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Sometimes, very old people live in places called care homes… special places with doctors and nurses to take care of them. 有一些人老了以後會住在安養院，接受醫生和護士的照顧。 Being very old can be hard. Some very old people can't walk very well and feel tired and bored. In England, one care home for old people had a fun idea. They said, "Hey! Let's bring some penguins to play with everyone… that way they won't feel so bored or lonely!" 在英國，有個安養院想到讓企鵝陪老人玩耍。 Yes! Penguins! Those little black and white birds that cannot fly. The penguins came from the zoo… and guess what? These penguins from the zoo are very friendly. They sit on the old people's laps and let them pet them. 這些企鵝來自動物園，很喜歡親近人，會坐在老人的腿上讓他們撫摸。 The great grandmothers and great grandfathers in this care home in England said the penguins were so cute. They said the penguins made them forget their problems and feel happy. 住在安養院的爺爺奶奶說，可愛的企鵝讓他們非常的開心！ What a nice story! We should be nice to old people. One day, we will be the old people! 大家都會變老，所以我們也要善待老人家。 Ha! Can you imagine being 100 years old? Well, one day you might be! And maybe you will get to pet a penguin, too! ________________________________ Vocabulary 讓企鵝陪伴老人家，多麼有創意！ 1. Penguin 企鵝。 I didn't know that penguins are friendly animals. 我都不知道企鵝是友善的動物。 Me either. 我也不知道。 I only knew that penguins eat fish. 我只知道企鵝吃魚。 2. Friendly 友善的。 Why are you going to that restaurant? 你為什麼去那家餐廳？ The waiters there are very friendly. 因為那家的服務人員很友善。 3. grandmother 祖母，grandfather 祖父。 I've never met my grandmother or grandfather. 我從來沒見過我的祖父祖母。 I've met mine. 我有見過我的。 I like my grandfather a lot. 我很喜歡我的阿公。 4. Take care of 照顧。 Who takes care of your grandfather? 誰照顧你的阿公？ He can take care of himself. 他可以照顧自己。 So let's be kind to our grandparents. Let's read the words. penguin 企鵝 friendly 友善的 grandmother 祖母 grandfather 祖父 take care of 照顧 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where did this story happen? A: China B: England C: Australia 2. What animal played with the old people? A: Giraffes B: Monkeys C: Penguins 3. Why is it hard for people to be very old? A: They feel tired and bored B: Some old people live with penguins C: Because they can't eat ice cream or pizza every day Answers 1. B 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you guys like hiking? Hiking is great. But it can be dangerous, too. If you are not careful, you can fall. Or you might get too close to a strong river. 在野外健行有潛在的危險，可能會掉到山谷裡，或者碰到湍急的河流。 That's what happened to two men in Canada. They were hiking too close to a river and got trapped. 有兩個加拿大的登山客，因為河水上漲，就被困住了。 But they were lucky. Five other men saw them. These five men were going to look at a nice waterfall. There was just one problem. The two men were down by the river… The five other men were high above them. 幸運的是另外五個登山客看到了他們，但是他們的位置比困在山谷中的兩個人高了十公尺。 They didn't have a rope, so they did something very smart. Some of the five men were wearing turbans. Turban 是回教徒男子頭上的頭巾。 They took off their turbans and they tied them together. They also tied their jackets to the turbans. They made a rope from the turbans and jackets. 他們脫下頭巾，和夾克綁在一起，做成一條長長的繩索。 They lowered the turbans and jackets down to the two men. Then the two men climbed up the rock… Wow! Those guys are really smart! And they are heroes, too! 能想到用衣物做成繩子來救人，真的很聰明！ ________________________________ Vocabulary 動動腦筋，手邊的東西有時候也可以救人。 1. Hike 健行。 Do you enjoy hiking, Ryan? 你喜歡健行嗎？ Oh yes, I love hiking along the northeastern coast. 喜歡，我喜歡沿著東北海岸健行。 Let's go there this weekend. 我們這個周末就去那兒吧。 2. Smart 聰明的。 The five hikers made a smart move. 那五個登山客採取了明智的行動。 They're not only smart. 他們不只是聰明。 They are also quick. 他們反應也很快。 3. Tie 綁住。 Tie your ties together and you can make a rope. 把你的領帶都綁在一起，可以做一條繩子。 Right, "tie" also means 領帶。對，它也有領帶的意思。 4. Climb 攀爬。 Do you think you can climb up that mountain? 你覺得你可以爬上去那座山嗎？ Sure, if you climb with me. 可以，要是你跟我一起的話。 Let's read the words together. hike 健行 smart 聰明的 tie 綁住 climb 攀爬 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What happened to the two men in the story? A: They went hiking too close to a river. B: They fell into a waterfall. C: They fell from their boat into a river. 2. What did the five men want to look at? A: A strong river B: A nice waterfall C: A big mountain 3. How did the five men save the two men? A: They used a large rope. B: They used a special machine. C: They used jackets and turbans. Answers 1. A 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Many places have forest fires… but in Australia, they have bush fires. 很多地方有森林大火，但澳洲是叢林大火。 In 2020 there were some terrible bush fires in Australia. The bushland caught fire and it burned for many weeks! 2020年，澳洲發生叢林大火，連續燒了好幾個星期。 The firefighters in Australia tried to put out the fires. They even used airplanes and dropped water on the fires… but the fires were too big. 消防員從飛機上灑水滅火，但是火實在太大了。 Many koalas were trapped in the fires. But… 100 koalas were saved… by a hero dog! 有一隻英雄狗狗，救出了一百隻無尾熊！ The dog's name is Bear. 牠的名字叫小熊。 Bear has lots of energy and loves to play… so he became a koala rescue dog. A koala rescue dog goes into the bushland after the fire stops and finds koalas that need help. 搜救犬小熊會在火被撲滅以後進到叢林裡，尋找需要幫忙的無尾熊。 The ground is still very hot after a fire, so Bear wears special dog shoes to protect his feet. 地面還是很燙，所以小熊會穿特別的鞋子來保護腳。 Bear found 100 koalas that needed help. That's a lot! Firefighters gave Bear a medal because they say Bear is a hero. 消防隊頒發勳章給英勇的小熊。 Saving 100 koalas is amazing… What a good dog! ________________________________ Vocabulary 救難犬能夠幫忙救出上百隻的無尾熊，真是了不起！ 1. Koala 無尾熊。 Koalas are so cute! 無尾熊好可愛！ They are, but you have to go to Australia to see them. 是很可愛，但是你要去澳洲才看得到。 I saw koalas yesterday, at Taipei Zoo! 我昨天才看到無尾熊，在台北動物園！ 2. Firefighter 救火員，消防員。 Finally, firefighters are here! 消防隊終於來了！ Yeah, they need to put out this fire fast! 他們得趕快把火撲滅！ 3. Rescue 搶救。 Can they rescue the trees? 他們能搶救那些樹嗎？ I think they should rescue the animals first. 我想他們應該先救動物。 4. Forest 森林。 Animals can run, but the forest can't move. 動物會自己跑，但是森林動不了。 I guess you're right. 我想你是對的。 今天的單字很有趣喔。 koala 無尾熊 firefighter 消防員 rescue 搶救 forest 森林 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where did the big bush fires happen in 2020? A: Australia B: Taichung C: England 2. What is the hero dog's name? A: Monkey B: Giraffe C: Bear 3. How many koalas did the hero dog save? A: 1,000 B: 100 C: 10 Answers 1. A 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Ask your mom or dad about Taiwan before the high-speed rail, or "HSR", was built. 問問你的爸媽在還沒有高鐵的時候台灣是怎樣呢？ Back then, if you wanted to go from Taipei to Kaohsiung, you could take a bus or a train…but they were slow. It would take maybe 5 hours! If the traffic was bad… the bus could take 8 hours! 以前要從台北到高雄，搭巴士可能要花五到八個小時。 Now we have the HSR and… zoom! we can travel across Taiwan in just 90 minutes. Taiwan is lucky to have good transportation… many countries don't. 很多國家的交通不像台灣這麼便利。 Laos is a small country in Southeast Asia. But Laos has one big problem… it is "landlocked". 位在東南亞的寮國是一個內陸國家。 They don't have an easy way to get to the ocean. 到海邊很不方便。 It's hard to send things or get things from other countries if you can't use ships… but Laos now has a high-speed rail! It connects Laos to China. 寮國現在已經有高鐵，可以通到中國。 The new HSR train in Laos can go 160 kilometers per hour. 寮國高鐵時速可以有160公里！ That means it will only take a few hours to get from Laos to China… and guess how long it used to take? Many days! 去中國以前要很多天，現在只要幾個小時。 Before this HSR, Laos only had a few short train lines… everybody used slow buses! What a big change! ________________________________ Vocabulary 高鐵大幅改善了寮國的交通。 1. High-speed rail 高速鐵路。 I need to be in Taipei at 9AM tomorrow. 我明天早上九點就要到台北。 Take the early High-speed Rail train. 你坐高鐵車。 It'll get you there in time. 它會讓你及時趕到。 2. Train 火車。 Good, I love taking the train. 真好。我喜歡搭火車。 Yeah, it's fast and smooth. 對，火車又快又平穩。 3. Bus 巴士，公車。 But I still have to take a bus to the HSR station. 可是我仍然需要搭公車去高鐵車站。 Let me drive you there. 讓我開車送你去吧。 4. Country 國家。 I'd like to take a train across many countries. 我想要搭火車穿越很多國家。 You can do that in Europe. 在歐洲可以那樣。 You can go to almost all the countries there by train. 你可以坐火車到幾乎所有國家。 Please read the words with me. high-speed rail 高速鐵路 train 火車 bus 巴士 country 國家 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What country now has a new high-speed rail? A: Kaohsiung B: Laos C: China 2. What problem does Laos have? A: There is no easy way to get to the ocean. B: It is in the air. They float on clouds. C: It is underwater… there is no easy way to get to land. 3. From where does the new HSR go to? A: It goes from Laos to China B: It goes from Laos to Taipei C: It goes from Laos to the ocean Answers 1: B 2: A 3: A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Staying at a nice hotel is fun! But in just a few years … some people could be staying at a nice hotel… in space! Yeah! A space hotel is going to open in 2027! 2027年有一些人可能會去太空旅館度假。 You will be able to look out the window and see Earth far below you. 從窗戶看出去就會看到地球。 What a great view! The space hotel will look like a Ferris wheel. 這個太空旅館看起來就像一座摩天輪。 The hotel will spin like a Ferris wheel, and that will give the people inside some gravity so you won't fly away all the time. 它像摩天輪一樣旋轉產生引力，裡面的人才不會一直飄起來。 But not too much gravity… it will still feel a little like floating, and the hotel wants to set up fun things to do… like basketball! Can you imagine playing basketball with only a little gravity? You could jump super high and super far! 因為引力不大所以你會感覺輕輕飄飄，打籃球就可以跳得又高又遠喔！ But…. there is one thing not so cool about the space hotel. It's going to be very expensive to go there. The cost for flying in a rocket and staying at the space hotel for three days is $140 million NT dollars! 但是搭火箭去住太空旅館三天要1.4億台幣！ Wow, 140 million?! Woah! Well, let's hope someday it gets cheaper. ________________________________ Vocabulary 太空旅館聽起來很棒，但是一般人住不起！ 1. Expensive 昂貴的。 I'd really love to travel to space, but it's too expensive! 我好想去太空旅行，可是太貴了。 It's expensive and dangerous. 它很貴並且很危險。 2. Space 太空。 So you don't want to stay in a space hotel? 所以你不想住在太空旅館嗎？ No, I'll just stay here and watch the moon. 不想，我只想待在這裡賞月。 3. Gravity 地心引力。 Then you can't experience almost zero gravity. 那你就不能體驗幾乎沒有引力的感覺。 What's wrong with gravity? 地心引力有什麼不對？ I don't want things floating around! 我可不要東西飄來飄去！ 4. Hotel 旅館。 This hotel is very special. 這間旅館很特別。 You can feed giraffes from your window. 你可以從窗戶餵長頸鹿！ These are useful words to learn. expensive 昂貴的 space 太空 gravity 地心引力 hotel 旅館 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is the space hotel going to look like? A: A swimming pool B: A Ferris wheel C: A rocket 2. How much is a 3-day stay going to cost? A: About NT$140 million! B: About NT$400! C: About NT$400,000! 3. What is one fun thing you can do at the space hotel? A: Play basketball in low gravity B: Ride a horse C: Shoot a bow and arrow Answers 1. B 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

What would you do if you found a box of diamonds and rubies? 你如果找到一盒裡面有鑽石或是紅寶石之類的珠寶，你會怎麼做呢？ In English we call these stones "gems". They are very expensive. 在英文裡面，這種石頭叫做gems，價值很高。 A mountain climber in France found a box of gems on a mountain. The climber could have kept them and not told anyone, but this man was honest. 有一位法國的登山客在山上發現了珠寶盒。他可以留下來，不告訴別人。但他很誠實。 He went to the police and said, "Hi… uh… I found a box of gems on the mountain." The police tried to find out who lost the gems on the mountain. Finally, after a long search, the police say they think the box came from an airplane that crashed in the mountains more than 50 years ago! 但是他把盒子送到警察局，警察調查了很久，才知道它來自五十年前墜毀在山上的一架飛機。 Nobody knows who the gems belong to… so in the end, the police gave the climber half of them, and the government took the other half. Half of the gems are worth about 4 million NT dollars. That's a lot of money! 沒人知道珠寶盒是誰的，所以法國政府保留一半，一半給了登山客，相當於四百萬台幣。 How about you? Would you tell the police if you found a big box of treasure? Would you be that honest? 你會這麼的誠實嗎？ You would? 你會嗎？ That's great! ________________________________ Vocabulary 飛機墜毀在山區，珠寶盒卻保存了下來。 1. Crash 墜毀。 The plane crashed, but nobody died. 飛機墜毀了，卻沒有人死亡。 That's a miracle! 真是奇蹟！ 2. Treasure 寶物。 I found a box of treasure yesterday! 我昨天找到一盒寶貝。 Really? What's inside? 真的？裡面有什麼？ No diamonds or other gems. 沒有鑽石，也沒有別的寶石。 3. Worth 價值。 Then it's not worth much. 那它就不值什麼錢了。 You're quite wrong. 你錯了。 It's worth a lot to me. 它對我很有價值。 4. Honest 誠實的。 So what's inside the box? 所以盒子裡是什麼呢？ Please be honest. 請你誠實一點。 My old diaries! 我的舊日記！ Do you wish to find a box of treasure? 來一起讀單字。 crash 墜毀 treasure 寶物 worth 價值 honest 誠實的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What did the mountain climber find? A: A box of tissue B: A box of pizza C: A box of gems 2. What did the climber do after he found the box? A: He kept it all for himself B: He ate it C: He told the police 3. What do we call people who tell the truth? A: Naughty B: Hungry C: Honest Answers 1: C 2: C 3: C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you want to hear a funny story? In New Zealand, there is a potato called 'Doug.' Yes! The potato has a name! Doug. 紐西蘭有一顆馬鈴薯名叫道格。 Why does the potato have a name? Well, this potato is special. It may be the biggest potato in the world! 它有名字，因為它是世界上最大的馬鈴薯。 Two farmers in New Zealand found the potato when they were working on their farm. The potato is about the same size as a small dog! It weighs almost 8 kilos! 這顆馬鈴薯大得像一隻小狗，有八公斤重! That's a really big potato! The farmers will not eat the potato right away because they say it is so special. 兩位農夫目前不打算吃掉它，因為它太特別了。 A few years ago, some people in the UK found a potato that weighed 5 kilos… but Doug is even bigger and heavier! Doug might be the biggest and heaviest potato in the world! 幾年前在UK曾經有一顆5公斤的馬鈴薯，但是道格更大更重。道格可能是世界上最大最重的馬鈴薯。 What would you do if you had a potato as big as Doug? Make lots of French fries? Make a lot of potato salad? 如果你有像道格這麼大的馬鈴薯，你會拿來做甚麼呢? 薯條還是馬鈴薯沙拉？ Or would you give it a name and play with it? Ha… what would you call your potato? Hmmm… I think I'd call my potato Xiao Huang… or maybe Da Huang! Hmmm… now I'm hungry! ________________________________ Vocabulary 紐西蘭農夫種出來世界最大的馬鈴薯。 1. New Zealand 紐西蘭。 I hope to visit New Zealand some day. 我希望有一天去紐西蘭玩。 To see the Hobbits? 去看哈比人嗎？ No, to see the mountains and sheep. 不，是去看高山和綿羊。 2. Farmer 農夫。 Maybe you can visit a sheep farmer. 你也許可以拜訪牧羊人。 That'd be so cool! 那會很酷！ I'll ask the farmer to let me help with shearing. 我會請牧羊人讓我幫忙剪羊毛。 3. Heavy 重的。 Why is your bag so heavy? 你的包包怎麼這麼重？ It's not that heavy. 這不算重。 There's just a computer and my glasses in it. 裡面只有電腦和我的眼鏡。 4. Salad 沙拉。 What would you like? 你想點什麼菜？ I'm not hungry. I think I'll just have a potato salad. 我不餓，我只想吃個馬鈴薯沙拉。 我們來讀一遍。 New Zealand 紐西蘭 farmer 農夫 heavy 重的 salad 沙拉 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where did they find the potato called 'Doug'? A: In Australia B: In Taichung C: In New Zealand 2. How heavy is Doug the potato? A: About 8 kilos B: About 100 kilos C: About 80 kilos 3. Doug the potato is about the size of what? A: A small dog B: A small bus C: A big monkey Answers 1. C 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Three… two… one! Happy new year! 新年快樂！ Are you excited for the New Year's countdown tonight? 你們很期待今天晚上的新年倒數嗎？ A New Year's countdown is when it is ten seconds away from midnight on New Year's Eve. 剩下十秒鐘的時候會開始倒數。 Then, you count the seconds backwards all the way to one, then it's the New Year! 數到一的時候就是新年了！ But not everyone celebrates the New Year at the same time. That's because we all live in different places around the world! 住在世界各地的人不會在同一個時間慶祝新年。 So who gets to celebrate the New Year first? The people in Tonga get to celebrate first! Tonga is a country in the Pacific Ocean, It is very small, and every year they are the first people to welcome the New Year. 東加王國是在太平洋的一個島國，是第一個慶祝新年的地方。 Who celebrates the new year last? American Samoa! American Samoa is a group of very small islands, and it is also in the Pacific Ocean. 美屬薩摩亞也位在太平洋上，是個群島國家。 People who live there will be the last people in the world to yell, "Happy New Year!" 它是最後一個慶祝新年的國家。 But it doesn't matter where you are, everyone gets to celebrate the New Year! How are you celebrating tonight? 你今晚要怎麼慶祝呢？ ________________________________ Vocabulary 2022年即將來臨，今晚就會進入倒數！ 1. Count 數，countdown 倒數。 We will begin the countdown 10 minutes before midnight. 我們會在午夜之前十分鐘開始倒數。 Then you'll have a lot of numbers to count. 那你要數好多數字！ 2. Midnight 午夜。 Yeah, it'll be fun. 會很好玩的。 Then at midnight, we'll yell together, "Happy New Year!" 然後到了子夜，我們會一起叫【新年快樂！】 3. Celebrate 慶祝。 That's a good way to celebrate. 這是很好的慶祝法。 Come celebrate with us! 來加入我們一起慶祝吧！ 4. Island 島嶼。 Taiwan is a big island. 台灣是個大島。 It's not as big as Iceland. 它沒有冰島那麼大。 No, but Taiwan is warmer. 是沒有，不過台灣比較溫暖。 Let's read the words together. count 數 countdown 倒數 midnight 午夜 celebrate 慶祝 island島嶼 Happy New Year! ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is a New Year's countdown? a. A countdown to New Year's Day b. A countdown to my birthday c. A countdown after New Year's Day 2. Who celebrates the New Year first? a. Taiwan b. Tonga c. Congo 3. Who celebrates the New Year last? a. American Samoa b. American Samosa c. South America Answers 1. A 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Oh, hello! Today I'm going up to the top of Taipei 101! Taipei 101 is famous for being one of the tallest buildings in the world, so the view up here is awesome! 台北101很高，風景也很漂亮！ What other famous buildings have you heard of? 你還知道哪些有名的建築物？ What about the Eiffel Tower in France? 法國的艾菲爾鐵塔？ Or the Pyramids in Egypt? 埃及的金字塔？ Or what about the Taj Mahal in India? 那印度的泰姬瑪哈陵呢？ The Taj Mahal was built almost 400 years ago when a heartbroken emperor decided to build it for his wife after she died. 400年前，一位印度皇帝因為太太死了很難過，所以蓋了泰姬瑪哈陵。 It took a lot of work and time to complete. The whole thing took 22 years and thousands of workers to build. 幾千個人花了22年才蓋好。 Now the Taj Mahal is a symbol of love. This gave another man the idea to build another Taj Mahal for his wife! 一位印度人也想蓋一座泰姬瑪哈給他的太太！ This one's for him and his wife to live in though! 不過這是要給他自己跟愛妻共同居住的。 The real Taj Mahal is in a city called Agra. The new Taj Mahal is in a place called Madhya Pradesh. It's not as big as the real one but it's still pretty special! 雖然比較小但還是很特別！ Well, I'm going to enjoy the view here on Taipei 101 some more. And maybe one day I'll visit one of the Taj Mahals! ________________________________ Vocabulary 四百年前的泰姬瑪哈，是一座陵寢。新的泰姬瑪哈則是可以居住的房子。 1) Special 特別的。 Isn't it special? 這不是很特別嗎? Building a Taj Mahal for love? 為了愛情蓋一座泰姬瑪哈? It sure is. 真的是。A bit too special. 有點兒太特別了。 2) Wife 妻子。 But the man's wife must love it. 不過那位男子的太太一定很喜歡。Yeah, he said it shows love. 對，他說那表示愛。 3) Heartbroken 心碎的。 She would be heartbroken if he leaves her. 要是他離開她，她會心碎的。Let's hope they stay together forever. 我們希望他們永遠在一起。 4) As big as 一樣大。 The new Taj Mahal is not as big as the old one. 新的泰姬瑪哈沒有舊的那麼大。I'm sure it's big enough. 我相信它夠大了。 Let's read the English first. special 特別的 wife 妻子 heartbroken 心碎的 as big as 一樣大 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What famous building is the story about? A: The White House B: Tokyo Tower C: The Taj Mahal 2. Who did the emperor build it for? A: His mother B: His best friend C: His wife 3. The famous building gave a man the idea to do what? A: Build a new one for him and his wife B: Knock down a building C: Paint his house Answers 1. C 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Can you tell when someone is lying? Scientists say people are not very good at guessing who is lying and who is telling the truth. 科學家說，人類不太會分辨別人是不是在說謊。 But computers are very good at finding liars. 但是電腦就有辦法。 One new computer uses a special sticker. You put the sticker on a person's face, and the sticker can feel very small movements on their face. 有一種新的電腦用特別的貼紙可以感覺臉上細微的動作。 The sticker sends the info to the computer and… BOOM. Caught you! 就被抓到了。 And the computer is correct more than 70% of the time! 電腦抓到你說謊的正確率有百分之七十這麼高 70%。 That's a lot! The clues the computers find are too small for you and me to see… but the computer catches them. 這些細微的動作人類看不出來，但是電腦可以。 Maybe in the future, your mom and dad will have a computer that can check to see if you are lying! Maybe in the future, it will be very hard to lie because a computer will always catch you! 未來說謊可能會很難，因為電腦都知道。 Well, that's okay. There's a simple solution. Don't lie! 最簡單的方法就是別說謊！ Always tell the truth! Easy, right? ________________________________ Vocabulary 這種電腦可以知道人們是否在講真話，不過也並非百分之百正確。 1. Correct 正確的。 You got this wrong. 你這個弄錯了。 The correct answer is one thousand. 正確答案是一千。 No, I'm sure it's correct. 不，我很確定這是對的。 2. Truth 真實。 Please tell me the truth. 請你跟我說實話。 I am telling you the truth. 我是在跟你講實話。 I didn't eat your chocolate, just the ice cream. 我沒吃你的巧克力，只吃了冰淇淋。 3. Catch 抓到。 A computer can catch me lying. That's scary. 電腦能抓到我在撒謊。這很恐怖。 Why do you want to lie to a computer? 你為什麼要對電腦說謊？ It's just a test to see if it can catch me. 這只是個測驗，看它能不能抓到我。 4. Good at 擅長。 So you're not good at lying. 所以你不擅長說謊。 No, I never was.從來就不擅場。 你記住了今天的單字嗎？ correct 正確的 truth 真實 catch 抓到 good at 擅長 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Do people always know when someone is lying? A: Yes! People always know. B: No, but moms and dads usually know. C: No! Scientists say no one is good at knowing when someone is lying. 2. What does a new computer use to catch liars? A: A sticker you put on someone's face B: A hat you put on someone's head C: A fish you put on someone's shoulder 3. How often can the computer catch a liar? A: More than 70% of the time B: More than 10% of the time C: More than 100% of the time Answers 1. C 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Brrr… It's a little cold out there. No snow though. We don't get much snow here, but some places get a lot of it. 台灣不太下雪, 但是有一些地方會下很多！ Snow can be pretty, but it can also cause problems! In Denmark recently, some customers were doing some shopping when heavy snow trapped them and staff inside a couple of stores all night! 最近在丹麥，有一些顧客跟員工被大雪困在兩家店裡一整晚！ Luckily, they were pretty good stores to get stuck in! One was a furniture store, and the other was a toy store! 好險那兩家店一家賣傢俱，另一家賣玩具。 Those in the furniture store could sleep in any bed they wanted! And getting trapped in a toy store could be pretty fun! 被困在傢俱店的人愛睡哪一張床都可以，另外，被困在玩具店應該也很有趣！ In England, a similar thing happened! The snow there trapped customers in a pub! 在英國，有人因為大雪被困在酒館！ The pub had a band to play music, they had quizzes and movies, and of course food and drink, too! 酒館裡有現場樂團、還可以看電影、吃吃喝喝！ They were stuck for three days! But they had a pretty good time! One lady said she didn't want to leave! 他們在那裡待了三天，但是過得很開心！ Nobody wants to be stuck anywhere, but being stuck in a furniture store, a toy store, or a pub is not too bad, right? Which would you prefer to be stuck in? ________________________________ Vocabulary 因為天氣而受困，運氣好的話，可能是有趣的經驗！ 1) Furniture 傢俱。 Let's go to a furniture store on Saturday. 我們星期六去傢俱行吧。 What do you need? 你需要什麼？ Chairs and a coffee table. 椅子和咖啡桌。 Okay, I know a good furniture store on Spring Road. 好，我知道春天路上一家不錯的傢俱行。 2) Trap 困住。 Look at this rain! We're trapped! 你看這個雨 ! 我們被困住了。 Don't worry. We can wait there. 別擔心，我們可以在那裡等。 3) Store 商店。 See, this is a nice store. 你看，這家店很不錯。 Yeah, I like a store that sells coffee and books. 對啊，我喜歡賣咖啡也賣書的店。 4) Snow 雪。 There's a lot of snow on Jade Mountain! 玉山上有好多雪！ That's strange. It's not even cold. 真奇怪，天氣並不冷啊。 Let's read the vocabulary together. furniture 傢俱 trap 困住 store 商店 snow 雪 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Why were the customers trapped? A: They couldn't find the key B: Because of snow C: Because it was too hot 2. Customers in Denmark were trapped in what places? A: A shoe store and a candy store B: A supermarket and a school C: A furniture store and a toy store 3. Where were customers stuck in a pub? A: In England B: In South Africa C: In Germany Answers 1. B 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Have you ever gone camping? 你有去露營過嗎？ Camping can be fun. It's great to sleep in a tent and hear the sounds of nature. 睡在帳篷裡，聽大自然的聲音，感覺很棒。 Often, people go camping in the mountains or near a nice lake. Some people in England go camping in a very different place. They go camping in a church. Yeah, a church! 在英國，有的人會去教堂露營。 There are lots of old churches in England. Many of them were built hundreds of years ago. Some of the churches are so old they have bats in them. 有一些很老的教堂裡甚至有蝙蝠。 Well, maybe sleeping in a church with bats wouldn't be so great. There's even a name for camping in a church. It's called "champing." Champing is two words put together: church and camping. So, champing is a new word. Champing這個新的英文字，是把教堂church和露營camping兩個字拼在一起。 When you go champing in England, there are beds in the church. 在英國去champing的時候，教堂裡面有床。 There are chairs and candles, too. But the candles aren't real ones. They have batteries. 也有椅子和蠟燭，但是蠟燭不是真的，是用電池的。 There is also a toilet, but no shower. 也有馬桶，但是沒有地方洗澡。 What do you think? Would you like to try "champing?" ________________________________ Vocabulary 在教堂裡面過夜，跟真正的戶外露營，感覺一定大不同。 1. Camping 露營。 Let's go camping next weekend. 我們下周末去露營吧。 Again? We just returned from camping in Penghu! 又去？我們才剛從澎湖露營回來！ This will be different. 這次會不一樣。 2. Church 教堂。 We're going camping in a church. 我們要去教堂露營。 Inside a church? 去教堂裡面？ No, that's a bad idea. 這是個壞主意。 I won't be able to sleep before God. 我在神的面前會睡不著。 3. Sleep 睡覺。 Come on, it'll be fun. 去啦，會很好玩的。 You sleep well everywhere you go. 你到哪裡都睡得很好啊。 No, not in a church. 不，教堂裡不行。 4. Tent 帳篷。 Let's still sleep in a tent on the mountains. 我們還是睡在山上的帳篷裡吧。 You're right. I prefer a tent, too. 你說得對，我也比較喜歡帳篷。 Do you like camping? Please read these words. camping 露營 church 教堂 sleep 睡覺 tent 帳篷 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where can people go camping in a church? A: In America B: In England C: In Canada 2. What can you NOT do when you go camping in a church? A: Go to the toilet B: Sleep on a bed C: Take a shower 3. What is camping in a church called? A: "Church Camp" B: "Champing" C: "Churching" Answers 1. B 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Wow! It's Christmas. I love to open gifts! 我喜歡打開耶誕節禮物！ Kids get some great presents at Christmas time. They might get a toy train set. Or, they might get a cool video game. But, around Christmas, children can get a bit greedy. 有些小孩會變得有點貪心。 They ask for a lot of presents! A toy company did a survey. The toy company asked parents how many presents their kids ask for. The survey also asked how much all of those presents cost. 有一家玩具公司做調查，兒童向爸媽要了多少禮物，還有買禮物花了多少錢。 I have the answers for you! On average, kids in England tell their parents they want about 16 things for Christmas. 英國小孩平均跟爸媽要求16個耶誕禮物。 Sixteen… wow, that's a lot! That sounds greedy! 這聽起來很貪心！ All those presents cost more than $11,000 NT dollars. 禮物加起來平均花費超過一萬一千台幣！ The survey by the toy company also found something else interesting. Almost half of the kids didn't like some presents they got from their parents. 更有趣的是將近一半的小孩不喜歡爸媽送的一些禮物。 Those kids are hard to please! Well, I hope all of you students, and your parents, and teachers have a great Christmas! Merry Christmas! ________________________________ Vocabulary 跟爸爸媽媽要16個禮物，會不會太多？ 1. Present 禮物。 How many Christmas presents did you get when you were a boy, Ryan? 你小時候得到幾個耶誕禮物？ Not many. 不多。 My favorite present was a toy train set. 我最喜歡的禮物是一組玩具火車。 2. Children 兒童。 Children often want many things from their parents. 兒童經常跟父母要很多東西。 Yeah, parents find it hard to say no. 對，父母很難說不。 3. Parents 父母。 My parents said no to me all the time. 我爸爸媽媽總是對我說不。 Because you wanted toys? 因為你想要玩具？ No, because I wanted new clothes. 不是，因為我想要新衣服。 4. Greedy 貪心的。 I want ice cream, mango pudding and honey cake. 我要冰淇淋，芒果布丁和蜂蜜蛋糕。 Am I too greedy? 我太貪心了嗎？ Not if you share them with me. 你跟我分享就不會。 請跟我一起讀單字。 present 禮物 children 兒童 parents 父母 greedy 貪心的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What did the toy company ask parents? A: What they want for Christmas B: If their children like Christmas C: How many gifts their kids want 2. What does greedy mean? A: Feeling a little unhappy B: Wanting too much C: Being sad 3. What else did the toy company find out? A: Many kids didn't like some presents they got. B: Kids in England get the most gifts C: Trains and video games are the most popular Christmas gifts. Answers 1. C 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

December 26th is the day after Christmas… But December 26th is also a special day for some people! It's a holiday in many places, such as the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. 在很多國家，耶誕節過後的12月26日也很特別。 December 26th is called "Boxing Day." Boxing Day? Does that mean a day for boxing? 禮物日，跟拳擊有關係嗎？ No… no boxing on Boxing Day. Boxing Day is almost like a second Christmas. 禮物日不打拳。Boxing Day就像第二個Christmas。 The tradition comes from a really nice idea. Many years ago, on the day after Christmas, people would give gifts or a little money to their workers or to poor people. 很久以前，人們會在耶誕節的第二天，給他們的員工或是窮人小禮物。 They would put the gifts or the money in small boxes. 這些禮物或是錢都放在小盒子裡。 So, people started calling the day, "Boxing Day." But today, Boxing Day is mostly just a day for shopping… yeah… more shopping! 到了今天，禮物日變成大減價日。 Hmm. Maybe we should go back to the old Boxing Day idea and give gifts to people who need them. 也許我們應該跟以前一樣，把錢拿去幫助需要的人。 What do you think? ________________________________ Vocabulary 禮物日其實指的是商店大減價。 1. Box 盒子。 I'm going to give our teacher a gift box.我要送我們老師一個禮物盒。 What did you put in the box? 你在盒子裡放了什麼？ A beautiful pair of socks. It's winter time! 一雙漂亮的襪子。現在是冬天啊！ 2. Second 第二。 You'll be the second one to give the teacher a gift. 你是第二個送禮物給老師的人。 What? Who's the first? 什麼？那誰是第一個？ Me! 是我。 3. Gift 禮物。 What will you give her? 你要送她什麼？ I'm not telling you. 不告訴你。 It's something special… 它很特別… and I already gave the gift to her. 而且我已經把禮物送給她了。 4. Tradition 傳統。 Boxing Day is a tradition in many countries. 禮物日在很多國家是個傳統。 It's a good tradition. 它是個好傳統。 I love sales. 我喜歡大減價。 今天的單字很有趣喔，來一起讀一遍。 box 盒子 second 第二 gift 禮物 tradition 傳統 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What day is Boxing Day on? A: December 25th B: December 26th C: December 32nd 2. What's the story of Boxing Day? A: On the day after Christmas, people gave gifts to poor people B: On the day after Christmas, people went to watch boxing C: On the night before Christmas, people looked at boxes 3. What do many people do on Boxing Day now? A: They play with boxes B: They go to church C: They go shopping Answers 1. B 2. A 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Did you know, we have two sets of teeth over our lives? We sometimes call the first teeth: 'baby teeth.' 人的一生有兩組牙齒，第一組叫做乳牙。 Kids have 20 baby teeth. As you grow up, you lose your baby teeth and get new 'adult' teeth. 成長過程中，牙齒會慢慢掉光，長出來的新牙齒叫做恆齒。 Do you have all your adult teeth yet? Adults have 32 teeth… well, most of the time. Some animals have many teeth, some have a few, and some have none. But I know about a fish that has 555 teeth! 有一種魚有555顆牙齒！ Yeah! Really! 555! This fish is about 50 centimeters long, and it lives in the North Pacific Ocean. 這種魚長50公分，生活在北太平洋。 It can catch and eat lots of other big fish. Scientists wanted to learn more about this fish… so they caught some and looked inside their scary mouths… and found 555 teeth! But that's not all! Scientists found that the fish is always growing new teeth! 科學家還發現，這種魚會一直長新牙齒！ Every day, the fish loses 20 teeth and starts to grow new teeth. And… they can grow new teeth in just about one day! 牠們每天會掉20顆牙齒，一天之內新牙齒就長出來了！ The scientists were quite surprised… one day is really fast! It takes us years to grow all our adult teeth! 我們長出所有恆齒要好幾年呢！ But this fish is losing and growing teeth every day! Cool, yeah? ________________________________ Vocabulary 有五百多顆牙齒的魚，真是驚人！ 1. Teeth 牙齒。 Doctors say teeth help us smile and speak. 醫生說牙齒幫助我們微笑和講話。 Really? I thought they only help me chew food. 真的喔？我以為牙齒只幫我咀嚼食物。 2. Hundred 百。 This strange fish has hundreds of teeth! 這種奇怪的魚有數百顆牙齒！ Hundreds of teeth? 數百顆嗎？ It must have a big mouth! 它一定有很大的嘴巴！ 3. Adult 成年的。 Most people have 32 adult teeth. 大部分人有32顆恆齒。 When do children's adult teeth come in? 兒童什麼時候長恆齒？ Around 6 or 7. 大約六,七歲的時候。 4. Lose 失去。 Kevin is losing his baby teeth! 凱文在掉乳齒！ My mom is beginning to lose her adult teeth. 我老媽開始掉恆齒了。 When did you lose all your baby teeth? 一起來讀單字。 teeth 牙齒 hundred 百 adult 成年的 lose 失去 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How many teeth does the fish in the story have? A: 5,555 B: 2 C: 555 2. What is special about these fish teeth? A: About 20 fall out every day B: The teeth are blue and yellow C: The tooth fairy really likes these teeth 3. About how many teeth do kids and adults have? A: Kids have 9 and adults have 50 B: Kids have 20 and adults have 32 C: Kids have 234 and adults have 555 Answers 1. C 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

What's the fastest thing you can do with your body? Run? Ehhhh, you can run fast, I guess. 你的身體最快的動作是甚麼呢？跑步嗎？ What about blinking? 眨眼呢？ Yeah! The blink of an eye happens really fast! 眨眼睛的動作很快。 But there's something many people can do that's even faster than blinking! Twenty times faster! 有一個動作比眨眼睛快20倍。 It's something you can do… just like that! Have you got it? Yep. it's a finger snap! 就是彈指頭。 Learning to snap your fingers can take a little practice. 不會的話需要練習。 First push your middle finger into your thumb; this is where the energy of the snap comes from. 先把中指和拇指壓在一起 產生力量。 Then slide your thumb away, and let your middle finger slap against your hand. 把拇指滑開後 讓中指彈到手上。 Scientists have tried to make the finger snap even faster. They put material between the fingers to add or take away friction. But both experiments just slowed down the finger snap. 為了讓彈指頭速度更快，科學家把東西放在手指之間來增加或是減少摩擦.，但是這兩個實驗只會讓速度慢了下來。 The finger snap has just the right amount of friction and energy! 我們彈指的時候產生的摩擦力跟能量恰恰好。 And if you practice… it's easy! ________________________________ Vocabulary 科學家說人體能做的最快的動作就是彈指。 1) Finger 手指。 There are so many things our fingers can do. 我們的手指可以做好多事。 My fingers are for using my cell phone only. 我的手指只用在手機。 2) Fast 很快, faster 更快。 Do you think you can walk faster? 你可以再走快一點嗎？ We're late. 我們遲到了。 I'm going as fast as I can. 我已經盡可能的快了。 3) Energy 能量，力量。 You need an energy drink. 你需要機能飲。 No, I don't need more energy. 不，我不需要更多能量。 I only need to sit down. 我只需要坐下來。 4) Practice 練習。 I'm going to practice playing golf. 我要練習打高爾夫。 Golf? Where will you practice? 高爾夫？你去哪兒練習？ In the classroom. 在教室裡。 So can you snap your fingers while reading the words? finger 手指 fast 快的 faster 更快的 energy 能量 practice 練習 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is the fastest action the human body can do? A: Jump B: Blink C: A finger snap 2. What effect did the scientists' experiments have on the action? A: They made it slower B: They made it faster C: They had no effect 3. The action has just the right amount of what? A: Snap power B: Energy and friction C: Salt and pepper Answers 1. C 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Brrrrrrrurrr! Winter is here! 冬天到了！ Some people don't like winter, but I do… because that's my favorite time to go to hot springs! 我喜歡冬天，因為很適合去泡溫泉！ And, I have good news. A new hot spring area has opened in a park in Yilan. 宜蘭一座公園的溫泉區新開幕了！ Yilan is famous for hot springs. This hot spring area is really nice! It's called the Qing Shui Springs or in Chinese. 清水泉湯屋。 The Qing Shui Springs has 8 pools, 4 for boys and men, and 4 for girls and women… and each pool can fit 100 people! 一共有8個大池，每個池子可以容納100個人！ There is also a hot spring pool you can cook food in… and another you can soak your feet in. Ahhh… nice! 有的池子可以煮東西，還有可以泡腳的。 Hot springs use hot water that comes from deep underground. The water has minerals in it that can be good for your health. 溫泉是來自地底下的熱水，水裡的礦物質對身體很好。 Hot spring water is special. You can only find it in some places in Taiwan, and Yilan is one of the best spots! What's better than a nice, hot bath on a cold day? Ha… Nothing! 在冷冷的天氣，泡溫泉最棒了！ Sit back, relax, soak in the water, cook a few eggs, and feel happy and healthy! Ohhh yeahhh! I think I'll go to Qing Shui Springs this weekend! ________________________________ Vocabulary 宜蘭的溫泉讓人喜歡冬天。 1. Winter 冬天。 Winter in Taipei is not much different from other seasons. 冬天的台北跟其他季節沒什麼不同。 Because there's no snow. 因為不下雪。 Right. Snow in winter changes everything. 對，冬天下雪會改變一切。 2. Hot spring 溫泉。 Don't you just want to soak in a hot spring? 你不會很想泡湯嗎？ I do. Let's go to Yangmingshan. 想啊，我們上陽明山吧。 They have nice hot springs there. 那兒有很好的溫泉。 3. Spot 地點。 Yangmingshan is a good spot. 陽明山是個好地點。 It's also close to Taipei city. 距離台北市也很近。 4. Soak 浸泡。 I got chocolate on my dress! 我把巧克力弄到洋裝上了。 Just soak it in water. 就把它浸泡在水裡。 Then use some soap. 然後用一點肥皂。 Do you like soaking in hot water? 來一起讀單字。 winter 冬天 hot spring 溫泉 spot 地點 soak 浸泡 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What place in the story is famous for hot springs? A: Pingtung B: Italy C: Yilan 2. What's the name of the park's hot spring area? A: Qing Shui Springs (清水地熱公園) B: The Taipei Zoo Hot Spring Park (臺北動物園地熱公園) C: The Hakka Hot Spring Park (客家文化地熱公園) 3. What can you do at the hot spring park? A: See fish and play on jet skis! B: Take a bath and cook food in hot spring water! C: Go roller-skating and rock climbing! Answers 1. C 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Go number 7! Come on lucky number 7! Yeah! My horse won! In some countries, people enjoy watching horse races. 有些國家的人喜歡看賽馬。 In Japan, horse racing is super popular! One horse in Japan is getting very famous… and yes, the horse is a winner… But it is famous because it has a super long name… I mean… super long! 這匹馬有一個超長的名字！ The horse's name is … Sumomomomomomomomo! It's a great name, right? Come on Sumomomomomomomomo… you can do it Sumomomomomomomomo!" The name comes from a Japanese 'tongue twister'. 這個名字的由來是日本的繞口令。 A tongue twister is something hard to say… like 吃葡萄要吐葡萄皮。 The Japanese tongue twister means, "plums and peaches are both peaches." Sumomomomomomomomo, easy, yeah? Ha! Some people on the radio or TV are having a hard time saying the horse's name. 轉播賽馬的主播，唸牠的名字唸得很辛苦。 Can you imagine having to say the name many times in a row? Okay, one more time… Sumomomomomomomomo… Sumomomomomomomomo, coming around the track… Sumomo… 真難欸… ________________________________ Vocabulary 日本賽馬冠軍的名字非常有趣。 1. Race 比賽。 Have you ever been to a horse race? 你有沒有去看過賽馬？ Yes I have! The Kentucky Derby many years ago. 有，很多年前有看過肯塔基州賽馬。 Wow, that's one of the biggest horse races in the U.S.! 那是美國最大的賽馬之一！ 2. Horse 馬。 You can see many beautiful horses at a horse race. 你在賽馬時會看到很多漂亮的馬。Nice. I like horses. 真好，我喜歡馬。 3. Peach 水蜜桃。 Japanese people love peaches. 日本人很喜歡水蜜桃。 So do I. 我也喜歡。 Peaches are pretty and delicious. 桃子好看又美味。 4. Have a hard time 有困難。 I had a hard time learning chess. 我學西洋棋學得好累。 I have a hard time with it even now. 我到現在都覺得它很難。 我們一起來讀單字。 race 比賽 horse 馬 peach 水蜜桃 have a hard time 有困難 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is a tongue twister? A: A sentence or sounds that are hard to say B: A kind of tornado C: A kind of horse race 2. What country is mentioned in the story? A: Thailand B: Indonesia C: Japan 3. What's the name of the horse in the story? A: Sumomomomomomomomo B: Sumeeeetooobooomoomooo C: Superhorse Answers 1: A 2: C 3: A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Playgrounds are fun! 遊樂場真好玩！ Everyone loves slides, swings, and monkey bars. But in Kaohsiung, some of the playgrounds are very old… The swings are broken… the slides are broken… and the monkey bars are broken. 高雄有些遊樂場很老舊，設備都壞了。 But… good news! Kaohsiung will soon open new parks… with new playgrounds! 不過馬上就有新的公園和遊樂場了！ All the swings, slides, tunnels and monkey bars are new… and they look like fun! One big new playground park is now open in the Auzidi Park. 新的遊樂場在凹子底公園。 The Auozidi Playground looks really cool! There are some small slides and one really big slide! 有小溜滑梯，也有超大的溜滑梯！ You have to climb up a tower of ropes to get to the big, tall slide! And there are swings… 還有鞦韆… and tunnels for children to play in. And of course, lots of monkey bars and other things for exercise and play! 有好多遊樂器材可以玩！ Kids in Kaohsiung will soon have many new places to play! And all the playground equipment is new! 高雄的小朋友，未來有好多新的地方可以玩，設備也都是新的。 I'm so happy for Kaohsiung! Maybe I'll go visit! It's wet and cold in Taipei in the winter, but it's usually warm and sunny in Kaohsiung! 台北的冬天濕冷，但高雄溫暖又晴朗。 Perfect weather for going to the park! ________________________________ Vocabulary 高雄凹子底公園，會成為孩子們的新樂園。 1. Park 公園。 What's your favorite park in Taipei, Ryan? 台北你最喜歡哪個公園？ It would be the Riverside Park. 是河濱公園。 I can go biking there, 我可以去那裡騎車， and the view is wonderful. 而且景觀很棒。 2. Broken 損壞的。 What's going on? 這是怎麼回事？ All the slides and swings are broken! 所有的溜滑梯跟鞦韆都壞了！ Yeah, why didn't they fix these broken things? 對啊，他們怎麼沒有修這些壞掉的東西？ 3. Sunny 有太陽的。 It'll be a sunny day tomorrow. 明天是晴天。 Let's go out and have some fun! 我們出去玩兒吧！ 4. Open 打開，開幕。 Great idea. 好主意。 A new water park has opened in Nantou. 南投有一家水上樂園新開幕。 Then what are we waiting for? 那我們還在等什麼？ Shall we read the words? park 公園 broken 壞的 sunny 有太陽的 open 打開 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is a 'playground'? A: A videogame B: A place to park your car C: A place to play on swings, slides, and monkey bars! 2. Why are they opening new playgrounds in Kaohsiung? A: Things in the old parks are broken B: It's wet and cold in Kaohsiung C: The city wants children to stay home 3. What was one park in the story? A: Auozidi Park B: Monkey Park C: Lala Park Answers 1. C 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hey, kids. Today, I'm going to talk about the biggest animal on land. Yup, it's the elephant. The coolest thing about an elephant is its trunk. 大象最酷的地方，就是牠的長鼻子。 Elephants use their trunks for a lot of things. They use them to smell, of course. But they also use them to lift heavy things. And, they use them to suck water. 不但能聞東西，還能搬重物跟吸水！ But their trunks are not like straws. They don't drink the water through their trunks. They put the water from their trunks into their mouths. 可是牠們的長鼻子不像吸管喔！牠們是用鼻子把水放進嘴巴裡喝。 Some scientists in America are really interested in elephant trunks. They studied an elephant named Kelly to find out more about her trunk. One thing they found was that Kelly uses her trunk to suck up food, not just water. Kelly還會用鼻子吸食物。 She sucks up the food with her trunk and then puts it into her mouth. Kelly can even pick up a chip without breaking it! Kelly還可以吸起整片的洋芋片，都不會弄破！ Why do scientists want to study elephant trunks? One reason is they think it can help them make robots better. Maybe they can make robots suck things like elephants can. This could help robots do more things. 也許科學家希望機器人也能吸東西，就跟大象一樣，這樣就可以做更多事情。 Elephants are great, aren't they? ________________________________ Vocabulary 大象長長的鼻子不但有特色，並且用處無窮。 1. Pick up 撿起來。 Elephants can use their trunks to pick up chips. 大象能用長鼻子把洋芋片撿起來。 Well, I can use my fingers to pick up an ant. 我可以用手指捏起螞蟻。 2. Mouth 嘴巴。 The baby is putting something in his mouth. 嬰兒把什麼東西放進了嘴裡。 I think it's a grape. 我想是一顆葡萄。 I'll get it out of his mouth. 我來把它拿出來。 3. Find out 發現，知道。 He wants to find out how grapes taste. 他想知道葡萄的滋味。 He can find that out when he has teeth. 他可以等有牙齒之後再去發現。 4. Interested in 有興趣。 Babies are very interested in things around them. 嬰兒對周圍的東西很有興趣。 Yeah, they like to learn. 對，他們想要學習。 這些單字每天都用得到。 pick up 撿起來 mouth 嘴巴 find out 發現，知道 interested in 有興趣 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How do elephants drink water? A: They drink it through their trunk like a straw. B: They suck it into their trunk and put it in their mouth. C: They blow into the water and catch it with their mouth. 2. What is the name of the elephant that scientists studied? A: Kelly B: Sally C: Betty 3. Why are scientists interested in elephant trunks? A: To make elephants more healthy B: To make better robots C: To help elephants drink water better Answers 1. B 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I love a good cup of coffee. 我好喜歡喝咖啡。 It smells delicious, tastes delicious, and it helps me wake up in the morning. But every time I make a pot of coffee, I have a bunch of coffee grounds that I have to throw away afterward. 但每次煮咖啡後都留很多咖啡渣。 Well, guess what? There is a Taiwanese company that has come up with a great way to reuse coffee grounds, so they don't go to waste. This company turns coffee grounds into shoes! 有一家公司把咖啡渣變成鞋子！ Experts at this company studied for many, many years to come up with a way to reuse the waste that comes from making coffee. 專家花了很多年研究再利用咖啡渣的方法。 And they realized coffee waste is a good material to put into different kinds of shoes! Five cups of coffee grounds can be put into a pair of sneakers. 五杯的咖啡渣可以做一雙球鞋。 Two cups of coffee grounds can be used to make slippers. 兩杯可以做拖鞋。 And waste from fifteen cups of coffee can make a pair of rain boots! 煮十五杯咖啡剩下的咖啡渣可以做雨鞋！ That's so cool. It would be so great if all the grounds that come from the coffee I drink could be turned into something useful. 不浪費咖啡渣，真的很棒。 I wonder if these shoes smell like coffee, too. 這種鞋子會不會有咖啡香味呢？ Would you like a pair? ________________________________ Vocabulary 廢物再利用，是最環保的辦法。 1. Come up with 想出來。 I've got to come up with a plan. 我一定要想出辦法。 For what? 要做甚麼呢？ For winning the race. 贏得賽跑勝利。 Just get up and practice every day. 你就每天早起練習啊。 2. Useful 有用的。 Old newspapers can be useful. 舊報紙可以很有用。 Yeah, I often use them to clean my oven. 對啊，我經常用它們來清理烤箱。 3. Shoes 鞋子。 Would you wear shoes that are made of waste? 你會穿用廢物做的鞋子嗎？ Probably not. Would you? 大概不會。你會嗎？ I'm already wearing eco-friendly shoes. 我已經在穿環保鞋。 4. Reuse 再利用。 I think it's great to reuse things. 我覺得把東西重複利用很棒。 I agree. 我同意。 I'm using your water bottle as my vase. 我正在用你的水瓶當花瓶。 Please read the words with me. come up with 想出來 useful 有用的 shoes 鞋子 reuse 再利用 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What kind of waste is mentioned in this story? a. Coffee grounds b. Disposable cups c. Plastic straws 2. What is made out of the waste in this story? a. Shoes b. Shirts c. Pants 3. Where is the company mentioned in this story based? a. Taiwan b. Japan c. South Korea Answers 1. A 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

World's Largest Chocolate Box Opens in Belgium Mmmm… I love chocolate. It tastes so good. Chocolate might be my favorite kind of candy. 巧克力大概是我最喜歡吃的糖果。 I wish I could visit a chocolate factory and see how people make chocolate. That would be so much fun! 我很想去參觀巧克力工廠，一定很好玩！ The chocolate factory I really want to visit is called The Barry Callebaut Chocolate Box in Belgium. Belgium 就是比利時, and it is a country in Europe. And this chocolate factory is very special because it is the largest chocolate factory in the world. 比利時這家工廠是全世界最大的巧克力工廠。 It's as big as 12 soccer fields! 有十二個足球場那麼大！ That is huge! If you had to run from one end of the factory to the other that would take you a long time. And you would be very, very tired! This factory also makes a lot of chocolate. They make so much chocolate because they send it to 140 countries around the world. 這一家工廠的產品送到世界各地的140個國家。 The building even looks like a box of chocolate! I would love to visit this chocolate factory in Belgium. Maybe I'll become a chocolate maker, and I can go there to learn how to make chocolate. 或許我可以成為巧克力師傅。 Then I can eat all the chocolate that I want, all the time! Yum! ________________________________ Vocabulary 世界最大的巧克力工廠在比利時。 1. Largest 最大的。 What is the largest city in the world? 世界最大的城市是哪個? Let me guess. 我來猜一猜。New York? 紐約? No. 不是。 Shanghai? 上海? No. It's Tokyo! 不對， 是東京。Tokyo is the largest city. 東京最大。 2. World 世界。 The world will be watching the 2022 World Cup. 全世界明年都會看世界盃比賽。So will I. 我也會。I love World Cup games. 我喜歡世界盃足球賽。 3. Factory 工廠。 They have a coke factory here. 這裡有個可樂工廠。 But I want to see a toy factory. 可是我想看玩具工廠。 4. Visit 訪問。 So would you like to visit this place? 所以你想看看這個地方嗎? No, not now. 現在不想。Maybe I'll visit next year. 我也許明年來拜訪吧。 Have you ever seen a factory? 我們來讀今天的單字。 largest 最大的 world 世界 factory 工廠 visit 訪問 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What kind of candy is this story about? a. Gummy candy b. Bubble gum c. Chocolate 2. Where is the biggest chocolate factory in the world? a. The Bahamas b. Belgium c. Botswana 3. How big is the factory? a. As big as 12 soccer fields b. As big as 12 ping pong tables c. As big as 12 swimming pools Answers 1. C 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi, everyone! You guys know Tom Cruise, right? You've seen him in the Mission Impossible movies. You know that movie, right? 大家知道阿湯哥吧? 他是電影[不可能任務]的男主角。 Tom Cruise wants to make a movie in space. That's right. He wants to take a rocket into space and make a movie. Tom Cruise wants to be the first person to make a movie in space. 他想要成為第一個在太空拍電影的人。 But, guess what? The Russians are going to do it first. 但是俄羅斯人搶先了一步。 The Russians have already shot a movie in space. When we talk about a movie being made, we say the movie was shot. A Russian actor and a director went into space to shoot a movie. They blasted off in October. 十月份有俄羅斯的演員跟導演已經飛到太空拍電影。 The Russian actor and director spent 12 days in space in October. They spent 12 days on the International Space Station. Then they came back to Earth. 他們在國際太空站待了十二天才回到地球。 The movie is about a doctor who saves an astronaut in space. 電影是有關一個醫生在外太空救了一個太空人。 Usually, movies about space aren't really shot in space. But this movie really was! 太空電影通常在地球拍，但這部電影真的是上太空了！ This is so cool! I hope I can see that Russian movie. But I hope Tom Cruise makes a movie in space, too! ________________________________ Vocabulary 俄國人搶先在太空拍了電影。 1. Space 太空。 Have you ever dreamed about traveling to space? 你有夢想過上太空嗎？ No, I prefer staying on earth. 沒有，我想待在地球。 But I love space movies. 不過我很愛看太空電影。 2. Rocket 火箭。 I enjoy seeing rockets blasting off. 我喜歡看火箭發射升空。 Rockets can be used as weapons too. 火箭也可以用來當武器。 3. Shoot a movie 拍電影。 Tom Cruise wants to shoot a movie in space. 阿湯哥想要在太空拍電影。 He has shot many movies in strange places. 他在很多奇怪地方都拍過電影。 4. Russia 俄國，Russian 俄國人。 Russia is a very big country. 俄國是個好大的國家！ Yeah, but you don't often meet Russians here. 對，但是你在這裡很少遇到俄國人。 Let's read the vocabulary. space 太空 rocket 火箭 shoot a movie 拍電影 Russia 俄國 Russian 俄國人 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is this story mostly about? A: Mission Impossible B: A station in space C: A movie shot in space 2. When did the actor and director go into space? A: In September B: In October C: In November 3. How long did they spend in space? A: One week B: 12 days C: 20 days Answers 1. C 2. B 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Done! I finally finished my drawing. 終於畫完了。 I think it's pretty good! I drew a picture of a dog because I like dogs. 我畫了一隻狗。 But I like drawing pictures of all kinds of other animals too… 我也喜歡畫別種動物， like cats, elephants, donkeys, or bears. Did you know that humans have been drawing pictures of animals for a very long time? And by that I mean, a very long time. When people first started drawing things, they drew a lot of animals. And humans from a very long time ago would often draw their pictures on cave walls. 人類很久以前，就開始在山洞裏面的牆壁畫畫。 Whenever experts find art on cave walls made by people, we call them "cave paintings". 這叫作石洞壁畫。 And guess what? Experts have found what they think is the world's oldest known cave paintings made by humans. They found them in Indonesia. 專家在印尼找到最古老的壁畫。 And the picture they found is a picture of a wild pig. 畫的是一頭野豬。 These experts think this picture of a wild pig was drawn 45,500 years ago. 這可能是四萬五千五百年前畫的壁畫。 Wow! That is a very, very old painting. I wonder if anyone will find the picture I drew of a dog 45,500 years from now. That would be pretty cool! ________________________________ Vocabulary 最古老的洞穴壁畫，可以追溯到四萬五千多年前。 1. Painting 油畫，圖畫。 This painting was done a long time ago. 這幅畫是很久以前畫的。 It still looks new. 看起來還很新。 Yeah, I kept all my paintings in the basement. 是的，我把所有的畫都放在地下室。 2. Draw 畫。 Did you draw this one yourself? 你自己畫的這幅畫嗎？ I wish. 我希望是我。 A friend of mine drew it for my birthday. 是我一個朋友為了我的生日畫的。 3. Wild 野生的。 Cave painting is often about wild animals. 洞穴壁畫經常都是畫野生動物。 I guess wild animals were the easiest to draw. 我猜野生動物是最容易畫的。 4. Indonesia 印尼。 Many workers here are from Indonesia. 這裡很多勞工來自印尼。 My mom comes from Indonesia, too. 我媽媽也來自印尼。 So did you draw any picture today? painting 油畫，圖畫 draw 畫 wild 野生的 Indonesia 印尼 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is artwork found on cave walls called? a. Cave paintings b. Caveman language c. Cave doodles 2. In what country did experts find a very old cave painting? a. Taiwan b. The U.S. c. Indonesia 3. What was the cave painting a picture of? a. A dog b. An elephant c. A wild pig Answers 1. A 2. C 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Argh! My arms are so tired from carrying all these heavy boxes! I am moving into a new apartment today. 我今天要搬到新的公寓。 I have packed up all my belongings into boxes, and I have been moving all of my things into my new home. Carrying heavy things all day has made me so tired. 整天搬重重的東西好累。 But you know what could be worse? If I had to carry heavy things for two years! That's what happened to an elk in the U.S. 這個狀況就發生在一頭麋鹿的身上。 An elk is a kind of deer with large horns. This elk carried a very heavy car tire around its neck for two years! 這頭麋鹿脖子上掛著一個大輪胎已經兩年了！ The tire must have accidentally gotten around its neck a long time ago. And as the elk grew bigger and its horns grew larger, the tire got stuck around its neck, and he couldn't get the tire off. 輪胎一定是以前，意外地套在麋鹿的脖子，隨著牠長大頭上的角變大，就卡住了。 Luckily, some nice people finally caught the elk and helped take the tire off. They did this by cutting the elk's horns. Don't worry! Cutting off the elk's horns did not hurt it. This way, they could pull the tire off the elk's neck. 終於有人抓到這一隻麋鹿，把牠的角割掉，然後把輪胎拿掉。不要擔心! 這樣做鹿不會受傷。 Experts say the tire weighed about 16 kilograms. I'm glad they were able to help the elk. He must have felt so much better after getting that tire off his neck! ________________________________ Vocabulary 這頭可憐的麋鹿，揹著重重的汽車輪胎兩年。 1. Carry 揹，拿著。 Why are you carrying so many things? 你為什麼拿著這麼多東西？ I'm going camping tomorrow. 我明天要去露營。 That's why I need to carry these to my car. 這是為什麼我得把這些拿上車。 2. Neck 脖子。 You will hurt your neck with that bag hanging around it. 你的脖子掛那個袋子會受傷的。 Don't worry. My neck should be fine. 別擔心，我的脖子應該還好。 3. Heavy 沉重的。 This is so heavy! 這好重！ What did you put in this bag? 你這個袋子裡放了什麼？ Just five books and water. 只有五本書和水。 It's not heavy for me. 對我來說不重。 4. Cut off 切斷。 My phone line is cut off. 我的電話線被切斷了。 Because you didn't pay your bill? 因為你沒有付電話費嗎？ I think so. 我想是。 Please read the words after me. carry 揹，拿著 neck 脖子 heavy 沉重的 cut off 切斷 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What animal is mentioned in this story? a. An elk b. A moose c. An elephant 2. What did the elk have around its neck? a. A tire b. A hoolahoop c. A collar 3. How did people help the elk? a. They cut off the thing around its neck b. They cut off its horns c. They gave it instructions Answers 1. A 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Yeah… A little more… All right! Oh, hi. Sorry! I'm just putting a little tomato ketchup on my hot dog. Wait, you didn't think… no! Eww! It was ketchup! I love ketchup! 我愛番茄醬！ You know who else usually loves ketchup? Astronauts! 太空人也愛番茄醬。 A lot of the food they bring to space is dried and flavorless, so ketchup and other sauces can help make it taste better. 太空食物乾乾的，沒什麼味道，加一些醬會好吃一點。 Maybe one day they'll even be able to make ketchup in space, on Mars. Yep! Scientists have created a special type of ketchup called Marz Ketchup. 科學家做出火星番茄醬！ They made it using tomatoes grown here on earth. But they used conditions like those on Mars! The conditions on Mars are very different to Earth. The soil, temperature, and water conditions are all different. 因為火星的泥土、溫度跟水，都跟地球不一樣，所以科學家在地球上模擬了火星的環境來種番茄。 But they could still grow tomatoes, they could still make ketchup, and it still tasted good! 做出來的番茄醬，一樣很好吃！ Cool! Maybe one day, when people do go to Mars, the one thing they won't have to pack is ketchup! ________________________________ Vocabulary 模擬火星的自然環境來做番茄醬，結果味道沒有什麼不同。 1. Flavor 味道。 I don't like the flavor of this ketchup. 我不喜歡這個蕃茄醬的味道。 What's wrong with it? 它有什麼問題？ It has an artificial flavor. 它有一股人工的味道。 2. Grow 種植。 Can we grow tomatoes on Mars? 我們可以在火星上種番茄嗎？ I don't know. 我不知道。 But the movie "The Martian" says we can grow potatoes on Mars. 不過電影[絕地救援]說我們可以在火星上種馬鈴薯。 3. Mars 火星。 Did you know that Mars is smaller than Earth? 你知道火星比地球小嗎？ I do. Earth is twice the size of Mars. 我知道，地球是火星兩倍大。 4. Different 不同的。 The two planets are very different. 這兩個行星很不一樣。 Right, as different as oranges and bananas. 就像橘子跟香蕉那樣不同。 Would you like to taste Marz ketchup? flavor 味道 grow 種植 Mars 火星 different 不同的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What sauce is the story about? A: Mustard B: Mayonnaise C: Ketchup 2. Which of these ingredients are used to make this sauce? A: Bananas B: Tomatoes C: Potatoes 3. What planet's conditions were used to grow this ingredient? A: Conditions like those on Earth B: Conditions like those on Mars C: Conditions like those on Jupiter Answers 1. C 2. B 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Argh! Okay, okay, stop! That is not a pleasant way to wake up. But do you know an even worse way to wake up? A giant rock falling into your bed! 有人睡覺時被砸下來的石頭嚇醒！ Yep, that is something that has really happened! A woman named Ruth in Canada was woken up one day when a large rock fell through her roof, and landed right in her bed. 事情發生在加拿大，一塊大石頭穿過屋頂，掉到一位女士的床上。 Ruth didn't know right away what happened. She woke up and saw there was a hole in her ceiling, and a lot of dust on her face. 她醒來發現臉上都是灰塵，還有天花板破了一個大洞。 But when she looked around, she saw there was a rock between her pillows. The rock weighed 2.8 pounds, and was about the size of a small cabbage. 石頭的大小像一顆高麗菜。 And guess what else? It came from space! 它是從外太空來的! A smart scientist found out that the rock was part of a meteor shower that had passed by. 有一位科學家發現石頭是流星雨的一部分。 Ruth is keeping the rock for now. And experts say if she wants to sell it in the future, she could probably make a lot of money! Wow, that sounds great. But I think I would still rather not have space rocks falling into my home! 聽起來不錯，但是還是不要有石頭砸到我家比較好！ ________________________________ Vocabulary 醒來發現床上有大石頭，這可不好玩！ 1. Rock 石頭。 A rock fell into the woman's bed! 一顆石頭掉在那個女子的床上！ Isn't that the strangest thing? 這真是最奇怪的事了。 There must be an earthquake. 一定是有地震。 2. Wake up 醒來。 There's no earthquake. 沒有地震。 The woman woke up when the rock hit her bed. 女子在石頭砸到床上的時候醒來。 That's a bad way to wake up! 那樣子驚醒真糟糕。 3. Look around 看一看四周。 Look around and tell me what you see. 你四周看看，然後告訴我你看到什麼。 Lots of trees and rocks? 很多樹木跟石頭嗎？ No, look again. 不對，你再看。 4. Fall 落下。 Something is falling from the sky! 有東西從天上掉下來！ It's snow! Ha ha, it's snow! 是雪，是在下雪！ So how do you like to wake up in the morning? rock 石頭 wake up 醒來 look around 看一看四周 fall 掉下來 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What fell through Ruth's roof? a. An apple b. A rock c. A bird 2. Where did the rock land? a. In Ruth's bed b. In Ruth's toilet c. In Ruth's kitchen sink 3. Where did the rock come from? a. The neighbor's house b. Outer space c. Her attic Answers 1. B 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you know what 'buskers' are? You see them performing on the street in cities all over the world. 世界各地都會看到在街上表演的人。 Sometimes they play the guitar and sing… other times they do magic tricks… or they might do a cool show with a yo-yo! 有一些表演者會自彈自唱，或表演魔術，甚至耍溜溜球特技！ In Chinese, we call them 'jie tou yi ren'. In English, they are called "buskers" or "street performers." Recently in Taipei, there was a festival where lots of different buskers did all kinds of shows! It was so interesting. 最近在台北有一場街頭藝術嘉年華，很多街頭藝人都去表演，非常有趣！ Many buskers play music or do magic… but some buskers stand super still, and pretend to be a statue! 有一些街頭藝人會假裝自己是雕像。 Buskers are working, and workers need to make money, right? If you see a busker and you like their music or their show, you can give them a little money. 如果喜歡他們的表演，你可以拿錢給他們。 There is usually a box to put money in. It doesn't have to be a lot …. you could give them 50 NT, or 100 NT, or whatever you choose… then the busker can keep doing their shows! 一點點錢就可以支持街頭藝人繼續表演喔！ ________________________________ Vocabulary 街頭藝人是都市裡面常見的風景。 1. Perform 表演。 Look, a clown on the street! 你看，小丑在街上！ Yeah, I think he's performing for the kids. 我想他在表演給小孩看。 He's good. He should perform on TV. 他真不錯! 應該上電視表演。 2. Make money 賺錢。 I hope he can make some money on the street. 我希望他在街上表演能賺錢。 I believe he can. 我相信他可以。 3. All kinds of 各種各樣的。 There are all kinds of vendors at a festival. 節慶時有各式各樣的攤販。 Like the one selling fried chicken? 比如說賣炸雞排的嗎？ Yeah, that and many others. 對，還有很多其他的。 4. Festival 節慶。 There will be a Street Performers' Festival this weekend. 這周末有街頭藝人節。 Sounds interesting! Where is it? 聽起來很有趣! 在哪裡？ At Ximending in Taipei. 在台北西門町。 今天的單字和片語很有用。 perform 表演 make money 賺錢 all kinds of 各種各樣的 festival 節慶 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is a 'busker'? A: A bus driver B: A person who plays music at home C: A person who does a show on the street 2. What kind of shows can you see on the street? A: Music shows, magic shows, and human statues! B: Dancing elephants C: Swimming and scuba diving 3. How do buskers make money? A: If people like the show, they give the busker money B: Their mommy and daddy give them money C: The city government gives them money Answers 1. C 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Ah, what a beautiful day to be at the beach. Ew! Why is there so much garbage? 海邊的垃圾怎麼這麼多？ Many beaches have a lot of garbage buried in the sand. 很多垃圾都被埋在沙裡面。 There is also a lot of garbage floating in the oceans. 海裡的垃圾也很多。 There is so much trash in the ocean that a lot of it has become a giant pile of garbage in the Pacific Ocean. People call it The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. 太平洋上有一堆垃圾聚集，叫做太平洋垃圾帶。 Scientists think this garbage patch is 1.6 million square kilometers in size. That is about three times the size of France! 它的面積比法國大三倍！ Luckily, there is an organization called the Ocean Cleanup Project that is trying to fix the problem. This organization invented a kind of net that can scoop garbage out of the water. 還好有一個海洋清潔團體發明了打撈垃圾的網子。 They weren't sure if they could do it, but their latest experiments show the net is working! And the best part is, the net doesn't hurt any sea animals. The net is designed so that sea animals don't get trapped in it. 海洋動物也不會被困在網子裡。 That's great, but do you know what the best way is to protect the oceans? Don't put garbage in it in the first place! 最能夠保護海洋的方法，就是不要把垃圾丟進海裡！ ________________________________ Vocabulary 想要用網子清除百萬平方公里的垃圾，恐怕很難。 1. Net 網子。 My poor cat is trapped in the net! 我可憐的貓被網子困住了。 This is one big net! 這個網子超大的！ Yeah, it's a mosquito net. 對，這是個蚊帳。 2. The best way 最好的方法。 The best way to get your cat out is to cut the net open. 把你的貓弄出來最好的辦法是把網子剪開。 I guess that's the only way. 我想那是唯一的辦法。 3. Protect 保護。 We need to protect the ocean from pollution. 我們需要保護海洋不受汙染。 It's already polluted. 它已經被汙染了。 That means we must protect it more. 這表示我們必須更保護它。 4. Problem 問題。 Garbage is a big problem. 垃圾是個大問題。 It sure is. 確實是。 Let's read the words together. net 網子 the best way 最好的方法 protect 保護 problem 問題 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is the garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean called? a. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch b. The Great Atlantic Garbage Patch c. Garbage Mountain 2. How big is it? a. Three times the size of Taiwan b. Three times the size of the U.S. c. Three times the size of France 3. What is the organization mentioned in this story called? a. The Ocean Cleanup Project b. The Ocean Avengers c. Aquaman's Super Cleanup Crew Answers 1. A 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Oh, excuse me! Do you ever feel sleepy during the day, but then not sleepy that night? Actually, a lot of people have that problem! 你會不會有時候白天想睡覺，但是到了晚上就不睏了? 其實很多人都有這個問題。 Do you also ever feel sleepy when sitting on the bus or the train? 你搭公車或是火車時也昏昏欲睡嗎？ Guess what? A lot of people feel like that too! You must have seen many people fall fast asleep on their way to school, or work, or on the way home when riding public transport. 你一定看過別人在公車上熟睡。 Well, in Hong Kong, a company that does bus tours decided to give these people what they want. They started a new tour. A five-hour bus ride that just… drives around. Passengers buy tickets to this tour… to get some sleep! 一家香港旅行社決定來幫忙。他們推出五小時繞來繞去的巴士行程，客人買票上車就可以睡覺了 ! That's pretty weird! The tour bus also gives passengers an eye mask and ear plugs! Some passengers even bring their own blanket, pillow, and slippers! 旅行社提供眼罩跟耳塞. 有的客人還會帶自己的棉被枕頭跟拖鞋！ If you really can't sleep, maybe a long sleepy bus tour could help you. But I still think I'd prefer getting a good night's sleep in my own comfortable bed! ________________________________ Vocabulary 搭乘這種巴士哪裡也不去，只在車上睡覺。 1. People 人們。 Many people feel tired on their way to work. 很多人在上班途中覺得好累。 I'm one of those people. 我就是那些人中間的一個。 2. Sleep 睡眠，Sleepy 睏倦的。 Do you sleep well at night? 你晚上睡得好嗎？ No, I can only get 5 to 6 hours of sleep every night. 不好，我每天晚上只能睡五六個鐘頭。 That's why I'm always sleepy. 這是為什麼我總是好睏。 3. On their way 在途中。 Can you buy breakfast on your way to school? 你可以在上學路上買早餐嗎？ Sure, no problem. 可以，沒問題。 4. Tour 旅程。 We're going on a tour tomorrow. 我們明天要去旅行。 Tour? A tour to where? 旅行？到哪裡旅行？ To the Land of Sleep. 去睡眠之鄉旅行。 Would you join me to read the words? people 人們 sleep 睡眠 on their way 在途中 tour 旅行 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where is the tour from the story happening? A: Hong Kong B: Australia C: Vietnam 2. What will the passengers ride on the tour? A: A train B: A bus C: A boat 3. What kind of tour is it? A: A party tour B: A history tour C: A sleepy tour Answers 1. A 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

There's a new music center in Kaohsiung City! The building is really cool… it looks like it was made by aliens! 新的高雄流行音樂中心，看起來好像外星人蓋的建築！ There is one big indoor place for concerts and one big outdoor place for concerts. 5,000 people can fit inside… and 8,000 people can fit outside. 室內可以容納五千人，室外則可以有八千人。 The new Kaohsiung Music Center is near the port and the Love River. At nighttime, beautiful colorful lights shine on the building. It makes the area look cool. 流行音樂中心位在港口和愛河邊，晚上會有彩色燈光照射，看起來很酷！ The Kaohsiung Music Center is for concerts, that means maybe a rock music show, or maybe pop music, or any kind of music! Maybe some famous DJ will have a show there! 搖滾樂團、流行歌手或各種音樂表演，未來都可能會在那裡登場。 The new music center is very exciting for people in Kaohsiung. It is going to be a really cool place for all kinds of music shows in the city! ________________________________ Vocabulary 高雄流行音樂中心已經在上個月開幕。 1. Music 音樂。 What kind of music do you like? 你喜歡哪種音樂？ I prefer jazz. It's my favorite kind of music. 我比較喜歡爵士。它是我最愛的音樂種類。 2. Indoor 室內， outdoor 室外。 I enjoy jazz more when I'm in an outdoor space. 我在戶外空間時更能欣賞爵士。 Me too. 我也是。 But sometimes an indoor place, like a restaurant, is also fine. 不過有時候室內的地方，比如說餐廳也不錯。 3. Show 表演。 There's a jazz show tomorrow night. 明天晚上有爵士表演。 Where? 在哪裡？ At the new music center. 在新的音樂中心。 4. Building 建築物。 You mean that big building by the Love River? 你是說愛河旁邊的那座大建築嗎？ Yes, the show will be there. 對，表演就在那裏。 今天的單字你記住了嗎？ music 音樂 indoor 室內 outdoor 室外 show 表演 building 建築物 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where is the new music center? A: In Korea B: In Kaohsiung C: In Cambodia 2. What kind of music shows will people be able to hear? A: Rock concerts, pop concerts, and DJ shows B: Dolphin and whale singing C: Alien music 3. How many people can fit in the music center? A: 5,000 inside and 8,000 outside B: 40 inside and 6 outside C: 100 inside and 100,000 outside Answers 1: B 2: A 3: A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Here's a question for you. What animal is big, green, ugly, and sounds like this? Wow! That's scary! Did you guess what it is? It's an alligator. Did you know that there are more than a million alligators in Florida? That's right - there are over a million alligators in the U.S. state of Florida. 美國佛州，有超過一百萬隻鱷魚。 What would you do if you saw an alligator? I would run as fast as I could to get away. But alligators are really fast. Some can run about 50 kilometers an hour. 鱷魚跑起來的速度很快，時速可以高達50公里！ A man in Florida named Eugene Bozzi saw an alligator in his neighbor's yard. It was two-meters long. 在 Florida，有一個人發現他鄰居的院子，有一隻兩公尺長的鱷魚！ But Eugene didn't run away. He used a garbage can to catch the alligator. 但是Eugene 沒有逃跑，而是用大垃圾桶把鱷魚抓起來。 Eugene is a strong guy. But the alligator was strong, too. It made a big noise in the trash can. But Eugene didn't run away. He trapped the animal in the garbage can and shut the lid. Then he rolled the garbage can to a pond and let the alligator go in the water. Eugene 把鱷魚弄進垃圾桶裡，蓋上蓋子，然後把桶子推到水池邊，讓鱷魚回到水裡。 I'm glad Taiwan doesn't have any alligators! ________________________________ Vocabulary 垃圾桶可以用來對付鱷魚，想不到吧？ 1. Trash 垃圾。 Let's clear away the trash. 我們來把這些垃圾清走。 This is not trash. 這不是垃圾。 It's my art project. 這是我的藝術作品。 Okay, gee, I'm sorry. 真抱歉。 2. Fast 很快地。 Alligators can run very fast. 鱷魚可以跑很快。 Of course, they have four legs. 當然，牠們有四條腿。 But I can run fast too. 但是我也可以跑很快。 Faster than alligators? 比鱷魚快嗎？ That I'm not sure. 這我不確定。 3. Catch 抓住。 What did you catch today? 你今天抓到什麼？ Two fish and a turtle. 兩條魚和一隻烏龜。 4. Strong 強壯的。 How strong is a turtle shell? 烏龜殼有多強？ Very strong. 很強。 You can't break it with stones. 你沒辦法用石頭打破它。 來一起讀單字。 trash 垃圾 fast 很快地 catch 抓住 strong 強壯的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where did Eugene see the alligator? A: In some water near his home B: In a garbage can C: Around his neighbor's home 2. How fast can alligators run? A: About 5 kilometers an hour B: About 15 kilometers an hour C: About 50 kilometers an hour 3. What did Eugene do with the alligator? A: He let it go in a pond. B: He took it to a zoo. C: He gave it to his neighbor. Answers 1. C 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Buy! Buy! Buy! Quick! Hurry! On sale! Cheap! Cheap! Cheap! Buy more… yes… more and more! It's BLACK FRIDAY! 趕快買啦！黑色星期五到了！ Hmmm… Black Friday? That sounds scary. Is Black Friday like Halloween? Well, no, but it can be a bit scary when people get too crazy. Black Friday, in America, is the Friday after Thanksgiving… at the end of November. But now many places around the world have a Black Friday. 在美國，黑色星期五指的是感恩節之後的星期五。 On that Friday, lots of stores and shops have big sales. Some people start buying presents for Christmas on Black Friday. At many, many shops and stores… and also online… you can find good deals and cheap prices. 在那一天很多商店會大減價，大家也會開始採買耶誕節禮物。 But… it's getting a bit too crazy. In some places in America, people sometimes fight in stores to grab the last cheap toy or whatever… it's really very silly and not very kind. 可是有的地方，有人為了搶最便宜的東西而打架，實在有點誇張，也很不友善。 Everyone likes to save money. Everyone likes to find a good sale. But pushing and yelling and fighting… that's just too much! Some Black Friday shoppers go a little crazy and start acting like wild animals! 大家都喜歡省錢，但為了省錢變得像野獸一樣，就太瘋狂了吧！ ________________________________ Vocabulary 黑色星期五不是恐怖的節日，而是指商店大減價。 1. Sale 打折賣。 Are you ready for the big winter sales? 冬季大減價你準備好了嗎？ Oh yes, and I'm also thinking about the New Year's Day sales. 好了，我也在思考元旦的折扣。 2. Price 價錢。 Are the prices a lot cheaper? 價錢會便宜很多嗎？ The prices are much cheaper for children's clothes. 兒童的衣服便宜很多。 3. Cheap 便宜的。 I found a really cheap scooter yesterday. 我昨天找到一輛很便宜的摩托車。 Really? How much? 真的，多少錢？ 4,500NT. 四千五百塊。 That's really cheap! 那真的很便宜！ 4. Shopper 購物者。 Shoppers sometimes go crazy for good deals. 購物的人有時候會瘋狂搶好康。 Of course. Saving money feels good. 當然啦，省錢感覺很好。 Let's read the vocabulary. sale 打折賣 price 價錢 cheap 便宜的 shopper 購物者 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is Black Friday? A: A Halloween Party B: A Friday where the sun never comes up C: A shopping day with super sales 2. What do people do on Black Friday? A: Go shopping at stores or online to find cheap deals! B: Stay at home and prepare for Thanksgiving C: Dress up like pirates and ghosts 3. What's one problem with Black Friday? A: It's too dark B: Some people get too crazy when they go shopping! C: It's on the same day as Thanksgiving Answers 1: C 2: A 3: B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you know anybody who doesn't eat meat? Or maybe you don't eat meat. 你認識吃素的人嗎? 還是你自己就不吃肉？ A person who doesn't eat meat is a vegetarian. Many restaurants have vegetarian dishes. There are also some restaurants that only serve vegetarian dishes. 很多餐廳提供蔬食，也有素菜餐廳。 But did you know there's also a whole city that's vegetarian? 但是你知道有個吃素的城市嗎？ A whole city that only serves vegetarian dishes! No meat at all! Wow! The city is in India and it's called Varanasi. 這個城市在印度，名叫瓦拉納西。 Varanasi is a very special place. It's one of the oldest cities in the whole world. 它是全世界最古老的城市之一。 People have lived there for thousands of years and people still live there now! It's also where the oldest religion in the world Hinduism started! 世界最古老的印度教，也是從這裡開始。 Many people visit Varanasi because of its history. So restaurants used to serve dishes with meat to the visitors. 它吸引很多觀光客, 所以餐廳以前的菜單當然包含肉類。 But many of the people who live in Varanasi do not eat meat. Then a couple of years ago they made it a rule not to serve or eat meat in their city anymore. Now it's a vegetarian city! It's another reason why Varanasi really is a special place! 因為當地住居民大多吃素，所以當地政府兩年前規定，餐廳不再提供肉類，現在他們真的是一個吃素的城市。 ________________________________ Vocabulary 整個城市都吃素，這可就特別了。 1. Vegetarian 素食者。 I could never be a vegetarian. 我永遠做不成吃素的人。 Because you love meat too much? 因為你太喜歡吃肉嗎？ Exactly. Meat tastes so much better! 正是，肉美味得多了。 2. Meat 肉類。 So what's your favorite meat dish? 所以你最喜歡的肉類菜色是什麼？ That's a hard one. 這有點難。 Maybe sweet and sour pork and beef noodles. 也許是甜酸肉跟牛肉麵。 3. Religion 宗教。 Many people don't eat meat because of their religion. 很多人不吃肉是因為宗教信仰。 That's true. 這是真的。 4. Serve 供應食物。 This looks like a nice place. 這家看起來不錯。 I hope they serve good food. 我希望他們供應好吃的東西。 Let's read the words together. vegetarian 素食者 meat 肉 religion 宗教 serve 供應食物 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What city is the story about? A: Varanasi B: Mexico City C: Beijing 2. What country is this city in? A: Japan B: Russia C: India 3. What can you not eat in this city? A: Potatoes B: Sweetcorn C: Chicken Answers 1. A 2. C 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I was almost late! 我差一點遲到了！ My bus was late! 我的公車晚來了！ I take a bus to work. Do you take a bus to school? Or something else? It doesn't really matter as long as you're not late for class! It would be nice to go by bicycle, too. But sometimes there's a lot of traffic and it's not safe for kids to cycle to school, especially in busy cities. 騎腳踏車上學也很不錯，但是在車流量大的時候，對小孩就不安全。 One of Spain's busiest cities is called Barcelona. And there people had an idea to help kids ride bikes to school safely. 西班牙大城市 巴塞隆納的居民想出了一個好主意，讓小朋友能安全騎腳踏車上學。 It's called the Bike Bus. It's really just a big group of people cycling together to stay safe. It takes over the whole street! Anyone can join and kids can cycle or skate or do whatever they want! Police cars go in front and behind the Bike Bus to keep everyone safe! 這個主意叫做【腳踏車巴士】，它是很多人一起騎腳踏車或是溜冰，腳踏車巴士佔據了整條馬路! 而且誰都可以參加喔，警察會開車在前後保護大家！ Kids can just get off the Bike Bus when they get to their school. 到了學校…孩子們就【可以下車】了。 There's even music too! It's like a bicycle party! The Bike Bus sounds like a lot of fun! And a great way to get to school! ________________________________ Vocabulary 大家一起騎車上學，安全又好玩！ 1. Ride 騎。 Do you ride bikes? 你騎腳踏車嗎？ Yeah, I ride to school almost every day. 騎啊，我幾乎每天騎車上學。 I enjoy riding fast with my friends. 我喜歡跟朋友一起騎快車。 2. Safe 安全的。 Is the road safe? 路上安全嗎？ I think so. 我想安全吧。 There's not a lot of traffic. 路上車子不多。 And traffic police keep us safe. 交通警察也會保護我們安全。 3. Take 搭乘。 It's raining hard now. 現在正在下大雨。 I can't take the bus. 我沒辦法搭公車。 Take a taxi then. 那你就坐計程車吧。 4. Get off 下車。 That way you can get off in front of the store. 那樣你就可以在店門口下車。 The store doesn't let people get off there. 那家店不讓人在門口下車。 Please try to use these words in your conversation. ride 騎 safe 安全的 take 搭乘 get off 下車 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Why is it unsafe to cycle to school in some places? A: Because it's too far B: Because there is too much traffic C: Because there are too many banana skins 2. What idea did people have to keep kids safe? A: The Bike Bus B: The Cycle Taxi C: The Bicycle Train 3. Where is this happening? A: Seoul B: Hualien C: Barcelona Answers 1. B 2. A 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you know that scientists are trying to talk to whales? 你知道科學家正在試著跟鯨魚說話嗎？ Really, I'm not joking! Some whales sing… but some whales use clicking sounds. Scientists are using a super-powerful computer to record and listen to the clicks. The computer listens to thousands and thousands of hours of clicking sounds… and maybe soon, the computer will figure out what the clicks mean! 鯨魚會發出像打字一樣的聲音。科學家把那些聲音錄下來輸入電腦，希望電腦能夠找出它們的意義。 It's not going to be easy. We don't know if the whales in one part of the ocean use the same clicks as whales in a different part. Maybe whales have different languages! 這是很困難的工作。而且大海中不同地區的鯨魚，可能講不一樣的語言。 New computers are using A.I. - artificial intelligence - to try to understand the whales! The A.I. computers are working hard right now… and scientists say they think we might soon be able to understand what the whales are saying! Cool! 電腦運用人工智慧來分析鯨魚的聲音，科學家說應該很快就能了解鯨魚想表達什麼。 And, if we can understand what the whales are saying… maybe we can learn to talk with them! Wow… talking to whales?! Amazing! Hmm… what would you talk to a whale about? ________________________________ Vocabulary 鯨魚會發出聲音，科學家很想知道牠們倒底在講什麼。 1. Whale 鯨魚。 Scientists know that all whales make sounds. 科學家知道所有的鯨魚都會發出聲音。 So they talk to each other? 所以牠們會交談？ Yes, they also make sounds to find each other. 是的，而且也用聲音來找到對方。 2. Listen to 注意聽。 I listened to whale sounds online. 我有在線上聽鯨魚的聲音。 It's interesting. 很有趣。 Listen carefully, and you'll find different groups make different sounds. 你仔細聽就會發現不同鯨魚族群聲音也不同。 3. Different 不同的。 Let's order pizza. 我們來訂披薩。 I have a different idea. Let's go out to eat. 我有個不同的主意，我們出去吃。 4. Understand 了解。 I've been at home too long. 我在家待太久了。 I understand. 我懂。 Have you ever heard a whale talk? whale 鯨魚 listen to 注意聽 different 不同的 understand 了解 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What kind of sounds do whales make? A: Clicking noises B: They bark like dogs C: They say 'cock-a-doodle-doo' 2. How are scientists trying to understand what whales are saying? A. They are using a super-computer B. They are screaming into the ocean C. They are showing the whales cartoons, like Finding Nemo 3. New computers have a special tool called AI. What does AI mean? A: Artificial intelligence B: Apple igloo C: Airplane ice-cream Answers 1. A 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hey kids! Have you ever wanted something a lot? Maybe you really wanted a toy or a video game. Well, today I want to tell you a story about a woman in Canada named Daniele who really wanted to buy a cute, green house. But the owner of the green house she wanted said he wanted to tear it down. Daniele很想買的一棟可愛的綠色房屋，房屋的主人卻是要把房子拆掉。 So, what did Daniele do? She bought the green house and moved it. 結果呢？Daniele決定把整個綠色房子搬走！ Usually, when people move a house, they do it over land… But they couldn't move Daniele's green house over land. 通常是用陸運的方式搬房子，但是這次卻不能用這個方法移動這棟房屋。 So, they put it in the ocean and used boats to move it. Wow! They used six boats to push and pull the house on water. 所以工人用海運的方式，總共用了六艘船，有的用推的，有的用拉的。 Daniele was really worried that the house would sink in the water, and it almost did! One corner of the house fell in the water, but the boats saved it. Finally, they moved the house safely and put it on the land again. 過程中Daniele非常擔心，房子會沉進海裡。它的一個角落的確進了水，但幸好船救了它，而且安全送上了陸地。 I wish I could have seen the house floating on the ocean! ________________________________ Vocabulary 用六艘船在海上搬整棟房屋，這可真不簡單！ 1. Move 搬動。 I'll be moving next weekend. 我下周末要搬家。 Moving? Where will you move? 搬家？你要搬到哪裡去？ To Keelung. 去基隆。 2. Boat 船。 You got a job in Keelung? 你在基隆找到了工作？ No, I got a boat there. 不，我在那兒弄到了一艘船。 So you plan to live on your boat? 所以你打算住在船上？ No, silly, I'll still live on land. 別傻了，我還是住在陸地上。 3. Ocean 海洋。 My new house is close to the ocean. 我的新家離海洋很近。 I can go fishing on my boat anytime. 我可以隨時搭船去釣魚。 4. Land 陸地。 I prefer to stay on land. 我比較想待在陸地上。 I often get seasick on the ocean. 我在海上經常會暈船。 Not me.我不會。 Let's read the words together. move 搬動 boat 船 ocean 海洋 land 陸地 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. What is this story about? A: A woman who lives on a boat B: A woman whose house was moved by boat C: A woman who lost her home 2. What did the boats in the story do? A: Move the house B: Lift the house with big machines C: Save Daniele from drowning 3. Why was Daniele worried? A: She thought her new home might sink. B: She thought the boats would crash. C: She thought she couldn't buy the house. Answers 1. B 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi, students. Today, I'm going to tell you a story about a cat named Piran. Piran helped save its owner's life. The cat's owner is an old woman. She is 83 years old, and she lives in England. One day, the woman was walking near her house. Then, she fell down a ravine. The ravine was very steep. She fell about 20 meters down the steep ravine! 有一位83歲的英國老太太掉下20公尺深的陡峭山谷。 People found out the old woman was missing. But they didn't know where she was because they couldn't see her. 人們知道老太太失蹤了，但是不知道她在哪裡。 Later, someone saw the woman's black cat near the ravine. Piran kept meowing. The person who saw the cat was the old woman's neighbor. The neighbor knew that Piran belonged to the old woman. So, she called for help. 後來有人看到她的黑貓坐在山谷附近，不停的喵喵叫，於是打電話給救難人員求救。 People then climbed down the ravine and saved the woman. They put her in a helicopter and took her to a hospital. 救難人員發現了老太太，把她送上直升機去醫院，救了她一命。 Some people think black cats bring bad luck. They think if a black cat walks in front of you, you will have bad luck. Piran was not unlucky at all. He saved his owner's life! 有人認為黑貓不吉利，但是黑貓Piran對老太太來說，是個吉祥物！ ________________________________ Vocabulary 貓咪也懂得愛護主人，甚至救人一命。 1) Save 拯救。 The cat saved the old lady's life! 那隻貓救了老太太的命！ Maybe I should raise a cat. 也許我應該養一隻貓。 It might save me someday. 也許有一天牠會救我。 2) Bad luck 厄運。 I had a day of bad luck yesterday. 我昨天運氣很糟糕 。 I was late for school, and I forgot my lunch box. 我上學遲到，還忘了帶便當。 That's not bad luck. 那不是厄運。 That's bad habits. 而是壞習慣。 3) Unlucky 運氣不好的。 Do you believe Friday the 13th is an unlucky day? 你相信十三號星期五是壞運氣日嗎？ No, it's just another day on the calendar. 不相信，那只是日曆上的一天。 4) Neighbor 鄰居。 You're lucky to have good neighbors. 你有好鄰居很幸運。 Yeah, I like my neighbors. 對，我很喜歡我的鄰居。 今天的單字你記住了嗎？ save 拯救 bad luck 厄運 unlucky 運氣不好的 neighbor 鄰居 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What happened to the old woman? A: She fell down outside. B: She lost her cat. C: She got sick in her home. 2. Who found the old woman? A: The cat's owner B: A policeman C: Her neighbor 3. What do some people think about black cats? A: They make people fall. B: They are not lucky. C: They make good pets. Answers 1. A 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Gosh, I love eating hot dogs. They taste so good! And you can add lots of toppings to make them even better! Some people like to keep it simple with ketchup and mustard. Other people like to add chili or onions or pickles. No matter what you add, it's all delicious! 我超喜歡吃熱狗！不管你加什麼配料，都非常美味！ What was that? What did you say? Hot dogs are bad for you? Who told you that? 什麼？吃熱狗會傷害身體？誰說的？ A university study? Let me see that! Hmm… okay, according to this report, hot dogs ARE bad for you! It says here that each hot dog you eat takes away 36 minutes of healthy life! It doesn't mean you'll die faster if you eat hotdogs, but you'll have less healthy time. 某一所大學的研究顯示，如果你吃一個熱狗，你的健康壽命會縮短36分鐘！ Wow. If that's true… how many hot dogs have I eaten? Uh oh… Maybe that's enough hot dogs for now. I think I'll go have a salad instead! Wait! Let me see that study again! It says here that a peanut butter and jelly sandwich adds 33 minutes of healthy life! 等等！這個研究也說，一個花生醬加果醬的三明治， 可以增加33分鐘的健康壽命! I'll eat those more often! ________________________________ Vocabulary 熱狗對身體不好，少吃為妙。 1. Delicious 美味的。 This hamburger is delicious! 這個漢堡真好吃！ You should try the sushi. 你應該嚐一嚐壽司。 It's even more delicious! 它更好吃。 2. Taste 品嚐。 You're right! This sushi tastes really good! 你說對了，這個壽司吃起來真不錯！ Wait until you taste the sandwich I made. 等一下你嚐嚐我做的三明治。 3. Better 更好的。 Is peanut butter better than hog dogs? 花生醬比熱狗好嗎？ I believe so. 我相信是的。 Many snacks are better than hot dogs. 很多種點心都比熱狗好。 4. Healthy 健康的。 Hot dogs are not healthy because they're too salty. 熱狗不健康，因為它太鹹。 What's healthy and delicious? 有什麼東西健康又美味？ Sweet potatoes. 地瓜。 I love sweet potatoes! 我喜歡地瓜! So let's eat healthy foods. delicious 美味的 taste 品嚐 better 更好的 healthy 健康的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What food item is this story talking about? A: Hotdogs B: Hamburgers C: Ice cream 2. How are hotdogs bad for you? A: They shorten your healthy lifespan B: They cost too much C: They are food for real dogs 3. What is a healthier alternative to hot dogs? A: Pizza B: Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches C: Beef noodle soup Answers 1. A 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you hear that? It's the sound of waves on the beach. How does it make you feel? Pretty good, right? Let's listen to another sound. Oh, I love the sound of birds singing. It makes me feel so relaxed. Why am I playing you these sounds? It's because I want to tell you about a survey. The survey was done by a company that sells mostly glasses. The company also sells things to help people hear better, called hearing aids. The company wanted to know the sounds that make people feel happy. 一家眼鏡公司，他們也做助聽器，最近完成了一項調查，想了解什麼樣的聲音會讓人覺得開心。 One of the sounds was a waterfall. 瀑布的水聲。 Another sound that made people feel happy was trees blowing in the wind. 樹葉在風中搖曳的沙沙聲。 Another was the sound of rain on a window. 雨滴打在窗戶上的叮叮咚咚。 People also liked fish jumping out of water. 還有魚跳出水面。 Some people get happy when they hear the sound of a train. 火車的聲音。 Others like the sound of a drink being poured… 倒飲料… …Or an airplane. 飛機的聲音。 Do you know what sound makes people the happiest? It's a song they like. 最能讓人開心的聲音，還是他們喜愛的歌曲。 So, if you want to be happy… listen to music on ICRT! ________________________________ Vocabulary 聲音可以影響人的心情，大自然的聲音更會讓人愉快。 1. Play 播放。 Would you play some Disney songs for me? 你可以幫我放幾首迪士尼的歌嗎？ Sure. I can also play "Toy Story", your favorite. 當然，我還可以放[玩具總動員]，你最喜歡的。 2. Music 音樂。 That movie has lovely music. 那部電影有美妙的音樂。 All Disney movies have good music. 所有迪士尼電影都有好聽音樂。 3. Sounds of nature 大自然的聲音。 What sounds of nature do you like, Jane? 你喜歡哪些大自然的聲音？ I like birds' singing and crickets' sounds. 我喜歡鳥叫聲，還有蟋蟀的聲音。 4. Hear 聽到。 So you feel happy when you hear it? 所以你聽到時會開心？ Sometimes I feel sad. 有時候會覺得悲傷。 So what music do you like? Let's read today's vocabulary. play 播放 music 音樂 sounds of nature 大自然的聲音 hear 聽到 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What sound was NOT played? A: An airplane flying B: Dogs barking C: Birds singing 2. What kind of company did the survey? A: A company that sells glasses B: A company that sells music C: A company that helps nature 3. What sound makes people the happiest? A: Waves of the ocean B: Rain on the window C: A song they like Answers 1. B 2. A 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

These days, the trains in Taiwan are very nice. They have air conditioning, and they are very fast… But when your mommy and daddy were young people, the trains in Taiwan were very different. 你爸爸媽媽小時候坐的火車，跟現在的火車很不一樣喔。 The old trains were painted blue. The old trains were slow… and guess what? They didn't have air conditioning! But, you could open the windows on the train! 老火車是藍色的，速度很慢，而且還沒有冷氣! 但是旅客可以打開窗戶。 If your mommy and daddy tell you they miss the old trains, I have good news for them… The old blue trains are coming back! They will only be used for special trips. So, if mommy and daddy want to feel young again, they can get a ticket and go ride on the old blue trains. 好消息，藍皮老火車要回來了! 雖然是特別的班次，但只要買了票就可以搭乘。 How about you? Would you like to ride on a train with no air conditioning? Although, remember… you can open the windows. 你想去坐一下沒有冷氣的火車嗎? 記住可以打開窗戶喔！ Hmm… I say, sure, why not? Maybe it would be fun. But not every day! I like air conditioning, and open windows let smoke and bad air come in! Taiwan's new trains are much more comfortable. ________________________________ Vocabulary 老火車重出江湖，滿足人們對過去的懷念。 1. Train 火車。 Would you like to ride on the old blue trains? 你會想搭藍皮老火車嗎？ No, not really. I prefer fast new trains. 不會，我比較喜歡快捷的新火車。 2. Air conditioning 冷氣。 I don't like trains with no air conditioning. 我不喜歡沒有冷氣的火車。 You can open the window! 你可以打開窗戶啊！ Well, there's air pollution outside. 外面有空氣汙染。 3. Miss 想念。 So you don't miss the old times. 所以你不想念舊日的時光。 I miss some of it, like riding a bike everywhere. 我會想念一部份，比如說到哪裡都騎腳踏車。 4. Young 年輕的。 People often miss the time when they were young. 人們經常想念自己年輕的時候。 Not me. I was poor when I was young. 我可不。我年輕時很窮的。 我們來讀讀單字吧。 train 火車 air conditioning 冷氣 miss 想念 young 年輕的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What color were the old trains in Taiwan? A: Pink B: Purple C: Blue 2. What DIDN'T the old trains have? A: They didn't have wheels B: They didn't have air conditioning C: They didn't have windows 3. What are the new trains in Taiwan like? A: They are fast and have air conditioning. B: They are pink and yellow. C: Taiwan doesn't have trains anymore! Answers 1 C 2 B 3 A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I love the sea… Blughh! But I hate getting seawater in my mouth! Eww! It tastes horrible! 大海景色優美又好玩，但是海水的味道真的很糟糕。 Yuck! Seawater is really salty. Not only does it taste really bad, it will actually make you even more thirsty! There's just too much salt in it for our bodies. So no matter how thirsty you are, never drink from the sea! 海水很鹹，不只難喝，還會讓你更口渴，因為我們的身體沒有辦法處理那麼多鹽。 We have so much water on earth, but 97% is salty seawater that we can't drink. 地球有很多水但是97%是不能喝的海水。 Now, some students from Malaysia have come up with a great idea. They invented something really cool called a WaterPod. 馬來西亞一群學生發明了很酷的東西叫做WaterPod。 This WaterPod floats on the sea, sucks up water, and takes out the salt! People can then come to the WaterPod and pump out fresh water! 這個WaterPod漂浮在海面上，過濾海水中的鹽分，變成淡水。 If they can make more WaterPods, they could help so many people that live near the sea but don't have easy access to clean, fresh water that they can drink. 要是能夠做出很多WaterPod,那些住在海邊的人就有乾淨淡水可以喝了。 This is a really great invention! ________________________________ Vocabulary 海水化為淡水的發明，可以造福人類。 1. Salt 鹽。 Why is there salt in seawater? 為什麼海水裡有鹽？ I think the salt comes from the stuff washed into the sea. 我想鹽是來自被沖進海水裡的物質。 2. Seawater 海水。 So we shouldn't drink seawater at all? 所以我們完全不該喝海水？ No, it's not a good idea. 對，那不是好主意。 3. Invent 發明, invention 發明。 The WaterPod is a useful invention. WaterPod是很有用的發明。 I hope I can invent something useful. 我希望我能發明有用的東西。 4. Thirsty 口渴的。 Eating hot dogs always makes me thirsty. 吃熱狗總是讓我覺得口渴。 That's because there's too much salt in it. 那是因為它裡面太多鹽了。 這些字很重要也很常用。 salt 鹽 seawater 海水 invent 發明 invention 發明 thirsty 口渴的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is the invention called? A: A Sea Drinker B: An Ocean Swimmer C: A WaterPod 2. Who invented it? A: Students from Malaysia B: Kids from South Korea C: Fishermen from Australia 3. What does the invention do? A: It turns seawater into drinking water B: It makes seawater saltier C: It turns seawater pink Answers 1. C 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hey kids! Let's talk about money. Do you know what a euro is? A euro is money that people use in many countries in Europe. One euro is equal to about 32 NT dollars. 一歐元等於32塊台幣左右。 You can't buy much with a euro. I guess you can buy some candy or gum at 7-Eleven. But in Italy, there is a town where you can buy a house for just 1 euro, or 32 NT! 義大利有個地方，你用一歐元就可以買一棟房子。 The town is called Maenza, and it is close to Rome. The houses are very old. They were built hundreds of years ago. No one has lived in them for a long, long time. 這個靠近羅馬的小鎮叫做Maenza, 那裡的房子非常古老，有好幾百年的歷史，而且很久很久沒有人住了。 But there is one thing people must do. They must agree to repair the houses. It might cost a lot of money to fix them up. After people fix up the buildings, they can live in them. Or, they can use them for a business, like a restaurant or a store. 想住在那裡的話要先整修房子，整修費用有可能是天價喔。不過修理好了之後可以住在那裡或者開店開餐廳。 What do you think? Would you like to buy a home for 32 NT in Italy? Why not? I think Italian food is great! ________________________________ Vocabulary 義大利的古老房屋只要一歐元就可以擁有。 1. Old 老的。This house looks so old! 這個房子看起來好古老! It's more than one hundred years old. 它已經超過一百歲了。One hundred years! That's really old. 一百歲，那真的很老。 2. House 房屋。But it's still a beautiful house.不過它仍然是很美的房子。Yeah, it's the kind of house you'd like to live in. 沒錯，它就是你想住的那種房子。 3. Fix 修理。Just fixing it will cost a lot of money. 光是整修它就要花好多錢。And it'll be hard to find the right people to fix it. 而且要找到恰當的人來修也很難。 4. Restaurant 餐廳。I'm hungry. Let's find a restaurant and eat. 我餓了。我們找一家餐館吃飯吧。That's always a great idea! 很棒的主意! I just saw a restaurant over there. 我剛剛就看到那裏有一家餐館。 這些字你記住了嗎？ old 古老的 house 房屋 fix 修理 restaurant 餐廳 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is a euro? A: A type of money B: A city in Europe C: An old building 2. What country are the cheap houses in? A: Germany B: Turkey C: Italy 3. What must people do with the cheap houses? A: Repair them B: Live in them C: Use them for a business Answers 1. A 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Woah! Look what I found! What an interesting seashell! I like digging in the sand and dirt, because you can find interesting things buried in the ground. 我喜歡挖泥土，因為地底下可以找到有趣的東西。 And sometimes the things you find can be old and special. For example, some researchers in England recently found something very interesting in the ground… dinosaur bones! These bones are extra special because they are from dinosaurs that experts have never seen before. 專家從來沒有看過這種恐龍的化石。 They found bones that belonged to two new kinds of dinosaur. One of the dinosaurs had a face like a crocodile. It also had horns and bumps around its forehead. 其中一隻的臉像鱷魚，頭上還長了角。 The other dinosaur also had a very long face, and it had many teeth. 另外一隻的臉很長，有很多牙齒！ And both were very large… about 9 meters long. 兩隻都有九公尺長。 That is about the size of a bus! 跟中型巴士一樣大！ It took the experts a few years to dig up all of these bones. 把這些骨頭挖出來花了專家好幾年的時間。 If you want to see these bones, you can! You just need to go to England to the Dinosaur Isle Museum. The Dinosaur Isle Museum has around 30 thousand things people found digging in the ground. What do you think? Do you want to go and see the dinosaur bones? 你想去看看嗎？ ________________________________ Vocabulary 這兩種新發現的恐龍種類，都在英國。 1. Kind 種類。 I wonder how many new kinds of dinosaurs there are. 我想知道還有幾種新種類的恐龍。 I hope to see a new kind of T-rex. 我希望看到新種的暴龍。 2. Dig 挖。 Maybe scientists will dig one up someday. 也許有一天科學家會把它挖出來。 They need to dig in the right place. 他們需要在對的地方挖。 3. Belong to 屬於。 Do these bags belong to you? 這些包包是你的嗎？ Yes, this red one belongs to me. 對，這個紅色包包屬於我。 But the blue one belongs to my sister. 但是藍色包包是我妹妹的。 4. Bone 骨頭。 Kevin has broken three bones. 凱文斷了三根骨頭。 Ouch! I've broken a bone before. It hurts! 我也斷過骨頭。很痛的！ Please repeat after me. kind 種類 dig 挖 belong to 屬於 bone 骨頭 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What did experts find buried in the ground? a. Seashells b. Rocks c. Dinosaur bones 2. Where were these bones found? a. Taiwan b. Australia c. England 3. About how big were the animals mentioned in this story? a. The size of a house b. The size of a bus c. The size of a bicycle Answers 1. C 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Elephants are very big! What does a big animal need a lot of every day? Food! Elephants need a lot of food. But, in some places in Africa, elephants come into villages to find food. This is a problem because a big hungry elephant can smash things and take all the farmers' food. People can get hurt when elephants come looking for food and elephants can get hurt too… 非洲有一些地方的大象，會跑進村莊裡找東西吃。這是一個大問題，而且人類也可能受傷。 Can they build a fence? Hmm… no… elephants are too big and too strong. But… you can use bees! Yes! Really! Bees! Elephants are afraid of bees! The bees sting them in the mouth or even inside the trunk. Ouch! So elephants try to stay far away from bees. 因為蜜蜂會叮大象的嘴巴，甚至跑進牠的長鼻子。所以大象很怕蜜蜂。 One day the people had an idea. Get boxes full of bees and hang them on a fence. Maybe that can stop the elephants from coming into the village. And… it worked! The elephants hear the sound of buzzing bees and they run away! 有一天，村民把蜂窩掛在村莊外的欄杆上，結果大象聽到蜜蜂的聲音，就趕快跑了。 Bees are very small, but they can stop elephants! Cool, huh? ____________________________________________________________ Vocabulary 大象怕蜜蜂，因為生氣的蜜蜂會螫咬大象。 1. Stay away 保持距離。 Let's stay away from those bees. 我們跟那些蜜蜂保持距離。 Yeah, I'm very afraid of bees, too. 對，我也很怕蜜蜂。 2. Run away 跑開。 Can I stay at your house tonight? 我今晚可以住你家嗎？ Why? Are you running away from home? 為什麼？你要逃家嗎？ No, I'm running away from school. 不是，我是要逃學。 3. Work 有用。 It won't work. 沒有用的。 Your teacher will find you. 你的老師會找到你的。 It will work. Just don't tell anyone I'm at your house. 有用，你只要別告訴任何人我在你家。 4. Food 食物。 I'll get some food since you're coming. 既然你要來，我會買一些吃的。 You don't need to buy a lot of food. 你不需要買很多食物。 I don't eat much. 我吃得不多。 常常讀單字可以幫助你記憶。 stay away 保持距離 run away 跑開 work 有用 food 食物 _________________________________________________________ Quiz 1. Why do elephants come into some villages in Africa? A: They want to say 'hello.' B: They are looking for other elephants C: They want to find food 2. Why are elephants afraid of bees? A: They don't like that buzzing sound B: The bees take the elephants' food C: The bees sting them…sometimes in their trunks! 3. How did people stop elephants from coming into villages? A: They made a fence with boxes of bees on it B: They screamed really loudly C: They put up a sign saying, "No Elephants!" Answers 1. C 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

What is the most interesting piece of art you have ever seen? 你看過最有趣的藝術品是甚麼呢？ The Mona Lisa? A sculpture by Ju Ming? What about… nothing? A museum in Denmark is not happy with an artist named Jenns Haaning because of what he did. 丹麥有一個博物館對藝術家Haaning很不高興。 Actually, they're unhappy with him because of what he didn't do. 對他不開心不是因為他做了什麼，而是因為他甚麼都沒做。 The museum paid Jenns Haaning eighty-three-thousand U.S. dollars to make art. That is a lot of money! That is over two million NT dollars! 博物館付給他超過兩百萬台幣！ The museum wanted him to use this money to make something. Then they wanted to show this art at their gallery. 他們希望他用這筆錢創作藝術品，然後放在他們的博物館展示。 But when the museum looked at the canvases he sent back… they were blank! 但是這個藝術家交回去的兩張畫布，都是空白的！ The artist didn't draw, or paint, or create anything! 他什麼都沒有做！ He said the blank canvases are his art. Now the museum wants their money back, of course. 博物館當然希望把錢拿回來。 But… it doesn't look like Jenns Haaning is going to give it back! ________________________________ Vocabulary 這位丹麥藝術家，也許認為空白的畫布本身就是藝術吧。 1. Art 藝術。 I'm planning to study art in Paris next year. 我打算明年去巴黎學藝術。 Wow, you plan to study painting? 哇，你打算學油畫嗎？ Body painting. Body painting is a very interesting art form. 人體彩繪是很有趣的藝術形式。 2. Artist 藝術家。 I didn't know you're an artist, Ryan. 我不知道你是藝術家呢。 I'm not an artist yet. 我還不是藝術家。 I hope I can be one in the future. 我希望將來是。 3. Draw 畫。 I'm not good at drawing pictures. 我不大會畫圖。 Well, faces are hard to draw. 人臉很難畫。 Try flowers or trees next time. 你下次試試看畫花草樹木。 4. Museum 博物館。 Museums are not fun. 博物館不好玩。 This museum is great. It's about dinosaurs. 這個博物館很棒，它講恐龍。 我們一起來讀單字。 art 藝術 artist 藝術家 draw 畫 museum 博物館 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where does this story take place? a. Switzerland b. Denmark c. The U.S. 2. How much money did the museum give the artist? a. 83,000 U.S. dollars b. 83,000 NT c. 83,000 kroner 3. What did the artist do? a. He made nothing b. He painted two big pictures c. He bought art Answers 1. B 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Polly want a cracker? Have you ever heard of a talking parrot? 你聽過鸚鵡說話嗎？ Of course you have. Parrots are famous for being able to speak. Parrots know how to copy the way humans talk. 鸚鵡會學人類說話。 But have you ever heard of a talking duck? 但是你聽過鴨子說話嗎？ According to experts, there's a kind of duck that can make sounds like people, too. This kind of duck is called a musk duck. Musk ducks are from Australia. 科學家說澳洲有一種鴨子也會學人類講話。 Musk ducks are special, because if they spend enough time around people, they learn the way people sound. After they learn these sounds, they can make similar noises. They sound like they are repeating the words that people say! 這些鴨子跟著人類久了，就熟悉了人講話的聲音，會發出相同的聲音。 Musk ducks can copy the sound of other things, too. They copy the sounds of other animals, and even noises. There is even a recording of one musk duck copying the sound of a car door closing. 牠們也可以模仿別的動物或是東西發出來的聲音，甚至連關車門的聲音也會。 That's pretty impressive! 不簡單吧？ Are you good at copying sounds like a musk duck? 你有辦法模仿別人或是別種動物的聲音嗎？ I think that is very difficult! I don't think I could make the sound of a closing car door with my voice! Nope… I can't. Do you know of any other animals that sound like people? ________________________________ Vocabulary 鴨子跟鸚鵡一樣會學人類講話，這實在很有趣。 1. Learn 學習。 I'm learning to speak like a chimpanzee. 我在學黑猩猩講話。 Why do you want to learn that? 為什麼你要學那個？ I may need it someday. 也許有一天我要用到。 2. Copy 模仿，複製。 Can you copy a duck's sound? 你能模仿鴨子的聲音嗎？ No, but I can copy my dog's barking. 不行，但是我可以模仿我的狗狗叫聲。 3. Sound 聲音。 Some birds can make beautiful sounds. 有的鳥會發出很好聽的聲音。 I know. I like the sounds of Taiwan hua-mei. 我知道，我喜歡台灣畫眉的叫聲。 4. Duck 鴨子。 Look at those baby ducks crossing the street! 你看那些小鴨子過馬路！ Oh, so cute ! 真可愛。 They are all following their mom. 牠們都緊緊跟著媽媽。 That's what baby ducks do. 小鴨子都是那樣。 Today's words are fun! learn 學習 copy 模仿，複製 sound 聲音 duck 鴨子 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What kind of animal is mentioned in this story? a. Ducks b. Dogs c. Deer 2. Where is this animal from? a. Taiwan b. Australia c. The U.S. 3. What is the name of this animal? a. Musk duck b. Devil dog c. Deranged deer Answers 1. A 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you like looking up at the sky at night? You might see the moon and pretty stars all the way out in space! 晚上看天空很美吧。 It's not just beautiful to look at though, there's a lot to learn from space. People who study space are called astronomers. 研究太空科學的人叫天文學家。 Usually it takes many years of school to become an astronomer. But one little 8-year-old girl in Brazil could become the world's youngest astronomer! 巴西一個八歲女孩，可能會成為世界最年輕的天文學家。 The girl's name is Nicole. And she has been interested in space since she was about two years old! For Nicole's fourth birthday, she even asked her parents for a telescope! 妮可兩歲開始就對太空非常有興趣，四歲的時候她就想要一具天文望遠鏡！ If you look into a telescope you can see a long way away, all the way into space! 天文望遠鏡可以看得很遠，看到太空的深處。 While looking into space, Nicole has already found 18 asteroids. If they are confirmed to be real asteroids, Nicole will become the world's youngest astronomer! People who discover asteroids, can also give them names! Nicole says she'll name the asteroids she finds after Brazilian scientists and her family! 妮可到現在已經找到18顆，要是那些真的是小行星，妮可就會成為世界上最年輕的天文學家，還可以替那些小行星取名字。 Well done, Nicole! Keep doing what you love! ________________________________ Vocabulary 喜歡研究太空的妮可，已經找到許多小行星。 1. Space 太空。 People now can live in space. 人們現在可以住在太空中。 Yeah, like on the International Space Station. 對啊，可以住在國際太空站上面。 2. Telescope 天文望遠鏡。 With a telescope, you can see the spots on the moon. 你用天文望遠鏡可以看到月球上的斑點。 I would love to see them. 很想看呢！ 3. Astronomer 天文學家。 I wanted to be an astronomer when I was little. 我小時候想要當天文學家。 An astronomer? That sounds so serious. 天文學家？聽起來好嚴肅！ 4. Young 年輕的，youngest 最年輕的。 The youngest student in my class is 7. 我班上最小的學生是七歲。 That's too young! 太年輕了！ 今天的字比較長。 space 太空 telescope 天文望遠鏡 astronomer 天文學家 young 年輕的 youngest 最年輕的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where is the little girl in the story from? a. Brazil b. Mexico c. France 2. What might she soon become? a. The world's youngest astronomer b. The world's tallest doctor c. The world's oldest farmer 3. What can you use to help you see far into space? a. A mirror b. A rolled up piece of paper c. A telescope Answers 1: a 2: a 3: c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Have you ever burned ghost money? You know what ghost money is, right? This kind of money is not real money. It is fake. 紙錢不是真的錢。It is money you burn for people who are no longer alive. People believe that if you put ghost money in fire, dead people can use it. 人們燒紙錢是給過世的親人用的。That's pretty cool! But you don't want to accidentally burn things you don't want to burn! For example, you don't want to burn real money along with the fake ghost money! 但是要小心，不要把真的錢也給燒了！ Well, that's what happened to some people in Taiwan. They were burning a lot of ghost money. But they accidentally burned some real money too! They burned two hundred thousand NT dollars-worth of real money! 他們燒掉了二十萬台幣的真錢！ That is a lot of money. When they found out about their mistake, they tried to take out the real money, but a lot of it burned up already. 他們發現錯誤的時候有試著把鈔票撈出來。但很多已經燒光了！ So sad! It is important to be very careful when putting things into fire. Because once it is all burned up, it's gone! 想救也救不回來。 So if you're burning ghost money, make sure to put the right things in the fire! You don't want to burn real money like these people did! ________________________________ Vocabulary 紙錢跟真正的錢混在一起，會容易出錯。 1) Ghost 鬼魂。 Did you watch that movie about ghosts? 你看了那部鬼片了嗎？ No, I don't like scary movies. 沒有，我不喜歡恐怖片。 So you're afraid of ghosts? 所以你怕鬼？ No, I'm more afraid of people. 不會，我比較怕人。 2) Real 真正的。 Because ghosts are not real? 因為鬼不是真的？ Right, ghosts are not real, but people are. 對，鬼不是真的，人卻是真的。 3) Burn 燃燒。 Do you smell that? Something is burning! 你有沒有聞到？有東西燒起來了！ I think somebody is burning paper money. 我想有人在燒紙錢。 4) Mistake 錯誤。 Oh no, I made a mistake! 糟了，我搞錯了！ The tickets are for tomorrow! 這個票是明天的。 Well, let's go home. 那我們回家吧。 Okay, let's review the words. ghost 鬼魂 real 真正的 burn 燃燒 mistake 錯誤 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is this story about? a. Burning ghost money b. Burning clothes c. Burning bread 2. Who is the ghost money for? a. People who are no longer alive b. Animals c. Aliens 3. How much real money was accidentally burned in this story? a. NT$200 b. NT$2,000 c. NT$200,000 Answers 1. A 2. A 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

It is already fall, and the summer is over, but that doesn't mean you can't still pretend! The Tamsui Fisherman's Wharf Station in northern Taiwan, is decorated like it's still summer! 雖然現在是秋天，淡水漁人碼頭車站仍然被裝飾得像夏天。 The entire place is decorated so visitors feel like they're at the beach! There are fun things to look at and take pictures with. There are ice cream shops, shower rooms, and swimming equipment stores! All of these things are fake, of course. 整個車站都讓人覺得像在海邊，有冰淇淋店，泳衣店跟淋浴間。當然, 這些東西都是假的。 But do you know what is real there? Popsicles! 冰棒！ You can get popsicles at the station. There are four flavors, so you can try them all to see which one is your favorite. 有四種口味，看看你最喜歡哪一個。 The station is on the Danhai light rail transit line. So if you live in New Taipei or Taipei City, you can easily ride that line all the way to the station to see all these fun things. 這個車站就在淡海輕軌旁，要是你住在大台北地區，可以很容易地來這裡玩。 Don't worry if you can't visit the station right away. These decorations will be there all through December. 這些裝飾會維持到年底。So you can pretend that it is still summer for the rest of this year! ________________________________ Vocabulary 如果你想念夏天，可以去淡水輕軌漁人碼頭車站逛逛。 1. Summer 夏季。 Do you miss summer, Ryan? 你想念夏天嗎，萊恩？ Not really. Summer in Taipei is too hot. 不會，台北的夏天太熱了。 2. Fake 假的。 This fake puppy is amazing! 這隻假小狗太驚人了！ I know, and it's ice cream. 我知道，而它卻是冰淇淋。 How can anybody really eat it? 怎麼會有人真的吃它？ Well, it's fake so I'm going to eat it. 它是假的，所以我要吃了。 3. Run out 快用完。 I'm running out of money. 我的錢快花光了。 Don't look at me. I don't have enough for two. 別看我。我的錢也不夠兩個人。 4. Station 車站。 Please meet me at Tainan Station tomorrow. 請你明天跟我在台南車站見面吧。 Where at the station? 在車站哪裡？ Inside. 在裡面。 Please read the words with me. summer 夏天 fake 假的 run out 快用完 station 車站 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What station is mentioned in this story? a. Beitou Station b. Tamsui Fisherman's Wharf Station c. Zhongxiao-Fuxing Station 2. What does the station look like right now? a. Like you're at the beach b. Like you're in the mountains c. It looks the same as always 3. How many popsicle flavors are there? a. Four b. One c. Ten Answers 1. B 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn