Someone needs help! Firefighters are going to help! 這是消防車的聲音，有人需要幫忙囉！ Firefighters help in emergencies. It can be a fire or a car crash. It's when something bad happens. 消防隊員會幫助有緊急狀況的人，像是火災或是車禍。 Five boys had an emergency. They needed help from firefighters. It wasn't because of a fire… They were in a sewer! Sewers are under roads. They are for dirty water. Sewers have many tunnels. The boys walked in the tunnels. They walked for 400 meters. Then they were lost! Boys: Where are we?! HELP! 有五個男孩困在下水道裡面。他們跑進下水道，走了400公尺，卻在裡面迷路了！ One boy had a cell phone. He called for help. Firefighter: Hello? This is the fire department… Boy: Help! Firefighter: Where are you boys? Boy: We don't know where we are right now! Firefighter: Okay, don't worry boys, we're on our way… Boy: Please hurry! 其中一個人有手機，他打電話給消防隊員，但是他們都不知道自己在哪裡。 The firefighters drove very fast! Then they went down into the sewer. The firefighters needed help. They did not see the boys. 消防隊員飛快地趕到下水道之後，找不到這些小男孩。 Firefighter: Call for help guys! We're looking for you. We want you to scream and yell! It worked! The firefighters found the boys! The boys were lucky. No one was hurt. And the cell phone worked in the tunnel! 結果成功了！消防隊員找到了這些小男孩，沒有人受傷，而且很幸運的是，下水道裡面還可以用手機！ Do you know the emergency phone number in Taiwan? It's 1-1-9. Stay safe out there! ________________________________ Vocabulary 在下水道裡面迷路的五個小男孩，靠著手機通訊獲救。 1. lost 迷路的 Hey, didn't we pass this store just 10 minutes ago? 我們不是十分鐘前才經過這家店？ We did! Now I'm sure we're lost. 沒錯，現在我確定我們迷路了。 2. help 幫助 We need to get help. 我們得找人幫忙。 Don't look at me. 你別看我。 I didn't want to come.我本來就不想來。 3. emergency 緊急狀況 Let me call the emergency number. 我來打緊急電話號碼。 But this is not an emergency! 可是我們現在並不緊急！ We're not in danger. 我們又沒有危險。 4. go down 往下走 Then any smart ideas? 那你有什麼聰明主意？ Let's just go down there. 我們就從那裏走下去吧。 Maybe it's a subway station. 也許是個地鐵站。 Hurray, it is! 萬歲，真的是耶！ 你有迷路過嗎？ lost 迷路的 help 幫助 emergency 緊急情況 go down 往下走 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What do firefighters do? A: Help people B: Make fires C: Fight people with fire 2. Where were the boys? A: A car B: A sewer C: A fire truck 3. What is the emergency phone number in Taiwan? A: 911 B: 191 C: 119 Answers 1. A 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi! Today, I… Oh, excuse me… "Hello. Sorry, I can't talk right now. I'm very busy. Bye." Sorry, I just had a phone call. Speaking of phone calls, let me tell you all about the world's first "drone call". 不好意思，我剛剛在講電話。說到電話，讓我告訴你世界上第一個用無人機打電話的故事。 Drones are small machines that fly. Some drones have cameras. A man called Casey lives in Oregon. It snows there in the winter. One day, he drove his car into the mountains. There was so much snow, his car couldn't move. Casey: Oh no! Casey 住在奧勒岡州，那裏冬天會下雪。有一天，他在山上開車的時候，被積雪困住了。 Casey tried to use his cellphone. He wanted to send a text message. But his cellphone wouldn't work! There was too much snow! Casey 想要用手機傳簡訊，但是發不出去。 Casey is a photographer. His job is taking pictures. This means he has a camera drone in his car. He tied his cellphone to the drone. Casey 是專業攝影師，他的車上有一台空拍機。他把手機綁在空拍機上。 His drone flew high into the sky! Casey's plan worked! His cellphone was sending texts again! 結果成功了！他的空拍機飛上天空，發出了簡訊。 People quickly came to help him. Casey was saved. 不久後就有人來幫忙了，Casey 就得救了！ ________________________________ Vocabulary 手機簡訊被積雪擋住發不出去，把手機送上天就解決了這個問題。 1. message 訊息 Did you read my message? 你有看我的簡訊嗎？ No, I don't think I got any messages from you. 沒有，我好像沒收到你的簡訊。 2. send 發送 But I sent it to you last night. 但是我昨晚發送的。 It should be in your cellphone.應該在你的手機裡。 My cellphone was out of power for a while. 我的手機有一段時間沒電。 3. tell 告訴 What did you want to tell me, anyway? 不管怎樣，你想跟我講什麼？ Don't drive up the mountain. 不要開車上山。 There'll be snow on the road. 路上會有積雪。 4. snow 下雪 I'd love to see the snow! 我很想看到雪！ Don't worry, I'll drive carefully. 別擔心，我會小心開車。 今天學到哪些單字？ message 訊息 send 發送 tell 告訴 snow 下雪 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is a drone? A: A new cellphone B: A kind of car C: A machine that can fly 2. Where does Casey live? A: Origin B: Oregon C: Oregano 3. What is Casey's job? A: Mountain climber B: Driver C: Photographer Answers 1. C 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I love ketchup. I put it on everything I eat. I eat it on hot dogs, hamburgers, rice. That's right. I sometimes put it on rice. Yum! 我好愛番茄醬，我會把它放在熱狗或是漢堡上，有時候還會配白飯吃！ I love ketchup very much. But I don't eat only ketchup. I need some food to eat it with. Ketchup on French fries, on pizza, on… Oh, now I'm hungry! 但是我不會光吃番茄醬，得要跟其他東西一起吃，像是薯條，披薩等等。講一講我又餓了！ But, did you hear the news? A man ate only ketchup for many days! 但是有一個人光吃番茄醬吃了好多天！ This man was working on a boat. It was not his boat. No one was with him. The boat went out to sea. Then it was too late. He was lost at sea! 這名男子在船上工作，身邊沒有人，結果船飄到外海去。 The engine didn't work. The radio didn't work. He looked for food. He found a bottle of ketchup. 引擎發動不了，無線電也不能用，他到處找食物，只找到一瓶番茄醬。 He was lost at sea for 24 days. He had ketchup to eat. He had some dirty water to drink. He had no other food! He made soup with ketchup and water. He ate it every day. 他在海上漂流了 24 天，只有番茄醬可以吃，另外還有一點骯髒的水。他用番茄醬跟水做成湯，每天都喝。 One day he had no more ketchup. But a ship found him that day! Whew, that's good news! 番茄醬用完的那天，剛好有一艘船找到他了！真是好險。 I love ketchup. But can I eat it for 24 days? I'm not sure. How about you? ________________________________ Vocabulary 靠著番茄醬，這名男子撿回一條命。 1. hungry 飢餓的 I'm so hungry! 我餓死了！ Did you eat everything in the fridge again? 你又把冰箱裡的東西都吃了？ No, I didn't. There's some leftover pizza from yesterday. 沒有，還有昨天剩下的披薩。 2. work 有用 Ugh, I guess that will have to work. 好吧，只好那樣。 Can you make me a sandwich, too? 你也可以幫我做個三明治嗎？ Sure, I'll make you one. 當然，我來幫你做一個。 3. soup 湯 Since I'm already on it, let me make a soup, too. 既然我已經在做，來煮個湯好了。 Oh, you're the best! 你最好了！ 4. for days 好幾天 Wow, you look like you haven't eaten for days. 哇，你看起來好幾天沒吃飯了。 Sorry, I can't help it. 真抱歉，我忍不住。 Are you hungry right now? hungry 飢餓的 work 有用 soup 湯 for days 好幾天 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where was the man lost? A: In a desert B: At sea C: In a jungle 2. What did he have to eat? A: Ketchup B: Rice C: Hamburgers 3. How long was he lost? A: 24 days B: 4 days C: 20 days Answers 1. B 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Bye, buddy! Be good! See you later! I want to be with my dog all day. But I can't take him everywhere. Is he okay at home all day? He can't have fun. He can't go for a walk. Is he bored? Does he want to play with other dogs? 我不能每天都把狗狗帶在身邊，牠在家會不會很無聊？牠會想跟其他狗狗玩嗎？ Many people are busy. They can't walk their dogs. What do they do? They get a dog walker. Mo is a dog walker. She loves her job. Mo walks many dogs. 很多人太忙，沒有空遛狗，他們會請「遛狗人」幫忙。Mo 就是一位遛狗人。 Mo has a bus. Kids don't ride it. Dogs ride Mo's bus! Mo picks up the dogs. The dogs sit on their own seats. They wear seat belts. Are the dogs good in the bus? I think all the dogs are good! Why? It's because good dogs get dog treats. Dogs love to eat treats! Mo 還有一台狗狗專用的巴士！牠們上車坐好，還要繫安全帶。表現好的狗狗有零嘴可以吃，所以牠們在車上都很乖！ The bus goes to a walking trail. The dogs get off the bus. Mo takes them on a long walk. They play. They have so much fun! 巴士會把狗狗送到步道，Mo 就帶著牠們走好長一段路。牠們會在路上玩耍！ These dogs are happy! They aren't at home all day. They aren't bored. They ride a bus! Do you love dogs? I do! Hmm… maybe I can be a dog walker too! Then I can play with dogs all day! ________________________________ Vocabulary 這名專業遛狗人要照顧的狗太多，需要一輛小巴士來裝載。 1. pick up 接起來 I've got to go. 我得走了。 I need to pick up my dog. 我得去接我的狗。 Just like picking up a child. 就跟接小孩一樣。 2. seat belt 安全帶 Yeah, only a child would wear a seat belt. 對，但是小孩會扣上安全帶。 But not your dog? 你的狗不用嗎？ No, he likes to play with a ball in the back seat. 不用，他喜歡在後座玩球。 Just take away the ball. 把球拿走啊。 3. bored 無聊的 I can't. He'll be bored and bark at me all the way home. 不行，他會覺得無聊，回家路上對著我叫。 4. all day 一整天 Maybe you should just walk him home. 也許你應該就跟他走路回家。 That will take all day. 那要花一整天。 同學們，來一起讀單字。 pick up 接起來 seat belt 安全帶 bored 無聊的 all day 一整天 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is Mo's job? A: dog talker B: dog washer C: dog walker 2. What do the dogs do on the bus? A: Sit with a kid B: Sit on their own seats C: Sit under the seats 3. Why do the dogs go to the trail? A: To be bored B: To wear a seat belt C: To go on a walk Answers 1. C 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I love tuna! My favorite food is tuna sushi. Tuna tastes good. It's a healthy food too. Many of us eat tuna. Fishermen catch the tuna we eat. They catch seven billion kilograms every year! That's a lot of tuna! 我喜歡吃鮪魚壽司。鮪魚好吃又健康。很多人都吃鮪魚，漁民每一年捕撈70億公斤的鮪魚！ But that's too much tuna. The number of tuna fish is smaller every year. That's not good. What happens when the number is too small? The number of fish cannot get big again. Restaurants and supermarkets won't have much tuna. Then one day there will be no tuna fish. 鮪魚的數量每一年都在減少，假如太少，鮪魚將沒有辦法再恢復到從前。未來世界上就沒有鮪魚了。 A new company wants to help tuna fish. How does it help? It makes tuna! How does it make tuna? The company uses plants! It uses peas, algae, and other food from plants. It doesn't use fish. It is plant-based tuna. 有一家公司想要幫助鮪魚，他們決定製作鮪魚肉！他們用豌豆、藻類，還有其他植物來製造素的鮪魚肉。 Maybe many of us can eat plant-based tuna. Then we can stop eating tuna fish. The number of tuna fish can get big again. Do you want to try this plant-based tuna? You can help save tuna fish too! ________________________________ Vocabulary 鮪魚過度捕撈，有可能再也無法恢復。 1. eat 吃 Are you eating potato chips again? 你又在吃洋芋片？ Just a couple of pieces. 只吃兩片。 You know better than that. 你應該知道不該吃的。 2. healthy 健康的 Well, I don't like healthy snacks. 我就不愛健康零食。 Are you kidding? 開什麼玩笑? A lot of healthy food tastes great. 很多健康食物很好吃的。 3. supermarket 超市 Yeah, like what? 是嘛，比如說什麼？ Like pineapple. 比如說鳳梨。 I don't see any pineapple here. 我在這兒沒看到鳳梨。 The supermarket is right next door! 隔壁超市就有啊！ 4. try 嘗試 It's raining. I'll try going tomorrow. 現在下雨，我明天去試試看。 Okay. Can I have some of your chips? 好吧。我可以吃一點你的洋芋片嗎？ 你喜歡吃什麼零食呢？ eat 吃 healthy 健康的 supermarket 超市 try 嘗試 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How much tuna do fishermen catch every year? A: Seven billion kilograms B: Seven billion tuna fish C: Seven billion grams 2. What happens when the number of tuna fish gets too small? A: It is healthy B: It can't get big again C: We can eat more tuna 3. What kind of tuna does the new company make? A: Fish-based B: Plant-based C: Tuna-based Answers 1. A 2. B 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Today is Mother Goose Day in the USA. 今天是美國的鵝媽媽節。 Blossom is a goose. She lives on a pond. Blossom 是一隻住在池塘裡的鵝。 Animals don't have wives or husbands. They have mates. Geese have the same mate all their lives. Blossom's mate was Bud. But Bud died last year. 動物沒有所謂的老婆或老公，動物的夫妻叫做配偶，鵝一生只會有一個配偶。Blossom 的配偶 Bud 去年過世了。 Blossom went to an office near the pond. She went many times. She looked at the office windows. But Blossom didn't see the office. What did she see? She saw a goose in the windows. Was it Bud? No, it wasn't. Blossom was looking at… Blossom. Blossom was sad without Bud. She was lonely. Blossom 常常去附近一間辦公室的門口，看著窗戶反射的自己。沒有 Bud，Blossom 好難過又好寂寞。 Dorie worked in the office. She saw Blossom at the windows. Then Dorie had an idea. She sent a letter to a newspaper. The letter said Blossom wanted a new mate. 在辦公室工作的 Dorie 看到了 Blossom，然後寄了一封信給報社，說 Blossom 想要一個新配偶。 Two people read about Blossom in the newspaper. They had a pet named Frankie. Frankie was lonely. His mate was dead. And… he was a goose! 有兩個人在報紙上讀到 Blossom 的故事。他們有一隻叫做 Frankie 的鵝，他的配偶也過世了。 Now Blossom and Frankie are mates. They go to the pond together. 現在 Blossom 跟 Frankie 變成配偶了。他們會一起去池塘划水！ Happy Mother Goose Day, Blossom and Frankie! ________________________________ Vocabulary 鵝假如失去終身伴侶，是很大的打擊。這個故事裡的鵝，找到了第二春。 1. sad 悲傷的 Why does your dog look so sad? 你的狗怎麼看起來這麼悲傷？ Buddy just lost his mate. 巴弟才剛剛失去牠的伴侶。 Oh, no, poor Buddy! 糟糕了，可憐的巴弟！ 2. lonely 寂寞的 Yeah, he's sad and lonely. 對啊，他好難過，又很寂寞。 How did his mate die? 牠的伴怎麼死的？ She got hit by a truck.被卡車撞的。 That's terrible! 真可怕！ 3. die 死亡 No dog should die that way. 狗狗不該那樣完蛋。 I know. But trucks and cars drive very fast here. 我知道，但是這裡的卡車汽車都開很快。 4. look at 看著 Now Buddy just sits there and looks at the door. 現在巴弟就坐在那裏看著門。 He's waiting for his mate to come back? 他在等他的伴侶回來嗎？ Yup. 是的。 今天的單字你可記住了？ sad 悲傷的 lonely 寂寞的 die 死亡 look at 看著 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where does Blossom live? A: On a pond B: In an office C: At a window 2. Who sent a letter to a newspaper? A: Blossom B: Dorie C: Frankie 3. Who is Frankie? A: Blossom's new wife B: Blossom's new husband C: Blossom's new mate Answers 1. A 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Tomorrow is International Dance Day! Dancing is cool. We can feel good, have fun, and listen to great music! 明天是世界舞蹈日！跳舞很好玩，還可以聽音樂！ A university in the USA has a marathon. 美國有一所大學，都會辦馬拉松比賽。 There are marathons all over the world. In many marathons, people run a long, long way. They run for 42 kilometers. Most run to get money for others. They give the money to people who need help. 全世界都有馬拉松，參賽者要跑42公里。很多人跑那麼累是為了募款，好捐獻給需要的人。 At Penn State University's marathon, students don't run. They dance! It's a dance marathon! Students dance for a long, long time. Penn State University has the world's biggest dance marathon. 賓州大學辦的這場馬拉松，不用跑步，而是要跳舞！這是全世界最大的跳舞馬拉松！ Students dance for 46 hours. That's nearly two days! No-one can sit or sleep! There is live music. There are DJs and dance crews. These help tired students to dance, dance, dance! 學生們連續跳舞46 個小時，不能坐下，也不能睡覺。現場 DJ 會放音樂，讓大家不停地跳！ This year over 707 students danced. They got 15 million US dollars! That's 458 million NT dollars! The money is helping very sick kids. 今年，有707個學生一起跳舞，募到一千五百萬美元，相當於四億五千八百萬台幣！這些錢捐助給生病的兒童。 ________________________________ Vocabulary 一群大學生連續跳舞將近兩天兩夜，替罹患重病的兒童募款。 1. tired 疲倦的 Oh, My God! I'm so tired! 天哪，我好累！ Uh hm, you've danced for three hours! 對啊，你跳了三個鐘頭了！ Really? That long? 真的？有那麼久喔？ 2. sit 坐著 Now I must sit for a while. 現在我得坐一下了。 How come you're not dancing? 你怎麼沒有跳舞？ I was, but I'm listening to the music now. 我剛剛有跳，現在我在聽音樂。 3. music 音樂 Oh no, this is salsa, my favorite dance! 糟糕，這是騷沙，我最喜歡的舞曲！ I'd have to do this one! 這我一定要跳！ 4. help 幫忙 Come on, let's dance together! 來吧，我們一起跳！ Alright, but you have to help me. 好吧，但是你得幫我。 來讀讀單字。 tired 疲倦的 sit 坐 music 音樂 help 幫忙 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where is Penn State University? A: The UK B: The UAE C: The USA 2. How many hours is the world's biggest dance marathon? A: 426 hours B: 4 to 6 hours C: 46 hours 3. How much money did the students get this year? A: 15 million US dollars B: 707 million US dollars C: 458 million US dollars Answers 1. C 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Yay! I'm finished studying! I went to college. I studied for two years. I got a degree in cooking! My degree shows I can cook well. 唸了兩年，我終於從廚藝學校畢業了！ Some people go to college or university. They want a degree. A degree shows they studied something. Some degrees take two years. Some take four or five years. But guess what? One man's degree took fifty-two years! That's a very long time! 有一些人去讀大學，想要拿學位。學位是他們學習的證明，有一些學位需要兩年時間，有些要四到五年。但有一個人花了五十二年！ Nick wanted a Ph.D. A Ph.D is one of the highest degrees. Ph.D. students think of new ideas. They study their new ideas. Nick studied his math idea. It was 1970. He was 23 years old. Nick 想要讀博士，是最高的學位。博士生需要構思新點子，並且做研究。Nick 在1970 年，也就是他 23 歲的時候，開始攻讀數學博士學位。 He studied for five years. But… he did not finish his degree! Nick did not study for a long time. His idea was big. He wanted to think about it. He did other things. He worked. He had a family. 過了五年，他仍然沒有獲得博士學位， 因為他的點子太龐大了，需要好好思考。所以他先去工作，也有了自己的家庭。 Then he went to university again. He was 69 years old! Some people stop studying. They do not study again. But Nick did. Nick finished studying his math idea. He got his Ph.D. He was 75 years old! 等到他重回大學，已經 69 歲了! 他繼續鑽研數學， 75 歲那年終於完成了研究，得到了博士學位！ Nick shows us we can study and learn at any time in our lives! ________________________________ Vocabulary 活到老學到老，尼克並沒有因為年齡而限制自己。 1. study 讀書 Join our party Friday night, Paz. 來參加我們星期五晚上的派對吧。 There will be barbecue and music.會有烤肉，還有音樂。 Oh, I wish I could! 我真希望我能去！ But I need to study. 但是我要讀書。 2. year 年 You've already studied for two years! 你已經讀了兩年了。 I know, and I still have two more years to go. 我知道，還要再讀兩年呢。 3. get 獲得 Before getting your doctorate degree? 之後就拿到博士學位嗎？ Yeah. It feels like a long time. 對，感覺還要好久。 4. finish 完成 But after you finish, you can get a good job. 但是完成之後，就可以找到好工作。 If I am lucky. 要是我運氣好的話。 這些單字簡單好用。 study 讀書 year 年 get 獲得 finish 完成 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What did Nick study? A: English B: Math C: Chinese 2. How long did it take Nick to get a degree? A: 5 years B: 50 years C: 52 years 3. How old was Nick when he got his degree? A: 23 years old B: 69 years old C: 75 years old Answers 1. B 2. C 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Narrator: Hi! I'm at a wedding. The bride… She's so beautiful! Voice: You may now kiss the bride… Narrator: What a beautiful wedding! Every couple wants something different for their wedding. Some couples want a small wedding. Some couples want a big wedding. And some couples want a very, very different wedding! 每一對新人都想要不一樣的婚禮，有人喜歡小型婚禮，有人期待盛大的結婚儀式，也有人希望有很特別的婚禮！ Rene and Max are a couple. First they wanted a small wedding. But then Rene had a crazy idea… Rene is a "Swiftie". A Swiftie is a Taylor Swift superfan! Is Taylor Swift your favorite singer? Do you love her more than all other singers? Yeah? Then you're a Swiftie too! Rene 跟 Max 原本只想舉辦小型婚禮，但 Rene 是一個 "Swiftie"，也就是泰勒絲的粉絲。 Rene and Max went to a Taylor Swift concert. Max was wearing a nice black suit. Rene was wearing a beautiful white dress. They waited and waited… Then Taylor Swift began to sing Rene's favorite song. Rene walked slowly to Max. They were in front of the stage. 新郎穿著西裝，新娘穿著婚紗參加泰勒絲的演唱會，當泰勒絲唱到 Rene 最愛的歌曲時，Rene 在舞台前面緩緩地走向 Max。 Rene and Max were having their wedding at a Taylor Swift concert! They kissed. Thousands of Swifties cheered! There's a video for their wedding. It's on the Internet. People have watched it over 6 million times! 兩個人在泰勒絲的演唱會完婚，在好幾千位 Swiftie 歡呼聲中接吻。這部影片在網路上點閱超過六百萬次！ ________________________________ Vocabulary 這對新人選擇在演唱會中結婚，是不是很浪漫？ 1. crazy 瘋狂的 Have you ever thought about your wedding? 你有想過你的婚禮嗎？ I have. 想過。 Will you do something crazy? 會不會做一些瘋狂的事？ Probably not. 大概不會。 2. favorite 最喜歡的 But I do want to get married outdoors. 不過我是想在戶外結婚。 Like in the mountains? 比如說在山上？ Yeah, one of my favorite places is Sun Moon Lake. 對，我最喜歡的地方之一是日月潭。 3. first 首先 First I'll invite all my friends there. 首先我會邀請所有的朋友去。 And then I'll have someone sing for us. 然後請人為我們唱歌。 4. wear 穿著 And wear a beautiful white dress. 然後穿上美麗的白色洋裝。 Sure, white is pretty. 當然，白色很好看。 你今天學到哪些單字？ crazy 瘋狂的 favorite 最喜歡的 first 首先 wear 穿著 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where did Rene and Max have their wedding? A: At home B: At a concert C: At a 7-11 2. How many times have people watched their wedding video? A: 6 million times B: 6 billion times C: 6 trillion times 3. What is a "Swiftie"? A: A nice black suit B: A beautiful white dress C: A Taylor Swift superfan Answers 1. B 2. A 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Ouch! A cut! It's so small… It's tiny! But this tiny wound hurts so much! I need a bandage. 我割傷了！傷口好小，可是好痛！我需要一條 OK 繃。 Do you know about the new "smart bandages"? The smart bandages are stretchy. These stretchy bandages are easy to use. You can put one on any wound. 你有聽過「智慧繃帶」嗎？這種繃帶可以拉很長，包覆在各種傷口上。 These smart bandages have tiny computers. These tiny computers look for heat and germs. They look for changes too. Good changes mean the wound is healing. Bad changes mean it needs more help. The tiny computers send this information to a big computer. 這種繃帶具備細小的電腦，偵測傷口是否發熱、有細菌或是有變化。好的變化代表傷口正在癒合，如果變壞，代表需要更多治療。小電腦會把資料傳送到大電腦上。 Tiny bits of electricity help wounds heal faster. The tiny computers can give wounds tiny bits of electricity! Medicine is also in these smart bandages. Does a wound need more help? A smart bandage can put medicine on it! 小電腦還會釋放微量電流，讓傷口更快癒合，甚至可以幫傷口上藥！ My tiny wound doesn't need a smart bandage. It can heal quickly with no help. These smart bandages are for big wounds. Some people get big wounds from fires. These bandages can help big wounds a lot. 我的傷口很小，不用智慧繃帶，這種智慧繃帶是給燒傷的那種大傷口用的。 Scientists are testing these smart bandages now. The bandages are not ready yet. Many people have big wounds. These are the people who need smart bandages. The smart bandages are pretty cool. But I don't want to need one! ________________________________ Vocabulary 科技進步，簡單的繃帶現在能做許多事。 1. hurt 痛 Hey, what happened to you? 發生了什麼事？ It must hurt a lot! 一定很痛吧！ You're telling me. 還用你說。 2. look for 尋找 How did you get hurt? 你是怎麼受傷的？ I fell down the stairs looking for my glasses. 我找眼鏡時摔下樓梯。 You really need your glasses to see the stairs. 你真的需要眼鏡來看樓梯。 I know that! 我也知道！ 3. wound 傷口 Okay, okay, but you should cover the wound. 好啦，不過你應該把傷口蓋起來。 No, I'm fine. 不用，我很好。 Here, let me put this bandage on it. 來吧，我把這個OK繃貼上去。 4. heal 癒合 Will it help me heal? 它會讓我癒合嗎？ That's what the ad said. 廣告是這麼說的。 你今天學到哪些單字？ hurt 痛 look for 尋找 wound 傷口 heal 癒合 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What do the smart bandage's tiny computers look for? A: Heat and germs B: Scientists C: Some medicine 2. What can the smart bandage give a wound? A: Fire B: Tiny bits of electricity C: Tiny computers 3. What kind of wounds are the smart bandages for? A: Tiny wounds B: Big wounds C: Smart wounds Answers 1. A 2. B 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

What time is it in New York? I know that's a hard question. 你知道現在紐約幾點嗎？ New York is 12 hours behind Taiwan. When it's noon here, it's midnight in New York. You're eating lunch. But kids in New York are sleeping. 紐約比台灣慢 12 個小時，現在這裡是中午，所以紐約那裡是半夜。你吃午餐的時候，紐約的小孩在睡覺。 Japan is one hour ahead of Taiwan. It's noon here. But it's 1 PM there. Kids in Japan are finished with lunch. 日本比台灣早一個小時，那裡現在是下午一點，日本的小孩已經吃完午餐了。 New York, Japan, and Taiwan are in different time zones. The world has 24 time zones. Here's a very hard question. What time is it on the moon? 紐約、日本跟台灣都在不同的時區，全球有24個時區。但你知道月球上現在幾點嗎？ Well, no one knows. Different countries say different times! Astronauts from different countries want to work together. But they need to use the same time. 不同國家的太空人要一起工作，但是他們需要一致的時間。 There is a problem. The moon's gravity and the earth's gravity are different. Clocks are faster there. 這是個大問題，因為月球上的重力跟地球不一樣，時鐘在月球上跑得比較快。 Scientists want to make a moon time zone. Then everyone will know what time it is on the moon. 科學家想要創造一個月球時區，這樣大家就知道月球上現在幾點了。 A moon time zone is a great idea! ________________________________ Vocabulary 月球時間要怎麼計算? 科學家正在研究。 1. midnight 半夜 You should go to bed. 你應該上床了。 It's already midnight. 已經半夜三更了。 Midnight is still early, you know. 半夜其實很早，你知道。 2. finish 結束 Yeah, for people across the Pacific. 是啊，對太平洋那一頭的人來說。 I mean it. 真的啊。 Some people are just starting their day, but I have finished my work. 有的人才剛開始一天，我卻已經結束工作了。 3. work 工作 I want more time to sleep and less time at work. 我要的是多一點時間睡覺，少一點工作。 Same here. 我也一樣。 4. hard 困難的 But what about more money for more work? 但是多工作就多賺錢如何？ That's a hard one. 這個問題有點難。 來讀讀單字。 midnight 半夜 finish 結束 work 工作 hard 困難的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. It is 1:30 p.m. in Taiwan. What time is it in New York? A: 1:30 AM B: 1:30 PM C: 2:30 PM 2. What is the problem with time on the moon? A: Gravity B: Too many astronauts C: Slow clocks 3. What do scientists want to make? A: A moon time zone B: More gravity C: A new moon Answers 1. A 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Tomorrow is Earth Day! I'm at the National Museum of Natural Science in Taichung. The museum has lots of stones, plants, animals, and insects. 明天就是世界地球日！我現在人在台中科博館，裡面有很多岩石、植物、動物，跟昆蟲。 There are bees, butterflies, crickets and many more insects… 這裡有蜜蜂、蝴蝶、蟋蟀等等。 Insects help make the earth healthy. We need them! But many insects are dying all over the earth. 昆蟲讓我們的地球更健康，但是世界上很多昆蟲正在慢慢地滅亡。 There's a natural science museum in the UK too. It's called the Natural History Museum. It has a big science project for Earth Day. Kids in the UK can help! 英國也有科博館，叫做自然史博物館。這間博物館有一個世界地球日的計畫，讓英國的小孩可以幫忙！ The project is about insects and noise. Are loud noises bad for insects? Scientists don't know. 科學家想知道噪音是不是對昆蟲不好。 The project is very easy… First, kids pick a road. Some roads are quiet. There's not much noise. Some roads are noisy. 要怎麼做呢？很簡單，小孩子可以先挑選一條路，有一些路很安靜，有一些很吵。 Kids record the noise on their road for five minutes. Next, kids look at 10 meters of their road. They record all the insects they see. Then they send everything to the museum. Scientists will study this information. 孩子們要先在路邊錄音五分鐘，然後在路旁十公尺紀錄所有他們看到的昆蟲，再把所有資料送到博物館裡面，然後科學家會負責研究。 What are you doing for Earth Day? ________________________________ Vocabulary 英國的小學生，幫忙科學家研究昆蟲。 1. butterfly 蝴蝶 We're going on a field trip tomorrow. 我們明天要校外教學。 To see butterflies. 去看蝴蝶。 Are you going to the Taipei Zoo? 你們要去台北動物園嗎？ 2. insect 昆蟲 They have a good Insect Hall… 他們有很好的昆蟲館… With butterflies and other bugs. 有蝴蝶和其他昆蟲。 3. natural 自然的 No, we want a more natural environment. 不是，我們要更自然的環境。 We'll be going to Yangmingshan. 我們要上陽明山。 4. quiet 安靜的 That's a nice and quiet place. 那是很安靜的好地方。 No, it's never quiet on holidays. 不，陽明山假日的時候並不安靜。 你喜歡看蝴蝶嗎? 我們一起來讀今天的單字。 butterfly 蝴蝶 insect 昆蟲 natural 自然的 quiet 安靜的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where is the National Museum of Natural Science? A: Tainan B: Taichung C: Taipei 2. What are some insects? A: Stones and plants B: Bees and butterflies C: Cars and people 3. What do kids record for the project? A: Noise and insects on a road B: Museums and scientists C: Earth Day in the UK Answers 1. B 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Oh, excuse me. I'm brushing my teeth. There! I'm finished. Sorry about that. It's important to take care of your teeth. It's easy. You need a toothbrush, toothpaste, floss, and… your teeth! 照顧牙齒很重要，也很簡單，你只需要一支牙刷、一條牙膏、一捲牙線，還有你的牙齒！ How many times do you brush your teeth every day? Do you brush them two times? Three times? But toothbrushes can't brush between your teeth. Floss can. Do you floss your teeth? 你每天刷幾次牙？牙刷刷不進的牙縫，可以用牙線，你會用牙線嗎？ It's important to take care of your gums too. Do you know what gums are? Open your mouth. Look! Your gums hold your teeth. Brushing and flossing make gums healthy too. 照顧牙齦也很重要，牙齦就是固定你的牙齒的部分。 Some people get gum disease. Their gums hurt. Ouch! What? No, chewing gum does not cause gum disease. Go ahead and chew gum. Not brushing or flossing causes gum disease. 有一些人會有牙周病，牙齦會很痛！不過嚼口香糖不會造成牙周病，不刷牙跟不用牙線才會。 Gum disease can make chewing hurt. It can make teeth fall out! Now scientists think gum disease can make other parts of the body hurt too. 牙周病讓牙齒咀嚼的時候很痛，還有可能會掉牙。科學家認為，牙周病也有可能會傷害身體的其他的部位。 Hmm… let's see. I brush and floss my teeth every day. And later, I won't get gum disease. Chewing won't hurt. My teeth won't fall out. Other parts of my body, like my hands and knees, won't hurt. Great! I take good care of my teeth. I hope you do, too! ________________________________ Vocabulary 健康的牙齒，對身體有極大的幫助。 1. toothbrush 牙刷 For our trip this weekend… 我們這周的旅行… Yeah? 怎麼樣？ I'm thinking of just bringing a toothbrush. 我想只帶一隻牙刷。 2. time 次數 Bad idea. 這主意不好。 We're going to stay at a 5-star hotel. 我們會住五星級飯店。 They've got everything. 他們什麼都有。 How many times have you stayed at such a hotel? 你住過這種飯店幾次？ None. 一次也沒有。 3. need 需要 You'll still need a change of clothes. 你還是需要換洗衣服。 Okay, that's easy. 好吧，那很容易。 4. chew 咀嚼 What else? 還有什麼？ Body lotion, chewing gum… 身體乳液，口香糖… How do you know I need chewing gum? 你怎麼知道我需要口香糖？ Aren't you chewing it now? 你不是正在吃？ 請注意，讀單字時間。 toothbrush 牙刷 time 次數 need 需要 chew 咀嚼 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What do you need to brush your teeth? A: Knees B: Scientists C: Toothpaste 2. What causes gum disease? A: Chewing gum B: Not brushing your teeth C: Flossing too much 3. What do scientists think gum disease can do? A: Make other parts of the body hurt B: Make chewing easy C: Make teeth healthy Answers 1. C 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I'm at an ice cream shop. I want one small scoop of ice cream. There are many flavors! There's chocolate… strawberry… vanilla… WAIT! What is that?! Crickets?! In ice cream?! 我在冰淇淋店裡面，有好多種口味可以選，有巧克力、草莓，還有… 蟋蟀？ That's right! That's a strange flavor. Thomas is a cook. He makes strange ice cream flavors. He made liver sausage and cheese ice cream! One time, Thomas put gold on ice cream! It was 130 NT dollars for one scoop! Thomas 是個廚師。他做過很多奇怪口味的冰淇淋，像是豬肝香腸口味跟起司口味。還有一次 Thomas 把黃金放在冰淇淋上，一球要 130 元台幣！ Now he makes cricket ice cream! How does Thomas make this strange ice cream? He uses cream, vanilla, honey, and flour. Flour is in cookies and noodles too. But this flour is cricket flour. You can't see these crickets. 這款冰淇淋是用奶油、香草、蜂蜜，跟麵粉做的。做餅乾跟麵條也會用到麵粉。但是這款冰淇淋用的麵粉是蟋蟀麵粉，你看不到裡面的蟋蟀。 Thomas also puts dried crickets on each scoop. You can see these crickets. Yummy… 但Thomas也會在每一球冰淇淋上放一隻蟋蟀乾，你可以吃掉牠！ Some people don't like his cricket ice cream. They think it looks nasty! But Thomas says most people love it! 有一些人不喜歡，不想吃蟋蟀冰淇淋，但 Thomas 說很多人都很愛。 What do you think? Would you eat cri… Ah! It's in my hair! Get it off me! ________________________________ Vocabulary 冰淇淋口味千變萬化，連蟋蟀都可以包括進去。 1. chocolate 巧克力 Have you tried the new ice cream place over there? 你去過那裡的冰淇淋店嗎？ No, is it good? 沒有，好吃嗎？ Yeah, their chocolate ice cream is unbelievable! 好吃，他們的巧克力冰淇淋好到讓人不敢置信！ 2. flavor 味道 But my favorite flavor is vanilla. 但是我最喜歡的味道是香草。 They have that, too. 他們也有。 Vanilla with honey. 香草加蜂蜜。 3. strange 奇怪的 That sounds a little strange. 聽起來有一點兒奇怪。 Maybe, but I heard it's very good. 也許吧，不過我聽說很好吃。 4. noodle 麵條 I'm in the mood for some noodles, though. 不過我現在想吃麵。 Great idea! Who wants ice cream on a rainy day? 好主意！誰要下雨天吃冰淇淋？ 你愛吃冰淇淋嗎？ chocolate 巧克力 flavor 味道 strange 奇怪的 noodle 麵條 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Which strange ice cream was 130 NT dollars for a scoop? A: Liver sausage B: Gold C: Cheese 2. What does Thomas use for his new ice cream? A: Noodles B: Crickets C: Cookies 3. Why don't some people want to try Thomas' new ice cream? A: It looks nasty B: It looks tasty C: It looks cold Answers 1. B 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Ah! Italy… Italy is a country. It's in Europe. It has a long history. It has a great culture. The Romans lived there two thousand years ago. They made beautiful statues, temples, and other things. 義大利是歐洲一個歷史悠久的國家。羅馬人兩千年前在義大利創造了美麗的雕像還有聖殿。 We can see many of these things in Italy today. They are very, very old! But Italy keeps them safe. They are important to Italian people. These things are part of their heritage. 現在到義大利還能看到這些東西，它們歷史悠久，對義大利人來說意義重大，所以要好好保存。這是他們的文化遺產。 We all have a heritage. It is important. Heritage comes from our family. It comes from the history and culture of our family's country. 我們都有遺產，有時候是家庭遺產，有時候是國家的歷史跟文化。 Where is your family from? Taiwan? Then you have Taiwanese heritage. Italians love their heritage. They share Italy's history and culture. It's important for countries to keep their heritage safe. So there is a list. 保存國家的文化遺產很重要，所以有人列了一張名單。 Some very famous things are on this list. The Taj Mahal in India and the Great Wall of China are on the list. 上面有印度的泰姬瑪哈陵，還有中國的萬里長城。 Now Italy wants to put something new on this list. It's not a statue or a temple… It's their food! 現在義大利想要在這個名單加上新的東西，不是雕像也不是聖殿，而是他們的食物。 Everyone loves Italian food! Pizza, pasta, ice cream… YUM! Italians want to keep their food safe. Then everyone can enjoy their heritage for many, many years! Today is World Heritage Day. What is your heritage? ________________________________ Vocabulary 義大利有豐富的文化遺產，還有美味的義大利菜。 1. culture 文化 I love Italian food! 我愛義大利菜！ Me too. 我也是。 Italian people must have a happy culture. 義大利人一定有快樂的文化。 Even their food is good for celebrations. 連他們的食物也很適合慶祝。 2. history 歷史 Like pizza? 比如說披薩嗎？ Like pizza. 比如說披薩。 You just have to share when eating it. 吃披薩一定要大家分享。 I agree. 我同意。 I also like reading about the history of the Romans. 我也喜歡讀羅馬人的歷史。 3. thousand 千 Two thousand years of history. 兩千年的歷史。 Right, isn't that amazing? 對，很驚人吧？ It's almost as long as Chinese history. 幾乎跟中國歷史一樣長。 4. old 老的 Both countries are old. 兩個國家都很老。 Very old. 非常老。 Please read the words with me. culture 文化 history 歷史 thousand 千 old 老的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where does our heritage come from? A: Our family B: Our friends C: Our phone 2. Where did the ancient Romans live? A: India B: China C: Italy 3. What does Italy want to put on the list? A: A Roman statue B: Italian history C: Italian food Answers 1. A 2. C 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Voice: 你好！ Narrator: Good morning! That woman is so happy! Hmmm… How happy is everyone in Taiwan? There is a big group of countries. It is called the United Nations. Some people call the United Nations "the UN". United Nations 聯合國，它是一個由很多國家組成的組織，英文縮寫是 "UN"。 The UN makes a list. It shows how happy countries are. This list is the "World Happiness Report". The UN makes the list every year. It takes a long time. The list is not easy to make. The UN has to be fair. 聯合國每一年都會製作一份「世界幸福報告」，看看每個國家的人有多幸福。 The UN looks at many things. Do people feel good? Do they have a family? Do they have friends? Do people have jobs? Do they have money? Do they feel free? Can people get help? Do they think their country is good? 這份報告是看人們開不開心、有沒有家庭或是朋友、有沒有工作和金錢、是否覺得很自由、能夠獲得協助，還有是否認為自己的國家很棒。 This year's World Happiness Report lists 137 countries. The report says Taiwan is the happiest country in East Asia! The three happiest countries in East Asia are Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. 137個國家排名下來，東亞第一名是台灣！前三名是台灣、日本，還有南韓。 Finland is the happiest country in the world. Finland has been the happiest country for six years! 芬蘭已經連續六年蟬聯全世界最幸福的國家！ The three happiest countries in the world are Finland, Denmark, and Iceland. They are in Europe. 世界前三名就是芬蘭、丹麥，還有冰島，這三個國家都在北歐。 Which country will be the happiest next year? Good luck, Taiwan! We can do it! ________________________________ Vocabulary 聯合國的報告說，台灣是個幸福國家。 1. feel 感覺 This is something I really don't understand. 這我就真的不懂了。 What? 是什麼？ Why do people in Finland feel happy? 為什麼芬蘭人會覺得快樂？ Why not? 為什麼不？ 2. country 國家 It's a northern country. 它是個北方國家。 It's so cold and dark there! 那兒又冷又陰暗！ Winter lasts five months in Finland. 芬蘭的冬季有五個月。 3. family 家人 Maybe it's because they have a loving family and many friends. 也許是因為他們有親愛的家人和很多朋友。 Family and friends are important, I know. 我知道家人朋友很重要。 4. look at 看著 But so is sunshine. 但是陽光也很重要。 I guess people can look at the sun online. 我想大家可以上網看太陽。 你的日子過得好不好呢？來讀單字。 feel 感覺 country 國家 family 家人 look at 看著 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is another name for "the UN"? A: The Unity Nations B: The Union Nations C: The United Nations 2. How many countries are in this year's report? A: 137 B: 37 C: 107 3. What is the happiest country in the world? A: Iceland B: Finland C: Taiwan Answers 1. C 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn