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Typhoon HolidaysTyphoons can be very strong. Their fast winds and heavy rain cause lots of damage. Typhoons can kill people.颱風有很強的威力，它帶來的強風跟豪雨可能造成很多破壞，甚至奪走人的生命。Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including a vocabulary list and quiz!

Finding Formosan Black BearsFormosan black bears are Taiwan's bear. They have a white "V" on their chests. We see cute Formosan black bear toys and pictures everywhere. But there are few real bears. There are only 200 to 600 of them. 台灣黑熊的胸前有白色的 V 字形，非常可愛。我們常看到牠們的照片或玩具，但真正的台灣黑熊非常少，只有 200 到 600 隻。Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including a vocabulary list and quiz!

New Hakka Eight-Tone MusicTaiwan is home to lots of cultures. The Hakka culture is one.台灣有非常豐富、多元的文化，客家文化是其中之一。Click HERE to see the full episode transcript.

Socktober Helps People Stay Warm One October, some kids in the U.S. learned about people with no homes. The kids wanted to help them very much. They talked to their teacher about helping. 有一年的十月，美國幾位兒童得知有人無家可歸，就問老師怎麼幫助那些人。Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including a vocabulary list and quiz!

Scientists Studying Small Human Bones on Island Twenty years ago, scientists found bones on an island in Indonesia. The bones are from sixty thousand to one hundred thousand years old!二十年前，科學家在印尼一座小島上，發現一些人骨化石，大約有六萬到十萬年的歷史!Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, include a vocabulary list and quiz!

Flying Robots to Clean Up Mount EverestMount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth. Every year, many people climb it. But they leave a lot of trash. It makes the mountain dirty and dangerous.聖母峰是世界最高峰，每年都有很多人去攀登，但是他們留下很多垃圾，讓聖母峰變得又髒又危險。Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including a vocabulary list and quiz!

Man Saves License Plates After TyphoonA man in a yellow raincoat got off his scooter. He was holding a plastic bag. He walked into a police station. What was he doing there?穿著黃色雨衣的男人，下了機車，提著一袋塑膠袋走進警察局。他在做甚麼呢?Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including the vocabulary list and a quiz to test your understanding!

South Korea Doesn't Waste FoodOh no! The kids didn't eat all their lunch! Did you know that food that is not eaten is called "food waste"?糟了，這些孩子們沒有把午餐吃完，你知道剩下的食物就會變成廚餘了嗎!Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including vocabulary and quiz!

Did you watch the Summer Olympics a few months ago? Paris was very hot. The hottest days were more than thirty-five degrees! That is hot for Paris!Click HERE to see the full episode transcript.

Discover the ancient game of Go, a strategic board game played for over 4,000 years. In this episode, we'll explore its history, how it's played, and how 22-year-old Taiwanese player Lai Jun-fu made history by winning a major tournament in South Korea. Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including vocabulary and a quiz!

The Moon Water ContestIn this episode, we explore the exciting race to make moon water! Learn how scientists are trying to turn dirty moon ice into clean water with help from a contest hosted by the UK and Canadian space agencies.Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

Stamps of a Taiwan Sports StarTaiwan's badminton champion featured on the country’s stamps. Learn about her journey to becoming a world champion and a role model for perseverance.Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

Happy Double Ten Day Today is Double Ten Day! Everyone has the day off! It’s a national holiday in Taiwan!今天是雙十節! 全台灣的人都不用上班上課，一起慶祝國慶日 !Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

Sea Otters Do Important WorkSea otters are cute, furry animals. They look like teddy bears. They eat a lot. They rest on their backs on the ocean. What a nice life!海獺是一種毛茸茸的可愛動物，每天吃完東西就仰躺在海上休息，好休閒 !Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, vocabulary, and quiz.

Teens' Machine Takes Microplastics from WaterPlastic is everywhere. We drink from plastic bottles. We carry the items we buy in plastic bags. Even parts of our homes are made of plastic!塑膠到處都有，我們用塑膠瓶喝水。我們買的東西裝在塑膠袋裡面，甚至房屋的一部份都是塑膠做的!Click HERE to see the full episode transcript, including the vocabulary and quiz.

The Kid of the Year A U.S. magazine chose a Kid of the Year! This 15-year-old boy plays music and reads a lot. He plays basketball and chess. And he makes soap. It can help people with skin cancer! 美國一份雜誌選出年度最有影響力的小孩，這個十五歲的男孩會彈奏音樂、讀很多書，他會打籃球跟下棋，他還會做特別的肥皂，幫助皮膚癌病人。 The boy started mixing soaps and other things when he was four. He wanted to see what happened. When he was seven, he got a kids' science set. Then he had an idea for something to help the world. 他四歲時，就開始把肥皂跟其他東西混在一起，看看會做出什麼。七歲那年他得到一組兒童科學套組，讓他想到了幫助世界的點子。 Millions of people get skin cancer. It costs about one million Taiwan dollars to get better… But lots of people can't pay. The boy wants to make soap for them. It has skin cancer medicine in it! 好幾百萬人有皮膚癌，但是治療費用需要上百萬台幣，很多人付不起。所以這個男孩把皮膚癌的藥混在肥皂裡，來幫助病人。 The boy worked on his soap at home. It was hard! He asked a company for help. Now an engineer there helps him think about his soap. He asked university scientists for help. Now this high school student works on his soap at a university! 他曾經在家製作肥皂，但很困難，他向一間公司求助，現在有一位工程師在幫他，他向大學裡的科學家求助，現在這個高中生在一間大學裡面做肥皂。 The Kid of the Year is making his great idea real. He wants everyone to think of ideas to make the world better! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 這個少年的聰明主意，可以幫助數百萬癌症病人。 1. medicine 藥品。 I wish I could invent medicine that cures cancer. 我希望發明治療癌症的藥。 Yeah, if you were a scientist. 對，假如你是科學家的話。 2. hard 困難的。 It shouldn’t be too hard, right? 那應該不難吧? Being a scientist? 當科學家嗎? No, as long as you’re good at math.不難，只要你數學好。 3. help 幫助。 I was never good at math.我的數學從來就不好。 Well, we have AI now. 我們現在有人工智慧了。 It can help you learn. 它可以幫你學。 4. ask for 請求。 You can ask for help anytime, anywhere you want. 你可以隨時隨地請它幫你。 Really? I need it now. 真的嗎? 那我現在就需要。 I want to ask how to make more money. 我要問怎麼樣多賺點錢。 你今天學到哪些單字? medicine藥品 hard困難的 help幫助 ask for請求 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. How old was the Kid of the Year when he started mixing things? a. 4 b. 7 c. 15 2. What does the Kid of the Year's soap have? a. Skin b. Medicine c. Cancer 3. Who did the Kid of the Year ask for help? a. Scientists b. Chess players c. His friend Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Stretching Helps Your Body "Eight, nine, ten… phew!" Exercise is hard work! But kids in Taiwan need more exercise. It's very important for good health. 呼! 運動很辛苦，但台灣的小孩需要做更多運動，這對健康非常重要。 Do you know two important things to do when you exercise? They are warming up and stretching! 當你做運動時有兩件很重要的事: 就是暖身和拉筋! A researcher says to warm up first. You can walk, jog, or ride a bike. Warm up for five to ten minutes. Then you are ready to move more! 專家說可以先走路、慢跑或騎腳踏車暖身，大概五到十分鐘，這樣你就準備好做更多運動。 Stretching helps your body move more easily. Some people say to stretch before exercising. Others say to do it after. 拉筋會讓你身體更靈活，有人說應該在運動前做，有人說在運動後。 The researcher says both can be good! But you need to know how to stretch. And don't stretch until you hurt! If you hurt, stop! 專家說兩種都很好! 但是你要知道怎麼拉筋，不要拉到受傷，如果拉傷了就要停下來! Here's one way to stretch. You stand up. Keep your legs straight. Then reach for your toes. Don't move… for one minute! 這裡有個拉筋的好方法: 你站起來，保持你的腿是直的，然後手往腳趾頭延伸，保持一分鐘不動! The researcher says to stretch one minute for each group of muscles. That's not too long. You won't get tired. And your body gets a good stretch! You'll feel good! 專家說每個肌肉群只要拉筋一分鐘，身體就能好好地得到延伸! Warming up, stretching, and exercising can help you be healthy! Try a good stretch now! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 拉筋是暖身的一部份，可以預防運動傷害。 1. first 首先。 Alright, Jane, before we start, we need to stretch first.我們開始之前先得來伸展。 Ugh, do we have to? 一定要嗎? Yes, we do. You'll see. 一定要，你之後會了解。 2. toe 腳趾。 Stand up straight, and then try touching your toes. 站直，然後試著碰你的腳趾。 My toes? I can hardly touch my knees! 腳趾? 我連膝蓋都幾乎碰不到! 3. muscle 肌肉。 You can do it, Jane. 你做得到。 Good job! Let's do it again. 做得很好，再來一次。 Stretch your muscles and touch your toes! 伸展肌肉，手碰腳趾。 4. body 身體。 My body will thank me later, right? 我的身體以後會感謝我，對吧? Exactly! 正是! 來讀今天的單字。 first首先 toe腳趾 muscle肌肉 body身體 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What do some people say about stretching? a. Stretch before eating b. Stretch before exercising c. Stretch before bed 2. What does stretching do? a. Helps you move better b. Hurts your body c. Makes you tired 3. How long does the researcher say to stretch one group of muscles? a. 1 minute b. 2 minutes c. 5 minutes Answers 1. b 2. a 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Waiting for Flying Cars Companies have been working on flying cars for many years. So we ask, "Where are the flying cars?" 很多公司一直在研究飛天車，到底甚麼時候會做出來呢? Flying cars are hard to make. The cars need to fly a long way. And they need to be safe. Companies have to test their flying cars many times. No one wants cars to fall from the sky! 飛天車很難製造，因為它需要安全地長途飛行。公司要不停地測試，確保飛天車不會墜機! So how do flying cars work? Every company has a different idea. But most flying cars use propellers. The propellers push air down and the car goes up! Then these cars use wings to fly forward. 飛天車怎麼運作呢? 大部分會使用 propellers ，也就是螺旋槳，它把空氣往下壓，車子會往上升，然後用機翼往前飛行。 Why don't we have flying cars now? Well, we need rules about flying them first. No one wants flying cars to crash! Our safety is important. And these cars will be very expensive. One company's flying car will be $10 million Taiwan dollars! 飛天車也需要相關的法規，保障交通安全。而且，這些車子造價昂貴，其中一家公司的飛天車要價一千萬台幣! Hmmmm…. So maybe most of us won't buy a flying car. Maybe we will use flying taxis. But we have to wait for those too. 也許大部分的人都買不起，也許我們可以叫空中計程車，但還需要再等等。 For now, we'll keep asking, "Where are the flying cars?" And one day, the answer will be, "They're up above us!" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 飛天汽車是很多人的夢想，但是要實現這個夢想難度很高。 1. taxi 計程車。 It's raining hard! 好大的雨! What are we going to do? 我們怎麼辦? Let's call a taxi. 我們叫計程車吧。 What? From here? 什麼，從這裡? No, we can't. 不行，不能搭。 2. a long way 很長距離。 The place is a long way from here.那邊離這裡很遠! It'll cost at least $2,000 NT.至少要兩千塊。 So what do you suggest? 那你有什麼建議? 3. wait for 等待。 We'll wait for the rain to stop.我們等雨停。 What if it doesn't? 要是它不停呢? We'll be late! 我們會遲到的。 4. fall 掉落。 Oh, I wish I had a flying car! (打雷) 我真希望我有飛天車! In this kind of weather, it'll probably fall from the sky. 這種天氣，它可能會從天上掉下來。 一起來讀今天的單字。 taxi計程車 a long way很長距離 wait for等待 fall掉落 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. Why are flying cars tested many times? a. They need to be safe. b. They need to be expensive. c. They need to be fun. 2. What do most flying cars use to go up? a. Wings b. Propellers c. Rockets 3. What might most people use? a. Flying taxis b. Flying motorcycles c. Flying scooters Answers 1. a 2. b 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The Taishin Youth Volunteer Awards A young girl's love of books is changing lives! She loves to read. She wants to help kids everywhere to read, learn, and grow. 有個女孩，她對書本的熱愛正在改變生命! 她要幫助世界各地的兒童閱讀和學習。 The girl found a group online. It helps kids to study. She volunteered. She read books online with students in India. She had a great time! 這個女孩志願參加幫助兒童學習的線上團體，她很喜歡在網路上，和印度的學生一起唸故事! Next, she started her own group. She worked with more than 70 schools in Taiwan. She helped many students! 接著，她成立自己的團隊，跟超過 70 個台灣的學校合作，幫助很多學生! Then she started another group! It runs online reading clubs. It's for girls all over the world! 然後，她又成立了第二個團隊! 這是給世界各地女孩參加的線上讀書會。 Last year, this girl won a Taishin Youth Volunteer Award. It's for junior high and high school students who help others. 去年，這個女孩贏得了台新青少年志工菁英獎，這個獎項鼓勵那些幫助其他人的國高中生。 She got a medal. Her favorite charity got money. She went on study trips abroad! 她得到了獎盃、為喜歡的公益團體募款，還出國遊學! This year's awards are soon. Do you know junior high or high school students in Taiwan who love to volunteer? They can sign up! Maybe they'll win! Sign up ends on October 31st! 你認識喜歡當志工的中學生嗎?也許他們會得獎! 記得要在 10 月 31 號前，報名今年的獎項哦! Are you too young for the award this year? Well, you're not too young to volunteer. It will make you feel good! ________________________________________ Vocabulary 當志工可以服務人群，增廣見聞。 1. volunteer 當志工。 Oh my God! I want to volunteer for this! 天哪，我要去當這個志工! For… eating at Michelin restaurants? 吃米其林餐廳的志工? No! For the World Masters Games! 不是! 壯年運動會的志工! 2. work 工作。 Masters in playing video games? 玩電腦遊戲的大師? No, masters in sports! 不，運動大師。 Oh, I get it. 我懂了。 You like working with handsome athletes. 你喜歡跟帥帥運動員一起做事。 Who wouldn't? 誰會不喜歡? 3. all over the world 世界各地。 Plus I'll get to meet people from all over the world! 而且我還會遇見世界各地的人。 4. start 開始。 So what do volunteers do? 所以志工做些什麼? I don't know. Starting a race with a gunshot? 我也不知道。鳴槍讓賽跑開始? 今天學到那些字? volunteer當志工 work工作 all over the world世界各地 start開始 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. What does last year's award winner love? a. Books b. Bags c. Balls 2. What do award winners get? a. A book b. A volunteer c. A medal 3. When does sign up end for this award this year? a. October 1st b. October 21st c. October 31st Answers 1. a 2. c 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Taiwan Will Get Better Water Ahhhh! Water is soooo good. Safe drinking water helps us be healthy. Drinking water comes out of our faucets at home. 水真好喝! 安全的飲用水能讓我們保持身體健康。 Taiwan's drinking water is good. But it is going to get better! Taiwan is making our water safer to drink. How? It is going to take out one kind of chemical. 台灣的水的品質將要變得更好，怎麼做呢? 未來將要把水中一種化學物質拿掉。 Some chemicals clean our water. They kill bacteria and viruses. They stop us from getting sick. 好的化學物質會殺掉水中的細菌跟病毒，讓我們不會生病。 Other chemicals in our water are not good for us. Scientists say one kind of chemical can make us sick. It is called PFAS. PFAS chemicals are in many, many things we use. But some PFAS get into drinking water. 但是，水裡也可能會有讓我們生病的化學物質PFAS，它存在於許多種日用品中。 Taiwan makes rules about the chemicals in drinking water. It tested the water from fifty places. It found too much PFAS in some water. Now Taiwan is making a new rule. Drinking water will have less PFAS! 政府在檢查五十個地方的飲用水後，發現PFAS含量太高，因此制定新的規定，飲用水中不可以含有太多 PFAS。 We need safe drinking water to be healthy. It’s great that it will be safer for us!*) *Cheers! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 有的化學物質會對人體造成傷害，必須有所規範。 safe 安全的。 You drink tap water? 你喝自來水? Yeah, anything wrong? 是啊，有什麼不對嗎? There are bacteria in the water! 水裡有細菌! You never know if it’s safe. 你根本不知道它安不安全。 sick 生病的。 Don’t worry. It’s safe. 別擔心，它很安全。 I often drink it. It’s never made me sick.我常喝，從來沒有生病過。 drinking water 飲用水。 Still, it’s not a good idea. 還是不好。 Drinking water should be very clean. 飲用水應該要很乾淨。 kill 殺死。 I don’t have time to boil it every day. 我可沒時間每天燒開水。 Use an electric water boiler. 用電熱水瓶啊。 It’ll do all the work and kill the bacteria.它做所有的工作，殺死細菌. Is the water you drink safe? safe安全的 sick生病的 drinking water飲用水 kill殺死 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. How will Taiwan’s drinking water be better? a. It will be safer. b. It will taste better. c. It will have more PFAS. 2. What do scientists say about PFAS? a. It tastes good. b. It can make us sick. c. It cleans water. 3. How many water tests did Taiwan do? a. Five b. Fifteen c. Fifty Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Backpacking Dogs In a big park in the UK, many dogs wear backpacks… on their stomachs! Why? 在英國一個公園裡，許多小狗肚子兩邊綁著背包，這是為甚麼呢? A long time ago, the UK had wolves. The wolves walked a lot. They walked in forests. They walked in tall grass. Seeds caught on their fur. They walked some more. Seeds fell off their fur. And new plants grew in new places. 很久以前在英國有野狼，牠們在森林間走動，皮毛會黏到種子。狼群到處走，種子跟著掉到別的地方，長出新的植物。 But the UK doesn't have wolves now. And this big park wanted lots of new plants. It needed to spread seeds in many places. 現在英國沒有野狼，但是想要在這座公園很快種出很多植物，該怎麼做呢? Lots of people and their dogs come to this park. The dogs love to walk everywhere there. Hmmmm … dogs, wolves, dogs, wolves, dogs… Maybe dogs can spread seeds too! Faster than wolves! 許多人帶著狗狗來公園裡玩，狗狗也很喜歡到處走，也許牠們可以幫忙播種! Park workers put seeds in small backpacks. The backpacks have small holes. The holes let the seeds fall one by one. 工作人員把種子放在有小洞的背包裡。 The workers ask people to put these backpacks on their dog's stomach. The dogs walk. The seeds fall. And now some new plants are growing! 主人們讓小狗綁上這些背包，牠們走路時，種子會從洞裡掉出來，現在就有新的植物長出來! People are excited. The park will have many new plants. The dogs and backpacks are a big help! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 沒有狼群散播種子，也許狗狗可以來幫忙。 1. grass 綠草。 Look at all the new grass growing everywhere! 你看到處長的新草地! Yeah, it sure is pretty! 是啊，真好看! I really don't like rain, but this is good. 我很不喜歡下雨，不過這很好。 2. spread 散播。 Yeah, with just a little water, grass can spread quickly! 對，只要有一點兒水，草地蔓延得好快! I wonder where those seeds come from.我想知道種子是哪兒來的。 3. seed 種子。 The winds brought them. 風帶來的。 Or the birds.或者是鳥兒。 I'd like to get some seeds, but not from birds! 我想要一些種子，但不要鳥帶來的。 4. park 公園。 Let's go to the park office.我們去公園處。 They sometimes give away seeds.他們有時候送人種子。 今天的單字你記住了嗎? grass綠草 spread散播 seed種子 park公園 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What are dogs wearing in the park? a. Backpacks on their backs b. Backpacks on their heads c. Backpacks on their stomachs 2. What fell off wolves' fur? a. Plants b. Seeds c. Water 3. What lets seeds fall from the backpacks? a. Small holes b. Dogs' mouths c. People Answers 1. c 2. b 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Mmmmm… Tuna is delicious. Mmmmm-mm! And bluefin tuna is very delicious! 黑鮪魚太好吃了。 Bluefin tuna fish are big. They can be from one and a half meters to three meters long! They can weigh from sixty kilograms to four hundred fifty kilograms! 黑鮪魚身體巨大，牠們可以從1.5到3公尺長，60到450 公斤重 ! In Taiwan, fishermen are very good at catching bluefin tuna. That’s great! They can catch all of these fish! But wait a minute! What about next year? There won't be any bluefin tuna! 台灣的漁夫很會捕撈黑鮪魚，他們可以把黑鮪魚全部抓完。等等! 要是都被抓完了，明年怎麼辦? Well, that won't happen. Taiwan has a rule. Two thousand tons of bluefin tuna can be caught every year. Then Taiwan's fishermen have to stop catching these fish. 好險這件事不會發生，因為台灣有規定，每年只能捕撈總共兩千噸的黑鮪魚。 This year, fishermen caught two thousand tons very fast! Everyone was surprised. Some fishermen wanted to catch more. They can get lots of money for bluefin tuna. But they had to stop. 今年，漁夫很快就補到了2000噸，他們很驚訝，雖然很多人想要多抓幾條來賺錢，但他們必須停止。 Taiwan's rule is smart. Now these fish can grow bigger. They can have more babies. And every year, fishermen can catch bluefin tuna again. 這項規定很聰明，沒有被抓的魚會長更大，生出更多鮪魚寶寶，這樣就一直可以有魚捕。 We can have delicious bluefin tuna for many years now! _______________________________ Vocabulary 黑鮪魚可以捕撈，但是必需有上限，不能超過。 fish 魚。 I’m going to the Bluefin Tuna Festival next year! 我明年要去黑鮪魚節! A festival of fish? 魚的節慶? Sounds like fun.聽起來很好玩。 delicious 美味的。 Are you going fishing? 你要去釣魚嗎? I wish. No, I’ll just be there to eat the fish. 我希望去呢! 但我只是去那兒吃魚。 Must be pretty good. 一定很美味。 It’s delicious! 非常好吃! lots of 很多。 You’ve been there before? 你以前去過? Yeah, I have. In Pingtung.去過，在屏東。 Did you pay lots of money for it? 有花很多錢嗎? want 要。 For the fish? Not at all.花錢吃魚嗎? 完全沒有。 I only paid for the souvenirs I wanted.我只花錢買了我要的紀念品。 Lucky you! 太幸運了! 你也想嚐嚐黑鮪魚的滋味嗎? fish魚 delicious美味的 lots of很多 want要 _______________________________ Quiz 1. How many meters long can bluefin tuna be? a. Three b. Thirteen c. Thirty 2. How much bluefin tuna can be caught here every year? a. Sixty tons b. Four hundred tons c. Two thousand tons 3. Why can't all bluefin tuna be caught? a. It takes lots of money. b. There won't be any next year. c. The fish is delicious. Answers: 1. a 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

K*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ In June, two astronauts were excited. They were flying a spaceship to the ISS. That's the International Space Station. 六月時，兩個很興奮的太空人，駕著太空船飛到了 ISS，也就是國際太空站。 Astronauts try new things in space there! These things help us learn more about space. 太空人要嘗試很多新事物，幫助我們更了解太空。 The ISS is also a big space home. Some astronauts live there for six months. Some visit for a short time. The two astronauts were going to visit for eight days. 國際太空站是個大型的太空之家，兩個太空人原本要住在那裡八天。 But their spaceship had some problems. It has small engines. They help the spaceship fly. But some small engines didn't work well. Scientists on Earth didn't know why. But the two astronauts got to the ISS safely. 他們順利到了國際太空站，但是太空船的引擎出了問題! 科學家們都找不出原因。 The engines were not easy to fix. So the astronauts didn't fly home after eight days. They didn't fly home after eight weeks! 引擎很難修理，所以他們在太空站待了 8 個星期都還沒回家! Then the engines were fixed. But was the spaceship safe for the astronauts? The scientists didn't know. 引擎最後修好了，但科學家不確定太空船安不安全。 So the astronauts will use another spaceship. And they will fly home… next year, in February! 所以這兩位太空人會使用另一艘太空船˙，不過要等到明年 2 月才能回到家 ! The astronauts' eight-day trip will be an eight-month trip! Everyone will be very happy when they come home! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 原本要在國際太空站待八天的兩名太空人，結果必須待上八個月。 1) spaceship 太空船。 The spaceship that took two astronauts up there in June 六月時把兩個太空人送上去的太空船…. Yeah, I remember. 對，我記得。 …has come back without them.回來了，沒有帶他們。 2) safely 安全地。 It's back on Earth.它回到了地球。 That's right. NASA didn't believe it could come back safely. 對，太空總署不相信它可以安全回來。 3) month 月份。 What about the two astronauts? 那兩個太空人呢? Oh, they'll just be up there,他們就會待在上面， watching the moon and stars for months.欣賞月球跟星星好幾個月。 4) fly 飛行。 Too bad they can't just fly back. 真糟糕，不能直接飛回來。 Do you want to fly to space? 來一起讀單字。 spaceship太空船 safely安全地 month月份 fly飛行 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What does "ISS" mean? a. In Space Station b. International Space Station c. Internet Spaceship Station 2. In June, how long were the astronauts going to visit the ISS? a. Eight days b. Eight weeks c. Six months 3. What did not work well on the spaceship? a. Scientists b. Astronauts c. Small engines Answers 1. b 2. a 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

K*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ People lived in Taiwan thousands of years ago. We don't know a lot about them. Sometimes we find their things. These things can help us learn more. But sometimes the things are a mystery. 幾千年前，就有人類在台灣生活，我們偶而也會找到一些那些人的遺跡。不過有時候找到的東西是個謎。 A tall, thin stone stands in Taitung. It's very, very old. The top is a half-moon shape. 在台東，有一根又高又細的石柱，非常古老，頂端是半月形的。 What was the stone for? Maybe it was for a building. Maybe it was for an important person. Nobody knows. This stone is a mystery. 石柱有什麼用處呢?也許是建築的一部份，或是某人的紀念碑。沒有人知道。 The stone is in Peinan Site Park. It's near a train station. About forty years ago, Taitung wanted to make the station bigger. 這根石柱位於卑南遺址公園，靠近火車站。 40 年前，台東政府想把車站改得更大。 Workers started to dig. They found some old things! Scientists came. The scientists found more than 2,000 very old and important things! 工人們開挖時，發現一些很古老的東西! 科學家來了，找到 2000多個古代的重要物品! These things were used by people thousands of years ago. Now they are Taiwan's treasures! Peinan Site Park was made to protect them. 幾千年前的人類使用過這些物品，現在它們是台灣的寶藏，卑南遺址公園的建立就是為了保護它們。 The museum there helps us learn about these treasures and the people who used them. But the museum doesn't know what the stone was for. 這一座博物館幫助我們了解古代的人，但是專家還是不懂石柱的意義。 What do YOU think the stone was for? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 卑南遺址公園很受考古人員的重視。 1. dig 挖掘。 Isn't it cool? 那不是很酷嗎? To dig up something that's from hundreds of years ago? 挖出幾百年前的東西? It is cool.是很酷。 2. find 找到。 But I would hope to find something special.不過我會希望找到一些特別的。 Like gold coins. 好比說金幣。 3. ago 之前。 I once watched a movie. 我看過一部電影。 They dug up a boat! From over one thousand years ago. 他們挖到一艘船! 來自一千多年前的船! 4. stone 石頭。 Wow, that's really something! 哇，那真棒! Right? 是不是? I want to find stone buildings, just like Pompeii. 我想要找到石頭建築，像龐貝城那種。 來一起複習今天的單字。 dig挖掘 find找到 ago之前 stone石頭 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What is near the old stone? a. A forest b. A train station c. A bus stop 2. When were many very old things found? a. Last week b. Forty years ago c. Two thousand years ago 3. Why was Peinan Site Park made? a. To protect old treasures b. To make a train station bigger c. To be a playground Answers 1. b 2. b 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

K*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ Deer are beautiful animals. It's exciting to see them in a forest. But it's not good when a deer is on a road. That's very dangerous. 鹿是美麗的動物，在森林看到牠們會讓人很開心。但是鹿如果出現在道路上就糟糕了，那會很危險。 A deer can die when a car hits it. People can get hurt too. 鹿被車子撞到可能會死掉，人也可能受傷。 In the U.S., two high school students want to help deer. They want to make a device. It can help stop cars from hitting deer. It has a camera. It also uses artificial intelligence, or AI. 美國有兩個高中生打算製造一個裡面裝有人工智慧相機的設備，讓車子不會再撞到鹿。 How does the device work? The AI camera watches a road. It sees a car… And it sees a deer near the road! Then the device makes sounds! 它是怎麼運作呢? 這個AI相機會監視道路，當它拍到一隻鹿靠近車輛時，便會發出聲音! They are animal sounds. Maybe they're bear sounds! Maybe they're lion sounds! These sounds scare the deer. It runs away! It doesn't go onto the road. 它發出的是動物的聲音，也許是熊或獅子的吼叫聲，這些聲音會把鹿嚇跑，就不會跑到道路上。 The students got a prize for their idea. They won $15,000 U.S. dollars. That's about $480,000 Taiwan dollars! Wow! 這個點子讓學生贏得了一萬五千元美金，相當於四十八萬台幣!! Now the students can make their device. Maybe they can make lots of them! Deer need help. Nobody wants cars to hit deer! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 用科學技術保護野生動物，真是好辦法! 1. scare 驚嚇。 Here comes the deer. 那隻鹿來了。 Wow! … shhhh! It's so beautiful! 牠真美! Yeah. 是啊。 But it's eating your flowers! 但是牠在吃你的花! Do you want to scare it away? 你要把牠嚇走嗎? 2. stop 制止。 Why do I want to do that? 為什麼要那樣? To stop it from ruining your garden! 好讓牠不要毀了你的花園! 3. sound 聲音。 It's okay. Just some flowers. 沒關係，只是幾朵花而已。 Hey, those are my vegetables! 嘿，那是我種的青菜! Maybe you can make some dog sounds.你也許可以學狗叫。 4. run away 跑掉。 Woof, woof! There, it's running away. 好了，牠跑掉了。 But I feel bad about it. 但是我覺得不開心。 你有看過野生的鹿嗎? 來讀單字。 scare驚嚇 stop制止 sound聲音 run away跑掉 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What kind of sounds does the device make? a. Car sounds b. Plane sounds c. Animal sounds 2. What does the device see when it makes sounds? a. A forest and a road b. A lion and a bear c. A deer and a car 3. What did the students win? a. A camera b. Money c. A car Answers: 1. c 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Super Light Shoes Made With Spray Ready… Set… Go! Look at them run! What a race! How do they run so fast? 你看他們跑步! 真是精采的一場賽跑! 他們怎麼能跑這麼快? The Paris Olympics was this summer. The fastest runners in the world were there. 巴黎奧運在今年夏天舉行，全世界跑得最快的選手都聚集在那裡。 Hellen Obiri was there. She's from Kenya, an East African country. She's one of the greatest marathon runners. Hellen Obiri 也參加了比賽，她來自東非國家肯亞。她是最優秀的馬拉松跑者之一。 Marathon runners run over 42 kilometers! Heavy things make them slower. So the clothes they wear are light. Their shoes are light too! 馬拉松選手要跑超過 42 公里! 重的東西都會讓他們慢下來，所以他們穿很輕的衣服，鞋子也不例外。 Hellen wears some of the lightest shoes in the world. A robot makes them! It sprays a very long, very thin string! Hellen 穿著世界上最輕的鞋子。這種跑鞋由機器人製作，製作時，它會噴出一條很長很細的線! Robots spray string to make a shoe? Whose idea is this? It's a university student's idea. He saw kids make spider webs for Halloween. They used strings of glue. 機器人噴出細線來做鞋子? 這是誰想出來的主意呢?這是一個大學生的點子，他看到小孩為了萬聖節，用膠做出細細的線來做蜘蛛網，因此得到了靈感。 Hellen won a big marathon in these shoes. They helped her win a medal at the Paris Olympics too! Run, Hellen, run! ________________________________________ Vocabulary 跑鞋讓特別的機器人來做，又輕又快又好。 1. runner 跑步的人。 Why do so many marathon runners come from Kenya? 為什麼那麼多馬拉松選手來自肯亞? Not only Kenya. Some are from Ethiopia.不只是肯亞。也有一些衣索匹亞人。 2. African 非洲的。 That's also an East African country. 那也是一個東非洲國家。 True. And both are big. 對，並且兩個都是大國。 3. fast 很快的。 Runners there can run fast for a long time.那兒的跑者可以跑很快，跑很久。 Yeah, and they're used to hot weather. 對，他們也習慣炎熱的天氣。 4. long 長的。 So running long distances in Paris was not a problem for them. 所以在巴黎跑長距離對他們不是問題。 No, but it was for many others. 是，但對別人卻是問題。 你今天學了哪些單字? runner跑步的人 African非洲的 fast很快的 long長的 … ________________________________________ Quiz 1. Where is Hellen Obiri from? a. Boston b. Kenya c. Paris 2. How far do people run in a marathon? a. 1,500 meters b. 3 kilometers c. 42 kilometers 3. When did the student get the idea for these shoes? a. Halloween b. Thanksgiving c. Christmas Answers 1. b 2. c 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Taiwan’s First Medal in Paris This year, the world came together for the Summer Olympics. It was in Paris. 全世界都在上個月為了巴黎奧運聚在一起 ! Many countries compete in many sports. Some sports are swimming and running. Other sports use guns.* *Skeet uses guns. 許多國家都會參與各項比賽。有些運動是游泳和跑步，也有些運動要使用到槍。定向飛靶射擊比賽就需要用到槍。 In skeet, an athlete shoots two flying discs. They're eleven centimeters wide. That's small! 定向飛靶射擊比賽，選手必須射中兩個飛靶，都只有 11 公分寬，非常的小 ! The athlete says "Pull!" Then the discs fly out very fast! One flies from the left! One flies from the right! Then… Bang! Bang! The athlete shoots two times. He tries to hit both discs. That's hard! 當選手說:「pull ! 放飛靶」時，兩片飛靶會很快地從左右兩邊飛出來，然後…選手發射兩次，要試著打中兩片飛靶，真困難! Lee Meng-yuan is the first Taiwanese skeet athlete at the Olympics. He's 29 years old. He began shooting when he was six. 李孟遠是第一個參加奧運的台灣定向飛靶選手，他今年二十九歲，他從六歲就開始射擊。 Lee competed against 29 athletes first. He did very well! Then he competed against five. He won a bronze medal! 李孟遠一開始和其他二十九個選手比賽，他表現得非常好，一路晉級，最後和五個選手競爭，他贏得了銅牌! It's Taiwan's first shooting medal. And it's Taiwan's first Paris Olympics medal! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 定向飛靶射擊難度很高，而李孟遠奪得奧運銅牌。 1. sports 運動。 Of all those Olympic sports, which one would you choose? 所有那些奧運項目，你會選哪一種? If I were to join the Games?假如我要參加的話嗎? 2. swim 游泳。 Definitely not badminton. 絕對不是羽球。I’ll lose every game.每場比賽我都會輸。I can’t swim either. 我也不會游泳。 3. run 跑。 Maybe pole vault. 也許撐竿跳。Yeah, I can do that. 那個我可以。 You want to be a pole vault athlete? 你要當撐竿跳運動員? Yeah, I like running and jumping.我喜歡跑和跳。 4. win 贏得。 And when I win, when I receive the gold medal, everyone will come to congratulate me… 我贏的時候，拿金牌，大家都會來恭喜我。 Oh, cut it out, Nancy! 好啦，南西! 來一起讀單字。 sports運動 swim游泳 run跑 win贏得 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What sport does Lee Meng-yuan do? a. Swimming b. Skeet c. Running 2. Which medal did Lee Meng-yuan win? a. Bronze b. Silver c. Gold 3. How many athletes did Lee Meng-yuan compete against first? a. 5 athletes b. 6 athletes c. 29 athletes Answers 1. b 2. a 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Taiwan's Kids Get Free Milk Ahhhh! Milk is good for you. Most of the milk people drink comes from cows. This milk helps your bones and teeth become stronger. 牛奶對身體好，喝牛奶可以幫助骨頭跟牙齒強壯。 Last year, people in Taiwan drank 20 liters of milk each. But that's much less than people in Europe and Australia. Europeans drank 53 liters each. Australians drank 92 liters each! 台灣去年每人平均喝20公升的牛奶，比歐洲跟澳洲人少很多。歐洲每個人一年喝掉53公升，澳洲每人喝92公升。 Taiwan knows that milk is good for kids. So kids from three years old to twelve years old are getting free milk! They're getting it at school. More than one million kids in Taiwan are getting free milk. That's a lot of milk! 台灣知道牛奶對兒童的身體好，所以3到12歲，一共超過100萬個兒童可以在學校免費拿牛奶。 All that milk isn't cheap. Taiwan will pay more than one billion Taiwan dollars every year! 這麼多的牛奶並不便宜，每年需要多花超過十億台幣。 Some kids can't drink milk. But that's okay! They don't have to drink it. They are getting a kind of soy milk. It can also help their bones and teeth become stronger. 有一些兒童沒辦法喝牛奶，他們可以得到豆漿，一樣可以強化骨頭跟牙齒。 Milk helps kids to be strong and healthy. Now kids in Taiwan can drink more milk, for free! Kids here will be stronger and healthier. That's great! Let's drink some milk together. Cheers! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 全台灣的小學生，從這學期開始每星期可以喝兩次免費鮮奶。 1. have to 必需。 Wait, will you drink your milk? 等一下，你要喝牛奶吧? Do I have to? I'm already full! 一定要喝嗎?我已經飽了。 2. drink 喝。 Then just drink half a glass. 那就喝半杯。It'll make you grow taller.會讓你長更高。 I'm already tall. 我已經很高了。 That's true.那倒是真的。 3. bone 骨頭。 It'll give you healthy bones too. 牛奶也會給你健康的骨頭。 And healthy bones let me jump high and run fast. 健康骨頭讓我跳得高，跑得快。 Exactly! 完全正確! 4. soy milk 豆漿。 I'm happy you know that! 我真高興你知道。 How about soy milk? Is it good too? 那豆漿呢，也很好嗎? Yeah, as good as milk.對，跟牛奶一樣好。 Let's all drink more milk and soy milk. 一起來讀單字。have to必需 drink喝 bone骨頭 soy milk豆漿 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What does milk help become stronger? a. Bones and teeth b. Eyes and nose c. Hands and feet 2. Who will pay for the milk? a. Parents b. Kids c. Taiwan 3. How many kids will get free milk? a. About 1,000 b. More than one million c. About one billion Answers: 1. a 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Good Health for Back to School It's back to school for you! But! It's also back to catching colds… More sneezing and coughing are around you! But there are many ways to stay healthy. 嘿!該是你們回學校上課的時後囉! 但是隨著開學，越來越多身邊的人咳嗽和打噴嚏，你們也更加容易感冒，不過，有很多保持健康的好方法哦。 Listen up! What's the first thing to do before you eat? Well, you wash your hands! Using soap is important. You can't see the germs and viruses on your hands. But germs and viruses can make you sick. Water doesn't kill them… Soap kills them! When there's no soap and water, find some hand sanitizer. 聽著，吃飯前該做的第一件事情是什麼呢? 就是用肥皂洗手! 你看不到讓你生病的細菌和病毒，所以要用肥皂或是乾洗手消滅他們! Next, eat healthy foods! Vegetables, fruits, and whole grains are good for you. Don't be picky! Take a bite of broccoli. One bite is better than no broccoli! 下一步就是要吃健康的食物啦! 蔬菜、水果還有全榖根莖類都會幫助你，不要挑剔! 咬一口花椰菜吧! 總比都沒有吃花椰菜來的好。 Finally, at the end of the day, it's bedtime. Thirty minutes before bedtime, turn off your TV and your computer. Put away your phone. That can help you sleep better. Get lots of sleep. Your body needs to rest and get ready for a new day! 最後，到了睡覺時間! 睡前 30 分鐘要關上電視、電腦，還有把手機拿開，這可以幫助你睡得更好，讓身體休息並為隔天做準備。 Wash your hands, eat healthy foods, and get lots of sleep, okay? Stay healthy out there, kids! Now, with clean hands, eat lunch! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 開學了，正是培養健康生活習慣的好時機。 1. bite 咬。 Wow, what's this? 哇，這是什麼? Shrimp cooked with peas.蝦仁炒豌豆。 Here, take a bite. 來吃一口。 Hmmm, this is really tasty! 這真好吃! Yeah? You like it? 是嗎? 你很喜歡? 2. healthy 健康的。 I sure do.我很喜歡。 Good! It's easy to cook, and very healthy too. 真好，它很容易做，又很健康。 Low in calories.熱量又低。 3. better than 比什麼好。 Can I have more? 我可以再多吃一點嗎? Of course, you can have half of it.當然，你可以吃一半。 This is definitely better than hamburgers. 這絕對比漢堡好。 4. picky 挑剔的。 You're not picky, are you? 你不挑剔，對吧? Not at all. I'll eat whatever dishes you make. 一點也不，你做什麼我都吃。 Do you eat vegetables every day? 來一起讀單字。 bite咬 healthy健康的 better than比什麼好 picky挑剔的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. When is washing your hands the first thing to do? a. Before you eat b. When you eat c. After you eat 2. What is good for you to eat? a. Hand sanitizer b. Vegetables c. Viruses 3. What is good to do thirty minutes before bedtime? a. Put away your phone b. Eat lots of fruit c. Wash your hands Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Lost King Found on Social Media Do you look at pictures of your family and friends on social media? Or do you look at funny pictures and animal videos? 你會在社群媒體上瀏覽朋友的照片嗎?還是看好笑的照片或動物影片呢? Some people who like art look at art on social media. Maybe they're looking at a picture of a family. But if there's art in the picture too, the art lover sees the art! 藝術愛好者會在社群媒體瀏覽藝術，可能也會看家庭合照，但是假如藝術品出現在照片裡，他們一定會注意到。 That's how one man found a painting of a king. It is more than 400 years old. It was part of a set. Twenty-two paintings were in the set. But no one knew where the king's painting was. People thought it was lost. 有人就這樣找到一張國王的畫像。這張畫像有4百年的歷史，是一組22張畫像中的一張。沒有人知道這張畫像在哪裡，大家都以為這張畫早已失蹤。 But the painting wasn't lost! It was in a place where people have events. People take pictures at these events. Someone put one of these pictures on social media. 其實這張畫就掛在一個常辦活動的地方。活動當中常有人拍照，還會把照片上傳到社群媒體。 In the picture, the painting is on a wall behind some people. The painting is arched on top. The man remembered the paintings in the set. They had the same arched top! Was this the lost painting? Yes! 照片裡這張畫像就掛在人群後方的牆壁上。它有獨特的拱形畫框，這名男子記得這一組畫像都有一樣的畫框，所以就是遺失的畫像。 The man is excited and happy. He found the lost king! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 只因為看到一張照片，就找到了消失多年的畫像，真神奇! 1. art 藝術。 There's a Taipei Art Expo going on now. 台北藝術博覽會正在進行。 An Art Expo? 藝術博覽會? Yeah, you get to see a lot of paintings.對，你可以看到很多畫作。 2. painting 油畫。 I used to be very good at that. 我以前很擅長的。 At making paintings? 很擅長畫油畫嗎? Then you should go and see. 那你應該去看看。 3. art lover 藝術愛好者。 Many art lovers are ready to pay big money for the work.很多藝術愛好者都準備花大錢買作品。 I bet they are.一定是的。I wish I knew what people like…我希望知道他們喜歡什麼… 4. maybe 也許。 Maybe they'd like pictures of themselves. 也許他們會喜歡自己的畫像。You're right! People like to see their own faces! 說得對! 人們喜歡看自己的臉。 請跟我讀單字。art藝術 painting油畫 art lover藝術愛好者 maybe也許 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What do art lovers look at on social media? a. Love b. Art c. Families 2. Who was in the painting that the man found? a. A king b. A queen c. A prince 3. What part of the painting is arched? a. The bottom b. The top c. The back Answers: 1. b 2. a 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Green Electricity in Taitung Deep in the earth, it's very, very hot. In Taiwan, under Taitung, it's very, very, very hot! The water there is hot too. It's so hot that it makes lots of steam! 台東地底下的溫度非常高，地下水也很燙，會產生很多的蒸氣。 The hot water and steam come out of the earth. The hot water makes hot springs. Many people go to Taitung's hot springs. They sit and relax … ahh! Clouds of steam go up and away. 熱水跟蒸氣從地底下冒出來就變成溫泉。很多人會到台東泡溫泉放鬆。 Some companies had a big idea. They helped the Bunun people with a hot spring park. The companies will also use the steam in the earth. They will make green electricity. Green electricity means it's good for the earth! 有一些公司想到不錯的主意，他們幫布農族建了溫泉園區。這些公司也利用地熱發展綠能，對環境友善。 First, they made a deep hole. They are testing it now. The steam will try to get out. You can see this with a kettle at home. 首先他們鑽了一個很深的洞，試著讓蒸汽冒出來，就像是在燒開水。 In Taitung, when the steam gets out, it will spin a big wheel. The spinning wheel will make electricity. It can make electricity for 2,500 houses! 冒出來的蒸氣會讓渦輪轉動產生電能，可以讓 2500個家庭使用。 The heat deep in the earth can make lots of good things happen in Taiwan! Go, steam, go! ________________________________ Vocabulary 地熱可以發電，也會產生溫泉。 1. relax 放鬆。 Ah, it's so nice to soak in the hot spring! 泡溫泉真好! Yeah, what a way to relax! 對啊，讓人放鬆的好辦法! 2. deep 很深的。 Does all this water come from deep underground? 這些熱水都從地底深處來的嗎? I believe so.我相信是。 You can smell the sulfur. 你可以聞到硫磺味。 3. house 房屋。 I hope to live in a house with a hot spring. 我希望住在有溫泉的房子裡。That would be wonderful! 那太好了! Can I go and visit? 我可以去拜訪嗎? 4. at home 在家。 I may not be at home. 我可能會不在家。 Why not? 為什麼呢? Because it'll be too hot there. 因為那裡太熱了。 你喜歡泡湯嗎?來一起讀單字。 relax放鬆 deep很深的 house房屋 at home在家 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where will the companies make electricity? a. Taichung b. Taitung c. Taipei 2. Where does the water from the hot spring come from? a. The moon b. The ocean c. The earth 3. What will the companies use to make electricity? a. Green water b. Steam c. Clouds Answers: 1. b 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Saying Goodbye With Fantasy Coffins Ghost Month is done. 農曆鬼月已經結束囉。 When a person's life is done, they might be put in a coffin. Then their family and friends say goodbye to them. 人的生命結束的時候，他可能會被放進棺材裏面。他的親友會再跟他道別。 Most coffins are long boxes.* *Most are made of wood. But sometimes the person has a very different coffin! 多數棺材是長長的木製箱子。不過有時候還是有特殊的棺材。 In Africa, Ghana makes fantasy coffins. They can look like something the person loved: a superhero lunch box, a golden lion*, *or a cool sports car! Or they can be about the person's job: a red pen for a teacher or bread for a baker! 西非國家迦納很會製作一些特殊的、是這個人會喜歡的棺材。像是超級英雄的便當盒、金色的獅子、很酷的跑車，或是跟職業有關，比如說老師用的紅筆、麵包師傅的麵包。 A UK company makes fantasy coffins too.Some look like skateboards or ballet shoes!Some look like trains, guitars, or cellphones! 英國有一家公司也會做特殊的棺材。有的像滑板、芭蕾舞鞋、火車、吉他甚至手機。 One man got an airplane coffin… before he needed it. He liked it very much. He wanted his friends to see it. So he had a big party! Ten years later, when his life was done, everyone remembered that happy party. 有個男子在他需要之前就拿到飛機棺材。他非常喜歡，也希望他的朋友都可以看到，所以舉辦了一場盛大的派對。十年後，他離開了，大家都還記得那個開心的派對。 Fantasy coffins make family and friends smile. People remember happy times with the person. For some, they're a great way to say goodbye. Vocabulary 特殊形狀的棺木，可以彰顯往生者最大的特色。 look like 看起來像。 I think it’s a great idea! 我覺得這真的是很棒的主意! What? 什麼呢? Coffins that look like animals, trains or sports cars. 模仿動物，火車或是跑車的棺木。 like 喜歡。 Sports cars, hmmm, that sounds a lot of fun! 跑車，聽起來真好玩! Well, I like the idea too.我也喜歡這個主意。 Imagine having an elephant coffin! 想想看，一個大象棺木! remember 記得。 Wouldn’t it be great? 可不是很棒嗎? It’s a nice way to remember the people you love. 用這好方式來紀念你所愛的人。 4. say goodbye 道別。 And it can make saying goodbye less painful. 也可以讓道別比較不痛苦。Yeah, it will make family and friends feel better. 對，會讓親友感覺好一些。 來一起讀單字。 look like看起來像 like喜歡 remember記得 say goodbye道別 Quiz 1. What are most coffins made of? a. Wood b. Bread c. Gold 2. What kind of coffins are there in Ghana? a. Fancy Coffins b. Fantasy Coffins c. Fun Coffins 3. Where is the company that makes fantasy coffins? a. Ukraine b. UK c. Uganda Answers 1. a 2. b 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

An Inside Look at Mascots Mascot: T-E-A-M! Goooooo team! Narrator: That's a mascot cheering at a baseball game. The mascot is the cute animal or the cool superhero dancing around. Mascots make fans loud and excited! 那個吉祥物正在為棒球比賽加油! 吉祥物可以是可愛的動物或是大英雄，他們會跳舞逗粉絲開心。 Being a mascot actor looks easy and fun. They dance, cheer, and do funny things. 當吉祥物的演員看起來很容易也很有趣。他們會跳舞、歡呼還會搞笑。 But the job can be hard. Mascot costumes are hot inside. During Taiwan's hot summer, the actors get very hot! 但這個工作很辛苦，吉祥物服裝裡面溫度很高，特別是台灣的夏天，演員會覺得非常熱! But the costumes are expensive! The actors can't make them dirty. So they wear pants, shirts with long sleeves, and gloves. 這些服裝很貴，演員不能弄髒，所以他們還會穿褲子、長袖跟手套。 Mascot: You can do it! You can do it! Go, go, go!!! T-E-A-M! Goooooo team! Narrator: The actors dance and cheer for thirty minutes. Then they need to rest and cool down … Mascot: Go team! Go team! Yeah! T-E-A-M! Goooooo team! Go team! Go team! Yeah! Narrator: … and then they dance and cheer again! 吉祥物演員會蹦蹦跳跳歡呼30分鐘，然後就得休息，涼快一下，再繼續賣力表演。 Mascots make sports games more fun. And happy fans buy lots of cups, baseball caps, and more… with the mascot on it! 吉祥物讓運動更有趣，粉絲就會買很多吉祥物的周邊的商品，像是杯子、棒球帽等等。 Mascot actors give fans a great time. They help the team make money too. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 吉祥物演員必須吃苦耐勞，還得讓觀眾高興! 1. game 比賽 The Tigers are having a game tonight! 老虎隊今晚要比賽! Where? 在哪裡? Taipei Dome.台北大巨蛋。 Great! I've never watched a baseball game there.太棒了，我沒有在那裏看過棒球賽。 2. shirt 襯衫 (開關抽屜聲音) What are you looking for? 你在找什麼? My T-shirt that says "Tigers." 我的圓領衫，上面寫著老虎隊。 I didn't know you're a true fan. 我不知道你是真正的粉絲。 3. expensive 昂貴的 But wait, let me check the tickets. 等等，讓我看一下票。 Oh no, only the most expensive ones are left. 糟糕，只剩下最貴的。 4. cheer 歡呼加油。 How much? 多少錢? $1,000 NT a piece.一千塊。 Woah! Let's cheer for them at home. 哇，我們在家裡替他們加油吧。 Yeah, with hotdogs and popcorn! 對，還要熱狗跟爆米花! Do you like baseball games? game比賽 shirt襯衫 expensive昂貴的 cheer歡呼加油 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What do mascots do? a. Play sports b. Make people excited c. Spend lots of money 2. How long can the actors dance and cheer before they need to rest? a. About ten minutes b. About thirty minutes c. About an hour 3. What makes the job hard in the summer? a. Hot costumes b. Dirty costumes c. Cute costumes Answers: 1. b 2. b 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

No Cows Needed for This Butter Mmm … Toast and butter, yum! Most butter is made from cow's milk. But a company has a new way to make butter. 烤土司加奶油真好吃! 大多數的奶油是用牛奶做的，現在有一間公司有新的方式做奶油。 It uses carbon dioxide and other gases that come from the air. It heats the gases. That makes the fat for the butter. No cows are needed! 這間公司加熱空氣中的二氧化碳跟其他氣體，做出奶油中的脂肪，完全不需要乳牛。 But why are they making butter this way? Well, cows create a lot of pollution. They belch methane. Methane is a bad gas. It makes the Earth warmer. Cows also need lots of land to live on and water to drink. Using cow's milk for butter is bad for the Earth. 為什麼要這麼做呢?因為牛會排出甲烷 ，讓地球暖化。養牛也需要很多的土地跟水。用牛奶做奶油並不環保。 The company says its butter is a much better butter for the Earth. It doesn't make bad gases. It doesn't need land. It uses very little water. 這間公司說他們的奶油不需要土地，也不會排出不好的氣體，只需要少量的水，是環保的奶油。 This new butter tastes like… butter! But is it safe to eat? The butter is being checked now. If it's safe, the company can start selling it in 2025. 這款新的奶油吃起來就像奶油，但是它吃下肚不會有問題嗎? 這種奶油還在檢驗中，如果通過檢驗，公司就可以在2025年開始販售。 So…. when you put butter on your toast, remember: soon it might be made from air! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 這家公司是先合成人造脂肪，再用脂肪做出味道跟奶油很像的產品。 1. made from 用什麼做的 Ummm, this shrimp tastes good! 這蝦真好吃! I'm glad you like it. 我很高興你喜歡。 It's made from algae.它是海藻做的。 What? This is not real shrimp? 什麼啊?這不是真的蝦子? Nope.不是。 2. way 方式 But it looks and tastes like real shrimp! 但是它看起來跟味道都像真的。 I know. 我知道。 They used a new way to make it. 他們用一種新方法做的。 3. better更好的 I have to say they did a good job.我得說他們做得很好。 Better than the real one? 比真的還好? 4. create 創造 Probably not. But good enough. 也許沒有，但是夠好了。 Still, I hope they stop creating fake food. 不過我還是希望他們停止做假的食物。 這些單字你記住了嗎? made from 用什麼做的 way方式 better更好的 create創造 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What is butter usually made from? a. Toast b. Cow's milk c. Chicken eggs 2. What do cows produce that is bad for the Earth? a. Oxygen b. Air c. Methane 3. If the new butter is safe, when can the company sell it? a. 2025 b. 2026 c. 2027 Answers: 1. b 2. c 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Kids in Taiwan Need More Exercise Narrator: In Taiwan, many kids from eleven to thirteen years old took a survey. Seventy percent said they needed more exercise. Kids: What?/Huh?!/No way! Narrator: You know what? They're right! 台灣很多11歲到13歲的小朋友填問卷調查，有百分之70的說他們需要運動。他們說的沒錯! Kids from five to seventeen years old need one hour of exercise a day. That's seven hours of exercise a week! 5到17歲的孩童需要每天運動1小時，一周要7個小時。 Kids have PE. But at most schools, PE is eighty to ninety minutes a week. 雖然學校有體育課，但大多數一周只上80到90分鐘。 Exercise can help kids be healthier. We can get exercise by doing things to move more. We can take the stairs, walk the dog, or ride a bike. 運動可以讓兒童更健康。我們可以多動動，像是走樓梯、遛狗或騎腳踏車。 Right now, it's too hot outside. The summer heat is strong. But - there are many ways to exercise inside! We can dance, swim, jump rope, play badminton, do taekwondo, or hula hoop! 外面現在真的太熱了，還是有很多方法可以在室內運動，例如跳舞、游泳、跳繩、打羽毛球、打跆拳道或搖呼拉圈。 Neighbor: Hey! Quiet down! Narrator: We need some space! We want to be safe, and we don't want to make people angry when we exercise at home! 我們需要安全的空間做運動。我們也不想在家做運動的時候，惹怒其他人。 Do you exercise one hour a day? No? Why are you sitting? If your teacher says okay, go and move! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 一個星期兩三堂的體育課，對兒童和青少年是不夠的。 1. exercise 運動 Wendy, let's go rollerblading at the park this afternoon. 溫蒂，我們今天下午去公園溜直排輪吧。 No, it's too hot.不要，太熱了。 Please, you need exercise. 拜託啦，你需要運動。 2. healthier 更健康 No, I need to study. 不了，我要讀書。 Rollerblading will make you healthier. 直排輪會讓你更健康。 I'm already very healthy, thanks to you.我已經很健康了，都是你的功勞。 3. hour 鐘頭 Still, experts say you need to work out for one hour every day. 還是一樣，專家說你需要每天動一個鐘頭。 Leave me alone, mom! 媽媽不要再吵我了! 4. swim 游泳 Alright, I'll go swimming all by myself! 好吧，我就自己去游泳吧。 What kind of exercise do you like? exercise運動 healthier更健康 hour鐘頭 swim游泳 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. How old were the kids who took the survey? a. Five to seventeen b. Eleven to thirteen c. Eighty to ninety 2. How much exercise do children need every day? a. One hour b. Five hours c. Seven hours 3. What can exercise help kids to be? a. Angrier b. Healthier c. Safer Answers: 1. b 2. a 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Scientists Say It's Raining More… And Less Do your mom and dad say it's raining more? Because of climate change, it is. Air holds more water in our warmer world. 你爸媽有說過雨越下越多嗎?沒有錯，因為氣候變遷的關係， 氣候暖化讓空氣中有更多的水分。 Scientists say it's raining much more during wet times, and much less during dry times. And these changes are causing problems. 科學家說雨季的雨水越來越多，乾季越來越乾燥，這些變化都會造成問題。 Too much rain can cause floods. There's too much water everywhere. Heavy rain and floods damage farmers' crops. They damage homes, roads, and bridges. Floods keep us from leaving our homes or schools. Flood water is dirty and can make us sick! 雨太大會造成水災，會破壞農作物、家園、道路跟橋梁，我們只能待在家裡或學校。水災的髒水還會讓人生病。 Too little rain can cause droughts. There's too little water for everything. Droughts hurt farmers. They need lots of water to grow crops. In Taiwan, droughts hurt some technology companies. They need lots of water to make their products. And droughts hurt us! We need water for a healthy life! 雨太少會引起乾旱。乾旱讓農作物無法生長，也影響科技公司製作產品，還會影響我們的健康。 We can't stop floods or droughts. But we can all help Taiwan have a little more water every day. We can take shorter showers. We can turn off the water when we brush our teeth or wash dishes. 我們沒辦法阻止水災或乾旱，但我們可以每天為台灣省多一點水，洗澡洗快一點，刷牙、洗碗的時候把水關掉。 Can you think of more ways? ------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 雨水太多會造成水災，不夠的話又變成旱災。 1. too much 太多 It's raining like crazy out there! 外面的雨下得真瘋狂! Yeah, just yesterday I was worried about my tomatoes getting too much sun. 對啊，我昨天還在擔心我的番茄曬太多太陽。 2. too little 太少 Now it's too much water.現在是水太多了。 But when there's too little rain 但是雨水太少的時候… I would be worried too.我又會擔心。 3. farmer 農夫 I really don't want to grow anything anymore. 我真的什麼都不想種了。 I'm not a good farmer. 我就不是好農夫。 4. problem 問題。 Hey, blame it on climate change. 要怪氣候改變吧。 It's the weather that's causing problems, not you. 是天氣造成問題，不是你。 Do you like rain? 一起來讀單字。 too much太多 too little太少 farmer農夫 problem問題 ------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. What can too much rain cause? a. Snow b. Floods c. Hot weather 2. What can too little rain cause? a. Droughts b. Typhoons c. More rain 3. What can we do to save water? a. Take longer showers b. Take hotter showers c. Take shorter showers Answers: 1. b 2. a 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

What's Your Name, Mr. Elephant? Scientists say elephants have names! How do they know this? 科學家說大象有自己的名字! 他們怎麼知道的呢? We can hear some elephant sounds. Here's a loud sound. They make low sounds too. Here's a low sound. 我們可以聽到大象的叫聲，牠們可以叫很大聲，也可以發出低沉的聲音。 Elephants also make VERY low sounds. Our ears can't hear them! With these very low sounds, they call each other. They use a different sound for each elephant. That different sound is the elephant's name! 大象還會發出我們聽不到、非常低沉的聲音來稱呼彼此，不同的聲音就是不同大象的名字。 This is very cool. Many people think only humans use names to call others. That's wrong! 很多人以為只有人類才會用名字呼叫對方。 How do people know we are talking to them? Many times, we use their names. When we see our friends, we say "Hi, Johnny" or "Hello, Emma." 人們怎麼知道我們在跟他們說話呢? 因為我們會稱呼他們的名字。 An elephant has about fifty friends. It uses names for them too! An elephant can also call a friend from six kilometers away. Many elephants can hear that call. Using a name is important then. 一隻大象差不多有50個朋友，牠還會用不同的名字呼叫。大象可以從6公里外呼叫朋友，很多同伴都聽得到，所以知道在叫誰很重要。 Scientists are going to keep studying elephant sounds. Maybe we will learn that elephants talk to each other! And who knows? Maybe one day, we can call their names and talk to them! ________________________________ Vocabulary 大象不但記憶力驚人，還會互相呼叫名字。 1. call 叫做 What's that new guy's name? 新來的那人叫什麼名字? I don't know. I just call him Chief. 我不知道。我都叫他酋長。 Why "Chief?" 為什麼是酋長? He said he's a fan of the Kansas Chiefs.他說他是堪薩斯酋長隊的粉絲。 2. talk 交談 So when you talk to him, you say, "Hey, Chief." 所以你跟他講話時就說，「嗨，酋長」。 Yeah, it's easy to remember. 對，很容易記。 3. friend 朋友 Then what does he call you? 那他怎麼叫你? "Hey, My Friend." 就是「我的朋友」。 That's quite friendly. 倒是很友善。 4. use 使用 But I want him to use my name. 不過我想要他用我的名字。 Maybe you need to use his first. 也許你得先用他的。 一起來讀單字。 call叫做 talk交談 friend朋友 use使用 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What did scientists find out about elephants? a. They can fly! b. They call humans! c. They have names! 2. What sounds do elephants make that we can't hear? a. Very low sounds b. Very high sounds c. Singing sounds 3. How many friends do elephants have? a. About two b. About six c. About fifty Answers: 1. c 2. a 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Feeding Ghosts in Toucheng The Toucheng Ghost Grappling Competition is in Yilan. It's in the seventh month of the lunar year. 頭城搶孤儀式會在農曆七月的時候，在宜蘭舉行。 In Taiwan, the seventh month of the lunar year is Ghost Month. During Ghost Month, ghosts can come and visit. This old ghost grappling competition feeds the ghosts and shows them respect. 在台灣，農曆七月就是鬼月。鬼魂在這個期間來人間拜訪。這個古老的搶孤儀式會提供鬼魂食物並表示尊敬。 Teams of five people climb a tall tower. There's lots of food on it for the ghosts. The teams want to get the flag and the gold medal at the top. But it's not easy… 五個人一組的隊伍會努力爬上棚架，在棚台上有很多給鬼魂的食物。隊伍要爬到頂端拿到旗子跟金牌，不過這可不簡單…… The poles at the bottom of the tower are 33 meters tall. There's lots of grease on them! They're super slippery! 棚架的柱子大概有33公尺高 ! 而且上面塗滿了油，所以超級滑! This competition is at night. The tower has beautiful lights. The climb is very exciting! Many people come to watch! 這場比賽會在晚上舉辦。棚架上會有漂亮的燈光，再加上整個比賽非常刺激，吸引很多人來看 ! The teams climb as fast as they can. Teammates climb on top of each other. They slip and slide! The poles are so greasy! 參加隊伍必須用最快的速度向上爬，隊員要爬到隊友的頭上，他們可能會滑倒，甚至滑下來，因為柱子真的太滑了 ! The first team to get the flag and the gold medal wins! 第一個爬到頂端拿到旗子跟金牌的隊伍，就能贏得比賽! Soon the ghosts will be full and happy. They can go home! ________________________________________ Vocabulary 搶孤很不容易，參賽的隊伍必須全力以赴! 1. watch 觀看 This competition looks like a lot of fun. 這個比賽看起來很好玩。 Thinking about going there to watch? 你想去那裏看嗎? 2. exciting 精彩的、讓人興奮的 I'd really like to! 我很想去! It's an exciting event! 那是很精彩的活動。 But it's at midnight next Monday. 可是它在下星期一的午夜。 3. as fast as一樣快 That's even better. 那更好。 We can go after work. 我們可以下班之後去。 Then you'd have to drive as fast as you can.那你得儘量開快車。 No, Toucheng is not that far away.頭城沒有那麼遠。 4. slip and slide 滑倒摔跤 You really like to see people slip and slide, don't you? 你就是喜歡看人滑倒摔跤，對吧? I sure do. 真的。 一起來讀單字。 watch觀看 exciting精彩的 as fast as一樣快 slip and slide滑倒摔跤 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. In the lunar year, when is Ghost Month? a. The fifth month b. The seventh month c. The 45th month 2. Where is Toucheng? a. Yuanlin b. Yilan c. Yingge 3. What makes Toucheng's tall tower so slippery? a. Grease b. Food c. Ghosts Answers: 1. b 2. b 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I want to buy a new sweater. But I don’t want to buy a cotton one. Cotton needs chemicals to grow faster. It needs chemicals that kill bugs. These chemicals are bad for the Earth. 我想買新的毛衣，但我不要棉花做的。棉花需要化學物質才能除蟲、長得快，可是化學物質對地球有害。 Should I buy one made from polyester? No, thanks! Polyester makes microplastics. They're bad for the Earth… and us. 那要買聚酯纖維做的嗎？也不行! 因為聚酯纖維會製造塑膠微粒，對地球跟我們也有害。 How about a sweater made of … human hair!? It sounds gross, but I heard it feels very soft! 那用人類頭髮做的毛衣呢？感覺有一點噁心，但是聽說摸起來好柔軟。 We take care of our hair every day. Some of us spend lots of money on our hair. But when we get haircuts, we don't want the hair that's cut off. Thousands of tons of hair become waste! But now, one company wants this hair! 我們每天都會保養頭髮，有一些人還會花很多錢保養。但是當我們把頭髮剪了，就不會想留下來。上千噸的頭髮變成垃圾，現在有一間公司卻想要這些頭髮。 A Dutch woman's company makes cloth from human hair. Her company gets hair from hair salons and washes it. The company makes yarn from the hair. It can color the yarn almost any color. It makes cloth from the yarn. 一位荷蘭女士開了一間用頭髮做衣服的公司。她的公司從髮廊收集頭髮，並且清洗乾淨做成各種顏色的毛線，再織成布料。 Hair doesn't need water, land, or chemicals. Using it cuts waste. 頭髮不需要水、土壤或化學物質，使用它可以減少垃圾做環保。 Maybe one day we'll be wearing clothes made from our own hair! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 用人類頭髮來做衣服，原料取之不盡用之不竭。 1. haircut 剪髮 I really need to get a haircut. 我真的得去剪頭髮。 It looks fine to me. Soft and shiny. 我看它很好啊。又軟又亮。 2. take care of 照顧 But taking care of it every day is too much trouble.但是每天照顧頭髮好麻煩。 I get it. So you want to cut it short? 我懂，所以你想剪短? 3. grow 生長 Yeah, much shorter.對，短很多。 My hair grows fast. 我的頭髮長很快。 Pretty soon it’ll become long again. 沒多久又變長了。 4. company 公司 You can sell your hair to a fashion company, you know. 你可以把頭髮賣給時尚公司，你知道吧。 And a wig company, too! 還有假髮公司呢。 Great idea. 好主意! How often do you get a haircut? haircut剪髮 take care of照顧 grow生長 company公司 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. How does the sweater made of human hair feel? a. Rough b. Soft c. Bad 2. Where does the company get human hair? a. Hair salons b. Fashion companies c. Yarn shops 3. What is true about clothes made of human hair? a. They’re bad for the Earth. b. They can be almost any color. c. They make lots of waste. Answers: 1. b 2. a 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

NASA is the space agency of the U.S. It wants to do many things in space. It looks for ideas to help. 美國太空總署NASA想要在太空做不同的事，NASA也會收集各種好主意來解決問題。 Many scientists have good ideas about doing things in space. Some ideas can help NASA. Scientists make these ideas better. NASA will use the best ideas in space! 許多科學家對於在太空中做事有很多好的想法。有一些可以幫到 NASA。科學家們把想法變得更好。 NASA會將最好的創意運用到太空！ NASA will send people to the moon. They need buildings to live and work in. NASA will use moon rocks to make buildings. So one idea is using robot carts on the moon. They can carry heavy rocks! NASA未來會派人到月球，這些人需要房子住跟工作的地方。NASA會用月球上的石頭蓋房子，就有人想到可以用機械推車來運送石頭。 The robot carts have magnets, so they float over a track. They don't have wheels or legs. They don't touch the ground, so moon dust can't stop them. 這種機械推車有磁鐵，讓它懸浮在軌道上，不需要輪子或是雙腿，這樣月球上的灰塵就阻止不了它。 The track pushes the carts. They can move thirty meters in one minute. 軌道會推動推車前進，一分鐘可以跑30公尺。 Like toy tracks, the robot cart tracks can be moved. They can be rolled out on the ground. Then they can be rolled up and put away! 跟玩具軌道一樣，推車的軌道可以隨意移動，也可以收起來。 Robot carts are a great idea. But there are many great ideas. Will we see these robot carts on the moon one day? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 有了月球推車，建造月球基地不再是空想。 1. do 做 I’m so tired! 我累死了! I want a robot to do all things for me! 我想要機器人來替我做所有的事情。 What things? 什麼事呢? Shopping, cooking, taking out the garbage….買東西、煮飯、倒垃圾… 2. carry 帶著、拿著 He can also carry my bag and go to work with me. 他也可以拿我的包包，跟我去上班。 And do your job and share your pay? 並且做你的工作，分你的薪水? 3. help 幫忙 Do my job, yes, 做我的工作，對，share my pay, no. 分我的薪水，不行。 I also want him to help buy my lunch. 我還要他幫忙買中飯。 4. many 很多 You have so many good ideas about how to use a robot! 你對怎麼用機器人，好主意真不少! 今天的單字都很短，卻很常用。 do做 carry帶著、拿著 help幫忙 many很多 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What is NASA? a. The U.S. space agency b. A U.K. robot company c. People living on the moon 2. What can robot carts do? a. Make houses b. Look for ideas c. Carry rocks 3. What can the robot cart tracks do? a. Float b. Use toys c. Roll up ** ** Answers: 1. a 2. c 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Oh boy, it's so hot. Let's go for a drive to cool down. 天啊，真的好熱。我們去開車兜風。 Ugh. There are so many cars on the road. Hey, we need to get some gas! 路上有好多車，而且我們還需要加油！ Summers are hot in Taiwan. We turn on air conditioners to cool down. Maybe we go for drives and use gas. When we do these things, we use fossil fuels. 台灣的夏天真的很熱，我們都會開冷氣或是開車出去兜風，都會用到化石燃料。 What happens if our fossil fuel use doesn’t change? Climate change will make Taiwan's summers hotter and longer. 如果我們不減少化石燃料的使用，氣候變遷會讓台灣的夏天又長又熱。 By the year 2100, our summers will be 210 days long! Noooooo! Do you like 36-degree days? There will be 75 more! 到了2100年，台灣的夏天會長達210天！36度的天氣會多75天喔！ Climate change will also bring more heavy rain. More floods will happen. There will be fewer typhoons. But… they'll be stronger! 氣候變遷還會帶來強降雨，就會更常淹水。颱風雖然會變少，但是颱風的強度會更強。 Longer, hotter summers, more floods, and stronger typhoons will make life harder for everyone. 又長又熱的夏天、很多的水災以及強颱都會讓我們的日子不好過。 We need to do more to slow down climate change. We don’t want longer, hotter summers, right? Let's find ways to use less fossil fuels. Seven months of summer is too long! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 又熱又潮濕的夏天，讓人很難受，而這種日子以後會更多。 1. longer 比較長的 Working late today? 今天晚下班? I’m not working. 我沒有在工作。 I just want to stay at the office longer. 我只想在辦公室待久一點。 2. hotter 比較熱的 To enjoy air conditioning? 享受冷氣嗎? Exactly! 正是! It’s too hot at home. 家裡太熱了。 It feels like every summer is hotter than the last. 感覺起來每年夏天都比以前熱。 3. harder 更困難 That’s so true! 真的是那樣! And when it rains, it makes daily life harder. 下雨時也讓日常生活更麻煩。 4. change 改變 I used to love summer a lot. 我以前很喜歡夏天。 Not anymore. 現在不了。 Because summer has changed. 因為夏天變了。 Yeah, it has. 對啊，是變了。 Summertime is getting longer… 來一起讀單字。 longer比較長的 hotter比較熱的 harder更困難 change改變 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. If our fossil fuel use doesn't change, how long will Taiwan's summers be? a. 7 months b. 9 months c. 12 months 2. When will summers become that long? a. 2075 b. 2100 c. 2121 3. How will typhoons change? a. They'll be weaker. b. They'll be shorter. c. They'll be stronger. ** ** Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you like stories about magic? How about stories about superheroes? These stories are fiction. Fiction means the stories are NOT real. But they're exciting! You can use your imagination! 你喜歡關於魔法的故事嗎？或是關於超級英雄呢？這些故事都是虛構的，不是真的。但是閱讀它們很令人興奮，因為可以運用你的想像力。 One girl loves fiction. She likes adventure stories. She likes stories about magic. But she LOVES fairy tales… 有個女孩很喜歡閱讀小說，像是冒險故事、魔法故事。她還特別喜歡童話故事。 Once upon a time, the girl had a question … Is reading fiction good for the brain? 有一天她想到一個問題，看故事對大腦有益處嗎？ One day, some scientists gave her the answer. They said reading fiction helps the brain in many ways! 有一些科學家給了她答案，說閱讀小說對大腦有不同的好處！ Fiction readers understand other people's feelings better. They think more clearly. They solve problems better. They're good at understanding ideas and things they can't see or touch. 小說的讀者可以更容易理解別人的感受，也更容易解決事情，他們把事情想得更清楚。擅長理解看不到、摸不到的東西或想法。 The scientists looked at studies on people who read fiction and people who watch fiction. They said reading fiction was more helpful for the brain! 科學家研究常看故事的讀者以及看虛構故事的觀眾的大腦，發現閱讀真的對大腦有益！ The girl is very happy! Now she knows - reading fiction is good for the brain in many ways! Now you know too. So everyone can live happily ever after! The End! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 科學家說，讀小說對腦部發展大有益處呢! 1. fiction 小說 What’s your favorite type of story? 你最喜歡哪種故事? Fiction. Only fiction can take me into another world. 小說，只有小說能帶我進入另外一個世界。 2. read 閱讀 Like* A Game of Thrones*? 就像《權力遊戲》嗎? Yeah, it’s a wonderful story. 對啊，它是很奇妙的故事。 I love reading it.我很喜歡看。 3. fairy tale 童話 It’s full of dragons, castles, kings and queens. 故事裡有龍，有古堡，國王跟王后。 Sounds like a fairy tale. 聽起來像童話。 No, good people die in that story. 不像，那個故事裡好人會死。 4. superhero 大英雄 And the superhero is a person with dwarfism. 而且大英雄是侏儒。 You didn’t watch the TV series? 你都沒看電視影集? No.沒有。 Do you like fiction? fiction小說 read閱讀 fairy tale童話 superhero大英雄 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What kind of story is fiction? a. Not real b. News c. Real 2. What does reading fiction help? a. Scientists b. The brain c. Fairy tales 3. What did the scientists say about fiction readers? a. They're better at sports. b. They don't think clearly. c. They solve problems better. Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you help clean your home? Maybe you vacuum dust from your floor. 你會打掃家裡嗎？像是用吸塵器吸家裡地板。 Hmmm… What can we do to help clean the Earth, everyone's home? The Earth's air has too much carbon dioxide. This is bad. Carbon dioxide makes the Earth warmer. It comes from cars, factories, and us! We breathe out carbon dioxide. 那我們該怎麼打掃我們的家園地球呢？空氣裡有太多二氧化碳讓地球更熱。汽車、工廠甚至是我們都會產生二氧化碳。 Well, we can't stop breathing! How about vacuuming? Some companies are vacuuming carbon dioxide from the air! 我們不能不呼吸，那如果把它吸走呢？有一些公司把二氧化碳從空氣中吸走。 These vacuums are VERY big. They cost a lot to make and use. 這種吸塵器很龐大，而且需要很高的成本製作跟使用。 The biggest vacuum now is in Iceland. Every day, it vacuums one hundred tons of carbon dioxide. Then the carbon dioxide goes down, down, down into the Earth. It becomes rock there! And it's there forever! This is good! 最大的吸塵器在冰島，每天會吸一百噸的二氧化碳到地底下變成岩石。 But… that's not very much carbon dioxide! Eight thousand cars make this much carbon dioxide. The air has a lot more carbon dioxide. 但是吸走的二氧化碳還不夠，8000台車就可以產生一百噸的二氧化碳。 Companies are building bigger vacuums! But we can't put vacuums everywhere! We have to make less carbon dioxide too! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 把空氣中的二氧化碳收集起來打進地底下，是不是很神奇? 1. too much 太多 Do you know that new bus terminal? 你知道那個新的公車總站嗎? Yes, what about it? 知道啊，它怎麼了? It’s pumping out too much CO2! 它製造太多二氧化碳! 2. breathe 呼吸 How do you know it’s too much? 你怎麼知道太多? Because I can hardly breathe every time I pass it. 因為我每次經過幾乎都不能呼吸。 3. air 空氣 That’s not good. 那不好。 That’s very bad! 那很糟糕! I want to tell the city government about the bad air.我要去告訴市政府空氣太壞。 4. everyone 每個人 Do you think the city will do something? 你覺得市政府會做什麼嗎? Yes, if everyone complains. 會，要是大家都抱怨的話。 Do you mean me? 你是說我嗎? Yes! 對! Do you think there’s too much CO2 around? too much太多 breathe呼吸 air空氣 everyone每個人 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. Why is too much carbon dioxide bad for the Earth? a. The Earth gets bigger. b. The Earth gets cooler. c. The Earth gets warmer. 2. Where is the biggest vacuum now? a. Ireland b. Iceland c. Greenland 3. What does the carbon dioxide go into? a. Space b. The ocean c. The Earth ** ** Answers: 1. c 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Plastic garbage is a very big problem. We put lots of plastic in the ground with other garbage. This is bad for our Earth. 塑膠垃圾是一個很嚴重的問題，我們把塑膠跟其他的垃圾丟在一起，這樣很不環保。 There's also lots of plastic in our oceans. It breaks down into small pieces there. Ocean animals eat this plastic. It's bad for them. And many ocean animals die when they get trapped in plastic. 大海裡也有很多塑膠垃圾，它們被分解成小碎片，很多海生動物把碎片吃下肚，有的還會被塑膠纏住而死亡。 Plastic can take hundreds of years to break down. The pieces become too small to see. But they never go away… 塑膠需要花上百年才能被分解，雖然我們肉眼看不到碎片，但是它並沒有消失。 Now American scientists have made a new plastic. It's soft and lasts a long time. It can be used in shoes, pillows, and foam products. After the product is thrown away, the plastic goes away in about five months! 現在美國科學家研發新的一種塑膠，它是軟的，而且耐用，可以用來做鞋子、枕頭跟泡綿產品。這種塑膠只需要五個月就會被分解掉。 How does it go away? It’s made with… bacteria! They're alive! They don’t do anything in the plastic for a long time. After the plastic is thrown away, hot, wet garbage makes the bacteria grow. Then the bacteria eat the plastic! 這種塑膠裡有細菌，平常不會發揮什麼作用，但是被丟在悶熱潮濕的環境就會開始生長吃塑膠。 If companies can make and use this plastic, we’ll have less plastic waste. Our Earth can be a cleaner place! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 有一種可以消耗自己的塑膠製品，可能是未來的方向。 1. waste 廢物 Did you see all that plastic waste in the park? 你看到公園裡那些塑膠垃圾了嗎? Yeah, it’s crazy! 對啊，真是瘋了! 2. go away 走開、離開 And they’re always there. 而且總是在那裏。 They just don’t go away. 都不走呢。 That’s because people throw in new ones. 那是因為有人丟來新的。 3. use 使用 For me, I use plastic bags all the time. 我自己很常用塑膠袋。 But I try my best to recycle them. 但是我儘量回收。 Me too. I can’t imagine not using plastic bags. 我也是，無法想像不用塑膠袋。 4. break down 分解 Someone should invent plastic bags that break down fast. 應該有人發明可以很快分解的塑膠袋。 But I hope they won’t break down in my hand. 希望它們不會在我手裡分解。 請跟我一起讀單字。 waste廢物 go away走開、離開 use使用 break down分解 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. How long does the new plastic take to go away? a. Five days b. Five months c. Five years 2. When does the bacteria eat the plastic? a. When it's hungry b. When it's in shoes c. When it's in the garbage 3. How can the new plastic help our Earth? a. People will use less plastic. b. Our Earth will be cleaner. c. The plastic is soft. ** ** Answers: 1. b 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Earth’s Hot, Dry Twin Four and a half billion years ago, Venus and Earth were born together. They looked almost the same. They both had blue oceans and green mountains. They were twin planets! 45億年前，金星跟地球一起誕生。兩個星球看起來幾乎一樣，都有藍色的大海和綠色的山，簡直是雙胞胎! Earth is the right distance from the sun. Earth's oceans are full of water. Earth is warm but not too hot. The air is cool. 地球的海洋充滿水分，又離太陽的距離很剛好，讓地球很溫暖又不會太熱，空氣也很涼爽。 But Venus is too close to the sun.* *The sun’s heat made Venus’ oceans lose water. 但是金星離太陽太近了，金星的海洋都蒸發了。 Venus has a lot of volcanoes. Lots of bad gases came out of them. The gases made the air thick. The thick air kept more heat in. Venus became the hottest planet around the sun! 金星又有很多火山釋放大量的氣體，讓大氣層變得很厚，整個星球又更熱，成為太陽周圍最熱的行星! Water is made from hydrogen and oxygen. In the thick air around Venus, hydrogen and oxygen are cut apart. Hydrogen goes into space. With no hydrogen, Venus cannot have more water. Now it’s Earth’s hot, dry twin. 水是由氫氣跟氧氣組成。金星的大氣層讓氫氣釋放到太空中。沒有氫氣，金星就沒有水，就變成現在地球又熱又乾的雙胞胎。 Scientists study Venus to learn how to protect the air and oceans on Earth. The story of Venus and Earth teaches us to care for our planet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 金星誕生的時候跟地球很像，後來的命運卻大不相同。 1. blue 藍色、green 綠色 Look at the photos from the Space Station.你看從太空站拍的照片。 All those blue oceans and green forests. 藍海跟綠色森林。 Yeah, so pretty! 對啊，真美! 2. hottest 最熱的 But it’s getting hotter, don’t you think? 但是越來越熱，你不覺得嗎? It sure is.確實是。 I bet this will be the hottest summer ever. 我賭這會是史上最熱的夏天。 3. sun 太陽 I wonder what’s wrong with the sun. 真想知道太陽怎麼了。 The sun is not the problem! 太陽不是問題! It’s us humans on planet Earth. 是我們地球人有問題。 4. Heat 熱度 Actually I don’t mind the heat. 其實我不在意熱。 I love ice cream and staying cool in the swimming pool. 我喜歡冰淇淋，也愛在游泳池裡保持清涼。 你記得今天的單字嗎? blue藍色、green綠色 hottest最熱的 sun太陽 heat熱度 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What did Venus lose because of the sun? a. Heat b. Water c. Volcanoes 2. Why can’t Venus have more water? a. There’s no oxygen. b. There’s no hydrogen. c. There’s no air. 3. Why are scientists studying Venus? a. To protect Earth b. To make water on Venus c. To make Earth's air thick Answers: 1. b 2. b 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Watching Sports is Good for You Baseball! Basketball! Soccer! Playing sports is good for us. We get exercise. We become healthier. Playing sports makes us feel happy too. We make friends. We are part of a team or a group. That's good for us too. 棒球、籃球、足球! 從事運動可以讓我們會變得更健康，還會交到朋友，成為團隊的一份子。 Many of us don't play sports. But maybe we watch sports. This doesn't make us exercise. But it can make us feel happy. So… is watching sports good for us? 大部分的人不玩運動，但我們會看運動賽事，雖然沒有做運動，還是會讓我們感到快樂。那看運動賽事對我們好嗎? Researchers in Japan studied people who watch sports. They looked at lots of data. They asked questions. They studied pictures of people's brains after the people watched sports. 日本研究員研究看運動賽事的人，向他們問問題又看了很多數據，研究他們看完比賽後的腦部影像。 The researchers say watching sports alone is good for us. But watching with many people is better! 研究員說一個人看比賽有助於身心健康，跟一群人一起看會更好。 At a sports stadium, we don't know the people around us. That's okay! We like the same team. We are friends for a few hours. We are in a big group. We feel happy we have friends and are in a group. That's good for us! 在球場看比賽的時候，我們不認識周圍的人! 但是沒關係，只要我們支持同一隊，在這幾個小時我們就是朋友，都是一個團體，我們就會很快樂! Playing sports AND watching sports are good for us! Are you going to watch some sports now? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 自己去運動或者看運動賽事，都可以帶給人許多樂趣。 1. soccer 足球。 Hey, you look bored. 你看起來很無聊。 I AM bored.我是滿無聊的。 Want to watch a soccer game? 想看足球賽嗎? There's a game going on right now? 現在有足球賽? 2. team 隊伍。 Yeah, Germany vs. Turkey. 對啊，德國對土耳其。 Wow, I'm a German team fan! 哇，我是德國隊粉絲! You should have told me earlier! 你應該早點告訴我的。 3. watch 看。 Come and watch it with me.來跟我一起看吧。 No, I'm going to watch it at Kevin's. 不了，我要去凱文家看。 4. friend 朋友。 He has a bunch of friends there.他那裏有一群朋友。 Am I his friend? 我是他的朋友嗎? You will be if you go.你去了就是了。 Then what are we waiting for? 那我們在等什麼? 你今天學到哪些單字? soccer足球 team隊伍 watch看 friend朋友 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. What happens when we watch sports? a. We exercise. b. We play sports. c. We feel happy. 2. What makes watching sports better for us? a. Watching with many people b. Watching alone c. Watching after playing sports 3. What was something the researchers studied? a. Pictures of brains b. Videos of sports c. Pictures of sports Answers: 1. c 2. a 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The Race on Stairs One morning, 5,000 runners went to Taipei 101, Taiwan's tallest building! They came from 34 countries. All were running in the Taipei 101 Run Up and some in the Towerrunning World Championship. 有一天早上，5000名跑者聚集在台北101，他們來自34個國家參加台北101 垂直馬拉松跟世界高樓登高錦標賽。 The runners entered the Run Up race one at a time. Then they started to run up 2,000 steps! 跑者一個接一個開始跑垂直馬拉松，要爬2000個階梯。 After a while, they didn't know what floor they were on! If a runner passed by, they were running too slow. When they passed a runner, they were happy! 過了不久，他們都不知道爬到哪一層樓了! 假如被其他參賽者超過，表示跑得太慢囉! 但只要能超過別人，就很開心。 After the finish line on the 91st floor, some runners needed to lay down on the floor! They didn't care about the great view! 終於抵達終點91樓，有一些跑者需要躺下來休息，根本不在乎絕佳的景觀。 This wasn't the end for the runners in the Towerrunning World Championship race! They went back down to the first floor. Then they ran up to the 59th floor… again! That was 1,400 MORE steps! That's why this is the most difficult tower race in the world! 對於世界登高錦標賽的參賽者來說，這並不是終點！他們回到了一樓，然後再跑到59樓，又多了1400多個階梯。難怪這是世界最困難的登高比賽。 A Malaysian man and an Italian woman won the championship and $109,000 Taiwan dollars! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 喜歡跑步的人，現在有好多種登高競賽可以參加。 1. run 跑。 It's three months after the earthquake,地震都過了三個月，and our elevators are still down? 我們的電梯還是壞的? Yeah. Want to run up? 沒錯。想跑上去嗎? 2) floor 樓層。 Are you kidding? 開玩笑。My office is on the 19th floor!我的辦公室在十九樓! Lucky me. 我真幸運。Mine is only on the 9th floor. 我的只在九樓。 3) again 再一次。 It's still a tough run up.跑上去還是很難。 True, and to get lunch, I have to do it again. 沒錯，而且買中飯時還得再來一次。 4) finish line 終點線。 Anyway, see you! 好吧，再見! Tell me when you get to the finish line.你到終點時跟我講一聲。 You want to see who's faster?你想要看誰比較快? No, I want to decide whether I should go home. 不是，我好決定要不要回家。 你喜歡爬樓梯嗎? run跑 floor樓層 again再一次 finish line終點線 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. Where were the races? a. Taipei Dome b. Taipei 101 c. Taipei's streets 2. What's the highest floor the runners run up to? a. 57th b. 91st c. 101st 3. How many Taiwan dollars did the two winners get? a. 2,000 b. 5,000 c. 109,000 Answers: 1. b 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

How Wind Spins into a Tornado Do you know what tornadoes are? They are towers of wind. They spin around and around very fast. They're very strong and very, very scary! 你知道什麼是龍捲風嗎? 它是一個旋轉的空氣柱，破壞力很強，又非常嚇人! A big tornado hit an American town. The tornado destroyed buildings and cars. People had no electricity. They needed help! 龍捲風襲擊美國一個小鎮，摧毀建築物跟車子。當地還停電，民眾需要幫助。 How do tornadoes happen? 龍捲風怎麼形成的呢? During some storms, warm air goes up to the clouds. At the same time, cold air falls from the cloud. The warm and cold air mix and spin faster. If the spinning air goes down to land, it becomes a tornado! 天氣不穩定的時候，暖空氣上升，冷空氣同時下降，冷暖空氣對流讓轉速越來越快，碰到地面就變成龍捲風。 Tornadoes show us that nature has a lot of power. Small, slow tornadoes can pull off roof tiles. Big, fast tornadoes destroy buildings and pick up cars! People try to stay safe in basements or places with no windows. 龍捲風向我們展現大自然的力量。小而慢的龍捲風會把屋頂的瓦片捲走。快而大的龍捲風會把房子跟車子吹走。民眾只能躲在地下室或是沒有窗戶的地方。 The tornado in the American town destroyed homes, shops, and restaurants. 龍捲風破壞小鎮的房屋、商店跟餐廳。 People are working together to fix their town. 居民合力一起恢復他們的小鎮。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 龍捲風力量驚人，要是碰觸到地面，經常造成損害。 1. hit 打擊。 A tornado hit my sister's town! 龍捲風擊中了我妹妹的小鎮。 Oh no, is she okay? 糟糕，她還好嗎? Yeah, she's fine, but her car is destroyed. 她很好，但是她的車子毀了。 2. land 地面。 That's terrible! 真可怕! Yeah, and she said 3 tornadoes touched land in 3 different areas.對，她說三個龍捲風落在三個不同的地區。 3. electricity 電力。 The electricity was out for a while. 有一陣子還停電。 At least they still have the house. 至少他們還有房子。 4. spin 旋轉。 That's true. 那是真的。 I wonder what it's like 我真想知道… to be spun around by the wind.被風吹得團團轉是怎樣。 來一起讀今天的單字。hit打擊 land地面 electricity電力 spin旋轉 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What is a tornado? A: A type of cloud B: A tower of spinning wind C: A big rainstorm 2. How do tornadoes form? A: When it rains a lot B: When the sun shines very bright C: When hot and cold air mix and spin really fast 3. What does the story say about small tornadoes? A: They can pull off roof tiles B: They can lift cars C: They can destroy buildings Answers 1. B 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Black Soldier Flies Fight Climate Change Many people eat pork and chicken. Pork comes from pigs. Chicken comes from… well, chickens! Pigs and chickens eat lots of corn, soy, and fish. 很多人會吃豬肉跟雞肉，而豬跟雞吃很多玉米、大豆跟魚。 We need lots of big corn farms, soy farms, and fish farms to feed them. But these farms are bad for our land, air, and water. They make climate change worse. 所以要餵豬跟雞，我們需要很多玉米田、大豆田跟魚類養殖場，但是這些農場對土地、空氣跟水都不好，讓氣候變遷惡化。 But a company in the UK is fighting climate change with soldiers … black soldier flies! The company helps farmers and others make fly farms. Fly farms are better for the environment than corn, soy, and fish farms. But, who eats flies? Yuck! 有一間英國公司想要用黑水虻 (m?ng ㄇㄥˊ)來對抗氣候變遷。他們幫農夫打造養殖場，因為它比種玉米、大豆以及養魚還要環保，但是誰要吃呢? Pigs and chickens eat fly larvae. Larvae are good food for these animals. Scientists found that pigs grow better! Their pork is also better! Mmmmm! 豬跟雞會吃黑水虻的幼蟲，這些幼蟲對牠們是好的食物，科學家發現吃幼蟲的豬，長得比較好、肉質也比較好。 In fly farms, larvae eat lots of food waste. That's the food we don't eat. When it's thrown away, it makes gases. These gases make climate change worse. Larvae stop food waste from making bad gases. 黑水虻的幼蟲吃很多廚餘，這樣可以減少廚餘釋放的氣體，阻止氣候變遷惡化。 Black soldier fly farms can do so much to fight climate change! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 科學家想出各種辦法來延緩氣候變遷。 1. pork 豬肉 。 What are you having? 你要吃什麼? I think I'll go for the grilled pork chop with potatoes. 我想要選烤豬排加馬鈴薯。 Oh, that sounds great! 聽起來真不錯! 2. chicken 雞肉。 And I would like to have crispy chicken with tomato salad. 我想要脆皮雞加番茄沙拉。 Yours sounds even better. 你的聽起來更棒。 3. food 食物。 Good, then we can share some of our food.那好，我們可以分享食物。 You're not on a diet, are you?你不會在節食吧? 4. eat 吃。 No, I just don't want to eat too much.沒有，我只是不想吃太多。 With me around, you really don't need to worry about that。有我在，你真的不用擔心。 今天的單字經常用到。pork豬肉 chicken雞肉 food食物 eat吃 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What do pigs eat a lot of? a. Corn b. Pork c. Chicken 2. What makes climate change worse? a. Black soldier fly larvae b. Big corn, soy, and fish farms c. The company in the UK 3. What is food waste? a. Food cooked for us b. Bad gases c. Food we don't eat Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

This Election King Loses But Wins This is the world's biggest election year! But what's an election? 今年是全球選舉年。那什麼是選舉呢? An election is when a group of people say who they want for their leaders. Maybe the leaders are for their city or country. 選舉就是一群人選出他們想要的領導者，像是一個城市或是國家的領導者。 People vote to say who they want. The person who gets the most votes is the winner. 民眾投票表達他們想要什麼樣的人，得到最多票的人就是贏家。 This year, Taiwan had a big election. Some people wanted to be leaders. They ran for election. People voted. Now we have a new president, President Lai! 想要成為領導者的人就會參選，再由人民投票。今年台灣也有大選，我們新選出賴總統。 India had a big election too. Many people ran for election! They wanted to win! But one man didn't want to win… 印度也有大選，很多人參選，想要贏得選舉，但是有一個人不想贏。 A repairman has run for election 239 times. In India, people pay to run in an election. This man has paid more than $3 million Taiwan dollars! 有一位修理工已經參選239次。在印度需要付錢才能參選，他已經付了超過300萬台幣。 He hasn't won. But that's okay! He wants people to see that anyone can run for election. And he wants people to see that it's okay to lose. 他從來沒有贏過，但是沒有關係，他想要讓大家知道任何人都可以參選，而且輸了也不會怎麼樣。 People call this man the "Election King." Maybe he's the real winner! ________________________________________ Vocabulary 選舉在許多國家都是一件重大的事。 1. vote 投票。 Have you made up your mind? 你拿定主意了嗎? About whom to vote for? 要投給誰嗎? Yes. 對。 Of course I have.我當然決定好了。I'll be voting for the youngest people. 我要投給最年輕的候選人。 2. election 選舉。 Not many young people run for elections. 年輕人競選的不多。 You're wrong. 你錯了。Many of them are interested in politics.他們很多都對政治有興趣。 3. leader 領袖。 But look at those world leaders. 但是你看看那些世界領袖。Many are older, even beyond 70。很多都老老的，甚至超過七十歲。 Wrong again. 你又錯了。 4. win 贏得。 Canada's Justin Trudeau is young and handsome. 加拿大總理杜魯道年輕又帥氣。 That's different! 那不一樣! His family was in politics.他來自政治家庭。 我們一起來讀單字。vote投票 election選舉 leader領袖 win贏得 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. How do people say who they want in elections? a. They vote. b. They run. c. They win. 2. Who is President Lai? a. An Indian repairman b. India's new president c. Taiwan's new president 3. What does the Election King want to show people? a. Anybody can run. b. Losing is bad. c. He has money. Answers 1. a 2. c 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn