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Hi students! Do you like to walk barefoot? It's nice to walk with no shoes and socks in your home. 你喜歡打赤腳走路嗎？在室內打赤腳很舒服！ But what about walking barefoot outside? Today, I want to tell you about a man who walks barefoot outside a lot. He walked with no shoes or socks for over a year! 有一個人，整整一年打赤腳上街！ George Woodville lives in England. One day, he threw all his shoes away. He had 20 pairs of shoes, and he threw them all away. George Woodville 住在英國，他有一天把他的20雙鞋子通通丟掉。 George really likes walking with no shoes and socks. Doctors say there are some good things about going barefoot. It can make your legs stronger. And it can improve your balance. 醫生說，赤腳走路可以讓腳更強壯，也可以訓練平衡感。 There is another good thing for George. He has become famous. He made videos about walking barefoot and put them on the internet. Now, he is making money from his videos. George 把赤腳走路的影片放上網路，變得很有名，還賺了錢。 But, there are also bad things about going barefoot outside. George said he stepped in dog poo … Yuck! He also stepped on some glass. Ouch! Also, some people didn't want him to go into their store. That's because his feet looked really dirty! 但是也有不好的。他有踩到狗便便過，也踩到玻璃過，也有一些店家不讓他進去，因為他的腳太髒了！ Do you guys think going barefoot is a good idea? I think I'll keep my shoes on outside. ________________________________ Vocabulary 打光腳趴趴走，現代人可能會覺得不自在。 1. step 踩到 Oh no! I think I just stepped on something! 糟了，我覺得我剛剛踩到東西! Not dog poo, I hope. 希望不是狗糞。 No, I stepped on a cockroach! 不，我踩到了蟑螂! 2. dirty 骯髒的 That's okay. You're not barefoot. 那沒關係呀，你又不是打赤腳。 But cockroaches are dirty! 可是蟑螂好髒喔! It's better than dog poo. 總比狗糞好。 3. make money 賺錢 I may need to change jobs. 我可能需要換工作。 Why? You're not making enough money? 為什麼? 賺的錢不夠嗎? Yes. 對啊。 4. walk 走路 But it's just a 5-minute walk to your office now. 但是你現在上班只要走五分鐘。 I don't mind taking the MRT if I can make more money. 要是能賺更多錢，我不介意搭捷運。 今天的單字很常用到喔！ step 踩到 dirty 骯髒的 make money 賺錢 walk 走路 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What does "barefoot" mean? A: Wearing socks but no shoes B: Wearing nothing on the feet C: Wearing shoes but no socks 2. Why does George Woodville go barefoot? A: He likes it B: His doctor told him to do it C: He has no money for shoes 3. What bad thing happened to George? A: He stepped on some glass B: He lost his shoes C: He got really sick Answers 1. B 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

BOO! It's Halloween… MWA-HA-HA-HA-HA! What do you think of when you hear the word "Halloween?" Maybe you think of ghosts. Or, maybe you think of bats, or witches. 聽到萬聖節，你想到甚麼呢？鬼、蝙蝠，還是巫婆？ Maybe you also think about pumpkins… Today, I want to tell you about a really interesting pumpkin. 我今天想要講一個南瓜的故事。 This is not an ordinary pumpkin. It is a huge pumpkin. It weighs 384 kilograms! If you cut a hole in that pumpkin, a person could sit in it. 這個南瓜超級大，有384公斤！裡面如果挖洞，可以坐一個人。 That's exactly what an American man named Duane Hansen did. First, he grew this huge pumpkin in his garden. Then, he cut a hole in the pumpkin and used it as a boat. He also used a plastic paddle. He traveled 11 hours down a river! 一個美國人 Duane Hansen把種出來的南瓜挖洞當成船，還用塑膠的槳，順著河流划了11個小時！ Why Did Duane Hansen paddle down a river in a big pumpkin? He wanted to set a record. How long did Mr. Hansen float in that pumpkin? He floated in that pumpkin for 61 kilometers! 他為什麼要這樣做呢？因為他想要打破世界紀錄。他坐在南瓜裏面漂了 61 公里！ Hansen beat another record that was set in 2016. In 2016, another American man paddled for about 40 kilometers down a river. 上一個世界紀錄在 2016 年，有一個人用南瓜划了 40 公里。 That's too difficult for me. I think I'll just eat pumpkin pie instead. ________________________________ Vocabulary 用大南瓜當小船，真是個異想天開的主意！ 1. pumpkin 南瓜 We're having fish, rice and pumpkin soup tonight. 我們今晚吃魚，米飯和南瓜湯。 Pumpkin soup, my favorite soup! 南瓜湯，我最喜歡的湯！ 2. use 使用 A big pumpkin can be used as a boat. 一個大南瓜可以用來當一艘船呢。 But I'd like to eat it, not to sit on it. 但是我想吃它，而不是坐在上面。 3. float 漂浮 There's something floating on the river. 有東西漂在河面上。 I can't believe it! It looks like a pumpkin! 我真不敢相信，看起來像南瓜！ And there's a person inside! 裡面還有一個人！ 4. river 河流 What a way to travel down the river! 好特別的一趟河流之旅！ That's it. I will buy a pumpkin tomorrow. 我決定了。明天就去買一個南瓜。 你有看過南瓜做成的船嗎? 來一起讀單字。 pumpkin 南瓜 use 使用 float 漂浮 river 河流 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where did the man get the pumpkin from? A: He bought it at a store B: He found it near a river C: He grew it in his garden 2. What record did he break? A: Growing the biggest pumpkin in America B: Traveling the farthest in a pumpkin boat C: Eating the most pumpkin pie 3. How far did he paddle in the pumpkin? A: About 40 kilometers B: About 60 kilometers C: Nearly 400 kilometers Answers 1. C 2. B 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi students! Today I want to talk about asteroids. An asteroid is a big rock in space. 我們今天來聊聊小行星！ Scientists worry that an asteroid might hit Earth in the future. What would happen if an asteroid did hit Earth? If it were big enough, it would cause lots of trouble! 學家擔心小行星未來會撞到地球。如果小行星太大，我們就有麻煩了！ Remember the dinosaurs? Scientists think an asteroid hit the earth about 66 million years ago and killed them. 科學家認為有一顆小行星在六千六百萬年前撞到地球，把恐龍殺死了。 Right now, scientists don't think any asteroids will hit our planet soon. But what about in the future? 現在沒有小行星會撞到地球，但是以後呢？ I don't want to scare you guys, but an asteroid might hit us one day. But, here's the good news! NASA sent a rocket to hit an asteroid in space as a test. 不用擔心，美國太空總署 NASA 測試了用火箭撞擊小行星。 It took 10 months for the rocket to hit the asteroid. The rocket blew up, but the asteroid didn't. The purpose of the test was to hit the asteroid to change its direction. 花了 10 個月的時間火箭才擊中小行星，而且爆炸了，但小行星沒有。測試的目的是要撞擊小行星，改變他的方向。 NASA scientists wanted to see if they could hit the asteroid. That way, if an asteroid is coming right at Earth, we can hit it with a rocket. The rocket can make the asteroid miss Earth. Whew! Now, I feel safer! ________________________________ Vocabulary 這個實驗很像電影吧？故意用火箭去碰撞小行星，好讓它不要跟地球相撞。 1. hit 打到，撞擊 One of those stars may hit us someday. 那些星星有一顆可能會撞到我們。 And you're worried? 你很擔心嗎？ Not really. But I hope I can see it. 不會，不過我希望能看到。 2. earth 地球 You want to see a star hit the earth, our Earth? 你想看到一顆星撞上地球，我們的地球？ Yeah, it would be interesting to watch. 對啊，會很有趣吧。 3. kill 殺死 The last time it happened, all the dinosaurs were killed. 上回發生這種事的時候，所有的恐龍都完蛋了。 I know. But we're not a dinosaurs. 我知道，不過我們不是恐龍。 We won't be killed. 我們不會完蛋。 4. future 未來 I'm not sure about that. 這我可不確定。 I hope scientists can save us in the future. 我希望未來科學家能救我們一命。 今天的單字你記住了嗎？ hit 打到，撞擊 earth 地球 kill 殺死 future 未來 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is an asteroid? A: A type of rocket B: A big rock in space C: A kind of bomb 2. How long did it take the rocket to hit the asteroid? A: 10 days B: 10 weeks C: 10 months 3. What happened when the rocket hit the asteroid? A: The rocket exploded B: The asteroid exploded C: The asteroid almost hit Earth Answers 1. B 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Have you ever found something in the ground? Maybe you have found some cool rocks, or some coins. What if you found an animal from thousands of years ago? 如果你在地底下發現了幾千年前的動物，怎麼辦呢？ That's what happened in Canada. A worker was digging a hole in the ground. He was looking for gold. Instead, he found some kind of animal! In fact, it was a baby mammoth. 加拿大就有一個工人，挖洞想要找黃金，結果發現了一頭小長毛象！ A mammoth is like an elephant, with lots and lots of fur. They lived in really cold places, so they needed lots of fur to help them keep warm, like they were wearing a big sweater! 長毛象長得像大象，因為住在很冷的地方，所以全身長滿毛來保暖，像是穿了一件毛衣。 The worker saw that this animal still had fur. Later, he found it had lived thirty thousand years ago. 這個工人看到他所發現的動物有毛，而且是三萬年前的生物！ Scientists came to study this animal. It is very interesting, because there are no mammoths alive today. The scientists found the mammoth was a baby girl. 因為現今已經沒有長毛象活著。科學家發現那隻長毛象是母的。 Now the worker is digging for gold again, but he will always remember the mammoth he found. 這個工人現在又回去挖黃金了，但他永遠不會忘記他找到的長毛象。 He thinks one day he may even find the baby mammoth's momma. ________________________________ Vocabulary 想要挖金礦，卻找到長毛象！ 1. gold 黃金 Would you like to visit the Gold Museum this weekend? 這周末想不想去黃金博物館？ Gold? I love gold! 黃金？我愛黃金！ I know you do. 我知道你愛。 2. find 找到 You will find lots of shining gold there. 你會在那裏找到好多亮晶晶的黃金。 Really? Is it in the ground? 真的嗎? 它在地底下嗎？ No, it's right on a table. 不，就在桌子上。 3. dig 挖掘 People in Jinguashi used to dig for gold. 以前金瓜石的人會挖黃金。 Can I dig for it now? 我現在可以去挖嗎？ No, you're too late. 不行了，你太遲了。 4. coin 硬幣 My mother had a set of gold coins. 我媽媽以前有一套金幣。 Did she give them to you? 她有給你嗎？ No, she sold them a long time ago. 沒有，她好久以前就把它賣掉了。 你喜愛黃金嗎？來讀讀單字。 gold 黃金 find 找到 dig 挖掘 coin 硬幣 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What did the worker find? A: A cow B: A mammoth C: A dinosaur 2. How old was the animal? A: Ten thousand years old B: Thirty thousand years old C: A million years old 3. What did scientists learn about the animal? A: It was a baby girl B: It was a momma C: It was a teenager Answers 1. B 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

3… 2… 1… Lift off! Yep! Another rocket is going into space! Did you know that humans have been putting rockets into space for about 65 years? We send rockets into space, but many times, after they go up, pieces of them never come back down! We call these things "space junk." 很多火箭飛出去後，火箭的某一些部份永遠不會回來，變成了太空垃圾。 Space junk is a big problem - one of these pieces could hit a spaceship! 太空垃圾可能會撞到太空船。 And, in space, everything moves super, super fast. So when one piece of space junk hits another piece of space junk… it's a huge crash! 太空中，東西移動的速度都很快。當太空垃圾撞到別的太空垃圾，形成巨大的碰撞。 And the crash makes even more space junk! The pieces get even smaller! And then they keep flying around the earth. 它們撞成碎片後，繼續繞著地球飛行！ Wow! People are sometimes really messy! We even make messes in space! Maybe someday special robots can go into space and help clean up space junk. 也許有一天，機器人能去外太空幫忙清這些垃圾。 It's not going to be easy, but if the whole world works together, we can find a way to do it. But, the first thing we should do is stop putting any more junk into space, right? 但還是要先停止讓更多垃圾到太空去！ ________________________________ Vocabulary 太空垃圾過多，對未來的太空旅行可能會造成危險。 1. spaceship 太空船 Look, a spaceship! 你看，太空船 ! I think that's a satellite, Paz. 我覺得那是一顆人造衛星。 It could be a spaceship. 也有可能是太空船。 2. junk 垃圾 You may be right. 你也許說對了。 But even if it's a spaceship, it could become space junk someday. 不過就算是太空船，有一天它也會變成太空垃圾。 Is there a lot of junk in space? 太空裡有很多垃圾嗎？ Yeah, a lot. 是，有很多。 3. mess 混亂 What a mess you have here! 你這裡真是一團亂！ Sorry. We had a party last night. 真抱歉，我們昨天開派對。 Let me clean it up. 讓我來清理一下。 4. messy 凌亂的 How could you sleep in this messy room? 你怎麼能睡在這個亂七八糟的房間？ Easy. I didn't sleep. 很簡單，我沒睡。 We talked, laughed and danced all night. 我們整晚聊天說笑，還跳舞。 今天的單字你可記住了？ spaceship 太空船 junk 垃圾 mess 混亂 messy 凌亂的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is "space junk?" A: Pieces of rockets B: Kitchen garbage C: Dirty socks and shoes 2. What happens when space junk crashes? A: It eats ice cream B: It gets smaller C: Nothing 3. How fast does space junk fly around the earth? A: As fast as a running horse B: Not very fast C: Super fast Answers 1. A 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Oh… hi there. I was just sleeping. I must have been sleeping very deeply. Could you tell? Sometimes you can see if a person is sleeping deeply just by how their eyes move. If a person is asleep, and their eyes are moving quickly behind their eyelids, that means they are sleeping very deeply. 如果有人睡得很熟，他的眼睛就會在眼皮下動得很快。 This is called REM sleep, which stands for "rapid eye movement". "Rapid" means fast, so rapid eye movement means your eyes are moving quickly. 這個叫做快速動眼期。"Rapid" 就是快速的意思。 Usually when that happens to a person who is asleep, they are sleeping very deeply. If you have a pet dog or cat, maybe you have seen them do this when they were sleeping deeply. But humans, dogs, and cats aren't the only animals who can get REM sleep. Do you know what other animal does this? Jumping spiders! 但是除了人類、狗狗，跟貓咪，還有誰會有這樣的情況呢？答案是跳蜘蛛！ Scientists have found that jumping spiders' eyes make movements like people when they sleep deeply. This means they get REM sleep, which means they might also have dreams. 科學家發現跳蜘蛛睡覺的時候，眼睛也會動。這代表他們可能跟人類一樣會做夢！ I wonder what spiders dream about? Maybe they dream about catching flies. And I wonder how many other animals also dream like people do? ________________________________ Vocabulary 你睡得好嗎?會做夢嗎？ 1. sleep 睡眠 I'm so tired! 我好累！ Didn't sleep well last night? 昨晚沒睡好嗎？ No. I fell asleep quickly, but then woke up early. 對。我很快就睡著，但是很早醒來。 2. deeply 深沉地 I envy those who can sleep deeply. 我羨慕那些可以睡得很熟的人。 Maybe you should do some exercise. 也許你應該做一些運動。 That always helps. 運動總是有幫助。 3. dream 作夢 I sometimes dream about falling. 我有時候會夢到往下墜。 From high places? 從高的地方嗎？ From very high places. 從很高的地方。 That's scary! 那會讓人害怕！ 4. dream 夢 I had a dream of being lost. 我做了一個迷路的夢。 I didn't know where I was. 我不知道我在哪裡。 Oh, that's a bad dream. 那是個惡夢。 今天的單字簡單而常用。 sleep 睡眠 deeply 深沉地 dream 作夢，夢 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What does REM mean? A: Real energetic memory B: Random entertaining mind C: Rapid eye movement 2. What happens during REM sleep? A: Deep sleep B: Shallow sleep C: The person is awake 3. What animal did scientists find out get REM sleep? A: Ants B: Flies C: Spiders Answers 1. C 2. A 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I finally did it! After many, many tries, I finally flew my toy plane all around the park. And I did it all by myself! 我讓我的玩具飛機在公園飛了一圈！ It can be very difficult to control a toy airplane, especially when there is wind! When the wind blowing too hard, I crash the toy plane a lot! 玩具飛機很難控制，風太大的時候常常墜機！ But you know what's even harder than flying a toy airplane around a big park? Flying a real airplane around the world! 你知道甚麼比這個還難嗎？飛一架真正的飛機環遊世界！ The youngest person to do this was a 17-year-old boy named Mack Rutherford. He flew a real airplane around the world all by himself. Mack才17歲，是獨自開飛機環遊世界最年輕的飛行員！ He started flying earlier this year in March. He took off from Bulgaria, which is a country in Europe. And he has flown to Africa, Asia, and North America. In total, he flew to fifty-two countries around the world! That's amazing！ 他三月份從歐洲的保加利亞起飛，中間經過非洲、亞洲，跟北美洲。他總共飛到五十二個國家。 After about five months traveling around the world, Mack finally landed the plane in August of this year. 經歷五個月的飛行後，Mack終於在八月中回到家了。 His adventure must have been very dangerous and exciting. Maybe one day I will fly real planes instead of toy planes, and try to fly across oceans to other countries. That will take a lot more practice though! ________________________________ Vocabulary 你有想過親自駕駛飛機環繞地球嗎？ 1. fly 駕飛機 I'd like to fly a plane someday. 我想要有一天駕駛飛機。 I prefer to stay here and watch them. 我比較想留在地上欣賞。 2. take off 起飛 But think about it. 但是你想想看。 You can take off from a big city and see all the lights. 你可以從大城市起飛，看到所有的燈光。 And then fly over the ocean for a long time? 然後在海洋上空飛很久？ That sounds boring to me! 那聽起來很無聊耶！ 3. world 世界 So you don't want to travel around the world? 所以你不想環遊世界？ I do. But not as a pilot. 我想啊，但是不是當飛行員。 4. land 降落 You can land in a place you like. 你可以降落在你喜歡的地方。 Yeah, like in Paris? 比如說巴黎嗎？ Absolutely! 絕對可以！ 我們來讀單字。 fly 駕飛機 take off 起飛 world 世界 land 降落 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How old was the boy who flew alone in this story? A: 7 years old B: 70 years old C: 17 years old 2. Where did he take off from? A: Bulgaria B: Bavaria C: Belgium 3. How many countries did he visit? A: 52 B: 152 C: 5 Answers 1. C 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi students! Today I'm gonna start with a joke… are you ready? Why can't elephants use computers? Because they are afraid of the mouse! Do you get it? 你懂嗎？ "Mouse" has two meanings. It can mean a small animal, but it also means a computer mouse! Mouse 有兩個意思，老鼠跟滑鼠！ If you are a human, you should be able to understand that joke. But for a robot, a joke like that is super hard to understand! 我們人類聽得懂笑話，但是機器人可能很難聽懂。 In the future, scientists say people will use robots for many things. Robots will even be our friends and help take care of us. So, scientists are teaching robots how to laugh… at the right things! 現在，科學家在教機器人怎麼笑，還有甚麼時候可以笑！ This isn't easy! But scientists say that one-day robots will be able to learn to laugh at the right time and that robots will be able to have fun, funny, and interesting conversations with people. 但是科學家說，有一天機器人會學會笑，也可以跟人類聊有趣、好玩的東西！ Okay, before we go, one last joke: What kind of witch likes to go to the beach? A SAND-wich! Get it? Witches and sandwiches are completely different, but they both have the same sound at the end… so that's why the joke is funny. A "sand" witch! Do you think a robot could understand the sand-wich joke? Hmmm… maybe not now… but one day they will! ________________________________ Vocabulary 能夠聽懂笑話並且還會講笑話，這樣的機器人可有趣了。 1. joke 笑話 I want a robot that can tell jokes. 我想要個會講笑話的機器人。 Then I won't feel bored all the time.這樣我就不會總是覺得無聊。 I can tell you jokes. 我可以講給你聽。 2. understand 了解 I also want my robot to understand my jokes. 我也想要機器人聽懂我的笑話。 That would be hard. 這就有點難了。 Even I don't get your jokes sometimes. 連我有時候都聽不懂你的笑話。 3. laugh 笑 You don't have to. 你不用懂啊。 You just laugh. 你只要笑就好了。 Yeah, maybe I'll laugh at you. 好，也許我就嘲笑你。 4. take care of 照顧 Could you take care of my dogs for one day? 你能幫我照顧狗狗一天嗎？ Sure. 當然。 Do you like to tell jokes? joke 笑話 understand 了解 laugh 笑 take care of 照顧 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What are scientists teaching robots? A: How to laugh at the right things B: How to eat elephants C: How to do your homework 2. Why is it hard to understand jokes? A: Because words have many different meanings B: Because sandwiches are yummy C: Because the chicken crossed the road 3. What will robots be in the future? A: Our food B: Our friends and helpers C: They will be witches Answers 1. A 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi students! You guys know that bees are important, right? They help plants grow. Butterflies also help plants grow. If we didn't have bees and butterflies, we wouldn't grow as much food. The world would be in big trouble then. 蝴蝶跟蜜蜂會幫忙授粉，沒有牠們，就種不出足夠的食物。這樣世界就糟糕了！ But there are fewer bees and butterflies now. One reason is that cities are growing. 但蜜蜂跟蝴蝶越來越少了，其中一個原因是城市變大了。 When cities get bigger, there are fewer places for bees and butterflies to visit flowers and other plants safely. 城市變大後，越來越少地方可以讓蜜蜂跟蝴蝶安全地授粉。 Now, people are helping these insects by building special bus shelters. They have little gardens on top of them. 現在，有人蓋了特別的公車亭，上面有一個小花園。 The Netherlands was the first place to have these special bus stops. England also has them. England wants to have more than 1,000 of them soon. There are some in France and Belgium also. 荷蘭是第一個有這種公車亭的國家，另外，英國、法國、比利時也有。 These bus shelters need to be stronger than regular bus shelters because the dirt and water on top of them is heavy. 這種公車亭必須要很堅固，因為上面的泥土跟水都很重。 This is a great idea! Taiwan should build bus stops for bees and butterflies to visit. Or, maybe I should call them BUZZ-shelters. ________________________________ Vocabulary 在公車站的屋頂上種花種草，好吸引蜜蜂蝴蝶。 1. butterfly 蝴蝶 What a beautiful butterfly! 好漂亮的蝴蝶！ Yeah, and it's a big one. 對啊，而且好大一隻。 It's so nice to have butterflies waiting with me! 有蝴蝶跟我一起等車真棒！ 2. grow 種植 People should grow more flowers everywhere. 大家應該到處多種一點花。 Right, the city would look so much better. 對啊，城市會好看很多。 3. plant 植物 What plant should I grow indoors? 我在室內應該種什麼植物？ I've heard that devil's vine is the best. 我聽說黃金葛最好了。 It's very eco-friendly. 它對環境很友善。 4. the Netherlands 荷蘭 People in the Netherlands built special bus stops for bees. 荷蘭人建了特別的公車站給蜜蜂。 So the bees there take buses? 所以那裏的蜜蜂會搭公車 ? No, they fly. 不會，牠們用飛的。 今天學到哪些單字？ butterfly 蝴蝶 grow 種植 plant 植物 the Netherlands 荷蘭 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Why did people build the bus shelters? A:So people could see more bees and butterflies B: So bees and butterflies wouldn't bother people C: So bees and butterflies could visit more places 2. Why are there fewer bees and butterflies? A: They have moved away from cities B: They can't visit as many places C: They are getting killed by buses 3. Which place first made the special bus shelters? A: England B: France C: The Netherlands Answers 1. C 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi students! Today we're talking about electric vehicles. 我們今天要講的是電動交通工具。 There are electric bicycles, electric cars, and even electric buses! The world is changing: now, there is even an electric airplane! 現在有電動腳踏車、電動車、電動巴士，甚至還有電動飛機！ No way! That's amazing! A new electric airplane! They are testing the electric airplane in America. This electric airplane is small. It can carry just 11 people. 現在美國在測試電動飛機。這台飛機很小，只能載11個人。 And after testing, if everything is safe, some companies will start using small electric airplanes for short trips with only a few people. 經過測試，如果一切安全，有一些公司就會用來進行短程旅行！ But in just a few years, electric airplanes will get bigger and stronger! One day very soon, airplane companies are going to make big electric airplanes. Maybe one day you'll fly to Europe or America in an electric plane! 也許有一天，我們就可以搭電動飛機去歐洲或美國了！ Ahh, that would be so nice. It would be so quiet! And it would be much, much better for the environment! 它們很安靜，而且對環境也很好！ I can hardly believe it, but electric airplanes are here! Soon, maybe every kind of vehicle in the world will use electric power! ________________________________ Vocabulary 為了環保，現在很多交通工具都變成電動的。 1. plane 飛機 Hey, what's that? 嘿，那是什麼？ I can't believe it! It's a plane! 真不敢相信！是一架飛機！ 2. electric 電動的 Why isn't it making any sounds? 為什麼它都沒有聲音？ I think it's an electric plane. 我想它是電動飛機。 Really? Even my electric bike makes more noise. 真的嗎? 我的電動腳踏車聲音比它還大。 3. safe 安全的 Do you think it's safe? 你覺得它安全嗎？ My bike is very safe. 我的腳踏車很安全。 No, I mean the plane. 不，我是說飛機。 4. company 公司 It should be. 應該安全。 The company making the plane would make sure it's safe. 製造那架飛機的公司會確保它是安全的。 Let's read today's vocabulary together. plane 飛機 electric 電動的 safe 安全的 company 公司 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What are they testing in America? A: An electric garbage truck B: An electric airplane C: An electric monkey 2. How big is the airplane in the story? A: Small. It can carry 11 people B: Small. It can only carry 2 people C: Super big! It can carry 500 people 3. Electric cars, buses, and airplanes are… A: …quiet, and good for the environment B: …noisy and ugly C: …funny and stinky Answers 1. B 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

What's that? A cockroach?! Ahhh! I don't like cockroaches, how about you? You don't like them either, right? 我不喜歡蟑螂！你也是，對吧？ You know, some animals can help people. Dogs can help find lost people or help the police catch bad guys. Now scientists have found a way for cockroaches to help people too! Thanks to a super tiny computer. 科學家找到讓蟑螂幫助人的方法！他們用一個超級小電腦。 This little computer is like a mini backpack. It controls the cockroach's legs. They also put a tiny solar panel on the cockroach's back to power the computer! 那個電腦長得像一個小背包。它會控制蟑螂的腿，上面還有太陽能板可以充電。 Cockroaches are very good at getting into small places, and if scientists can control them, they can use them to go into super small spaces. 蟑螂很會鑽，所以科學家可以利用牠們進去很窄的空間裡面。 Soon, scientists might put a mini camera on the cockroach too. Then they could send the cockroaches to small spaces, and with the camera, they could see things in places humans can't reach. 他們以後會在蟑螂上放迷你相機，就可以看到人類看不到的地方。 Maybe these special cockroaches could help see inside a building after an earthquake or go into a place that's too dangerous for people. 如果有地震發生，也許這些蟑螂可以幫我們進去建築物裡面看看，或是進到對人類來說太危險的地方。 Hmmm… maybe one day we will think of cockroaches as helpful little heroes! ________________________________ Vocabulary 用超級小電腦來控制蟑螂，這可是聞所未聞！ 1. control 控制 Look, this little thing can control my beetle! 你看，這個小東西可以控制我的金龜子。 Wow, how did it do that? 哇，它是怎麼做到的？ Easy, by making sounds. 很簡單，它會發出聲音。 2. power 供應電力 How do you power this little thing? 你怎麼供電給這個小東西？ It has a tiny battery. 它有個小電池。 3. camera 相機 But what do you have your beetle do? 但是你要金龜子做什麼呢？ I want it to carry a camera. 我要牠帶個相機。 To take photos of its home? 給牠的家照相哦？ 4. small 小的 Maybe. Isn't that fun? 也許吧，那不是很好玩嗎？ Yeah, it can go into very small places… 牠可以進入非常小的地方… Where we can't go. 我們不能去的地方。 你有想過控制昆蟲嗎？ control 控制 power 供應電力 camera 相機 small 小的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What did the scientists do? A: They put a tiny computer on a cockroach B: They saw a cockroach and ran away C: They put a cockroach on a dog 2. What does the little computer look like? A: A fish B: A sandwich C: A backpack 3. How could this special cockroach help people? A: It could go places humans can't go B: It could sing and dance C: It could be a good pet Answers 1. A 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you like dogs? I do! I love my dog! She is so sweet! Every day when I come home she is so happy to see me! Who's a good dog?! Yes you are! She waits by the door and then starts barking happily when she hears me coming back home! 我很喜歡我的狗狗！她每天都會等我回家。 It makes me feel happy to know she loves me. And guess what? Scientists say some dogs cry when their human comes home! 科學家說，主人回家的時候，有一些狗狗會喜極而泣！ Yeah! They cry because they are so happy - just like people sometimes do! Have you ever missed your mommy and daddy and then, when they finally come home, you feel so happy you feel like crying? That's what some dogs feel, too! Scientists say, so far, dogs are the only animal they found that can cry "happy tears"… like humans! 科學家說，狗狗是目前發現，唯一會開心到哭的動物。 Other animals might cry when they are sad, but dogs are special animals. Dogs have lived with people for more than 10,000 years. 狗狗已經跟人類相處超過一萬年了！ Actually, I think my dog thinks she is a human. It's cool to know that our dogs love us so much. But that also means we should remember to give them lots of love too! Dogs need to run, they need to play, and they need their human to pet them and talk to them. Dogs are like little furry children! ________________________________ Vocabulary 人類最好的朋友狗狗，行為也跟人很像呢！ 1. cry 哭泣 Paz, you have dogs. 派絲,你有養狗。 Have you ever seen them cry? 你有看過牠們哭嗎？ No. 沒有。 I don't think they cry with tears. 我想牠們不會哭出眼淚。 But they do make sad sounds. 不過牠們確實會發出悲傷的聲音。 2. tear 眼淚 Scientists say dogs can shed happy tears. 科學家說狗會流高興的眼淚。 My dogs run around when they're happy. 我的狗高興時會跑來跑去。 3. talk 談話 Do you talk to them every day? 你每天跟牠們講話嗎？ Oh, yes, every day. 是啊，每天都講。 And they don't talk back. 而且牠們不會頂嘴。 4. love 喜愛 Do you love your dogs? 你愛你的狗嗎？ I love them very much. 很愛呢！ They're my good friends. 牠們是我的好朋友。 今天的單字很常用喔。 cry 哭 tear 眼淚 talk 談話 love 喜愛 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What can dogs do? A: Cry "happy tears," like people B: Sing sad songs C: Play the piano 2. What do dogs need? A: Food, water, exercise and love! B: A new iPhone C: Shoes and socks 3. How long have dogs lived with people? A: About 10 years B: About 10,000 years C: About 3 million years Answers 1. A 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi, students! Let's talk about robots. Lots of companies use robots. There is even a convenience store in Taiwan that uses robots. It's in Kaohsiung. The store in Kaohsiung is testing robots to deliver coffee. 高雄有一間便利商店，用機器人送咖啡！ This robot doesn't look like a person. It looks like a cart. It is a cart with wheels that can travel inside and outside to deliver coffee to people. 它看起來不像人，像手推車，下面還有輪子。 Why is this cart a robot? It can move on its own. It doesn't need people to push it. The robot cart can even take an elevator by itself! 這個機器人會自己動，不用人家推，還可以自己搭電梯！ This robot can deliver up to 24 orders at once. To deliver that many coffees with a human would cost a lot of money, but this store in Kaohsiung thinks using robots will be much cheaper. Which means food and drink could be cheaper too! 這個機器人一次可以送24份餐， 店家說在人力成本上能夠省下很多錢！ That's pretty cool. There is also a convenience store in Hsinchu that is testing a different kind of robot. This one is a flying robot. This flying robot is called a drone. 新竹也有一間便利商店，是用機器人，但這個機器人是無人機。 The store wants to use drones to deliver things to people who live in rural areas. Do you know what another name for "rural" is? It's the countryside. The drones could help people living in the countryside a lot. 他們希望用無人機，送東西到鄉下地區去。 What a great idea! ________________________________ Vocabulary 機器人越來越多元，對我們的幫助也與日俱增。 1. deliver 運送 I'm so hungry! What's for dinner? 我好餓！晚飯吃什麼？ How about beef noodles? 牛肉麵怎麼樣？ Good idea! Let's get it delivered. 好主意，我們叫外送吧。 2. by oneself 靠自己 Why is our food so late? 為什麼我們的食物這麼慢？ I hope someday the food comes by itself. 我希望有一天食物自己送上門。 That's not going to happen. 不會發生那種事的。 3. drone 無人機 Why not? There are drones, right? 為什麼不會？有無人機了，對吧？ A drone flies into our home with beef noodles? Wow! 帶著牛肉麵的無人機飛進我們家？哇！ 4. help 幫助 Yeah, a drone could really help us. 對啊，無人機真的可以幫上忙。 Here comes the delivery man! 送貨員到了！ 來跟我一起讀單字。 deliver 運送 by oneself 靠自己 drone 無人機 help 幫助 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What will the robot in Kaohsiung look like? A: A cart B: A person C: A coffee cup 2. What is a flying robot called? A: A store B: An elevator C: A drone 3. Where will the flying robots in Hsinchu deliver things to? A: To other convenience stores B: To people in the countryside C: To people in big cities Answers 1. A 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Surf's up! I love surfing in the ocean. 我好愛衝浪！ But what's that? A surfing dog? That's right! Dogs can surf too. They just stand on the surfboard and ride the waves. 狗狗也可以衝浪，它們可以站在衝浪板上。 At first, a person surfs together with them. The person can teach them how to surf. After the dog learns, it can surf by itself. 一開始，狗狗跟主人一起衝浪，狗狗學會後，就可以自己衝浪了。 Every summer, the best surfing dogs in the world come together. They go to the World Dog Surfing Championship in California. At this contest, everybody can see which dogs are best at riding the waves. 每一年夏天，加州都會有狗狗衝浪比賽，看哪一隻狗狗最會衝浪！ This year, the best dog was a 10-year-old dog named Faith. Her owner said that when she was a little puppy, she was scared of many things. 今年的冠軍狗狗是十歲的 Faith，她的主人說，這隻狗狗小時候很膽小。 But then she learned how to surf. Now, she is the dog surfing champion of the world. No matter who wins, everybody has fun. These dogs can teach us an important lesson. With lots of help, and lots of practice, anybody can learn something new. ________________________________ Vocabulary 只要耐心教導，狗狗也能學會衝浪。 1. learn 學習 Would you like to learn how to surf? 你想學衝浪嗎？ I think I should learn how to swim first. 我想我應該先學游泳。 I can teach you that too. 那我也可以教你。 2. teach 教學 Are you sure you want to teach me? 你確定要教我嗎？ Of course, surfing is a lot of fun! 當然啦，衝浪很好玩的！ Okay. When can we begin? 好啊，什麼時候開始？ 3. fun 好玩 Let's have some fun in the swimming pool tomorrow. 明天我們先在游泳池裡面玩。 Then we can move to the beach. 然後我們可以去海灘。 4. champion 冠軍 Hurray, I'll be a champion in surfing! 真棒，我會成為衝浪冠軍。 Not so fast! 別這麼快！ You must learn how to swim first, remember? 你得先學會游泳，記得嗎？ 今天的單字你學會了嗎？ learn 學習 teach 教導 fun 好玩 champion 冠軍 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How do dogs learn to surf? A: Other dogs teach them B: They go to surfing school C: People surf together with them 2. Where is the World Dog Surfing Championship? A: California B: Australia C: Hawaii 3. This year, which dog was the best surfer? A: A 5-year-old dog named Kiss B: A 7-year-old dog named Momo C: A 10-year-old dog named Faith Answers 1. C 2. A 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Mushrooms are part of a group of amazing living things that are not really an animal and not really a plant. 香菇不是動物也不是植物，它們是菇類！ You can eat some mushrooms, and they're super yummy. But you can also make leather from them. 它們不只很好吃，還可以做成皮革！ We use leather for many things. I have a leather belt and leather shoes. 皮革可以做成很多東西，像是我自己有皮帶或跟皮鞋。 But some people say we should try to stop making things with leather. 有人說我們不應該再用皮革做東西。 Why? Well, two big reasons… One, to make leather you need a lot of chemicals. Those chemicals can be bad for people, and they are bad for the earth. They cause pollution. 第一個原因是，做皮革要用很多化學藥劑，對人跟地球都不好。 And number two: Leather comes from animals, mostly cows. Many people think we need to stop eating so much meat and stop using things made from animals. 第二個原因是，很多皮革都是用牛做的。有人覺得我們不要再吃這麼多肉，也不要再用動物做東西！ That's why scientists are making leather from mushrooms! It looks almost exactly like leather from animals, and it's strong too. 所以科學家要用菇類做皮革！它很像用動物做的皮革，也是很堅固！ Many companies are interested in this new mushroom leather. Using mushroom leather means we can say goodbye to bad chemicals, and it means we don't need to use animals. 這樣子我們可以遠離化學藥劑，也不用動物做東西。 ________________________________ Vocabulary 生活中有哪些東西是皮革做的，你可知道？ 1. leather 皮革 I don't wear leather shoes any more.我不再穿皮鞋了。 Why not? 為什麼不呢？ Because I'm wearing cotton shoes now. 因為我現在都穿棉布鞋。 They are light and comfortable. 它們很輕，又很舒服。 2. strong 堅固耐用 But they are not as strong as leather. 但是它們沒有皮革堅固。 That's true. So I don't wear them on rainy days. 這是真的，所以我雨天不穿。 3. use 使用 You use cotton for your bags too? 你也用棉布做包包嗎？ Yeah, look at my book bag. 對啊，你看我的書包。 Very cute! 很可愛呢！ Yeah, I use cotton for many things. 我用棉布做很多東西。 4. company 公司 A lot of companies are making these products. 很多公司也在做這些產品。 I know. But I prefer to do it myself. 我知道，不過我喜歡自己動手。 這些字簡單好用，來一起讀一遍。 leather 皮革 strong 堅固耐用 use 使用 company 公司 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How does animal leather hurt the earth? A: Making it uses bad chemicals B: Making it takes 100 years C: Making it means bigger typhoons 2. What are scientists using to make new leather? A: Mushrooms B: Fried rice C: Frogs 3. Where does leather come from? A: Mostly cows B: Mostly clouds C: Mostly clowns Answers 1. A 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi students! Do you know what year it is? Sure, it's 2022. But it's also another year. Let me give you a hint. Yep, it's the Year of the Tiger. Tigers are special animals. 今年是虎年！ They are the biggest of the big cats. Lions are also big cats. So are leopards… But tigers are endangered. That means tigers are in danger of becoming extinct. 老虎、獅子、豹都是大貓咪，但是現在老虎快要絕種了。 Why are tigers endangered? One reason is that some people hunt these big cats. It's illegal to hunt tigers, but some bad people still do it. 為甚麼會快要絕種呢？因為有一些人會去獵老虎，這是不合法的！ About 100 years ago, there used to be about 100,000 tigers in Asia. But today, there are fewer than 4,000. 一百年前，亞洲還有十萬隻老虎，現在剩下不到四千隻了！ Because tigers are endangered, some people are trying to save them. In Nepal, there is some good news for tigers. Nepal is a country in Asia. In 2009, there were only about 120 tigers in Nepal. Today, Nepal has 355 tigers. Wow! That's almost three times as many tigers! 有一些人想要保護老虎。像在尼泊爾，2009年的時候，只有120隻老虎，現在已經有355隻了！ How did Nepal increase the number of tigers? They worked harder to stop people from hunting and killing them. They also protected the places tigers live. 尼泊爾怎麼讓老虎數量增加呢？他們禁止大家獵老虎，也保護老虎住的地方。 Good job, Nepal! ________________________________ Vocabulary 你有近距離看過老虎嗎？牠們是非常壯觀的動物。 1. animal 動物 Many animals live around us. 很多動物住在我們的周圍。 You mean cats, dogs and birds? 你是指貓和狗，還有鳥嗎？ Yeah, and rats, ants and spiders. 對啊，還有老鼠，螞蟻和蜘蛛。 2. in danger of 有危險 Those animals are not in danger of extinction. 那些動物都沒有絕種的危險。 No, they are not. 是沒有。 3. extinct 絕種的 Why do some animals go extinct? 為什麼有的動物會絕種？ Sometimes it's because the environment changed. 有時候是因為環境改變了。 4. hunt 狩獵 And sometimes people hunt them. 有時候是人類獵殺牠們。 Right, people love the animal's meat or skin too much. 對，人類太喜歡某種動物的肉或是皮毛。 你最喜歡哪種動物呢？ animal 動物 in danger of 有危險 extinct 絕種的 hunt 狩獵 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What are tigers, lions, and leopards called? A: Asian cats B: Danger cats C: Big cats 2. If an animal is "endangered" what does that mean? A: It could die out B: It is a dangerous animal C: It has a disease 3. Why are there more tigers in Nepal now? A: More tigers moved there B: Nepal helped to protect them C: Some new zoos opened in Nepal Answers 1. C 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi students! Today is a special day for Taiwan. It's Double 10 Day, also called Taiwan's National Day. 今天是雙十國慶！ October 10th in Taiwan is a day of parades. Military jets fly over people's heads. And at night, people get to see great fireworks. 今天會有遊行、戰鬥機表演，還有煙火秀！ Almost every country in the world has a national day. There are only two countries that don't have a national day. One of those countries is Denmark. The other is Great Britain. 全世界只有丹麥跟英國沒有國慶日。 Some countries even have more than one national day each year. 有些國家還不只有一個國慶日！ Ukraine has 3 national days: in January, July, and August! 烏克蘭有三個國慶日，一月、七月，跟八月都有！ What are some other national days? For Americans, it's July 4th. July 4th celebrates when America became independent. Before that, America was part of England. July 4th is also called Independence Day. 美國的國慶日是七月四號，又叫做獨立紀念日。這一天是美國從英國獨立出來的日子。 July 1st is Canada's national day. This national day is called Canada Day. It celebrates the date that Canada became a country, on July 1, 1867. 加拿大的國慶日在七月一號，也是國家成立的日子。 Taiwan's national day is different from America's or Canada's. But they all have fireworks! ________________________________ Vocabulary 你都怎麼慶祝雙十節，會出去玩嗎？ 1. national 國家的 What do Americans do on their National Day? 美國人在國慶日都做什麼？ They usually get together and barbecue. 他們通常會聚會烤肉。 2. country 國家 Every country should celebrate its birthday. 每個國家都應該慶祝生日。 I think most countries do. 我想大部分國家都會的。 3. fireworks show 煙火秀 My favorite National Day event is the fireworks show. 我最喜歡的國慶活動是煙火秀。 Me too! The show is magical. 我也是。煙火秀很神奇的。 4. October 十月。 I love October. 我喜歡十月。 Because of the Double Ten Day? 因為雙十節嗎？ No, because the weather is the best in October. 不是，是因為十月天氣最好。 你喜不喜歡十月呢？來讀單字。 national 國家的 country 國家 fireworks show 煙火秀 October 十月 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Which is true? A: All countries have national days B: Some countries have more than one national day C: No countries have national days 2. Why is Denmark mentioned? A: It has two national days B: It does not have a national day C: It has the same national day as America 3. Which country's national day is July 1st? A: Canada B: The United States C: Denmark Answers 1. B 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi students! Can you imagine being deaf? Talking to people would be really hard if you couldn't hear anything. 聽不見的時候，應該很難了解別人在說甚麼。 Some people can talk to deaf people using their hands. This is called sign language. But not many people know how to sign. 有一些人可以用手語溝通，但不是很多人會。 Now, to help deaf people, someone has made some very special glasses. They let you read what other people are saying! These glasses are great, they're like watching a movie with subtitles! 現在有人發明一副眼鏡，可以讓你像看電影的時候的字幕一樣，看到別人說的話。 The glasses work because of smartphones. Smartphones hear the words people are saying. Then they write the words down, and send them to the glasses for people to read. 手機聽到別人說話的時候，就會把字打出來，再傳到眼鏡上。 A man from England called Dan got the idea while watching his grandfather on Christmas Day. Dan's grandfather was lonely because he couldn't hear what people were saying. 有一個叫做 Dan 的人發明了這個眼鏡，因為有一年的聖誕節，他看到爺爺因為聽不見，沒有辦法了解別人在說甚麼，而感到很寂寞。 But now, thanks to these glasses, his grandfather won't feel lonely anymore! 現在呢，有了這個眼鏡，爺爺就不再感覺到寂寞了！ Now, all deaf people need are these new glasses, and they can talk to lots of people! What a cool idea! ________________________________ Vocabulary 眼鏡可以跟電視一樣打出字幕，這真是造福人類！ 1. glasses 眼鏡 Are you looking at me? 你在看我嗎？ No, I'm looking at my glasses. 不是，我在看我的眼鏡。 You see, my glasses show me what you've said. 你看，我的眼鏡告訴我你說的話。 2. hear 聽見 Wow! How do your glasses do that? 哇，你的眼鏡怎麼做到的？ I have a cell phone here. 我這兒有手機。 It hears you, and sends the words to me. 手機聽到你說話，把你的話傳給我。 3. read 閱讀 And you can read the words. 然後你可以看到我說的話。 Right, I can read them and then answer. 對，我可以讀那些字，然後回答。 4. thank 道謝 I can't believe it! 真不敢相信！ Yeah, I have to thank the inventor. 對啊，我一定要謝謝這個發明人。 我們來讀讀單字。 glasses 眼鏡 hear 聽見 read 閱讀 thank 謝謝 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What do the special glasses do? A: Let people hear sounds B: Let people read spoken words C: Let people speak louder 2. What are the words seen in a movie called? A: Titles B: Conversations C: Subtitles 3. What must the glasses be connected to? A: A TV set B: A smartphone C: Some speakers Answers 1. B 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Wow! I love this new song. I've got to tell my friends about it. I'm sure they'll love it too! 我好喜歡這首歌，我要分享給我朋友！ My friends and I like to share new songs with each other. If I hear a song I like, I always let my friends know about it. And, did you know, humpback whales do the same thing! 你知道嗎？座頭鯨也會這樣！ Scientists found that if one humpback whale starts singing a new song, and other humpback whales like it, the whales will sing it to their friends. 科學家發現，如果座頭鯨喜歡另外一隻座頭鯨唱的歌，牠就會跟著唱給朋友聽。 They found two humpback whales, who were very far away from each other, singing the same song! They were super far away, more than 10,000 kilometers away! 有兩隻座頭鯨，距離一萬公里遠，但是會唱同一首歌耶！ There's no way the whale's song could be heard under the water so far away, so the scientists did more work and found that humpback whales pass on new songs to each other. 聽到這麼遠的聲音是不可能的，後來科學家發現，歌是傳唱過去的！ And pretty soon, whales all over the ocean learn the new song and start singing it. 很快，整個海洋的每一隻座頭鯨就會唱這首歌了。 That's so cool! Maybe I can make a popular humpback whale song. Let me try… okay… maybe not! ________________________________ Vocabulary 你會不會希望有一天能潛到海裡，聆聽鯨魚唱歌？ 1. sing 唱 Listen! The birds are singing to each other. 你聽，鳥兒在互相唱和！ Is that how they talk? 牠們是在交談嗎？ Yeah, that's how they share ideas. 對，那是牠們交換意見的辦法。 2. song 歌曲 Their songs are really beautiful! 牠們的歌真好聽！ Indeed. It's the song of autumn. 沒錯，那是秋天的歌聲。 3. share 分享 Are you hungry? You can share my sandwich. 你肚子餓嗎？可以分享我的三明治。 Oh no, I can't do that. It's such a small sandwich. 我不能，你的三明治好小一個。 4. friend 朋友 Hey, you're my friend. 你是我的朋友。 Friends share food. 朋友一起分享食物。 Okay, then I want the bigger half. 好，那我要大的那一半。 你愛唱歌嗎？ sing 唱 song 歌曲 share 分享 friend 朋友 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What kind of whale is this story about? A: Happyback whales B: Monkeyback whales C: Humpback whales 2. What do whales do when they like a new song? A: They dance to it B: They stay really quiet C: They share it with their friends 3. How far away can new whale songs spread? A: More than 10,000 kilometers B: More than 5 centimeters C: To the moon and back Answers 1. C 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Look at that bus! It looks really cool! And it's so quiet! Do you know why it's so quiet? It's an electric bus. It uses an electric motor! 你知道為甚麼這麼安靜嗎？因為它是電動巴士。 Electric motors are great! They don't make all that smelly smoke that's bad for the air… and bad for people, too. 電動馬達不會產生髒空氣。 But, there is one problem with electric motors. An electric motor needs some very special things inside it to make it work. Electric motors need special metals, and other things that you can only find by digging in the ground. 要做電動馬達，需要很特別的金屬，以及很多在地底下才找得到的東西。 And, there isn't enough of those things in the ground for the future… one day they will all be gone, and then how will we make electric motors? 而且這些東西總有一天會用完！ Well, guess what? A 17-year-old student in America may have found the answer. His name is Robert. Robert is working on a new way to make electric motors that don't need any special metals! And scientists say his idea could work! 美國一個叫做 Robert 的學生，在研究一種不用特別的金屬，就可以做電動馬達的方法！ That's amazing! Robert is only 17 years-old, but he's already changing the world! What would you like to make? Maybe one day you will have an idea that can change the world too! You could build an even better motor, or a cool new spaceship! ________________________________ Vocabulary 你想發明什麼嗎？也許可以改變世界喔！ 1. world 世界 Can you name 2 things that changed the world? 你能說出兩種改變世界的東西嗎？ Sure, computers and cellphones. 當然，電腦和手機。 That's true. We used pen and paper before. Not anymore. 這是真的，我們以前用筆和紙。現在不用了。 2. work 工作 What if your computer doesn't work? 要是你的電腦不中用怎麼辦？ I'll just have to go to bed. You? 那我只好上床睡覺了。你呢？ I'll get it fixed right away. 我會馬上找人修理。 3. special 特別的 I know someone special who can fix computers. 我認識很特別的人會修電腦。 Lucky you! I don't have such a special friend. 你運氣不錯。我沒有這麼特別的朋友。 4. electric 電動的 Yes, he knows a lot about electric things. 他對電器懂很多。 這些單字你記住了嗎？ world 世界 work 工作 special 特別的 electric 電動的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How old is Robert? A: 170 years-old B: 17 years-old C: 70 years-old 2. What did Robert make? A: A new kind of electric motor B: A new spaceship C: A new flying motorcycle 3. Why are electric motors better? A: They don't make bad smoke B: They are super heavy C: They are delicious Answers 1. B 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you like riding on trains? You can see lots of things while on trains, like mountains and forests. Sometimes, you can see animals. 你們喜歡搭火車嗎？搭火車可以看到山、森林，有時候還有動物。 In England, one woman even saw a tortoise. A tortoise is a kind of turtle. 在英國，有人搭火車的時候看到一隻陸龜！ A woman in England named Diane Akers saw a tortoise while she was on a train. The turtle was walking along the train tracks. Oh, oh! You know what would happen if a train hits a tortoise? 這個人叫 Diane Akers，她搭火車的時候，看到一隻陸龜在鐵軌上。 Don't worry! This tortoise didn't get killed! He was saved, thanks to Diane Akers. 別擔心，因為Diane，陸龜沒事！ When Akers saw the turtle, she took a picture of it. Then, she put the picture on Twitter. When she got off the train, she talked to some railway workers. 當她看到陸龜的時候，把牠拍照發上推特，下車以後也跟鐵路員工說了這件事。 Then, some workers found the turtle walking on the tracks. Its shell was hurt a bit. A piece was missing. 後來他們在鐵軌上找到陸龜，牠的龜殼缺了一塊，有一點受傷。 The workers found out that the tortoise has a name… Clyde! Clyde usually lives in a pet shop. But Clyde got out of the pet shop and went for a walk on the train tracks. 後來他們發現這一隻陸龜叫做 Clyde，從寵物店逃走跑來這裡。 I'm glad Clyde was saved! I bet Clyde is glad too! ________________________________ Vocabulary 好心人救了差點被火車輾過的陸龜。 1. pet shop 寵物店 What do you want for your birthday, Paz? 你想要什麼生日禮物？ I'd like a pet. 我想要個寵物。 Good idea! Let's go to a pet shop tonight. 好主意，我們今晚就去寵物店吧。 2. save 拯救 Look at that little kitty. 你看那隻小貓。 It looks so scared. 牠看起來好害怕。 Should we save it from this shop? 我們應該把牠從這家店救出來嗎？ Absolutely! 一定要的！ 3. train 火車 Where is the train to Yilan? 去宜蘭的火車在哪裡？ You can look at the signs. 你可以看標誌。 It tells you which platform to go to. 它會告訴你去哪個月台。 4. get off 下車 I'm going to Luodong. 我要去羅東。 Should I get off here? 我應該在這裡下車嗎？ No, you should get off at the next stop. 不，你應該在下一站下車。 今天的單字你記住了嗎？ pet shop 寵物店 save 拯救 train 火車 get off 下車 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Who first saw the tortoise named Clyde? A: A woman on a train B: A man working for the railway C: A woman in an animal hospital 2. Where was the tortoise? A: On train tracks B: On a train C: In a forest 3. Where does Clyde usually live? A: In the mountains B: In a railway station C: In a store that sells pets Answers 1. A 2. A 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you know what a "milestone" is? In Chinese, it's 【里程碑】. There are many kinds of milestones. When you become 18 years old, that's a milestone. When you get your first job, that's a milestone. And, if you get married or have a baby, those are milestones, too. 18歲成年、第一份工作、或是結婚生小孩，每一個都是一種里程碑。 Today, I want to talk about a different kind of milestone. This one is about plastic. The milestone is about cleaning up a lot of plastic in the ocean. 現在，有一個清理海洋塑膠垃圾的里程碑！ First, I need to tell you about something called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a really big pile of plastic floating in the ocean. Most of that plastic is in very small pieces. It can hurt fish and other animals in the ocean. 太平洋垃圾島是一堆在海上飄的垃圾推起來的，這些垃圾會害魚跟其他的動物受傷。 Some people are trying very hard to clean up the plastic from the ocean. One of these people is a man named Boyan Slat. He made a special type of machine to clean up plastic from the ocean. 一個叫做 Boyan Slat 做了一台清理塑膠的機器。 This year, his machine hit a milestone. It cleaned up 220,000 pounds of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. That's almost the same weight as a blue whale, the biggest animal on earth! 今年這台機器達到了一個里程碑，清了好多垃圾，重量幾乎跟一頭藍鯨一樣重！ Wow! Congratulations! ________________________________ Vocabulary 環保人士清除了大量海洋垃圾，達成新的里程碑。 1. get married 結婚 Tom says he's getting married when he's 21. 湯姆說他要21歲時結婚。 But he's only 10 now! 但是他現在才十歲！ 2. try 努力 Well, he says he'll try hard to save money. 他說他要努力存錢。 How much has he saved? 他存了多少了？ About one hundred NT. 大約一百塊吧。 He has to try harder. 他得再努力一點。 3. milestone 里程碑 I think for him, 1,000 NT would be a milestone. 我想對他來說，一千塊就是個里程碑。 That shouldn't be too hard. 那應該沒那麼困難。 4. job 工作 Maybe he can get a job. 也許他可以找個工作。 He's too young to have a real job. 他太小了，不能真的去工作。 He can water my plants. 他可以幫我的植物澆水。 These are very useful words. get married 結婚 try 努力 milestone 里程碑 job 工作 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is a milestone? A: An important day B: A heavy rock C: A kind of shoe 2. What is 'The Great Pacific Garbage Patch'? A: A small pile of floating trash B: A breed of dog C: A big pile of floating trash 3. What did Boyan Slat do? A: Made a machine to clean the ocean B: Named 'The Great Pacific Garbage Patch' C: Weighed a Blue Whale Answers 1. A 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hey, students! Let's talk about art. There are paintings, and drawings… There is sculpting… Even photography can be art! 畫畫、雕刻、攝影，都可以變成藝術！ Almost anything can be art, even a vegetable! 就連蔬菜也是可以！ In New Zealand, a man named Matthew Griffin made art with a pickle! 有一個紐西蘭藝術家，用酸黃瓜做藝術品！ He put a pickle on the ceiling of an art gallery in New Zealand. It's a little dirty because it has sauce from a hamburger on it. The sauce makes the pickle stay on the ceiling. 他用漢堡的醬料，把一片漢堡裡用的酸黃瓜黏在美術館的天花板上。 People can buy this art. It costs 187,000 NT dollars. What? I can't believe it… 187,000 NT dollars for a dirty pickle! 竟然要賣十八萬七千元新台幣！ Do you think anyone will buy it? Well, a few years ago someone taped a banana to a wall. That was art too, and someone paid more than $3 million NT dollars for it! 之前還有人把香蕉黏在牆壁上，賣了三百萬元台幣！ I should do something like that. Maybe I can put a carrot on a wall! I will only charge $30 million NT for it. Would you like to buy my carrot? 下一次我也要把紅蘿蔔黏在牆壁上！我只賣… 三千萬台幣好了！ Well, I'm going to the store right now to buy some more fruit and vegetables! I love art! ________________________________ Vocabulary 每個人對藝術作品的看法都不同，很難說出它的價值。 1. painting 畫 Wow, you did this painting yourself? 哇，你自己畫的這幅畫嗎？ Yeah, I'm an artist, you know. 是啊，你要知道我是藝術家。 2. hamburger 漢堡 You call this… hamburger art? 你把這個漢堡叫做藝術？ What's wrong? 有什麼不對？ You don't like hamburgers? 你不喜歡漢堡？ Not when it's on the wall. 它在牆上的時候我不喜歡。 3. buy 買 I'm selling it for 10,000 NT. 我要出價一萬元把它賣掉。 Are you kidding? Nobody will buy it. 你開玩笑嗎? 沒有人要買的。 4. someone 有人 You're quite wrong. 你錯了。 Someone has asked about it. 已經有人來問了。 It must be your mother. 一定是你媽媽。 Let's read the vocabulary. painting 畫 hamburger 漢堡 buy 買 someone 有人 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where can people see this pickle art? A: France B: New Zealand C: The USA 2. How did the pickle stick to the ceiling? A: With tape B: With a hammer and nail C: With sauce 3. How much did someone pay for the banana art? A: More than 30 million NT B: More than 13 million NT C: More than 3 million NT Answers 1. B 2. C 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hey students! Do you know what's cool? Flying cars! They can drive on roads like regular cars. But they have wings that let them fly in the air, too! 飛天汽車很酷吧！這台車在陸地跟一般的車子一樣，但它也有翅膀，可以讓它飛起來！ Today, I want to talk about a company called Samson. Samson wants to make a flying car called the Switchblade. When the car flies, the wings swing out from under the car. They fold back when it is on the road, so the wings are hidden. 有一家叫做Samson的公司做了一台叫飛天車，名字叫做「彈簧刀」。它的翅膀可以折疊收起來。 The Switchblade has just three wheels, not four. But it can go really fast, like a sports car. On land, it can travel 200 kilometers an hour. In the air, it can go even faster… 305 kilometers an hour! 他只有三個輪子，但是可以跟跑車一樣快！在陸地上可以跑到時速200公里，飛起來可以達到時速305公里。 The Switchblade also comes with a parachute. If the motor stops in the air, the parachute will come out. Then the car can just float down to the ground. 這一台車還有降落傘，如果車子突然壞了也可以安全降落。 It would be great to have a flying car! I would no longer get stuck in traffic jams. 有了飛天車，我就不會塞到車了！ But it would be expensive, more than $4 million NT! 但是它要四百萬台幣，好貴！ I don't think I can pay for that. I guess I'll just have to keep taking the MRT. ________________________________ Vocabulary 如果汽車都可以飛上天，還需要飛機嗎？ 1. wing 翅膀 My God! That's not a plane in the air. 天哪，那架在空中的不是飛機。 It's a car! 是汽車！ And it has two wings! 它並且還有兩隻翅膀！ 2. fold 折疊 It's folding back the wings now. 它現在把翅膀收起來了。 How amazing! 真驚人！ Wings that can come out and fold back. 翅膀可以打開，收起來。 3. ground 地面 Now it's touching the ground. 現在它碰到地面了。 Let's go take a look. 我們過去瞧瞧。 Hey, I can't run so fast! 我沒辦法跑那麼快！ 4. wheel 車輪 See, it's only got 3 wheels. 你看，它只有三個輪子。 Yeah, one wheel under the nose, and 2 in the back. 對，一個在鼻子下面，兩個在後面。 It really looks like a toy! 真像個玩具呢！ 你想搭乘飛天汽車嗎？一起來讀單字。 wing 翅膀 fold 摺疊 ground 地面 wheel 車輪 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where are the wings of the Switchblade hidden? A: On top of the car B: On the sides of the car C: Under the car 2. How fast can the Switchblade travel on land? A: 305 kilometers an hour B: 400 kilometers an hour C: 200 kilometers an hour 3. How many wheels will the Switchblade have? A: 2 B: 3 C: 4 Answers 1. C 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hey students, do you know what animal this is? 這是什麼動物呢？ Did you guess a pigeon? 你們猜到的是鴿子嗎？猜對了！ You see them a lot in parks. Some people like to feed them. Pigeons are okay on the ground. But the trouble with pigeons is that they fly. And when they fly… That's right, they poo! And sometimes that poo lands on people's heads. Yuck! 很噁心！鴿子邊飛邊大便，有時候會掉在人的頭上。 In San Francisco, pigeons poo a lot on people. That's why, in San Francisco, they decided to do something about it. They got a man to bring his hawk! The man and his hawk go to a subway station in San Francisco three days a week. 在舊金山，有一個人每一個禮拜有三天，會帶他的老鷹去地鐵站。 Pigeons are afraid of hawks. They think hawks will eat them. So, when they see a hawk, they get scared and fly away! 鴿子怕老鷹，就會飛走！ The hawk's name is Pac-Man. His owner gives Pac-Man lots of food and treats, so Pac-Man doesn't eat the pigeons, he just scares them away. 這隻老鷹叫 Pac-Man，牠的主人給牠很多食物，所以牠不會吃鴿子。 Because of that, he isn't hungry, so he doesn't need to eat the pigeons. But he still scares them away. Which is much better! Nobody likes to get pigeon poo on their head! ________________________________ Vocabulary 放出老鷹來嚇走鴿子，這究竟是不是個好主意？ 1. scare away 嚇走 Look, a hawk is coming this way. 你看，一隻老鷹飛過來了。 Uh oh, it's going to scare away the pigeons! 糟糕，牠會把鴿子嚇走！ I'm scared of hawks, too. 我也怕老鷹呢。 2. afraid of 害怕 Why are you so afraid of hawks? 你為什麼這麼怕老鷹？ Are you kidding? Hawks are hunters. 開什麼玩笑，老鷹會打獵。 3. fly away 飛走 Don't worry. It's flying away now. 別擔心，牠飛走了。 So are all the pigeons. 鴿子也都飛走了。 I hope they fly back. 我希望牠們再飛回來。 4. on the ground 在地上 I don't like so much pigeon poop on the ground. 我不喜歡這麼多鴿糞在地上。 Me either. 我也不喜歡。 These are useful phrases. scare away 嚇走 afraid of 害怕 fly away 飛走 on the ground 在地上 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Why did the subway system hire the man with a hawk? A: To keep people safe from pigeon poo B: To make people laugh C: To get more people to ride the subway 2. What does the hawk do? A: It eats pigeons B: It scares pigeons C: It eats food so pigeons can't get it 3. Why does the man feed the hawk lots of food and treats? A: So it works harder B: So it doesn't bite the man C: So it doesn't eat pigeons Answers 1. A 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you kids like to sing? Some people can sing well. Others sing like this. For bad singers, there is now help! A company in Japan made a special device. This device can help people sing better. 日本的公司做了一個裝置，讓人唱歌更好聽。 It's small and you put it in your mouth. It looks like that thing parents give babies to suck on, to stop them from crying. 它要放在嘴巴裡面，有一點像奶嘴。 People who want to sing better use this device for three minutes every day. They just put it in their mouth and do other things for three minutes. 只要每天放在嘴巴裡三分鐘就可以了。 How does it work? Well, the top of your mouth has a hard part and a soft part. Try this: put your tongue at the top of your mouth. At the front, there is a hard part. At the back, there is a soft part. 怎麼做到的呢？我們的嘴巴上面有一個硬硬的跟一個軟軟的地方。 The soft part of your mouth naturally goes up when you sing or yawn. This device pushes the soft part of your mouth up. 唱歌或是打哈欠時，軟軟的那塊會往上跑。這個裝置會幫你把它推上去。 What do you think? Would you order one of these to help you sing better? If you do, your friends might thank you when you sing at a KTV! "Ow! My ears!" ________________________________ Vocabulary 想要做個好歌手，現在有秘密武器喔！ 1. sing 唱歌 Would you sing for me, Trevor? 你可以為我唱歌嗎？ No no, I'm a bad singer. 不，我唱得不好。 My friends always complain when I begin to sing. 我一開口唱歌我的朋友總是抱怨。 2. better 比較好的 Have you thought about singing better? 你有沒有想過要唱好一點？ Yeah, I have. But nothing seems to work. 有啊，可是好像沒什麼用。 3. device 小設備 Here, this device should help you sing better. 來，這個小設備可以讓你進步一點。 Wow, this is really helpful! 哇，真的有幫助耶！ 4. japan 日本 Where did you get it? 你從哪裡弄來的？ I think it's from Japan. 我想它來自日本。 Japanese people must love singing. 日本人一定很愛唱歌。 你喜歡唱歌嗎？先來讀讀單字吧。 sing 唱歌 better 比較好的 device 小設備 Japan 日本 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Which is true about the device? A: It was made by a company in Japan B: It is made of gold C: It tastes like strawberries 2. How long should people use the special device? A: 3 minutes a day B: 13 minutes a week C: 30 minutes a month 3. What does the device do? A: It makes the mouth wider B: It lifts the top of the mouth C: It pushes people's tongues up Answers 1. A 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I'm in Pingtung today! It's sunny and… Wow! What is that? It's a Green Iguana! 是一隻綠鬣蜥耶！ Wow! It's huge! It looks like a little dinosaur! Listen, I like iguanas, but they are not supposed to live in Taiwan. These kinds of iguanas live in South America, and it's never a good idea to take animals to a place where they don't come from. 綠鬣蜥是南美洲的動物，不應該帶進來台灣。 These iguanas in Taiwan are invaders! 牠們是入侵者！ It's true! Someone probably brought baby iguanas to Taiwan to be pets, but then the iguanas grew up and became super big lizards! 一開始應該有人把牠當寵物養，但是牠長大以後變成太大隻了！ Some owners said "Aiyah! This iguana is huge! It's scary!" So they let them go out into the wild. 然後牠的主人有可能覺得「怎麼這麼大！好可怕！」，就把牠丟到野外。 The iguanas like Pingtung because it's hot and sunny. But the iguanas are bad for the environment in Pingtung. They are hungry eaters! 但是綠鬣蜥對環境很不好。 The farmers won't be able to make money if iguanas keep eating their fruit and veggies. 牠們會吃農夫種的蔬菜跟水果！這樣農夫都賺不到錢。 So, now in Pingtung, people are trying to catch these invaders and take them out of Taiwan. Sorry, iguanas. You're cool, but you don't belong in Taiwan. ________________________________ Vocabulary 綠鬣蜥是外來物種，對本土農業造成很大的損害。 1. live 居住 Where do iguanas usually live? 綠鬣蜥平常住在哪裡？ They usually live in South America. 牠們通常住在南美洲。 But some of them live in Pingtung now. 但是有些現在住在屏東。 2. invader 入侵者 Scientists say they are invaders. 科學家說牠們是入侵者。 That means they shouldn't be here. 那表示說牠們不應該來這裡。 No, they shouldn't. 是不應該。 3. eat 吃 They eat too much stuff. 牠們吃太多東西了。 Yeah, like what? 是嗎？比如說什麼？ Like a lot of leafy veggies. 比如說大量的葉菜。 4. bad idea 糟糕的主意 So it's really a bad idea to set the iguanas free. 所以把這些蜥蜴放生是個壞主意。 Very bad. 很壞。 一起來讀讀單字。 live 居住 invader 入侵者 eat 吃 bad idea 糟糕的主意 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Why are iguanas "invaders"? A: Because Taiwan is not their home B: Because iguanas like fighting C: Because of the weather in Pingtung 2. Why is it bad to bring animals to a place they don't belong? A: Because the animals will miss their mommy B: Because these animals can hurt the environment C: Because they look like little dinosaurs 3. Where do iguanas come from? A: China B: India C: South America Answers 1. A 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We use our ears to hear many things, like music, animals, and of course, talking. But many people cannot hear. So how do they talk with other people? 耳朵聽不見的人，要怎麼跟別人溝通呢？ One way is with sign language. People can use their hands to talk! For example, they can touch their mouth to say thank you. They can wave their hand to say goodbye. This is called "sign language". 其中一種方法是用手語！譬如說，用手碰嘴巴代表謝謝，揮手可以代表再見。 In fact, today is International Day of Sign Languages! 今天是國際手語日！ You can try it too. Put your hands on your heart. Do you know what this means? This means "love". 把你的手放在心上，意思就是「愛」。 Another way people can hear is with a hearing aid. This is a machine people put in their ears to help them hear. Many people use one. 另一種方法是用助聽器。 Now there is even a doll with a hearing aid! This doll was made to show kids that it is okay to use a hearing aid. 現在有一個戴助聽器的娃娃，讓孩子們知道戴助聽器是很正常的。 Today is International Day of Sign Languages, so let's remember that people don't all talk or hear in the same way. Some use sign language, some use a hearing aid, but we all love to talk and be heard. ________________________________ Vocabulary 手語主要運用手和手指的動作，以及臉部表情來幫助人們了解。 1. mouth 嘴巴 Why are you touching your mouth like that? 為什麼你那樣碰你的嘴？ This means thank you. 這表示謝謝你。 2. language 語言 So you're learning sign language? 所以你在學手語？ Yeah, my mom is losing her hearing. 對，我媽媽的聽力快不行了。 We're all learning sign language now. 我們現在都在學。 3. ear 耳朵 It's easy and fun. 很容易的，也很好玩。 See, just put your hand behind your ear… 你看，把手放在耳朵後面… And it means "listen." 意思是「注意聽」。 4. wave 揮舞 You're right. 你說對了！ And if I wave like this… 假如我這樣揮手… It means you want me to leave. Good-bye. 意思是你要我離開。拜拜。 你有學過手語嗎？ Let's read today's vocabulary. mouth 嘴巴 language 語言 ear 耳朵 wave 揮舞 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What day is today? A: Christmas Day B: Valentine's Day C: International Sign Language Day 2. How do people use sign language? A: They use their feet B: They use their hands C: They use their voice 3. What is special about the new doll? A: It is a robot B: It can speak English C: It has a hearing aid Answers 1. C 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Today is World Car Free Day! It's a time when some people stop driving their cars for a whole day. 今天是世界無車日！ Cars make a lot of pollution. There are lots of other ways to stop cars from making so much pollution. Like in California… they want to stop selling gas cars by 2035. 汽車製造了很多污染。美國加州想從2035年以後不賣燃油車了。 California won't stop selling all cars. They will just stop selling cars that use gas, which make lots of pollution. They will still sell cars that use electricity, of course. 不是所有車都不賣了，他們還會賣電動車。 Other states in America also want to ban the sale of gas cars. This means the air in these places will be cleaner. 美國有一些地方也想要不賣燃油車，這樣空氣會比較乾淨。 And now, Taiwan says it wants to ban the sale of gas cars too! Wow! That's great. Taiwan won't stop selling them as soon as California, though. Taiwan plans to stop selling gas cars by 2040. That's five years later than California. 現在台灣也想要這樣做，不過會從2040年開始，比加州慢五年。 Try walking home today, or taking the MRT! Have a happy and healthy World Car Free Day everybody! ________________________________ Vocabulary 把汽車改成使用電力而不用汽油，空氣會乾淨很多。 1. sell 賣 Do they sell electric bikes here? 他們這裡有賣電動腳踏車嗎？ I think so. 我想有吧。 They're also selling cute little bikes for children. 他們也賣小孩用的可愛小腳踏車。 2. stop 停止 People really should stop driving gas cars. 大家真的應該停止駕駛用汽油的車。 I'm driving a scooter. 我是用摩托車。 An electric one? 是電動的嗎？ Oh, yes. 是的。 3. drive 駕駛 Do you enjoy driving? 你喜歡開車嗎？ I do. 喜歡。 I feel free when driving. 我開車的時候覺得很自由。 4. ban 禁止 In Saudi Arabia, they ban women from driving. 沙烏地阿拉伯禁止女性開車。 Not anymore. 現在不會了。 The ban is over. 禁令結束了。 這些單字簡短好用。 sell 賣 stop 停止 drive 駕駛 ban 禁止 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What happens on World Car Free Day? A: Some people stop selling cars B: Some people stop buying cars C: Some people stop driving cars 2. Where do they want to stop selling gas cars? A: California B: France C: India 3. When do they want to stop selling gas cars? A: By next August B: By 2035 C: By 2040 Answers 1. C 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you like walking in the forest? It's so peaceful. Today, I'm going to tell you about a very special forest. It's special because it is really old. It is so old that it is ancient. 有一個很特別的森林，超級古老！ But that is not the only reason the forest is special. It's special because it is at the bottom of a sinkhole. 他特別的是，在一個天坑底部被發現！"Sinkhole" 就是天坑。 A sinkhole is a big hole in the ground. This big hole happens when the ground is weak. The ground quickly falls down. This hole is called a sinkhole. 如果土地很脆弱，地面就會塌下去，變成天坑。 People found a sinkhole in China with an ancient forest in it. They had to climb down hundreds of meters. Once they got to the bottom of the sinkhole, they found the forest. 中國有一群人在一個天坑底部找到這一座古老的森林。他們爬了好幾百公尺才到達底部。 It was hard for them to go through the forest because there were so many plants and trees there. Some trees were 40 meters tall! Forty meters… that's really tall. 在這個森林裡，有一些樹有四十公尺高！ Experts think they may find some animals in that forest that have never been discovered before. 專家說，有可能在這個森林裡會找到從來沒被發現過的動物。 Wow! Nature is so cool! ________________________________ Vocabulary 地面有天坑，天坑底下有森林，世界真奇妙！ 1. hole 坑洞 Hey, there's a big hole in the road! 嘿，路上有個大洞！ Let me drive around it. 我來開車繞過去。 2. climb down 往下爬 It reminds me of a deep sinkhole in China. 這讓我想起中國很深的天坑。 How deep? 有多深？ Very deep. People have to climb down to the bottom. 很深，人們必須爬下去才能到它的底部。 3. bottom 底部 What's at the bottom? 底部有什麼呢？ Trees. A lot of trees. 有樹，很多很多棵樹。 Trees? That's not fun. 樹？那不好玩。 4. ancient 古老的 They should find an ancient kingdom there. 應該在那裏找到古老的王國。 You read too many novels. 你看太多小說啦。 你想看看這個天坑嗎? 先來讀單字。 hole 坑洞 climb down 往下爬 bottom 底部 ancient 古老的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where did people find the forest? A: They dug a hole deep in the ground B: They went hiking in the mountains C: They climbed down into a hole 2. What does ancient mean? A: Really interesting B: Very old C: Quite difficult to find 3. How tall are the trees in the sinkhole? A: 4 meters B: 14 meters C: 40 meters Answers 1. C 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hey students! Let me ask you a question. Have you ever heard of a poisonous bird? 你們有聽過有毒的鳥嗎？ It's a small orange and black bird. It lives in a country called Papua New Guinea. 這種鳥小小的，有黑色跟橘色的毛，住在一個叫做巴布亞紐幾內亞的國家。 Papua New Guinea is on a big island, near Australia. But it's still much bigger than Taiwan. There's an interesting story about how the bird was discovered. A scientist was trying to catch another kind of bird. He put nets in trees to catch the bird. But he got the poisonous orange and black bird instead. 這一隻鳥是怎麼被發現的呢？科學家本來要抓另外一種鳥，結果抓到這一隻有毒的鳥。 How did he know the bird was poisonous? He tried to get the bird out of the net. When he did that, it bit and scratched his fingers. Ouch! 當他要把這一隻鳥從網子抓出來時，他被咬又被抓傷。 Then, the scientist put his fingers to his mouth to lick his hand-the same hand that he had just grab the bird with. Later, his mouth burned and felt numb. That's how he found out the bird was poisonous. 科學家把受了傷的手放進嘴巴舔，結果嘴巴變得麻麻燙燙的。 Luckily, the bird wasn't very poisonous, so he wasn't hurt badly. 幸好這隻鳥沒有很毒，他才沒有怎樣。 Remember, if you go to Papua New Guinea, don't touch that orange and black bird! ________________________________ Vocabulary 我們知道有毒蛇毒蜘蛛，比較不認識有毒的鳥類。 1. island 島嶼 Can you name 3 island countries? 你能說出三個島嶼國家嗎？ Sure. Iceland, Singapore and Cuba. 當然。冰島，新加坡跟古巴。 Very good! 很棒喔！ 2. poisonous 有毒的 Does Iceland have poisonous frogs? 冰島有毒青蛙嗎？ I don't think so. 我想沒有。It's too cold there! 那裏太冷了！ You're right again! 你又答對了！ 3. catch 捕捉 Do you know how to catch snakes? 你知道怎麼抓蛇嗎？ No no, I don't even want to know. 不知道，我甚至不想知道。 I can catch mosquitos. 我會抓蚊子。 4. net 網子 I enjoy catching them in the mosquito net. 我喜歡在蚊帳裡抓蚊子。 That's too easy for you! 太容易了吧！ That's why I like it. 那是為什麼我喜歡。 來讀讀單字。 island 島嶼 poisonous 有毒的 catch 捕捉 net 網子 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where was the poisonous bird caught? A: In a nest B: In a tree C: In the mountains 2. In which country was the poisonous bird found? A: Taiwan B: Papua New Guinea C: Canada 3. How did the scientist know the bird was poisonous? A: It bit his fingers B: It bit his mouth C: It licked his hand Answers 1. B 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

What do you usually do after you eat? Sit down and read a book? Or maybe you take a short nap. Well guess what? Doctors say taking a short walk after eating helps your body control your blood sugar. 醫生說，吃飽後走走路可以降低血糖。 When most people think about sugar, they think about candy or ice cream or cake. Sweet things have lots of sugar in them, right? Well, actually, many foods have sugar in them. There is sugar in milk, in tomatoes, in carrots, and even in onions! 不只是糖果蛋糕，牛奶、番茄、紅蘿蔔，還有洋蔥裡面也有糖！ Sugar from food gives us energy. We need sugar. But too much sugar can be bad for our blood. 我們需要糖分，但太多糖對身體不好。 Too much sugar in your blood can give you diabetes. "Diabetes" 就是糖尿病，太多糖很容易造成糖尿病。 Doctors say people should take a short walk after eating, because it will help control their blood sugar. Doctors say you only need a short walk, it could be only 2 minutes! Just 2 minutes of walking around after you eat can help you stay healthy. 醫生說，只要吃飽後走兩分鐘就可以控制血糖，保持健康！ I think I'm going to try it! I'm going to take a 2-minute walk after I finish my lunch today! ________________________________ Vocabulary 醫生說吃飽了不要坐著，要走一走。 1. control 控制 I'd love to walk around after lunch. 我很樂意吃過午飯後走走。 But sometimes I can't control work. 但有時候我沒辦法控制工作。 I can't control my life. 我還沒辦法控制人生呢。 2. minute 分鐘 Besides, it only takes 2 minutes. 而且只需要兩分鐘。 Right, I can at least stand up for 2 minutes. 對，至少我可以站起來兩分鐘。 3. blood 血液 What did your doctor say? 妳的醫生怎麼說？ He will take my blood first. 他會先抽血。 And run some tests. 然後做一些檢驗。 4. healthy 健康的 Don't worry. You're strong and healthy. 別擔心，你很健康強壯。 I'm only worried if I can still climb Jade Mountain. 我只擔心是否還能去爬玉山。 So let's get up and walk! 來讀讀單字。 control 控制 minute 分鐘 blood 血液 healthy 健康的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is a good idea after eating? A: Jumping on the bed B: Swimming in Sun Moon Lake C: Talking a short walk 2. What does sugar do for our body? A: It gives us energy B: It makes us cry C: It makes us hungry 3. How long do you need to walk after eating? A: Maybe just 2 minutes B: Maybe 4 or 5 hours C: About 90 minutes Answers 1. C 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The last time I was at this beach, it was covered in garbage! There was so much garbage I couldn't even walk along the water. 上ㄧ次來海邊，有好多垃圾！這一次好多了。 There were glass bottles, old boxes, and a lot of plastic garbage. Those are not things that should be on a beach. 上一次來這裡，有玻璃瓶、舊的箱子，還有很多塑膠垃圾。 Some experts say as much as 150,000 bags of garbage can be found on Taiwan's coastlines every year. That is about 650 tons worth of garbage. Do you know how much 650 tons weighs? That's the weight of about 160 full grown Asian elephants! 每一年在台灣的海邊會找出十五萬袋的垃圾，有六百五十噸。 That's why it is so important for people to volunteer to clean all the garbage up! If we don't help keep our coastlines clean, we won't be able to go to the beach and play in the water. 大家要保持海邊乾淨，不然就不能在海邊玩水了。 Tomorrow, September 17th, is Coastal Cleanup Day. 明天是國際淨灘日。 And I am going to spend the day volunteering to pick up garbage that I see on the beach! 我要去海邊幫忙撿垃圾！ If everyone helps out a little, it shouldn't be too hard for all of us to keep Taiwan's coastlines clean. ________________________________ Vocabulary 白白淨淨的沙灘，讓人嚮往。 1. beach 海灘 Let's go to the beach on Sunday. 我們星期天去海灘吧。 No, it's too hot. 不去，太熱。 Let's leave at 5 PM. 我們五點出發。 And watch the sunset on the beach. 然後到海灘看夕陽。 2. clean 乾淨的 The beach is often dirty. 海灘常常很髒。 No, it's clean now. 不，現在很乾淨。 People picked up the garbage last weekend, remember? 大家上周末去撿垃圾，你記得嗎？ 3. pick up 撿起來 See, it's so nice here! 看吧，這裡很舒服吧！ Yeah, if you pick up all these bottles. 是啊，要是你把這些瓶子都撿起來的話。 4. garbage 垃圾 I can't believe there's already so much garbage. 真不敢相信又這麼多垃圾了。 你有參加過淨灘活動嗎？ beach 海灘 clean 乾淨的 pick up 撿起來 garbage 垃圾 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How much garbage ends up on Taiwan's coastline every year? A: 150,000 bags worth B: 1,500 bags worth C: 150 bags worth 2. About how much does all that garbage weigh? A: 650 kilograms B: 650 grams C: 650 tons 3. When is Coastal Cleanup Day? A: Tomorrow B: Today C: It passed this year already Answers 1. A 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Nature is so beautiful. I love hiking through the mountains of Taiwan. Ew! But it is not nice when I see garbage in nature. 在大自然中看到垃圾好噁心。 According to Greenpeace, who are a very large environmental organization, all this plastic is ending up inside animals' bodies! 綠色和平組織說，有很多塑膠到最後進了動物身體裡！ Greenpeace knows this because they are finding microplastics in animal poop! 他們在動物的便便裡面找到微塑膠！ Microplastics are very, very, very tiny pieces of plastic. When experts from Greenpeace studied some wild animals in Taiwan, they found a lot of microplastics in their poop! This means animals are eating the plastic, or they are eating other animals that ate the plastic. 微塑膠是超級超級小的塑膠。動物吃掉塑膠後，便便裡面就會有微塑膠。 This is not healthy for the animals. Plastic in their bodies can cause all sorts of health problems. It can even kill them! 這個對動物的健康不好，牠們可能會死掉！ So we really need to stop throwing plastic garbage into the environment. And everyone can help cut down on plastic. 大家都要一起減少使用塑膠。 Just remember to use as little plastic as possible, reuse as much as you can, and of course, recycle! ________________________________ Vocabulary 動物會吃下塑膠製品，對牠們造成傷害。 1. eat 吃 Don't eat so much ice cream, Jane. 別吃那麼多冰淇淋。 But I only eat two ice creams a day! 但是我一天只吃兩個！ 2. body 身體 Look, when ice cream goes into your body… 聽著，當冰淇淋進入體內之後… It becomes sugar and fat, I know. 它就變成了糖分跟脂肪，我知道。 Too much sugar is not good for your body. 太多糖對妳身體不好。 3. find 發現，找到 Did you find your glasses? 你找到眼鏡了嗎？ Yeah, I did. 找到了。 Where did you find them? 哪裡找到的？ On my head. 在我頭上。 4. very 非常。 Hang the glasses on your neck.把眼鏡掛在脖子上。 They'll be very easy to find. 要找到它就容易了。 That's very smart of you. 你真聰明！ 今天的單字很好用喔。 eat 吃 body 身體 find 發現，找到 very 非常 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is Greenpeace? A: A very large environmental organization B: A very large park C: A very green piece of space 2. What are microplastics? A: Very large pieces of plastic B: Very tiny pieces of plastic C: Brand new pieces of plastic 3. Where did Greenpeace find microplastics? A: Inside trees B: Inside birds' nests C: In animal poop Answers 1. A 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi students, have you guys ever been to a farm? If you have, you know there are many animals on a farm. Cows moo… pigs oink… dogs bark… And the noisiest are roosters. 你有去過農場嗎？農場有牛、豬、狗，還有很吵的公雞。 Have you ever heard a rooster? The sound a rooster makes is called a "crow". A rooster crows. Roosters are OK on farms. But they aren't good in cities. How would you feel if your neighbor had a rooster? You would probably be mad, right? This is what happened in Germany. In Germany, a man and a woman are really mad at their neighbor. Their neighbor has a very noisy rooster. 德國有一對夫妻，他們的鄰居養了一隻很吵的公雞。 The couple said the rooster crows 200 times a day! The rooster starts to crow at 8 a.m. It keeps crowing until sunset, when the sun goes down. 那隻公雞從日出叫到日落，一天可以叫 200 次！ No wonder they are mad! The man and woman said they talked to the neighbor about the rooster. But the neighbor didn't do anything about the noise. 那對夫妻跟鄰居抱怨，但是鄰居什麼都不做。 So, the man and woman sued him. They want the rooster to be taken away. 所以他們告了鄰居，希望把公雞趕走。 They say a rooster belongs on a farm… not in a city, where people live close to each other. What do you think? Do you think the man and woman will win? ________________________________ Vocabulary 公雞啼叫的聲音，確實響亮。 1. farm 農場 Wow! Do you hear that? 你聽到了嗎？ Yeah, I smell it too. 也聞到了。 There must be a chicken farm nearby. 附近一定有養雞場。 Right, you grew up on a farm. 對，你是在農場長大的。 2. city 城市 So do you prefer the city now? 所以現在你比較喜歡城市嗎？ No, but I work in a city now. 不喜歡，不過我現在在市區工作。 3. bark 吠 Hey, stop barking like that! 不要那樣叫！ It's no use talking to a dog. 跟狗狗講話沒有用的。 You need to do this. 你要這樣做！ 4. mad 生氣的 I think it's mad at me. 我覺得牠在跟我生氣。 Why? You didn't do anything. 為什麼，你又沒做什麼。 Do prefer a farm or a city? farm 農場 city 城市 bark 吠叫 mad 生氣的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where do the man and woman live? A: In a city B: On a farm C: In America 2. Why are the man and woman mad at their neighbor? A: He hurt their rooster B: He has too many animals C: His rooster is very noisy 3. How many times a day does the rooster crow? A: 100 B: 200 C: 300 Answers 1. A 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi, students! Today might be the best holiday ever… it's International Chocolate Day! 今天是國際巧克力日！ And, if you want to try some of the best chocolate in the world, you don't need to go very far. You don't even have to leave Taiwan! In the UK there is a very special group of chocolate pros, called "The Academy of Chocolate". An "academy" is a kind of school. This is their name because they want to help people learn all about chocolate! 英國有個巧克力學院！ Every year The Academy has a big competition, called The Golden Bean Awards. They only give their awards to people they think have made the best chocolaty treats in the whole wide world! And this year, Taiwan's chocolate was the best! 他們每一年都會辦巧克力比賽，今年台灣得到金牌！ Everything about this chocolate is from Taiwan! It starts out as a bean on a cocoa tree in Pingtung. 使用的可可豆來自屏東。 Later they add some great local Taiwan tastes: like mango leaves, or oolong tea. Even pink shrimp! 後來再加上芒果葉、烏龍茶，甚至甜蝦！ What crazy tastes would you like to try in your chocolate? Pork floss? Mash potato? Super spicy peppers?! 你覺得還能發明什麼新口味呢？ People all over the world will be enjoying their favorite sweet treat all day today! And, if they're lucky, they could be enjoying some of the world's best chocolate. All the way from Taiwan! ________________________________ Vocabulary 巧克力可以添加各種新奇的口味。 1. taste 味道 Have a taste of this green chocolate. 你嚐嚐這個綠色巧克力。 Hm, there's tea in it. 嗯，這裡面有茶。 Do you like the taste? 你喜歡這個味道嗎？ No, not really. 不大喜歡。 2. award 獎項 I hope I win a big award for it. 我希望它贏得大獎。 A big award for this tea chocolate? 給這個茶葉巧克力的大獎？ Yes. Do you think it'll win? 是的，你覺得會贏嗎？ 3. international 國際的 Is it an international award? 是國際獎項嗎？ Yeah, many nations take part. 對，很多國家參加。 Then you will win. 那你會贏。 4. far 遙遠的 How do you know? 你怎麼知道？ Because people like things from far away. 因為人們喜歡來自遙遠地方的東西。 Tea is not from far away. 茶葉並不遠。 Let's read the vocabulary. taste 味道 award 獎項 international 國際的 far 遙遠的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is an "academy"? A: A kind of school B: A kind of chocolate C: A kind of pepper 2. What is the U.K. Academy's big competition called? A: Food Fight B: Choccy Pros C: The Golden Bean Awards 3. Where do they grow cocoa trees in Taiwan? A: Pingtung B: Taipei C: Hsinchu Answers 1. A 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I love monkeys. And we have a special monkey here in Taiwan. They are called "Formosan macaques", but let's just call them Taiwan monkeys. 台灣有一種特別的猴子，叫做台灣獼猴。 Taiwan monkeys are different from monkeys anywhere else in the world! But Taiwan's monkeys are wild animals. And wild animals are not pets. Some people take baby Taiwan monkeys, and make them pets! 有一些人把野生的台灣獼猴當成寵物來養。 It might sound like fun to have a monkey for a pet… but they are not pets. They are wild animals and they should be free. So, now there is a new rule! From this year, no Taiwan monkey can be a pet! 從今年開始，不可以把台灣獼猴當寵物養，應該要讓他們自由！ But we can't just take pet monkeys to the mountains and say, "Go free! Have a good life!" Those pet monkeys don't know how to live in the wild. 但是已經變成寵物的獼猴不可以直接放生，牠們不知道怎麼在野外生活。 So, the new rule says people who already have pet monkeys need to get a special paper. They can keep those pets, but they can't do it again. 所以獼猴的主人可以繼續養，但是不可以再養更多獼猴了。 And from this year, no one can take any more wild monkeys and keep them as pets. Do you like this new rule? I do… 這個規定可以保護台灣獼猴！ ________________________________ Vocabulary 台灣獼猴是野生動物，不能養來當寵物。 1. pet 寵物 How many pets do you keep? 你養幾個寵物？ Just a cat. 就一隻貓。 You? 你呢？ I have a pet rabbit. 我養一隻兔子。 2. free 自由的 I always think rabbits should be wild and free. 我總覺得兔子應該是野生的，自由的。 Oh, it's free. It's free in my room. 牠是自由的，在我房間裡是。 3. wild 野外的，野生的 Do wild rabbits eat grass? 野生兔子吃草嗎？ I think so. 我想是。 But mine eats hay and apples. 不過我家的吃乾草和蘋果。 4. call 叫 What is it called? 牠叫什麼名字？ I call it Sweetie. 我叫牠蘇迪。 She's really cute. 她很可愛呢。 你也有寵物嗎？來讀英文單字。 pet 寵物 free 自由的 wild 野外的，野生的 call 叫 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is the real name of Taiwan's wild monkeys? A: American Snake Monkeys B: Japanese Yellow Hair Monkeys C: Formosan Macaques 2. Should wild animals be pets? A: No, they should be free B: Yes, they are cute C: No, they are smelly 3. What does this new rule do? A: Teaches wild monkeys B: Protects wild monkeys C: Feeds wild monkeys Answers 1. C 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, everybody! Do you know why we eat mooncakes today? It all comes from the old story of Chang'e, Goddess of the Moon… Chang'e was married to Hou Yi, a famous hero. 中秋節吃月餅的習俗來自嫦娥的故事。嫦娥是后羿的太太。 Back then there were ten suns in the sky, which made the earth way too hot! So Hou Yi shot nine of them down with his arrows. 以前天上有十個太陽，太熱了！所以后羿射下了九個太陽。 The gods gave Hou Yi a magic drink, which could make him live forever! But he didn't want to live forever without his wife, so he did not drink it. But Chang'e drank the whole thing! Then she flew up to the moon, to live there. 神仙給了后羿長生不老藥，可是后羿沒有喝，嫦娥喝掉了！之後，她飄起來，一路飛到月亮上住了下來。 Every night Hou Yi would put all of Chang'e's favorite desserts outside for her to see. She really liked mooncakes! Which is why we still have them at Mid-Autumn festival today. 后羿在屋外放了一些嫦娥最喜歡吃的點心，其中一種就是月餅。 Everyone tells this story a little differently… In some stories Chang'e has a rabbit, who is her best friend. In others the gods change Chang'e into a big fat ugly toad for stealing! 這個故事有很多版本，有一些人說嫦娥有一個兔子朋友，也有人說嫦娥被懲罰，變成又胖又醜的蟾蜍。 Which story do you know? Ask your family about it, it'll be fun to tell stories together for Mid-Autumn Festival! ________________________________ Vocabulary 嫦娥奔月是流傳久遠，膾炙人口的故事。 1. forever 永遠 Do you believe Chang'e lives there forever? 你相信嫦娥永遠住在那裏嗎？ No. Do you? 不相信。你呢？ I'd like to. 我想要相信。 2. drink 飲料 Then maybe that magic drink can help you. 那也許長生不老藥可以幫上忙。 So that I can visit Chang'e some day? 好讓我有一天去看嫦娥嗎？ Yeah. 是啊。 3. angry 生氣的 You look angry. 你看起來在生氣。 I am angry. 我是生氣。 They killed my hero in that movie! 他們把電影裡我的英雄弄死了！ 4. hero 英雄 That man is your hero? 那個男子是你的英雄？ He's like a toad! 他像癩蛤蟆！ No, he's nice and kind! 才不呢，他人很好很和善。 來讀單字。 forever 永遠 drink 飲料 angry 生氣的 hero 英雄 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Who was the Goddess of the Moon's husband? A: Hou Yi B: A rabbit C: A big fat ugly toad 2. Who drank the magical drink? A: Chang'e B: The gods C: The moon 3. Why did Chang'e fly to the moon? A: For a vacation B: To live there C: To make mooncakes Answers 1. A 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi students, have you ever seen a dinosaur? Probably not. Because dinosaurs are extinct. "Extinct" means they are all gone or all dead. Lots of animals are extinct. 恐龍跟很多動物都已經絕種了。 Have you ever seen a Tasmanian tiger? 你有聽過塔斯馬尼亞虎嗎？ No, right? That's because they are all extinct. Tasmanian tigers used to live in Australia. They are not really tigers; people called them "tigers" because they had stripes on their backs. 他們其實不是老虎，牠們被叫做老虎，是因為背上有條紋。 They kind of looked like wild dogs, but they carried their babies in a pouch, like a kangaroo! 他們看起來像野狗，但他們把寶寶裝在袋子裡，跟袋鼠一樣！ The last Tasmanian tiger died in a zoo about 100 years ago. But now, scientists say they might be able to bring the Tasmanian tiger back! 牠們100年前就絕種了，不過現在科學家說有可能可以讓牠們復活！ It's not going to be easy, but scientists think they might have found a way! If it works, maybe the scientists can make a baby Tasmanian tiger! Scientists say that after 10 years, there may be lots of these new animals and they could put them back into the wild in Australia! 科學家說，10年後有可能可以讓更多動物復活！ Hmmm… maybe we should try to bring dinosaurs back to life, too? Yeah… that might not be such a good idea… ________________________________ Vocabulary 讓已經絕種的動物重新出現，是很多科學家的夢想。 1. extinct 絕種的 Think about it! 想想看! Bringing back an extinct animal! 把絕種的動物弄回來！ Yeah? Which animal do you like to see? 是嗎？你想看哪一種動物？ Those big elephants, for sure. 當然是那些好大的大象。 2. die 死亡 They died 4,000 years ago. 牠們死了四千多年了。 I know. That's why I'd like to see them. 我知道，這是為什麼我想看。 3. bring back 帶回來 You can see them in movies. 你可以在電影裡看到。 Movies can bring back many things. 電影可以找回來很多東西。 You're right. 你說對了。 4. maybe 也許 But maybe scientists should try other animals. 但是科學家也許應該試試別的動物。 Maybe they should try smaller ones. 也許他們應該試試比較小的動物。 今天學到哪些單字？ extinct 絕種的 die 死亡 bring back 帶回來 maybe 也許 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What was different about the Tasmanian tiger? A: It carried babies in a pouch, like a kangaroo B: It only ate vegetables C: It looked like a giraffe 2. What does "extinct" mean? A: All gone or dead B: We have too many of them C: hungry and tired 3. When did the Tasmanian tiger become extinct? A: About 100 years ago B: Yesterday C: 40,000 years ago Answers 1. A 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hey there! Today we're walking along a beautiful mountain path. Exercising like this is called 'hiking'. It's such a fun way to get outside and get active with your friends! There are great places for hiking all over the world. In the USA they have over 200,000 miles of hiking paths! That's the same as walking all the way around the world 8 times! 美國的健行步道連起來，可以繞地球八圈！ When you are hiking it is very important to stay on the path at all times. If you leave a hiking path you could step on a wildflower, or an animal's house! 如果你偏離步道，可能會踩到花草或是動物的家！ You wouldn't want a giant foot stepping on YOUR house, would you?! Me neither… Even big plants and animals can be hurt by bad hikers. 就連大樹跟動物也可能遭殃！ Did you know the world's tallest tree is in the States? It's called 'Hyperion', and scientists think it could be 800 years old! 全世界最高的樹在美國，叫做 Hyperion，已經八百歲了！ To see Hyperion, though, people have to get off the hiking path. They leave lots of garbage everywhere, and hurt nature very badly. Plus they stand on the tree for photos and selfies, which hurts it too! 但是遊客會在附近丟垃圾，還會站到樹上拍照。 Now the area around Hyperion has been made 'off-limits'. That means that, if anyone tries to walk to Hyperion, they could be fined a lot of money. They might even go to jail! 那邊現在已經禁止進入，如果闖進去會被罰錢，或是被關！ If you don't look after nature properly it will not survive. It is up to all of us to respect it, and treat it with kindness. 大自然需要我們大家好好對待。 That way everyone can enjoy hiking, and all life on the planet will be safe and healthy. ________________________________ Vocabulary 到野外去走步道是很有趣的活動，你走過嗎？ 1. go hiking 健行 Would you like to go hiking with me this weekend? 這周末要不要跟我去健行？ Go hiking where? 去哪裡呢？ To Cao-ling Path. 去草嶺古道。 2. mountain path 山徑 It's a mountain path. 它是一條山徑。 But it leads to the sea. 不過通到大海。 I know. It's a beautiful path. 我知道，它是很美的一條路。 3. step on 踩踏 I stepped on a snake there. 我在那裡踩到一條蛇。 A snake? So you hurt nature? 一條蛇? 所以你傷害了大自然？ No, the snake was fine. 沒有，那條蛇沒事。 4. fun 好玩的 We can still go. 我們還是可以去。 It's fun to see the birds there. 去那裡賞鳥很好玩。 Great! I can't wait. 太好了，我等不及了。 So will you go hiking someday? 來讀讀單字。 go hiking 健行 mountain path 山徑 step on 踩踏 fun 好玩的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How many miles of hiking paths are there in the USA? A: Exactly 200,000 miles B: Under 200,000 miles C: Over 200,000 miles 2. What is the name of the world's tallest tree? A: Wildflower B: Hyperion C: Garbage 3. How are people hurting the world's tallest tree? A: Standing on it for selfies B: Hitting it with a hammer C: Pushing it off a cliff Answers 1. C 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you know the name of the tallest mountain in the world? In English it's called "Mount Everest". 世界最高的山叫做聖母峰。 Many people go to Nepal to see it, and many climb all the way to the top. But one man has jumped off of Mt. Everest! 很多人都想爬上去，但有個人卻從上面跳下來！ No, don't worry, he didn't die! Pierre Carter is a man from South Africa who likes to use a paraglider and jump off the world's tallest mountains! 來自南非的 Pierre Carter 喜歡用滑翔翼從世界上的高山跳下去。 A paraglider is like a parachute, but a paraglider is designed to help the person fly slower to the ground. And you can use your arms to control a paraglider so you can fly around by catching the wind! For a short time, you can fly like a bird with a paraglider. 你可以控制滑翔翼隨著風，慢慢飛回地上。 If you want to climb to the top of Mt. Everest, it can take about two months. But it only took Mr. Carter about 20 minutes to fly down to the bottom with his paraglider! 攀登聖母峰頂可能需要兩個月，但是用滑翔翼只花了 20 分鐘就滑下來了！ Mr. Carter made sure that his jump off of Mount Everest with his paraglider was safe. He isn't just some crazy guy who likes to do crazy stuff. Mr. Carter thinks safety is very important, so he did everything the right way. 他有確認過跳下去是安全的。 Doing amazing things like jumping off mountains with a paraglider is cool, but I'm happy Mr. Carter did it safely. ________________________________ Vocabulary 從世界最高峰用滑翔翼飛到地面，真是太酷了。 1. jump 跳 You can jump off the Luye Highlands to the valley. 你可以從鹿野高台跳下山谷。 Why do I want to do that? 我為什麼要那樣？ Well, you like adventure, don't you? 你喜歡冒險，不是嗎？ 2. climb 爬 I like climbing up mountains. Not jumping down. 我喜歡爬上山，不是跳下來。 Climbing is tiring. 往上爬好累。 3. fly 飛 You can always try flying. 你可以試試看用飛的。 Flying from a mountain? 飛下山嗎? How? 怎麼做？ By using a glider, of course. 當然是用滑翔機囉。 4. control 控制 I don't know how to control a glider. 我不知道怎麼控制滑翔機。 It's easy. You just need some practice. 很容易的，只需要一些練習。 今天的單字都很短，你記住了嗎？ jump 跳 climb 爬 fly 飛 control 控制 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is a paraglider like? A: A parachute B: A scooter C: A candy bar 2. How long did it take to fly down the mountain? A: About two months B: About 20 seconds C: About 20 minutes 3. What does Mr. Carter think about safety? A: It is very important B: It is very boring C: It is very stupid Answers 1. A 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi there! Today is the International Day of Charity. 今天是國際慈善日！ Charity is when people do things to help the causes they care about. Maybe you want to look after sick people, or help stop global warming, or help save animals… Good causes around the world need all kinds of charity. Some people need help making money, to pay for things that help people. This is called "fundraising". Fundraising 就是募款，有一些人會募款幫助其他的人。 Last month there was a big charity fundraising event in the USA, called the "Chicago Ducky Derby"! 上個月，美國有一個大型募款活動。 Anyone who wanted to take part had to pay for a toy duck first. 參加比賽的人都要買一隻玩具鴨。 75,005 toy ducks were thrown into the river, and they made lots of money for charity! 七萬五千零五隻玩具鴨子下水比賽，募到好多錢！ They were raising money for a charity called the 'Special Olympics', which helps people with learning difficulties take part in sports. 這個活動是為特殊奧林匹克募款，幫助有學習障礙的人也可以參加運動會。 It's a great charity, because it helps people get active, feel good, and make lots of new friends! Would you like to help a charity too? Think about some causes that you care about, and have a look online. Charities always need help, and helping others makes you feel really great too! 你也可以上網找找慈善機構，幫助別人的感覺真的很棒！ ________________________________ Vocabulary 慈善機構很依賴捐款來幫助需要的人。 1. take part 參加 I want to take part in this race. 我要參加這個比賽。 What? A race of ducks? 什麼啊，鴨子比賽？ Yeah, I pay for the ducks. 對啊，我替鴨子付錢。 2. pay 付錢 So you don't run. 所以你不跑。 You pay for the ducks to run. 你給錢讓鴨子跑。 No, the ducks swim. 不是跑，鴨子游泳。 3. charity 慈善 They swim for charity. 牠們為了做善事而游泳。 What kind of charity? 哪一種善事？ A charity for protecting animals.是保護動物慈善團體。 4. raise money 募款 You raise money for animals by making ducks swim? 你們讓鴨子游泳來替動物募款？ Yeah, sort of. 算是吧。 They are good swimmers, you know. 牠們很會游泳呢。 一起來讀單字。 take part 參加 pay 付錢 charity 慈善 raise money 募款 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What holiday is today? A: Halloween B: New Year's Day C: The International Day of Charity 2. How many ducks were racing in the Chicago Ducky Derby? A: 5 B: 75,000 C: 75,005 3. What were all the ducks racing on? A: A road B: A river C: A giant's foot Answers 1. C 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hey there! Today, We're at an auction house! 我們今天在拍賣會場！ Auction houses are a bit like shopping malls… people go to them to buy things. Say you want to buy a new hat. In an auction house, they only have one very special hat, and lots of people want to buy it! 如果你想要買帽子，在拍賣會只會有一頂特別的，而且大家都搶著要！ The auction house has to decide who gets to buy it. They do this by asking everyone how much money they would like to spend. This is called "bidding". Whoever bids the most money gets the hat! 大家會競標，願意付最多錢的人就可以買到。 Now, let's say you don't want a hat. Instead you want… a dinosaur skeleton! You can't get that at the mall! 但如果你想買恐龍化石，大賣場就不會有了！ Well, a famous auction house in New York just sold a dinosaur skeleton for LOTS of money: nearly 6 million dollars! 紐約的一個拍賣會上，一個恐龍化石賣了將近六百萬元！ This type of dinosaur is called a Gorgosaurus. They think it is nearly 77 million years old! 這頭恐龍叫做蛇髮女怪龍，有七千七百萬年的歷史！ It's special, because all the other Gorgosaurus skeletons we have found are in museums, so people can study them and keep them safe. This is the first one ever to be sold to just one person! 這種恐龍化石是第一次賣給一般人！ Do you think it's better for a dinosaur skeleton to be in a museum, for lots of people to enjoy? Or do you think it would be fun to have one in your house just for you? 你覺得化石在博物館比較好，還是放在自己家收藏？ What would you do with it?! ________________________________ Vocabulary 你會想出高價買恐龍化石嗎？ 1. buy 買 Let's go to the shopping mall on Saturday. 我們星期六去購物中心吧。 What do you want to buy? 你想買什麼？ I'd like to check out something. 我想去找些東西。 2. spend 花錢 Don't spend too much money on toys. 別花太多錢在玩具上。 Hats aren't toys. 帽子不是玩具。 I don't think they sell hats there. 我想那裏不賣帽子。 3. sell 賣 Sure they do. 當然有賣。 They sell all kinds of hats at the mall. 購物中心有賣各種帽子。 Yeah, I forgot there is a hat store. 對，我忘了有一家帽子店。 4. museum 博物館 But the hats you like belong in a museum. 不過你喜歡的帽子屬於博物館。 That's not true. 才不會呢。 Museums don't have my taste. 博物館沒有我的品味。 今天的單字簡單而常用。 buy 買 spend 花錢 sell 賣 museum 博物館 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How do you buy things at an auction house? A: By bidding the least money B: By bidding the most money C: By baking a cake 2. What was a Gorgosaurus? A: A dinosaur B: A bowl of soup C: A big fat cat 3. How old do they think this Gorgosaurus skeleton is? A: 7 hundred years old B: 17 thousand years old C: 77 million years old Answers 1. B 2. A 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi, students! Do you play sports like basketball? Or maybe you like to play baseball… tennis… or bowling! 你喜歡打籃球、棒球、網球，或保齡球嗎？ If you do like to play sports, I have good news for you! Playing sports makes people tougher. It also makes them try harder. And it makes them braver. 運動可以讓人更堅強、更勇敢！ How do I know that? Well, some scientists at an American university told us. First, they asked people about themselves. They asked them some questions to see if they are hard workers. They also asked them if they are brave and if they easily give up. 美國科學家問了一些人覺得自己有多用功、有多勇敢、多不容易放棄。 Then, the scientists looked at the answers to see which people were tough. After that, they asked them if they play sports. They found that people who play sports are tougher than those who don't play sports. 他們發現有在運動的人比沒有運動的人還更堅強。 Some people think sports aren't important. But, now you know they are! Sure, sports help you to be healthy. But they also help you to be tougher and braver. And they make you more hard-working. If you play sports, you won't give up easily. All of that is important in life. 運動不只讓你更健康，也讓你更勇敢、認真，這些在生活中都很重要。 So, I think sports could help you be more successful in life, too! ________________________________ Vocabulary 運動，特別是比賽型的運動，好處多多！ 1. work hard 努力工作 It's late. 很晚了。 I know, but I have to get this done. 我知道，但是我一定要把這個做完。 You work too hard. 你太用力工作了。 2. give up 放棄 No, I just don't want to give up. 不是，我只是不想放棄。 But you've got to know when to stop. 但是你得知道什麼時候要叫停。 3. brave 勇敢的，braver 更勇敢 Playing basketball makes me braver. 打籃球讓我更勇敢。 How so? 為什麼呢？ I can push and shove other people. 我可以推擠別人。 That's not being brave! 那不是勇敢！ 4. ask 詢問 Where are we now? 我們現在在哪裡？ I have no idea. 我不知道。 Let's ask that woman. 我們來問問那位女士。 So what kind of sports do you like? 來讀讀單字。 brave 勇敢的 braver 更勇敢 work hard 努力工作 give up 放棄 ask 詢問 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is this story about? A: The hardest sport to play B: How sports make people tough C: Why people like to play sports 2. Where did the scientists work? A: A German restaurant B: An American university C: A Nigerian cafe 3. What does give up mean? A: To quit B: To be generous C: To work harder Answers 1. B 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

What's that sound? Oh, it's my robot vacuum cleaner! It got stuck! Okay, that's better. Robots can do so many things! They can vacuum floors and help build cars! 機器人可以幫忙掃地，也可以製造汽車。 But, can you imagine a robot so small, that it can walk on the edge of a 10 NT coin? Well, scientists now have one! It's called a "micro-robot." 科學家做了一個迷你機器人，可以在十元硬幣的邊邊上走路！ "Micro" means super, super small. Scientists have made a micro robot that looks like a crab. And, it is so small, it can walk on the edge of a coin! 這個迷你機器人有一點像螃蟹。 This micro robot crab is the smallest walking robot ever made! It's almost too hard to see with your eyes. You have to look really closely! 它是史上最小的機器人，甚至很難用肉眼看見！ Why did they make this super, super mini robot? Tiny robots can do things people can't, like go into your body and help doctors fix something that's too small for the doctors to reach. 迷你機器人可以進入人的身體，幫醫生治療病人。 Micro-robots could soon be saving lives! Or, a micro robot could help astronauts. It could crawl inside a tiny part of a spaceship engine and help fix something. 它也可以幫太空人進引擎裡面修太空船。 The next time you have a coin in your hand, imagine a tiny crab robot crawling on the edge. Amazing, right? Scientists say one day, micro robots will be so small, you won't be able to see them without a microscope! 未來的機器人會小到要用顯微鏡才看得到！ Wow! That means one day we could have robots inside of almost anything! ________________________________ Vocabulary 機器人小到要用顯微鏡才能看見，很神奇吧? 1. vacuum cleaner 吸塵器 Your vacuum cleaner can run by itself! 你的吸塵器可以自己跑。 Of course. I don't need to do anything. 當然。我什麼都不用做。 I want to get one for my house! 我家也要買一台。 2. look like 看起來像 Does my hair look like a pineapple? 我的頭髮像不像鳳梨？ It looks more like a bird. 更像一隻鳥。 No wonder I feel like flying. 難怪我覺得想飛。 3. fix 修理 Can you fix this mini robot? 你會修這個迷你機器人嗎？ No, it's too small! 不會，它太小了。 4. coin 硬幣 I have too many coins in my pocket. 我口袋裡太多硬幣了。 Give them to me. 都給我吧。 I don't mind. 我不介意。 Let's read these words together. vacuum cleaner 吸塵器 look like 看起來像 fix 修理 coin 硬幣 ________________________________ Quiz 1.What do we call super small robots? A: Whale robots B: Master robots C: Micro robots 2. What does this robot look like? A: A giraffe B: A crab C: A fish 3. What could micro robots soon be saving? A: Lives B: Money C: Time Answers 1. C 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Woof! It is so hot today! I need some water… Ahh! That's better… You know, the world is getting hotter and hotter every year. And it's important for all of us to stay healthy and drink lots of water. 地球越來越熱，我們要保持健康，也要多喝水！ It's getting hotter because of something called "climate change". "Climate" means weather. The weather is changing because of all the pollution people have been making for many, many years. Climate 就是氣候，人類製造太多汙染造成氣候變遷。 There are lots of kinds of pollution, and all of them are very bad. One kind is "plastic waste". 其中一種汙染是塑膠垃圾。 If someone buys a bottle of water, drinks it, and throws it in the trash, that plastic is now waste. BUT, if someone uses that bottle again, it is no longer waste! And the plastic won't pollute our planet. 假如有人買瓶裝水，喝完之後亂丟就是一種浪費，但如果能重複利用，它就不是垃圾了！ And, guess what?! Taiwan has a free mobile app, to help you find over 8000 spots to refill your water bottles! 台灣現在有一款免費的App，能帶你找到八千多個裝水的地方！ Folks in Taiwan used to leave tea pots filled with water outside for thirsty passers-by to drink, so that everyone could be safe in the heat. 奉茶是從前大家會在路邊放水壺，讓路過的人喝水解渴。 Which is why the app is called 【奉茶行動】. In English this means "Tea Service". The app has already saved more than 450,000 plastic bottles! 這個叫做奉茶行動的App，已經省下四十五萬個寶特瓶！ With everyone working together, we can all help to stop climate change. ________________________________ Vocabulary 想減少塑膠汙染，最簡單的辦法就是自己帶水壺。 1. water 水 It's so hot! I need water. 好熱喔，我需要喝水。 But I didn't bring any. 可是我沒帶水。 Here, you can eat this. 來，你吃這個吧。 Watermelon? 吃西瓜喔？ Yeah, it should work. 沒錯，這應該有用。 2. drink 喝 I can drink a whole bottle of this. 這我可以喝一整瓶。 Drink as much as you like. 你要喝多少都可以。 We have more. 我們還有。 3. bottle 瓶子 You can save 5 NT if you bring your own bottle. 要是你自己帶水瓶，可以省五塊錢。 Good! I always have a bottle in my bag. 真好，我的袋子裡永遠有個瓶子。 4. pollute 汙染 We really need to stop polluting the ocean. 我們真的需要停止汙染海洋。 So I shouldn't throw my bad sandwich into the sea? 所以我不該把難吃的三明治扔進海裡？ 一起來讀單字。 water 水 drink 喝 bottle 瓶子 pollute 汙染 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What should you do to stay healthy in the heat? A: Run up a big mountain B: Drink lots of water C: Fall asleep in the sunshine 2. What is it called when pollution changes the weather? A: Tea service B: Climate change C: Dave 3. How many plastic bottles has this app saved so far? A: More than 450,000 B: Less than 450,000 C: Exactly 450,000 Answers 1. B 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Today, I want to tell you about a place where you can hear a lot of bees buzzing. Over a million bees! 有一個地方可以讓你一直聽蜜蜂的嗡嗡聲，有超過一百萬隻蜜蜂！ A man in Italy made a special house. This man is a beekeeper. His special house has a big beehive. 有一個義大利的養蜂人蓋了一間特別的房子，裡面有個大蜂窩。 The hive has more than a million bees in it. People can pay money to stay in the house he made. 蜂窩裡面有一百萬多隻蜜蜂，人們還可以付費住在裡面。 Why would people do that? Do they want to get stung? Don't worry. The bees can't get into the room, but people can safely watch them buzz above their heads! 別擔心，你不會被蜜蜂叮，因為牠們進不來你的房間，但你可以看牠們在頭上飛來飛去。 The beekeeper wants to let people know how important bees are. They help flowers and give us honey. He thinks it's important for people to like bees and treat them nicely. 這個養蜂人想讓大家知道蜜蜂有多重要。蜜蜂會幫花授粉，也會給我們蜂蜜，要好好地對牠們。 Would you stay in a house with a million bees? They say the sound of bees is soothing. It helps you to sleep better. 你會想在一個有一百多萬隻蜜蜂的地方住嗎？有人說蜜蜂的聲音讓人感到很平靜，可以讓你好好地睡覺。 I think I would be too afraid to get any sleep! But I still think bees are great. ________________________________ Vocabulary 蜜蜂房屋，拉近人類和這種小昆蟲的距離。 1. buzz 嗡嗡聲 This buzzing sound is so noisy! 這個嗡嗡聲好吵！ Well, we're in a bee house. 我們住在蜜蜂屋裡啊。 Buzzing is what bees do. 蜜蜂就是會嗡嗡嗡。 2. house 房屋 Tell me again why we're in a bee house. 再說一次為什麼我們住蜜蜂房子。 You said you want to stay in a special place. 你自己說你要住很特別的地方。 3. special 特別的 I guess this is as special as it can get. 這真是最特別的地方了。 Cheer up! You can make friends with a million bees. 高興一點，你可以跟百萬隻蜜蜂做朋友。 4. million 百萬 Give me a million NT and I can build a much better house. 給我一百萬，我可以蓋更好的房子。 You can't build anything with one million NT. 一百萬什麼也蓋不了。 Have some honey during your summer vacation! 我們來讀單字。 buzz 嗡嗡聲 house 房屋 special 特別的 million 百萬 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How do bees help the environment? A: They help flowers and give us honey B: They recycle old plastic bottles C: They help save polar bears 2. What is the man's job? A: He builds houses B: He takes care of bees C: He is a hotel manager 3. Why did the man build the special house? A: To teach people about bees B: To make people scared of bees C: To help people to sleep better Answers 1. A 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Today, I want to tell you about a cool thing scientists have done. They grew plants in moon dust, on Earth! 科學家在地球上，用月球的土種植物！ They used dust that was taken from the moon many years ago. 他們用的是很久以前帶回來的土。 It took the scientists 11 years to get the moon dust! That's a long time. But they only got a very small amount, just a few teaspoons. 科學家花了十一年才拿到幾茶匙的土！ That's because there's not much moon dust on Earth, which makes it really precious. 因為地球上這種土不多，所以很珍貴。 The scientists didn't know if plants could grow in moon dust. Moon dust is very different from soil on Earth. It doesn't have many nutrients, which plants need to grow big and strong. 科學家不確定月球的土能不能種植物，因為它跟地球的土不一樣，裡面的養分不多。 But the plants still grew! 結果植物還是長大了！ This is really exciting! Why? Well, some day, people may live on the moon. They will need food to eat. This shows that people can grow plants in moon dust. 這代表如果我們移民月球，也可以種植物！ Would you like to live on the moon someday? Maybe you could have a garden full of flowers outside your moon house! All thanks to moon dust. ________________________________ Vocabulary 月球土也可以種植物，讓人類對月亮又多了幾分想像。 1. dust 灰塵 I wonder what plants scientists grew in moon dust. 我想知道科學家在月球土裡種什麼。 It's a kind of vegetable. 是一種蔬菜。 2. soil 泥土 Wow, so people can really grow food on the moon! 哇，所以人類真的可以在月球上種糧食！ I guess so. But soil on the moon is not as rich. 我想是。不過月球上的泥土沒有那麼多養分。 3. grow 生長，種植 Plants would grow more slowly. 植物會長得比較慢。 Okay, so we can't grow watermelon. 對，所以沒辦法種大西瓜。 Probably not. 可能不行。 4. precious 珍貴的 What's your most precious memories of summer vacation? 你最珍貴的暑假回憶是什麼？ Traveling to Kenting Park with my children. 跟我的小孩去墾丁公園旅行。 我們來讀一遍。 dust 灰塵 soil 泥土 grow 生長，種植 precious 珍貴的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where did the scientists grow the plants? A: On Earth B: On the moon C: In a rocket 2. Why couldn't the scientists use much moon dust? A: They lost some of the moon dust B: The moon dust is so old C: There is not much moon dust on Earth 3. Why did scientists want to grow plants in moon dust? A: They taste better than plants on Earth B: People may live on the moon one day C: Plants grown in moon dust grow better Answers 1. A 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I'm exhausted! Running is very tiring. I can't run longer than ten minutes. I get too tired. 跑步好累！我只能跑十分鐘左右。 I don't know how people run marathons! A marathon is a kind of long-distance race where the runners have to run about forty-two kilometers to finish the race. 馬拉松通常要跑42公里。 That is a lot of running. But do you know what's really impressive? Running one hundred and four marathons… in one hundred and four days! 那你覺得什麼會令人覺得很厲害呢？那就是連續104天，跑104場馬拉松！ A woman named Jacky Hunt-Broersma did that. She ran one hundred and four marathons in one hundred and four days. And she did it with only one leg! 這位跑者叫做 Jacky Hunt-Broersma，是一位女士，而且她只有一條腿！ Jacky only has one leg because she had cancer, so doctors had to remove one leg. 她因為癌症需要截肢。 But obviously, this did not slow her down! 但她沒有被打敗！ She decided she was still going to run, so she did. And she beat the world record for most marathons run in a row! 她打破了連續跑最多馬拉松的世界紀錄！ So even though Jacky only had one leg, she was still able to run, and she ran more marathons in a row than any other person in the world. I guess I shouldn't complain about running for just ten minutes. Okay, I can do this, I'm going to run some more! See ya! ________________________________ Vocabulary 單腿女跑者，連續104天跑了104場馬拉松，一天一場。 1. race 比賽 The 10-kilometer race is starting. 十公里賽跑開始了。 I can't believe there are so many people. 真不相信有這麼多人。 Are you kidding? People pay for a race like this! 開玩笑，人們還付錢來參賽呢。 2. run 跑 Running isn't fun. 跑步不好玩。 It's so tiring! 讓人好累！ You feel good after a good run. 痛快地跑一跑感覺很好。 And you stay fit. 還可以維持健康。 3. leg 腿 That one-legged runner won again! 那個一條腿的跑者又贏了！ She actually has two legs. 她其實有兩條腿。 4. woman 女士 Who's that beautiful woman? 那位美女是誰？ She's my mom. 是我媽媽。 Oh wow! 哇！ I know. I wish I looked like her. 我知道。真希望我像她。 Do you like running? 來讀讀單字。 race 比賽 run 跑步 leg 腿 woman 女士 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How many marathons did Jacky run? A: Four marathons B: 14 marathons C: 104 marathons 2. In how many days did she accomplish this? A: Four days B: 14 days C: 104 days 3. How many legs does Jacky have? A: Two B: One C: None Answers 1. C 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Does your mommy or daddy snore when they sleep? No? Well, some people snore really loudly. 有一些人打呼的聲音非常大。 Last winter, a family in California heard some strange noises. 去年加州有一戶人家聽到怪聲音。 Later, they asked their neighbors. "Have you heard any strange sounds? It's a deep rumbling sound. It kind of sounds like snoring." 他們跑去問鄰居：「你們有聽到類似打呼的聲音嗎？」 But the neighbors said, "No, we haven't heard anything. It's probably nothing. People sometimes think they hear things, but it's just the wind or something. Don't worry about it." 但是鄰居說：「沒聽到。可能只是風聲吧，別擔心！」 Then one day the family noticed something under their house. Bears! Yep! A bear family was sleeping under their house! 這家人後來發現有熊睡在他們的房子下面。 Many kinds of bears sleep in the winter. These bears saw a home with some space underneath. 很多種熊都會冬眠。剛好這些熊也找到一個好睡覺的地方。 The people called a special team that knows how to take care of bears. The special bear team helped lead the bears to the forest and away from people. 這家人請來專家，把熊帶進森林，遠離人群。 So maybe the noise was snoring! -Not from people; from bears! 所以他們之前聽到的，可能是熊的打呼聲！ ________________________________ Vocabulary 自家房屋的底下住著熊，恐怕睡不安穩。 1) snore 打鼾，sleep 睡覺 Do you snore, Paz? 你會打鼾嗎？ I hope I don't. 我希望不會。 But I'm not sure. 但是我不確定。 Do you? 你呢？ I do. I snore like a bear. 我會。我打呼聲像一頭熊。 Oh my, we can't sleep in the same room then. 那我們不能睡同一間房。 I also talk in my sleep. 我睡覺時也會講夢話。 2) space 空間 Hmmm, this space is too small. 這個空間太小。 It can only take about 20 people. 只夠容納約莫20個人。 And we need a space for 50. 而我們需要可以容納50個人的空間。 3) strange 奇怪的 Today's clouds look strange. 今天的雲看起來很奇怪。 Yeah, the color is so red. 對，顏色太紅了。 Could the forest be on fire? 可能是森林起火了嗎？ I hope it's not a forest fire! Let's read the words. snore 打鼾 sleep 睡覺 space 空間 strange 奇怪的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What do many bears do in the winter? A: Drink hot soup B: Wear warm clothes C: Sleep 2. What did the family think the noise was? A: Screaming B: Snoring C: Singing 3. What did the neighbors say the noise was? A: "It's nothing. Maybe it's just the wind." B: "That sounds like a train." C: "Maybe it's a baby or a cat." Answers 1. C 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn