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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

A New Kind of New Teacher There's a new teacher at a school in the UK. She has short dark hair and kind eyes. She helps the headmaster. But she's different from the other teachers there. She's a chatbot, not a person! 英國有一所學校來了一位新老師，她有一頭短髮跟一雙和善的眼睛。她是來幫校長的忙，但是她不是真人，而是聊天機器人。 A chatbot thinks and acts like a person. But it doesn't have a body. It's not a robot. It's a computer program. It uses AI. AI stands for Artificial Intelligence. 聊天機器人的行為和思考方式像真人，它利用 AI 人工智慧的電腦程式，但是沒有人類的身體構造。 This chatbot was made to help the headmaster. The headmaster can ask her questions. He can ask her how to help teachers and students. She looks at LOTS and LOTS of information VERY quickly. She answers his questions very quickly too. 這個聊天機器人是為了校長而開發的，校長可以問她問題，她會很快搜尋大量資訊，做出回答。 The students at this school are four to thirteen years old. They have teachers AND they have their own chatbots! The students can ask their chatbots questions. The chatbots always know the answer! 這所學校的學生是4到13歲，他們有老師也有自己的聊天機器人，讓他們問問題，並且很快就能得到答案。 The headmaster's chatbot and the students' chatbots are important at this school. They help the headmaster, the teachers, and the students. These chatbots show how AI can help make learning easier and faster! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 聊天機器人是學校裡的好幫手。 1. computer 電腦 Hey there, I see you're working on the computer. 我看到你在用電腦。 Need any help? 需要幫忙嗎? Yes, could you teach me how to make this robot move faster? 要。可不可以教我怎麼讓這個機器人動作快一點? 2. information 資訊 Sure! 當然可以。 You need to change its program.你得變更它的程式。 Here, let me show you some information first. 來，我先給你看一些資訊。 3. question 問題 This is cool! Now can I ask my robot questions? 真酷! 現在我可以問機器人問題嗎? So you want it to talk? 所以你要它會講話? Yeah.對。 4. can 能夠 I don't think you can make it do that.我覺得你沒辦法讓它做到。 But it's moving faster now! 但是它現在動作快多了! 今天的單字很重要喔。 computer電腦 information資訊 question問題 can能夠 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What does AI stand for? a. Artificial Imagination b. Artificial Intelligence c. Advanced Intelligence 2. What is AI? a. A student's computer b. A way to teach c. A computer program 3. What do the chatbots do at the school? a. Answer questions b. Teach classes c. Watch the students Answers: 1. b 2. c 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Keeping Quiet in Schools In our big oceans, there's lots of space. But fish swim together in groups! 魚都會成群結伴在大海裡游泳。 Do you know what a group of fish is called? It's called a school! Being in a school helps fish stay safe from bigger fish. 那你知道魚群英文怎麼說嗎? 就是school。魚群結伴同行可以預防其他大魚靠近。 Fish move together in schools. They turn and swim the same way. Some scientists studied more about how fish move in schools. 魚群移動的時候，牠們會游相同的方向。有一些科學家研究魚在魚群中怎麼移動。 Scientists learned some amazing things! We know one fish swims very quietly. But they learned that schools of fish swim very quietly too! One school sounds like one fish! 我們知道一隻魚可以靜靜地在海裡游，但是科學家發現魚群也可以跟單獨移動的時候一樣安靜。 How do fish swim quietly together? When the tails of all the fish move the same way, the school is loud. But when the tails DON'T move the same way, the school is quiet. 魚怎麼安靜地一起游呢? 如果所有的魚都用同樣的頻率、方向擺動尾巴就會很吵，反而用不同的頻率、方向擺動比較安靜。 Something else also happens. The water around the fish moves more strongly. That makes them swim faster! They use less energy, but they go faster! 而且魚群周圍的水流比較大的時候，可以讓牠們游得又快又省力。 Being in a school makes fish safer. Scientists found that schools make fish quieter and faster too! That makes fish safer! School is the best place to be for fish! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 魚類喜歡成群結隊在海裡游，不但安全也節省體力。 1. quietly 安靜地 We need to move quietly if we want to see the fish up close. 要是我們想靠近欣賞魚，動作就得安靜。 I'm not a good swimmer. I'll just follow you. 我游得不是很好，我就跟著你。 2. safer 比較安全 Just remember, the quieter we are, the safer the fish feel. 你只要記住，我們越安靜，魚兒就越覺得安全。 Okay, that makes sense. 好，有道理。 3. loud 大聲的 But what if I make a loud noise? 可是如果我弄出噪音來呢? Then all the fish will be gone! 那所有的魚就全跑了。 4. stay 保持 But they'll come back, so don't panic.但是牠們會回來的，所以別恐慌。 Stay quiet and they'll be back.你保持安靜牠們就回來了。 今天的單字請你來複習。 quietly安靜地 safer比較安全 loud大聲的 stay保持 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. What is a group of fish called? a. An aquarium b. A school c. A pack 2. Why do fish swim in a group? a. To be safe b. To eat c. To play 3. What makes a group of fish swim quietly? a. Tails don't move b. Tails move the same c. Tails don't move the same Answers: 1. b 2. a 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Taiwan's Little Hero Finds People Dogs are good friends to people. Some dogs also do important work for us. For one job, they work at airports. They use their noses! They sniff for drugs. 狗狗是人類的好朋友，有一些狗狗也會為人類工作，像是在機場工作的狗狗會用鼻子聞有沒有毒品。 The Kaohsiung police tried to teach a dog to sniff for drugs. But he wasn't good at it. He had too much energy! He's too friendly! Down, boy! 高雄的警察試著教一隻狗狗成為緝毒犬，但是牠太有活力而且又太親近人。 But having energy and being friendly are very good for another very important job. This dog became a rescue dog! 有活力又親近人也可以做一項很重要的工作，這隻狗可以成為搜救犬。 Rescue dogs look for people after earthquakes or other bad things happen. This dog's first job was six years ago. Taiwan had a big earthquake. 地震或是類似的事情發生後，就會出動搜救犬找人，六年前台灣發生大地震的時候，這隻狗首次執行任務。 This year, Taiwan had a bigger earthquake on April 3. That earthquake made some buildings fall down. It made rocks on mountains fall down. This dog looked for people on a mountain. He found one person. 今年4月3號台灣發生更大的地震，造成山崩、建築物倒塌，這隻搜救犬成功在山上找到一個人。 This dog is Taiwan's little hero now. He has too much energy to sniff in airports. Now he uses his energy to find people. Good boy! Oh! Down, boy! Hey! That's my microphone! Come back here! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 狗是人類重要的幫手，可以做各種工作。 1. sniff 聞 What a cute dog! 好可愛的狗! No, don't play with him! 不要跟牠玩! Why not? 為什麼不要? It's a sniffer dog. 那是偵探犬! It's sniffing your suitcase! 牠在聞你的行李箱! 2. happen 發生 Ma'am, please open your suitcase. 這位女士，請打開你的行李箱。 What's happening? 發生了什麼事? What did I do? 我做了什麼? Sorry, ma'am, you have to throw away your pork pies. 真抱歉，女士，你得扔掉豬肉派。 3. nose 鼻子 That dog's nose is really amazing! 那隻狗的鼻子真驚人! I hate his nose! 我討厭牠的鼻子! 4. job 工作 He's just doing his job. 牠只是在做牠的工作。 But that's my favorite pork pie! 可是那是我最喜歡的豬肉派! What words have you learned today? sniff聞 happen發生 nose鼻子 job工作 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. Why isn't the dog good at sniffing for drugs? a. He has too much energy. b. He can't smell well. c. He is too tired. 2. When was the dog's first job as a rescue dog? a. Two years ago b. Six years ago c. Ten years ago 3. What is the dog good at? a. Moving rocks b. Finding people c. Having earthquakes Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Swimming in the Seine River Summer is here! It's the best time to swim! Where do most people swim? That's right! They go to swimming pools or beaches. 夏天來了!夏天最適合游泳，大家通常去游泳池或海邊游泳。 But some swimmers are going to a river. At the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games, athletes are going to swim in the Seine River! 有一些人也會去河邊游泳。這一次參加奧運跟帕奧的選手就要在塞納河游泳。 Paris is getting the Seine River ready for the athletes. People are cleaning it right now. What?! Well, for 100 years, it was too dirty for people to swim in. It was too dirty for a lot of fish too… 巴黎政府派人清理塞納河，好讓選手在河裡比賽。因為100年來，塞納河的水質太髒了，不適合游泳也不適合魚類生存。 Cleaning the river has taken lots of work and money. It cost almost forty-nine billion Taiwan dollars! A billion has nine zeroes! 清理塞納河花了很多人力，還有將近490億台幣的錢。 But now more fish swim in the river. And Olympic and Paralympic swimmers will swim in it for the first time. How cool is that? 現在塞納河裡的魚越來越多。之後奧運跟帕運的游泳選手也會首次在塞納河游泳。 Olympic marathon swimmers and triathlon swimmers will swim in the Seine in July and August. Paralympic triathlon swimmers will swim there in September. 奧運馬拉松游泳跟鐵人三項的選手七、八月會在塞納河比賽，帕運鐵人三項的選手會在九月比賽。 Get ready to watch great athletes swim in the Seine! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 塞納河現在可以讓奧運選手在裡面游泳。 1. dirty 骯髒的 Someone is swimming in the river! 有人在河裡游泳! Yew! Isn't it dirty? 不是很髒嗎? All that rainwater washing into it? 所有雨水都流到河裡? I guess so. 也許吧。 2. clean 清理 But the city is cleaning it up.不過市政府正在清理。 I do hope they do a good job. 真希望他們把事情做好。 3. best 最好的 A clean river where people can have a picnic by the riverside 一條乾淨的河，人們可以在河邊野餐 …and go swimming in it under the sun. 豔陽下去河裡游泳。 That would be the best place to be! 那會是最好的地方! 4. time 時間 Yeah, having a good time by the river, just like in the movies! 對啊，就跟電影裡面一樣，在河邊享受美好時光! 你喜歡游泳嗎? 來讀單字。 dirty骯髒的 clean清理 best最好的 time時間 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. Where is the Seine River? a. Prague b. Phuket c. Paris 2. How much did it cost to clean the river? a. Nine billion Taiwan dollars b. Forty billion Taiwan dollars c. Forty-nine billion Taiwan dollars 3. When will the Paralympic athletes swim in the river? a. July b. August c. September Answers: 1. c 2. c 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Boy Works Hard to Make Money Shredders cut paper into lots of very small pieces. Paper goes in and shredded paper comes out! 碎紙機會把紙切成很多小碎片，把紙張放進去，碎片就會出來。 In Japan, a man shredded some papers. He shredded an envelope. Then … oh, no! He remembered the envelope had a ?10,000 yen bill in it! That's about $2,000 Taiwan dollars… 日本有一位男子在用碎紙機的時候，不小心把裝了一張1萬日圓的信封放進碎紙機，1萬日圓大約等於兩千塊台幣。 The man told his son about the shredded bill. If the boy put the bill back together, it was his! But first, he had to find the pieces of the bill… There was lots of shredded paper! 男子告訴他兒子，如果他可以把鈔票拼回去，那張鈔票就是他的。但他要先找出那一張日幣的碎片。 It was very hard! Some pieces of the bill were the same color as other shredded paper! 這非常困難，因為鈔票碎片跟機器裡面的一些別的碎紙顏色一樣。 The boy had another ?10,000 yen bill. He matched the little pieces to the new bill. He didn't find all of the pieces. But he found most of them! It took him three weeks! 男孩拿出另一張1萬日圓的鈔票，用來比對碎片，雖然他沒有找到全部，但他花了三個星期找回了大部分。 He took the shredded bill to a bank. They looked at it carefully. Did they give him a new ?10,000 yen bill? Yes!! 他拿著拚回去的鈔票去銀行，銀行仔細檢查後，給了他一張新的鈔票。 Was $2,000 Taiwan dollars worth all that work? For this boy, yes, it was! ________________________________________ Vocabulary 被碎紙機絞碎的鈔票，小男孩卻有辦法把它們拼回去。 1. piece 片、塊 I found an amazing puzzle! 我找到一個很棒的拼圖! Oh no, how many pieces? 糟糕了，有幾片? Three thousand! 三千片! 2. hard 困難的 That's a bit hard, don't you think? 那有點難，你不覺得嗎? The last time you did a 2-thousand-piece one, 上次你拼兩千片的拼圖，it took you two months! 花了兩個月! 3. have to 必須 That's because one piece was missing. 那是因為有一片不見了。 I had to find it. 我得把它找出來。 Well, at least you found it. 至少你找到了。 Yeah.是的。 4. carefully 小心 This time I'll do it much more carefully.這回我會小心得多。 And spend another three months on it? 再花三個月嗎? I hope not! 我希望不會。 請跟我念今天的單字。 piece片、塊 hard困難的 have to必須 carefully小心 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. What does a shredder do? a. Finds paper b. Cuts paper c. Colors paper 2. How much money was in the envelope? a. ?2000 yen b. ?10,000 yen c. ?3 yen 3. Who put the ?10,000 yen bill back together? a. The man b. The man's daughter c. The man's son Answers: 1. b 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The Fish Taxi Accident In Oregon, lots of salmon are NOT born in rivers. These baby fish are born in hatcheries. Workers help them grow. Young fish are safe there. 奧勒岡州有很多鮭魚不是在河裡出生，而是在魚卵孵化場。工作人員把牠們安全的養大。 When salmon are about a year and a half old, they leave their hatchery. They take a fish taxi! 到了一歲半，這些小魚就會搭計程車，離開孵化場。 Fish taxis are trucks with a big tank. Hatchery workers put salmon and water in the tank. 鮭魚計程車是裝載巨大魚缸的卡車，工作人員把魚缸裝滿水，把小魚放進去。 The truck drives the fish to a river. The salmon swim down the river to the ocean. There, they become big and strong. 卡車載小魚到河邊，放進河裡，讓牠們從河流游進大海，長成強壯的大魚。 One day, a truck was driving near a river. The tank had more than 100,000 salmon in it. The fish were going to a big river. 有一天，一輛裝了十萬條魚苗的卡車要開到河邊。 But the road was wet. The truck turned and ---oh, no! There was a bad accident! 結果路面濕滑，讓卡車轉彎時出了車禍! The driver was okay! But the tank rolled down by the river. Water and many, many salmon came out of the tank! 還好駕駛沒事，但車上的水缸滾到了河邊！裡面的魚苗幾乎都流出來了。 Some did not live… But 77,000 salmon were very lucky! They fell into the river and swam away! 有的鮭魚沒有活下來，但還是有7萬7千隻的鮭魚很幸運地掉進河裡游走了。 Go, fish! Swim to the ocean! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 鮭魚計程車出了車禍，讓它的乘客通通掉進了河裡。 1. fish 魚。 Let's get a pet. 我們養個寵物吧。 Good idea! A dog or a cat? 好主意，養狗還是養貓? I think we should get some fish.我覺得應該養魚。 2. swim 游泳。 Fish? You can't cuddle a fish! 魚?你沒辦法跟魚抱抱。 But I enjoy watching them swim. 但是我喜歡看牠們游泳。It's so relaxing.讓人很放鬆。 3. water 水。 Okay, so how should we start? 好吧，該怎麼開始? Buy a fish tank and put water in it. 買一個魚缸，放水進去。 4. lucky 幸運的。 Yeah, and I'll find two pairs of colorful fish.對，我去找兩對彩色的魚。 If we're lucky, we'll get baby fish! 我們幸運的話，還會有小貝比魚! Do you like fish as pets? fish魚 swim游泳 water水 lucky幸運的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. In Oregon, where do workers help fish grow? a. The ocean b. Hatcheries c. Rivers 2. What is a "fish taxi"? a. A boat b. A truck c. A car 3. When the accident happened, where did the salmon come out? a. By a river b. On the road c. In a hatchery Answers 1. b 2. b 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The Kid Teacher A young girl was inspired by her older brother and sister. They were doing very well in school. She became excited about doing well in school too! 有一個小女孩她的哥哥姊姊在學校成績優異，她受到啟發，也很希望在學校有所表現。 The girl became the youngest student at her university. Her classmates didn't know she was 13. She felt like a secret superhero! She studied hard to be a teacher. She finished university when she was 15! 她後來成為大學裡最年輕的學生，同學都沒有發現她才13歲，她覺得自己像個隱藏版的超級英雄。她很用功，希望以後當老師，15歲就從大學畢業。 But… she wanted to teach. She didn't want her parents to drive her to work. She wanted to drive. But she had to be 16 to get a driver's license. 她雖然想當老師，可是又不願意讓父母開車送她，只能等到16歲拿到駕照。 The girl got her driver's license and started teaching. At 16, she's the youngest teacher in the U.S.! 女孩拿到駕照後就開始教書，成為美國最年輕的老師。 She teaches Grade 3. She makes her classes fun! She asks her students to try new things. She tells them to think about what they can do, not what they can't do. 她教小學三年級的學生，她的課很好玩。她也鼓勵學生嘗試新的事物，告訴他們要想想，他們能做什麼，而不是不能做什麼。 Her students don't think she's a kid. They see her talking with other teachers. They see her driving. 她的學生不覺得她是個小孩，因為他們看到她跟其他老師聊天，也看到她開車。 This young teacher inspires her students. They try to do and be the best they can. Who inspires you? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 這個女孩從讀書到當老師，都是最年輕的。 1. student 學生 I told my students a joke. 我跟學生講了一個笑話。 But they didn't laugh. 可是他們都沒笑。 What was the joke? 什麼笑話? "How does the ocean say hello? It waves." 海洋如何說哈囉? 它揮揮手。 2. teach 教學 Maybe you need to teach the word "wave" first. 也許你得先教「海浪」這個字。 I think so, too. 我也覺得。 3. youngest 最年輕 But Annie, my youngest student, asked me to explain. 不過我的年紀最小的學生安妮，有要我解釋。 She's only 9. 她只有九歲。 4. class 班級 A 9-year-old in your grade-6 class? 九歲上你六年級的班? Yeah, and she's doing very well. 對，而且她表現很好。 今天學到的單字你還記得嗎? student學生 teach教學 youngest最年輕 class班級 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. Who inspired the girl? a. Her older brother b. Her best friend c. A superhero 2. How old was the girl when she became a teacher? a. Thirteen b. Fifteen c. Sixteen 3. What does the teacher tell her students to think about? a. What they can do b. What they can't do c. How to have fun Answers: 1. a 2. c 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

From Wild Goats to Pet Goats? A small Italian island has about 100 people. It also has about 600 wild goats! 義大利的一座小島有差不多100位居民跟600多隻的野生山羊。 That's too many wild goats! They are a ‘biiiig’ problem. There isn't enough food for them! Now they go into people's gardens.* *They eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner there! Goodbye, beautiful flowers, fruits, and vegetables… 野生山羊真的太多了，島上沒有足夠的食物，牠們只好跑進居民的後院吃三餐，漂亮的花、蔬菜水果都沒了。 The mayor is asking for help! He wants people to take 500 goats from the island. Maybe these wild goats can become their pet goats! 市長希望大家可以幫助他把500隻山羊帶離這座島，或許這些山羊可以成為他們的寵物。 Getting a goat is easy.People email the mayor. They say they want a goat. The mayor says okay. Then they go and catch a goat! 要領養山羊很簡單，寄電子郵件給市長說想要一隻，市長同意就可以去抓山羊。 Wait a minute… The island is one tall mountain. It has no roads! It has no cars! It has many, MANY steps. Donkeys carry things up and down. And… goats are VERY good at running up and down mountains. 等等，這座島是一座高山，山上沒有路也沒有車，只有很多的階梯。驢子可以載物品上下樓梯，山羊也很會爬山。 The mayor gives people fifteen days to catch a wild goat.Why? Hmmm… Maybe getting a pet goat here isn't easy! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 想要山羊當寵物，看起來困難重重。 1. breakfast 早餐 What’s for breakfast tomorrow? 明天早飯吃什麼? Let’s see…Toast, milk and fruit.我想想，吐司、牛奶跟水果。 Sounds good. 聽起來不錯。 2. vegetable 蔬菜 And what’s for lunch? Just curious. 那中飯呢? 只是好奇。 Maybe some pasta with vegetables. 也許煮點麵條加蔬菜。 Vegetables from our garden? That’ll be great! 我們菜園裡的蔬菜嗎? 那很棒! 3. dinner 晚飯 I won’t be home for dinner, though. 不過我不會在家吃晚飯。 I’m going hiking on Xiangshan.我要去象山健行。 4. up and down 上上下下 What’s the fun of going up and down that hill? 爬上爬下那座山有什麼好玩的? The weather is so hot.天氣又這麼熱。 The night view is beautiful! 夜景很漂亮! 這些都是常用的單字。 breakfast早餐 vegetable蔬菜 dinner晚飯 up and down上上下下 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. How many wild goats are there on the island? a. Fifty b. One hundred c. Six hundred 2. What do the wild goats eat? a. Pet food b. Vegetables c. Seafood 3. What do you need to do first to get a goat from the island? a. Feed the goat b. Ride a donkey c. Email the mayor Answers: 1. c 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Space Junk Zooms Over California Do you look at the sky at night? Well, one night in California, people saw a big, bright light. It zoomed across the sky. Maybe it was a plane or a shooting star. But… it was falling to the Earth! 你會抬頭看晚上的天空嗎? 加州有一天晚上，民眾看到一道很亮的光，劃過天空。那可能是飛機或是流星。但是它卻掉到了地球上! Later, scientists said it was a piece of a rocket. Pieces of broken or old rockets and satellites are space junk. 後來科學家說那是火箭的碎片。舊的火箭、衛星的碎片都是太空垃圾。 Millions of pieces of space junk zoom around the Earth. The pieces can zoom 28,000 kilometers an hour! They're a big problem! Space junk can hit satellites or spaceships. 數以百萬計的太空垃圾碎片繞著地球轉，它們移動的速度可以高達每一小時2萬8千公里，可能會打到衛星或太空船。 Sometimes space junk falls to the Earth. Scientists said the space junk falling over California was about 1,500 kilograms! But no one found it. Metal becomes very, very hot when it falls to the Earth. Maybe the space junk burned up! 科學家說掉在加州的太空垃圾重達1500公斤，但是沒有人找到。可能它掉落的時候，金屬過熱，整個燒掉了。 Scientists are finding ways to clean up space junk. They want to keep everyone safe from it. 科學家也在想辦法清理太空垃圾，保護大家安全。 Maybe you'll see a bright light zooming across the night sky too. Maybe it will be a plane or a shooting star. Or maybe it'll be space junk! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 劃過夜空的亮光，可能是太空垃圾進入地球大氣層燃燒的火花。 1. junk 垃圾 Did you see that? 你看到了嗎? I sure did! It's amazing, isn't it? 看到了，很精彩吧? My guess is that it's space junk.我猜是太空垃圾。 2. piece 碎片 Why? 為什麼呢? Because it seems to have many pieces. 因為似乎有很多片。 Maybe they are parts of a big rocket. 也許是一枚大火箭的零件。 That would be so cool! 那很酷呢! 3. fall 掉落 The pieces may fall on us. 可能會掉在我們頭上呢. That would be big news! 那會是大新聞! 4. hit 打擊 You're not worried? 你不擔心? Not at all. 一點也不。 I'm sure they won't hit me.肯定不會打到我。 Look, another one is coming! 你看，又來了一個! Help! 救命啊! Have you ever seen space junk? junk垃圾 piece碎片 fall掉落 hit打擊 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What was in the sky over California? a. A piece of a rocket b. A shooting star c. A plane 2. What is space junk? a. New spaceships b. Pieces of satellites c. Space travel snacks 3. Why is space junk a problem? a. It's not healthy. b. It's old. c. It can hit satellites. Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

K*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ Marathons are very long runs. They're about 42 kilometers long! Many people never run a marathon. But one British man ran 385 marathons in less than a year! 馬拉松是一種長跑的運動，全程差不多42公里。很多人從來沒有跑過馬拉松，但有一個人一年內跑了385場馬拉松! This British man ran in Africa. He ran from the most southern place to the most northern place. He ran through 16 countries. 這位英國男子從非洲的最南端跑到最北部，一共經過16個國家。 He had some problems during the run. Somebody stole his money and phone. He got very sick from eating some bad food. In the Sahara desert, he ran in sandstorms and… snowstorms! 跑步的過程遇到許多困難，有人偷了他的錢包跟手機，他也曾經吃壞肚子。在撒哈拉沙漠，他還遇到沙塵暴跟暴風雪。 The man ran for two charities. One charity helps young people who have no homes. The other helps Indigenous people in the Sahara desert. People around the world gave them money because he ran. They gave over one million British pounds. That's over $42 million Taiwan dollars! 全世界的人都因為他捐款給兩家慈善機構，一家幫助無家可歸的青少年，另一家幫助撒哈拉沙漠的原住民，募款金額超過100萬英鎊，相當於4200多萬台幣。 This man ran across Africa to help people. What a great guy! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 長跑一萬六千多公里，不只是挑戰自我，也是為了做善事募款。 1. sick 生病 Hey, there's a marathon in Taipei next month! 台北下個月有馬拉松! Last time you ran a marathon, you came back on the MRT. 上次你跑馬拉松，是坐捷運回來的。 That's because I got sick.那是因為我生病了。 2. kilometer 公里 From running too hard.因為你跑太用力。 From eating too much. 因為我吃太多。 This time I'll join the beginner's group. 這回我要加入初學者那一組。 That's still 10 kilometers. 那還是有十公里。 3. less than 少於 No, it's less than that. It's 5 kilometers.不到那麼多，只有五公里。 Five?! You might as well walk. 五公里?乾脆用走的好了。 4. never 絕不 I'd never do that. I'd run all the way. 我絕不會那麼做。我會全部用跑的。 你還記得今天的單字嗎? sick生病 kilometer公里 less than少於 never絕不 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. What did the man do? a. Ran in South America b. Ran in different marathons c. Ran through 16 countries 2. Why did the man run? a. To become rich b. To write a book about running c. To help people 3. What happened to the man? a. He got lost. b. He ran in snowstorms. c. He broke his leg. Answers: 1. c 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Dragon Boat Racing in Alabama, USA! Huh? What's that sound? That's right. Today is the Dragon Boat Festival! 那是什麼聲音?今天是端午節! That sound is a drum. The drum helps the people racing in a dragon boat. Those people are paddlers. They use paddles to move the boat. They paddle by listening to the drum on their boat. 那是龍舟上的鼓聲，龍舟上的鼓可以幫助選手比賽，他們會跟著鼓聲節奏划手裡的槳。 But this isn't in Taipei. Taichung? Nope. Kaohsiung? Nope. Yilan, Hualien, Pingtung, Hsinchu, or Penghu? Nope, nope, nope, nope, and nope! 但這裡不是台北，台中呢?高雄，不是。宜蘭，花蓮，屏東，新竹還是澎湖。不! 都不是，不是台灣任何一個地方。 This is in the USA! This state is Alabama. People in Alabama are racing dragon boats! That's really cool. 這是在美國阿拉巴馬州舉行的龍舟競賽。 Now many people in Alabama think racing dragon boats is fun and cool! That's great, right? People all around the world are enjoying the dragon boat festival like we do in Taiwan. 因為越來越多在阿拉巴馬州的人覺得划龍舟比賽很好玩又很酷。世界各地的人都像我們一樣慶祝端午節。 Today, people everywhere will be watching dragon boat races, balancing eggs for luck, and eating tasty zongzi! … Oof, I think I've eaten enough zongzi for one day … Happy Dragon Boat Festival, everyone! 端午節快樂! ________________________________________________________________ Vocabulary 遠在天邊的美國阿拉巴馬州，也會舉行划龍舟大賽。 1. people 人們 Somebody is playing drums.有人在打鼓。 Not somebody. It's a whole bunch of people playing.不是一個人，是一群人在打。 2. sound 聲音 The sound is coming from the school next door. 這個聲音是從隔壁學校傳來的。 Oh, so it's probably a class. 所以那些人也許在上課。 3. drum 鼓 Yeah, they are playing African drums. 沒錯，他們在打非洲鼓。 You know how to play? 你也會嗎? Yeah, I took classes for a while.對，我以前上過一陣子課。 4. fun 樂趣 Did you have fun? 覺得好玩嗎? I did. I had lots of fun. 好玩，很好玩。 The best thing was I played drums on a boat! 最好的是我在船上打鼓。 想想看怎麼用這些單字? people人們 sound聲音 drum鼓 fun樂趣 __________________________________________________________________ Quiz 1. Where is this dragon boat race? a. Penghu b. China c. Alabama 2. What moves the boats? a. Paddles b. Dragons c. Aliens 3. What do the paddlers listen to? a. People in Alabama b. Elephants at the festival c. The drum on their boat Answers: 1. c 2. a 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hey kids, the storyteller is here! It's story time! In Pakistan, many poor kids can't read. Many don't go to school. There’s nothing to do. Some kids get into trouble… 巴基斯坦很多家境貧窮的小朋友不會認字，也不去學校。平常沒有事情可以做，有一些小朋友就會闖禍。 In one city, some people want these kids to love reading. 其中有一個城市，有一群人想要讓小朋友愛上閱讀。 These people wrote fun picture books.* *They also got some old ice cream bikes. These bikes have a big, strong box to hold ice cream. But now they hold lots of books. The bikes are cute, colorful little libraries! 這些人寫了有趣的繪本，還找了用來賣冰淇淋的腳踏車，這種車都有堅固的大箱子可以裝很多書，變成小型圖書館。 Storytellers ride the bikes. They go to poor parts of the city. They find a good place for reading. They put colorful little mats on the ground. They put orange safety cones around the mats. 說書人騎著單車，到貧窮的區域，找個好地方，在地上鋪小地毯，周圍放橘色的三角錐，開始說故事。 Every time, lots of kids come. They sit on the mats.The storyteller reads. He holds the book high. The kids listen to every word! They look at every picture! Their eyes shine! They smile and laugh! 每次都有很多小朋友過來坐在地毯上聽故事，說故事的人都會把書舉高，讓小朋友看到圖片。小朋友的眼神都閃閃發光，也笑得很開心。 Some of these kids go to school now. They want to learn how to read. Storytelling can change lives! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 巴基斯坦有一群人，想出辦法鼓勵小孩閱讀。 1. poor 貧窮的 Once upon a time, there was a poor boy… 從前有一個窮小子… Wait, are you telling me a story? 等一等，你在跟我講故事嗎? Yeah, this is a story I wrote. 是啊，這是我自己寫的故事。 2. listen to 聆聽 Do I have to listen to it? 我一定得聽嗎? Do you have anything better to do? 你有更好的事要做嗎? Well, not really.倒也沒有。 In that case, please let me go on. 既然那樣，拜託讓我繼續。 3. read 閱讀 But I prefer reading it myself. 但是我比較想要自己看。 It’s not done yet. 我還沒寫完。 4. word 字 How many words have you got? 你寫了幾個字了? About 20. 大概20個。 That’s just 3 or 4 sentences! 那才三四個句子。 Like I said, it’s not done. 我說了還沒寫完嘛。 請注意，讀單字時間。 poor貧窮的 listen to聆聽 read閱讀 word字 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What did the ice cream bikes become? a. Little libraries b. Small schools c. Strong boxes 2. What's in the big boxes now? a. Ice cream b. Books c. Storytellers 3. Why do some of these kids go to school now? a. To ride a bike b. To get orange cones c. To learn how to read ** ** Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Working at the Penguin Post Office Five people from the U.K. got amazing summer jobs. From November to March, they're going to work in Antarctica! 五個英國人得到一份很棒的暑期工作。從十一月到明年三月，他們要在南極洲工作。 The jobs are at the Penguin Post Office! It's the farthest post office to the south! One thousand five hundred penguins live outside it! 他們會在南極企鵝郵局工作，這間是全世界最南邊的郵局，還有1500隻企鵝在周圍生活。 About 18,000 people visit every summer! They're cruise ship passengers. They send 80,000 letters and postcards! 每年夏天，大約有1萬8千名搭郵輪的遊客會拜訪南極，寄出大約8萬封的信件跟明信片。 Life at the post office is an adventure. It snows every day so they shovel lots of snow! There's no running water. They empty the toilet every day. 在這個郵局生活本身就是一場冒險。員工每天都需要剷雪。那裡沒有水，所以每天都要清理馬桶。 Cruise ships come a few times a week. They give the workers drinking water. The workers take showers on the ships! Ahhhhh… 郵輪每周會來幾次提供飲用水，郵局員工也可以到郵輪上洗澡。 The penguins are the best part of the job. The workers count them! The worst part is smelling penguin poop day and night! Peeeyuuuu! 這份工作最棒的地方是企鵝，員工每天都會數企鵝，但最糟糕的是白天晚上都會聞到企鵝的大便。 The five new Penguin Post Office workers are going to have an amazing Antarctic adventure! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 在企鵝郵局工作，可能沒有想像中那麼好玩。 1. visit 拜訪 I'm so ready for my summer vacation! 我完全準備好過暑假了! Do you plan to visit friends? 你計畫去拜訪朋友嗎? Friends in Penghu.澎湖的朋友。 2. amazing 驚人的 The ocean is very beautiful there. 那裡的海非常美麗。 Sounds amazing! 聽起來真棒! It really is. 確實是。 3. day and night 白天夜晚 And I'd like to swim there day and night. 我白天晚上都要在那裡游泳。 Sleeping outside under the moon. 睡在外面月光底下。 4. outside 外面 Sleeping outside by the sea? 睡在外面的海邊? Yeah, the sea will be shining, and you'll hear the waves. 對啊，海面閃閃發光，還聽到海浪聲。 Wow! 你暑假想去哪裡? visit拜訪 amazing驚人的 day and night白天夜晚 outside外面 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. Where is this post office? a. The U.K b. Antarctica c. The Arctic 2. How many people visit the post office every summer? a. 8,000 b. 18,000 c. 80,000 3. What is the best part of working at this post office? a. The toilet b. The smell c. The penguins Answers: 1. b 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Taipei 101 Stayed Strong During Earthquake In some places, earthquakes happen a lot. In these places, it's important for buildings to be safe during earthquakes. Engineers need to build strong and steady buildings. 有一些地區常常發生地震，所以這些地區的建築物必須堅固、穩定。 Taiwan had a strong earthquake on April third. Most buildings were fine! 台灣在4月3號發生大地震，但大部分的建築物都沒事。 Taipei 101 was fine too. It's one of the tallest buildings in the world! It was built to be very strong, even during earthquakes. 世界最高建築物之一的台北101也沒事，發生地震的時候，101還是很堅固。 Engineers made Taipei 101 flexible. That means the building can move from side to side. This is important during earthquakes. 工程師建造台北101的時候，確保它有韌性，這在地震的時候很重要。 Taipei 101 has a very big, shiny ball. This ball is 660 tons! It's inside the building! And it's near the top! It can move from side to side. When the building moves to the left, the ball moves to the right. This helps keep the building safe and steady during an earthquake! 台北101靠近頂樓的位置有一顆很大的球，重達660噸。它會移動，當台北101向左邊晃的時候，這顆球就會向右移動，讓這棟摩天大樓穩定下來。 During the earthquake, Taipei 101 moved from side to side. But it stayed strong! 地震發生的時候，台北101會搖晃，但是還是很堅固。 Engineers can make buildings that are safe even when the earth shakes. Hmmm… can they stop the earth from shaking?! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 台北101大樓的阻尼器，讓它在地震中屹立不搖。 1. building 建築物 Oh no, what's this? 糟糕，這是什麼? It's an earthquake! Get down! 地震，蹲下來! Oh my God! Is the building going to fall? 老天爺啊，這棟樓會不會垮啊? 2. safe 安全的 No, we should be safe.不會，我們應該很安全。 There, it has stopped. 好了，停了。 It was so scary! 太可怕了! My heart is beating like crazy! 我的心臟還在狂跳! 3. shake 搖晃 I know. It was a big one. 我知道，好大的地震。 The ground was shaking from side to side. 地板先是左右晃。 4. happen 發生 Right, and then up and down.對，然後上下搖。 Let's turn on the TV and see what happened.我們來開電視看看是怎麼回事。 Please read these words with me. building建築物 safe安全的 shake搖晃 happen發生 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. How heavy is Taipei 101's ball? a. 6 tons b. 60 tons c. 660 tons 2. What does Taipei 101's ball do during an earthquake? a. Drop to the floor b. Move from side to side c. Get heavier 3. During April's earthquake, what did Taipei 101 do? a. Became taller b. Moved up and down c. Moved from side to side Answers: 1. c 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

K*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ PA System: "Attention shoppers. One hundred dogs are running everywhere in the mall! We're very sorry. We're catching them as fast as we can!" Narrator: Huh? Where did the dogs come from? Well, in this shopping mall in China, there's a pet cafe?. That's where one hundred friendly huskies work. But one day, someone forgot to close the door! 這些狗從哪裡來的呢?這座中國的購物中心有一間寵物咖啡廳，裡面有100隻喜歡跟人親近的哈士奇。但是有一天，咖啡廳的門忘了關。 The dogs left their jobs! They ran out of the pet cafe?! 那些狗狗居然就翹班了，跑出咖啡廳。 The huskies were very happy! They wagged their fluffy tails! They woofed. They jumped! Some of them got snacks… without paying! 哈士奇非常開心，牠們搖著尾巴、跳來跳去，有的還免費拿到零食。 The mall became a doggy playground. The shoppers were surprised! Some shoppers were happy to see the huskies. But other shoppers were scared of them. 購物中心變成狗狗的遊樂場。民眾都嚇了一跳，有一些人很開心看到這些狗狗，但有人會害怕。 The huskies played and played! The pet cafe? workers tried to catch them. Kind shoppers helped too. But the dogs ran here and there. It took one hour to catch them! 咖啡廳的員工試著把牠們抓回去，也有熱心的民眾幫忙，花了一個小時才抓完。 Phew! Good doggie. PA System: "Good afternoon shoppers, you can enjoy shopping again. The dogs had fun, but now they're all back at work! Hey! Aaaaahhhhh!" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 購物商場裡面有許多哈士奇亂跑，是不是很有趣的景象? 1. friendly 友善的 I think huskies are the most beautiful dogs! 我覺得哈士奇是最漂亮的狗狗! I find their eyes not so friendly. 牠們的眼睛不那麼友善。 2. scared 害怕 Are you kidding? Their eyes are pretty! 你在開玩笑吧? 牠們的眼睛很美! They are icy blue, and I'm scared of them.牠們的眼睛是冰冷的藍色，我很害怕。 3. fluffy 蓬鬆的 But look at their fluffy coats and white legs. 但是你看牠蓬鬆的皮毛跟雪白的腿。Don't you think they are cute? 你不覺得牠們很可愛嗎? 4. jump 跳 I do like their puppies.我是喜歡小狗。 I enjoy seeing them jumping around. 我喜歡看牠們跳來跳去。 Do you like huskies? Let's read today's vocabulary. friendly友善的 scared害怕 fluffy蓬鬆的 jump跳 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. Where were the huskies? a. A shopping mall b. A restaurant c. A dog park 2. How did the huskies get out? a. Open windows b. A big hole c. An open door 3. How long did it take to catch the huskies? a. One hour b. One day c. One hundred hours Answers: 1. a 2. c 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

These Astronauts Will Make History The universe is big. It's very, very big. And every day, every hour, every second, it gets bigger! 宇宙非常大，而且每天、每小時、每秒鐘一直在變大。 There's a lot to learn about the universe. There are millions and billions of places in it! Scientists are learning more about it all the time! 宇宙還有很多我們不知道的事，科學家一直學到新的宇宙知識。 Some scientists explore the universe with telescopes. Others use robots that take photos. And some brave scientists travel to space! These brave scientists are astronauts. 有一些科學家用望遠鏡探索宇宙，也有科學家用機器人拍照，還有勇敢的科學家上太空成為太空人。 Only American astronauts have walked on the moon. But that's going to change! Space travel includes more people now. 目前只有美國太空人在月球漫步，但很快會有越來越多人參與太空飛行。 In a few years, a Japanese astronaut will walk on the moon! This will be an important moment in our history. It will be the first time a non-American astronaut walks on the moon! 再過幾年，日本的太空人就會在月球漫步。這會是人類歷史的重要時刻，他會是第一位非美國太空人在月球漫步。 That's not all! Next year, an American spaceship will fly around the moon. The astronauts include the first Black man, the first woman, and the first non-American to fly around the moon. 明年還有一艘美國的太空船會環繞月球，這項任務將讓大家看到第一位繞月球的黑人太空人、女性太空人跟非美國籍的太空人。 More astronauts are included in space travel now. This is an important time for our world and the universe! ________________________________________ Vocabulary 科學家的太空知識越來越豐富，太空探險也在增加。 1. astronaut 太空人 Listen to this. 你聽這個。 Why couldn't the astronaut book a room on the moon? 為什麼太空人訂不到月球上的房間? I don't know. Why? 我不知道。為什麼? 2. travel 旅行 Because it was full! 因為是滿月! Okay, that's a good one. 好吧，很好笑。 But isn't it cool? 不是很酷嗎? Traveling to the moon? 去月球旅行? 3. brave 勇敢的 Probably. But it's really too far away. 也許吧，不過那真的太遠了。 I'm not that brave. 我沒有那麼勇敢。 4. space 太空 I'm afraid I'll die of loneliness.我恐怕會死於寂寞。 Why are you worried about that? 你怎麼會擔心那個? Because I'll be in empty space! 因為我會在空空的太空裡! 你今天學到哪些單字? astronaut太空人 travel旅行 brave勇敢的 space太空 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. What happens to the universe every second? a. It gets smaller. b. It gets bigger. c. It gets braver. 2. What do scientists use to take photos of the universe? a. Aliens b. Robots c. Rabbits 3. Which country's astronaut will walk on the moon? a. Jordan b. Japan c. Jamaica Answers: 1. b 2. b 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Saving Bananas How many bananas are eaten around the world every year? One billion? No. How about one hundred billion? Yes! 全世界每年會吃多少根香蕉呢?十億?不對喔，是1000億! Farmers grow many kinds of bananas. But they mostly send one kind to other countries. These bananas look good and taste good when they arrive. 農夫都會種不同品種的香蕉，但通常只出口一種香蕉到別的國家。這些香蕉又好看又好吃。 Banana farmers are worried. A disease can kill these bananas. Farmers work hard to protect their bananas. But if the disease comes, they can't stop it! 有一種疾病會讓香蕉死亡，這讓農夫很擔心，他們努力保護他們的香蕉，但如果香蕉感染疾病，他們也無法阻止。 Scientists are trying different ways to save these bananas. In Australia, scientists looked at the DNA of these bananas. DNA tells plants and animals how to grow. The scientists changed one part of the DNA. This made a new kind of banana. The disease can't kill it! 科學家用各種方法保護香蕉。澳洲的科學家改變香蕉一部份的基因，種出的新品種可以抵抗疾病。 Australian farmers aren't growing this new banana now. They're waiting to see if the disease comes… 澳洲蕉農還沒開始種新品種的香蕉，他們還在看香蕉會不會又感染。 In Taiwan, the disease came long ago. Taiwanese scientists look for bananas the disease doesn't kill. Their DNA is a little different. These scientists help farmers grow these bananas here and in other countries. 台灣很久以前就流行過這種疾病。台灣科學家找到可以抵抗的香蕉品種，發現它們的基因不太一樣，這些科學家幫助台灣跟外國的農夫種植。 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 台灣出產很多香蕉，對香蕉的疾病也有深入研究。 1. different 不同的 A banana plantation here! 這裡有個香蕉園! What a surprise! 真讓人驚訝! This is a different kind of banana. 這是不同品種的香蕉。 2. farmer 農夫 They are Japanese bananas. 它們是芭蕉。 How can you tell? 你怎麼看出來的? Oh, my father was a farmer. 我爸爸曾經是農夫。 3. grow 種植 He grew bananas? 他種香蕉? All kinds of fruit.各種水果。 Bananas, tomatoes, mangoes, papayas, and more. 香蕉番茄芒果木瓜，還有別的。 4. work 工作 Did you learn how to grow them? 你有沒有學會怎麼種? Yeah, I worked for my father during my vacations. 有，我放假時都替我爸爸做事。 Do you like bananas? 來一起讀單字。 different不同的 farmer農夫 grow種植 work工作 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. How many bananas are eaten every year? a. 100,000 b. 100,000,000 c. 100,000,000,000 2. What is worrying banana farmers? a. A banana disease b. Banana DNA c. New bananas 3. What did Australian scientists do? a. Found bananas the disease didn't kill b. Made a new banana c. Helped farmers in other countries Answers: 1. c 2. a 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

It's Raining Marshmallows for Kids And now for the weather forecast! It's going to rain. But it's a great day to come to this park. Believe it or not, it's going to rain marshmallows here! Yes, it's going to rain white, fluffy marshmallows! 今天的天氣狀況如何呢?雖然會下雨，但還是一個適合來這個公園的天氣，而且你信不信待會還會下棉花糖雨! Lots of kids are here at a park in Michigan, a state in the U.S. A helicopter is flying over the park. Someone in the helicopter has a very big bag! And… marshmallows are dropping from it! 這個位在美國密西根的公園裡有很多小朋友。現在有一台直升機飛過，機上的大袋子掉出了很多的棉花糖。 That's the marshmallow rain! Fifteen thousand marshmallows are dropping! 天空下起了棉花糖雨，1萬5千個棉花糖從空中掉下來。 This is the Great Marshmallow Drop! It happens every year. And you know what? It's for all kids up to twelve years old! And it's for people of all ages with disabilities! 這場棉花糖雨每一年舉辦一次，開放給12歲以下的小朋友以及各種年齡的身障人士。 Marshmallows are yummy. But don't eat these marshmallows! They fell onto the ground! They're dirty! 棉花糖很好吃，但不要吃地上的棉花糖，它已經髒了。 Now every kid is picking up one marshmallow. They're very excited! They need one marshmallow to get a prize! They get candy, a coloring book, AND a water park ticket. 現在每個小孩都在撿地上的棉花糖來換獎品，他們可以拿到糖果、著色本還有水上樂園的門票。 Come and see the marshmallow rain at the park! Then pick up a marshmallow and get your prize! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 棉花糖日是大人小孩都喜愛的節日。 1. weather forecast 天氣預報 The sky looks so dark! 天空看起來好陰沉! What did the weather forecast say? 天氣預報怎麼說? It said heavy rain this afternoon. 它說今天下午會下大雨。 2. believe 相信 I can't believe it! 真不敢相信! We had bright sunshine all morning! 我們整個早上都陽光燦爛呢! I know.我知道。 3. candy 糖果 So should we still go out? 所以我們還是應該出門? I suggest we stay at home. 我建議我們留在家。 I did bring marshmallows and candy.我帶了棉花糖跟糖果。 4. yummy 好吃的 And I can make popcorn and pizza.我可以做爆米花跟披薩。 Yummy stuff! 好吃的東西。 Please read the words with me. weather forecast天氣預報 believe相信 candy糖果 yummy好吃的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. Where is the Great Marshmallow Drop? a. A park b. A supermarket c. A school 2. What are the marshmallows falling from? a. A helicopter b. A tall building c. Fluffy clouds 3. What prize can you get with one marshmallow? a. A teddy bear b. A coloring book c. An ice cream cone Answers: 1. a 2. a 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Have you seen fish swimming in a river? A city in the Netherlands has a river where fish swim. From May to the end of June, they swim to find places to lay eggs. But there's a gate in the river. 你看過在河裡游泳的魚嗎?荷蘭有一條河從五月到六月底都會有魚通過，準備找地方產卵，但是這條河有個閘門。 The gate opens for boats. Fish can go through at the same time. But when there are no boats,* *they have to wait… and wait… and wait. Sometimes hungry birds find them. 有船要通過的時候，閘門就會打開，魚這時可以跟著通過。但是如果沒有船，牠們就要一直等，中途可能就會被鳥吃掉。 So a scientist made a fish doorbell! But fish don’t ring the doorbell. People do! 於是科學家做了魚群專用的門鈴，魚當然不會按門鈴，人才會! An underwater camera lets people see the gate. When people see fish there, they ring the doorbell. A worker opens the gate. 河裡還有水下攝影機讓大家看到閘門。只要有人看到魚在等，就可以按門鈴讓管理員開門。 Where's the doorbell?It's on the Internet! It's very popular. It lets people help fish. It teaches people about underwater life. They see many kinds of fish. 在哪按門鈴呢? 門鈴就在網路上，大家可以幫助魚又可以認識水生動物，還可以看到各種魚類。 Early morning and early evening are the best times to see fish. There aren't many hungry birds then… 每天清晨跟黃昏是看魚的最佳時機，這個時候也不會有太多飢餓的鳥類。 The fish doorbell is a fun way to help fish. Some people in Taiwan have helped! Do you want to help too? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 只要有人看到魚兒在水中游，就會打開門讓牠通過。 1. lay eggs 產卵 Hey, there are fish in the river! 嘿，這條河裡有魚! Yeah, they are salmon. 對啊，是鮭魚。 They swim upstream to lay eggs. 他們游到上游去產卵。 2. underwater 在水下 They swim all the way here to do that? 大老遠游過來生蛋? Yup! It’s a big underwater trip.沒錯，是很長的水下旅行。 They are fish, after all. 他們畢竟是魚。 3. hungry 飢餓的 So what happens to the eggs? 所以那些卵會怎麼樣? They hatch and grow. 牠們會孵出來，然後長大。 What do they eat when they’re hungry? 肚子餓的時候吃什麼呢? 4. life 生命 You can ask Google. 你可以問谷歌。 I’m sure it has the whole life cycle of salmon.一定有鮭魚的完整生命週期說明。 來一起讀單字。 lay eggs產卵 underwater在水下 hungry飢餓的 life生命 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What do fish do in the river from May to June? a. Exercise b. Find birds c. Lay eggs 2. What do people do when they see fish at the gate? a. Feed them b. Ring a doorbell c. Say hello 3. What's the best time to see fish on the underwater camera? a. Early morning b. Late morning c. Afternoon Answers: 1. c 2. b 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Take a Train, Help the Earth Trains are so relaxing! Do you like to sleep on trains? 坐火車真舒服，那你會喜歡睡在火車上嗎? In Europe, more and more people are sleeping on trains. It's fun and exciting! And it's good for the Earth. 在歐洲越來越多人睡在火車上，很好玩、很有趣，又很環保。 Sleeping on trains?? Well, this isn’t about falling asleep on an MRT train! People are sleeping on sleeper trains in Europe. These night trains have small rooms. The rooms have beds. Some have bathrooms! Sleeper trains are hotels on wheels! Some have dining cars too. 歐洲很多人都會睡臥舖列車，這種夜間火車有很多小房間，房間裡有床鋪，有的還有廁所。臥鋪列車就像有輪子的飯店，有的甚至還有餐車。 Sleeper trains in Europe cost more than planes*. *So why do people ride these trains? It's because they don't want to fly. Planes are bad for the environment. They use lots of fossil fuels. This makes the Earth warmer! 在歐洲搭臥鋪列車比搭飛機還貴，那為什麼還是有人要搭呢?因為飛機要用到很多燃油，會讓地球暖化。 Trains are much better for the environment. They're also good for sightseeing. We can see nature. We can see towns and cities too. 搭火車比較環保，也適合看風景，我們會看到大自然、城鎮跟城市。 Now, we have to go to another country to ride on a sleeper train. But in 2027, maybe Taiwan will have its own Formosa Sleep Express! 現在我們想要搭臥鋪列車，就只能到別的國家。但是到2027年也許台灣會有福爾摩沙寢台列車。 Would you like to try sleeping on a sleeper train? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 在火車上過夜，是另外一種旅行的方式。 1. relaxing 讓人放鬆 I love traveling by train! 我真喜歡火車旅行! Yeah, look at those green fields. 對啊，看那些綠色田野! It’s so relaxing! 讓人好放鬆。 2. ride 搭乘 I wish I could ride a train to many other places. 我希望能搭火車去很多別的地方。 3. Europe 歐洲 You can easily do so in Europe.去歐洲就可以很容易做到。 It has extensive rail networks. 它的鐵道網路很完整。 You can travel from Rome to Berlin, or from Paris to Vienna by train.你可以坐火車從羅馬到柏林，從巴黎到維也納。 4. lots of 很多 Have you been there lots of times? 你去過那裏很多次? Oh, yes, more than I can count. 多到我都數不清了。 大家多坐火車吧! relaxing讓人放鬆的 ride搭乘 Europe歐洲 lots of很多 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. Where are more people sleeping on trains? a. Europe b. Taiwan c. Formosa 2. Why are these people taking sleeper trains instead of planes? a. Trains cost more. b. Trains are better for the environment. c. Trains have dining cars. 3. What do planes use? a. Small rooms b. Hotels on wheels c. Fossil fuels Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Adventures Can Help Us Heal Do you like doing new things? One man loves this! When he was in the army, he did new things. He went to new places. He loved these adventures! 你喜歡嘗試新的事物嗎? 有一名男子非常喜歡，他以前在當兵的時候，經歷很多新的事情、去了很多地方，他很喜歡這些冒險。 But he lost the use of his legs in the army. He also can't feel them. Now he uses a wheelchair. 但是也在當兵的時候，他的雙腿失去知覺，現在需要坐輪椅。 Leaving the army made him very sad. He wanted to have adventures again! So he tried adventure therapy. 離開軍隊讓他很難過，他想要再次去冒險，所以他嘗試冒險治療。 Bandages help cuts heal. Medicine heals a fever. Therapy helps our minds heal. 繃帶治療傷口，藥物控制發燒，治療可以幫助我們恢復健康。 Thanks to his therapy, the man found a new adventure! Now he gets in a plane. He flies high in the sky. And then he jumps out! He's skydiving! 接受這種治療讓他找到新的冒險，他搭飛機到高空跳傘。 The man loves skydiving! It makes him feel happier! But something very surprising happens then! 他很喜歡跳傘，這讓他更快樂，但神奇的事情發生了! He falls at one hundred ninety kilometers an hour. And he can feel his legs again! He feels them a little… But he says that little feeling, for a few seconds, is enough for him! 他以時速190公里下墜，他的腳居然又有知覺，雖然只有幾秒中微微感覺到，但對他來說夠了。 Adventure therapy healed the man's mind. It helped his body too! Adventures can help us heal! ________________________________________ Vocabulary 冒險帶來的刺激感受，可能有治療的效果。 1. fly 飛行 What kind of adventures would you really like to try? 你會真的很想嘗試哪一種探險? Flying in a hot-air balloon! 坐熱氣球飛行。 Over the Hua-dong Rift Valley? 在花東縱谷上面? Anywhere would be fine. 哪裡都可以。 2. in the sky 在天上 Just to be high in the sky is exciting enough.高掛在天上已經夠讓人興奮了。 Hmmmm, that does sound like a big adventure.聽起來確實是一個大冒險。 3. jump 跳 What about you? 你呢? I dream about jumping from a high cliff into the crystal clear sea water! 我夢想從高高的懸崖跳進清澈的海裡! Wow, and you can't even swim! 而你甚至不會游泳。 4. do 做 That's what makes it an adventure! 那才叫做冒險! You do new things! 你做新的事情! 你想做什麼新的事情呢? fly飛行 in the sky在天上 jump跳 do做 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. What did the man use to heal his mind? a. Bandages b. A fever c. Therapy 2. What new adventure did the man find? a. Healing b. Surprising c. Skydiving 3. How fast does the man fall through the air? a. 190 miles an hour b. 190 kilometers an hour c. 190 meters a minute Answers: 1. c 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Keeping a Fox in the City Wild Foxes are wild animals. They live in forests and grasslands. But sometimes, they live in cities! 狐狸是野生動物，牠們住在森林跟草原。但有時候牠們也住在城市。 In one city in the U.S., someone found a baby fox on a street! A wildlife center is taking care of her now. 美國一個城市，有人在街上找到一隻狐狸寶寶。目前野生動物中心在照顧牠。 The wildlife center's workers don't want the baby fox to get used to people. Foxes that are used to people can't live with wild foxes. 野生動物中心的工作人員不想要狐狸寶寶熟悉人類，這樣牠才能跟其他野生狐狸生活。 But foxes aren't good pets. They need lots of space… and fresh raw meat! It's better for baby foxes to stay wild. 狐狸不適合當寵物，因為牠們需要很多空間跟新鮮的生肉，最好還是讓狐狸寶寶待在野外。 But the workers are around this baby fox all the time. So… they wear fox masks! The workers want her to think they are foxes too! 但是工作人員整天跟這隻狐狸寶寶在一起，於是他們戴上狐狸面具，讓牠覺得他們也是狐狸。 A stuffed fox toy is her mother. When the workers feed her, she lies on the toy. It makes her feel safe. 牠的媽媽是狐狸外形的填充玩具。工作人員在餵牠時，都把牠放在媽媽身上，讓牠安心。 Soon she'll live with three other wild baby foxes. She'll learn how to find food. She'll learn how to stay away from danger. She'll learn how to be with other wild animals. 過不久牠就會和另外三隻野生狐狸寶寶住在一起。牠會學習如何覓食、如何遠離危險、如何跟其他野生動物一起生活。 One day, she'll live in a forest or grassland. That's where she belongs! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 動物保育人員想出各種辦法，讓小狐狸以後能適應野外生活。 1. street 街道 Did you hear they found a fox on the street? 你有沒有聽說他們在街上發現一隻狐狸? On the street? 在街上? Foxes should be out in the wild! 狐狸應該在野外! 2. feed 餵食 Anyway, they're feeding him milk. 不管怎樣，他們在餵牠喝奶。 So it's a baby. 所以是幼獸。 Yeah, a baby that looks more like a kitten.對，看起來比較像小貓。 3. pet 寵物 I wonder if someone can keep it as a pet. 不知道會不會有人養牠當寵物。 I doubt it.我懷疑。 4. belong 屬於 I think it belongs to the wild. 我想牠屬於野外。 And yet it's here.然而牠卻在這裡。 Yeah. 是啊。 今天這些單字很簡單。 street街道 feed餵食 pet寵物 belong屬於 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. Where was the baby fox found? a. A forest b. A street c. A grassland 2. What do the wildlife center workers wear? a. Fox masks b. Stuffed fox toys c. Fresh raw meat 3. Why is it important for a wild animal not to get used to people? a. It will be a good pet. b. It will be easy to catch. c. It will stay wild. Answers: 1. b 2. a 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

This Library Wants Cat Pictures Have you borrowed books from a library? Libraries have great books! 你跟圖書館借過書嗎?圖書館裡有很多好書。 It's important to return books on time. It's also important to take good care of them. If you lose a book, some libraries take your library card! Oh no! 準時歸還書籍很重要，也要保管好。如果弄丟了，有的圖書館會沒收你的借書證。 During the pandemic, many people lost books. Their libraries took their cards. But in one American city, the library wants these people to enjoy the library again. 疫情期間很多人把書弄丟了，借書證也被沒收。但美國一個城市的圖書館希望這些人可以回來借書。 Do people have to pay for their lost books? No! They can bring a picture of a cat. A cat? Yep! Then they get their library card back! 他們需要賠錢嗎?不用!他們只要拿一張貓咪的照片就可以拿回借書證。 Many people brought cute cat pictures. But one boy didn't have a cat. So he drew a cat! He got his library card back! 很多人帶了可愛的貓咪照片。但有個男孩沒有養貓，他就畫了一隻，也拿回借書證。 This library is kind. Some people don't have money for lost books. But they want to go to the library. So the cat pictures are making everyone happy! 這間圖書館非常有愛心，因為有一些人沒有錢賠償遺失的書籍，但他們還是想去圖書館，所以帶貓咪照片的方法讓大家都很開心。 The library is welcoming everyone back. It's showing that making mistakes is okay. It's also showing there's always a way to start over, especially when cute cats help! Let's go borrow some books! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 只要有貓咪圖片，就可以拿回借書證。 1. borrow 借 That book you borrowed from me…? 你跟我借的那本書… Yeah, "Everyone Poops 大家來大便," we're not done yet. 我們還沒有看完。 2. back 回來 It's from the library. 它是圖書館的書。 It's a fun book. My son enjoyed it a lot。它是好玩的書，我兒子很喜歡看。 Would you bring it back to me tomorrow? 可以明天帶回來給我嗎? 3. return 歸還 I need to return it. 我需要歸還。 Of course. we've learned a lot from it.當然，我們已經學到很多了。 4. some 一些 What have you learned? I'm curious. 你們學到什麼? 我很好奇。 That some animals poop on the move. 有的動物一邊走一邊大。 Do you have a library card? 一起來讀單字。 borrow借 back回來 return歸還 some一些 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. Why do libraries take some people's library cards? a. People lost books. b. People sold books. c. People bought books. 2. What did one boy draw? a. A book b. A cat c. A library 3. What is the library showing? a. Making mistakes is okay. b. Books are okay. c. Losing books is okay. Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Exercise helps our bodies become stronger and healthier. It’s important to exercise! 運動可以讓我們的身體更健康、更強壯，所以運動很重要! One gym owner believes in the power of exercise.* *He loves helping people exercise. 有一位健身房老闆相信運動帶來的力量，他很喜歡鼓勵別人運動。 Every week, this man helps about thirty people exercise at his gym. He helps them for free. They are all older people and people with disabilities. Many have health problems. 他每星期都會讓30多人免費在他的健身房裡運動。這些人都是年長者跟身障者，大部分都有健康問題。 They can't move easily. But they try very hard. And he never gives up on them. 他們可能行動不便，但是非常努力。而且這位老闆從不放棄。 A young woman uses a wheelchair. With the man's help, she started exercising. Now she's stronger. She's happier and more confident too. 有個坐輪椅的年輕女士藉由老闆的幫助開始運動。現在她更強壯、更快樂也更有自信。 The man has a big heart. He’s helped people since he was young. His parents taught him to be kind and help others. 這個男人非常有愛心，他從小時候就開始幫助別人。他的父母教他要善良並且樂於助人。 This gym owner shows us exercise does more than make our bodies strong. Exercise also makes our minds strong. He believes anyone can get stronger with a positive attitude and hard work. 他也讓我們知道運動不只讓身體強壯，也鍛鍊心智。他覺得任何積極、努力的人都可以更強壯。 Let’s go exercise! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 喜歡助人的健身房老闆，相信運動可以促進身心健康。 1. exercise 做運動 I hate going to the gym! 我討厭去健身房! Why? Too many people? 為什麼?人太多了嗎? No. Too much hard work.不是，太辛苦了。 You don’t have to exercise that hard. 你不用那麼努力運動啊。 2. stronger 更強壯 I know. But I want to get stronger.我知道，但是我想要強壯一點。 3. become 變得 So did you become stronger? 那你有沒有變強壯呢? I think so. I eat and sleep well. 我想有，我吃得好睡得飽。 4. problem 問題 The problem is I often feel very tired. 問題是我常覺得非常疲倦。 Maybe you should cut back a bit. 也許你應該減少一點運動。 來一起讀單字。 exercise做運動 stronger更強壯 become變得 problem問題 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What does exercise help our bodies become? a. Old b. Important c. Strong 2. Who does the man help for free? a. Healthy young people b. Very strong people c. People with disabilities 3. Who taught the man to be kind and help others? a. A young woman b. His parents c. A gym owner ** ** Answers: 1. c 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Art for the Paris Olympics Run! Jump! Throw! Do these things every day! Do them for four to eight years! That's how long athletes take to get ready for the Olympics. That's a lot of hard work! 跑、跳、丟!每天都做這些事，做 個四到八年看看! 運動員為了奧運就要準備這麼長的時間，需要很多努力。 France asked a famous artist and graphic novelist to make an artwork about the Paris Olympics. It took three years to make the artwork! That's almost as many years as some athletes take to get ready for the Olympics! It was a lot of hard work! 法國邀請知名的藝術家跟漫畫家製作和巴黎奧運相關的藝術作品。他們花了三年的時間才完成，將近是運動員準備奧運的時間。 The colorful artwork has three panels. They are like panels in a graphic novel! The panels show athletes playing sports by the Eiffel Tower. 這個色彩豐富的作品分別掛在三個看板上，就像是漫畫裡的分格。作品呈現運動員在艾菲爾鐵塔旁運動。 On the middle panel, a man and woman are running to each other! They're touching the Olympic flame! 中間的看板是一男一女朝向對方跑去，他們的手觸碰奧運聖火。 On the left panel, a woman is throwing a javelin! The moon and stars are shining! 左邊是有一個丟標槍的女子，作品上方的星星跟月亮閃閃發光。 On the right panel, a skateboarder is doing a trick! A breakdancer is breaking! And a big yellow sun is shining on the Paris skyline! 右邊的看板有個滑板玩家在表演特技，也有個霹靂舞選手在跳舞，還有一顆太陽在天際照耀巴黎。 In this artwork, we can see the joy that hard work can bring. Let's watch the Paris Olympics! Vocabulary 巴黎奧運這幅藝術作品，結合了運動和美感。 Olympics 奧林匹克運動會 I'll be very busy this summer. 我這個夏天會很忙。 Oh, with your work? 忙著工作嗎? No. I'll be watching the Olympics every day. 不是，我要每天看奧運。 sports 運動 Wow! So you're going to Paris!? 哇，所有你要去巴黎!? I wish. 我真希望是。 No, I'll just watch it on TV. 不，我只會看電視。 I didn't know you're a sports fan. 我不知道你是運動迷。 run 奔跑 You didn't know I can run, swim, breakdance, and box? 你不知道我會跑會游泳，跳霹靂舞跟拳擊? That's real news to me! 這可真是新聞了。 athlete 運動員 Oh yes, I'm quite an athlete. 沒錯，我可是厲害的運動員。 You're full of hot air! 你是吹牛大王! Will you watch the Olympics in July? Olympics 奧林匹克運動會 sports運動 run奔跑 athlete運動員 Quiz 1. How many years do athletes take to get ready for the Olympics? a. 1 b. 2 to 3 c. 4 to 8 2. Where will the Olympics be? a. Paris b. London c. Beijing 3. What is on the middle panel? a. The Olympic flame b. A graphic novel c. A big sun Answers: 1. c 2. a 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Family Finds Dinosaur Footprints Dinosaurs have big footprints! We see these footprints in natural history museums. But have you seen one on a beach? 恐龍的腳印很大，我們可以在自然歷史博物館看到，但你有在海灘上看過嗎? A family was walking on a beach in England. The mother and her two kids were having fun. Then they saw eight big dinosaur footprints! 有個家庭在英國的海灘散步，玩得正開心的時候，看到八個恐龍的大腳印。 They were very excited. They were walking where dinosaurs walked! 他們非常興奮，因為他們就走在恐龍走過的地方。 If we walk on a beach today, our footprints are very soft. These footprints are not soft. Dinosaurs made these footprints millions of years ago. The footprints became very hard. Now they're as hard as rocks. 我們在海灘上留下的腳印是軟的，但這些幾千萬年前的腳印，現在硬的跟石頭一樣。 These hard footprints were under the sand. But heavy rain and waves took the sand away. That's why the family found them. 原本這些腳印被埋在沙子底下，但是海浪跟大雨把砂礫沖走了，才會被發現。 The rocks under the beach are 140 million years old. Lots of dinosaurs used to walk there. In 2018, people found about 85 dinosaur footprints near that beach. They were from seven kinds of dinosaurs! 這些化石有1400萬年的歷史。很多恐龍曾經走過當地。2018年民眾發現的腳印就有85個，來自7種不同的恐龍。 The next time you go to a beach, look down! You might find something interesting too! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 在沙灘上走一走，居然發現恐龍的腳印! 1. beach 海灘 Somebody found dinosaur footprints on a beach.有人在海灘找到恐龍腳印。 Yeah, I heard.我有聽說。 For me, I'd like to find dinosaur fossils. 我的話想找到恐龍化石。 2. museum 博物館 You know you can see fossils at the National Taiwan Museum, right? 你知道國家台灣博物館可以看到化石吧? But museums are boring! 但是博物館很無聊耶! 3. million 百萬 No, there are animal fossils from millions of years ago. 不會，那裏有好幾百萬年前的動物化石。 Like what? 比如說什麼? Like turtles and birds.比如說烏龜和鳥。 4. interesting 有趣的 That doesn't sound interesting. 聽起來很沒趣。 Okay, let's go to the beach this weekend and start digging. 好吧，我們這周末去海灘開始挖掘。 YEAH!! 你今天學的單字記住了嗎? beach海灘 museum博物館 million百萬 interesting有趣的 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. Where did the family find the dinosaur footprints? a. A natural history museum b. Their garden c. A beach 2. How many footprints did the family find? a. eight b. eighteen c. eighty five 3. How did the family feel when they found the dinosaur footprints? a. Excited b. Soft c. Hard Answers: 1. c 2. a 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The Solar Eclipse and Citizen Scientists Have you heard of solar eclipses? The moon goes between the sun and the Earth. The moon blocks the sun for a short time. 你聽過日蝕嗎? 當月球運行到太陽跟地球中間，太陽會被月球的陰影遮住一段時間。 During a total solar eclipse, the moon blocks all of the sun. But we can see the sun’s corona. It's the fuzzy white circle around the dark moon. 日全蝕是月亮完全遮蔽太陽。但我們還是可以看到日冕，是暗黑的月球周圍一圈白白、模糊的光。 The sun’s wind, the solar wind, comes out of the corona. The solar wind is very strong. It affects the Earth! 太陽風從日冕射出，它是個很強的能量會影響地球。 There was a total solar eclipse on April 8th. People saw the eclipse in a line from Mexico to Canada. It was four minutes in each place on the line. 4月8號在橫跨墨西哥到加拿大一條線上的民眾可以看到4分鐘的日全蝕。 Scientists wanted to get pictures of the corona from many places on the line. But how? 科學家想要拿到從不同地方拍攝的日冕照片，怎麼做呢? They got help from citizen scientists. These people aren't scientists. But they get information for scientists. They took many pictures of the corona. 他們從公民科學家得到幫助，這些人不是科學家，但他們會提供資訊給科學家，他們拍了很多日冕的照片。 The scientists made a ninety-minute movie with these pictures. The movie shows them changes in the corona and the solar wind! 科學家用這些照片製作了一部長達90分鐘的電影，可以看到日冕跟太陽風的變化。 Thanks to citizen scientists, scientists are learning more about the sun's corona and the solar wind! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 碰到日全蝕這樣的天文奇觀，世界各地的人都可以幫科學家的忙。 1. dark 黑暗的 Hey, did you catch the solar eclipse yesterday? 你有看到昨天的日蝕嗎? How could I miss it? 我怎麼可能錯過? The sky was dark.天空都是黑的。 2. citizen 公民 I took lots of pictures.我拍了好多照片。 That’s great! You can be a citizen scientist helping NASA out. 真棒，你可以當幫忙太空總署的公民科學家。 Oh, I didn’t know NASA studied children.我不知道太空總署研究小孩。 3. picture 照片、圖片 What? I thought you took pictures of the sun. 什麼啊?我以為你是拍太陽的照片。 Where’s the fun in that? 那有什麼好玩的? 4. strong 強烈的 Children are the best. 小孩才是最好的。 They have a strong interest in the eclipse.他們對日蝕有強烈的興趣。 來一起讀單字。 dark黑暗的 citizen公民 picture照片、圖片 strong強烈的 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. What is blocked during a solar eclipse? a. The moon b. The Earth c. The sun 2. What comes out of the corona? a. Fuzzy circles b. Solar winds c. Moon winds 3. How did citizen scientists help scientists on April 8th? a. Took pictures b. Saw changes c. Made a movie Answers: 1. c 2. b 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Pet Food on the Move Do you like to go grocery shopping? It's easy for many people to do this. Then they go home and cook. 你喜歡去超市買東西嗎？很多人可以很容易做到，然後回家煮飯。 But some older people and people with disabilities need help. It's hard for them to shop. Some of them don't have much money. Some can't leave their homes. It's hard for them to cook, too. 但是有一些老人跟身障者需要幫助。他們不方便去購物，有一些沒那麼多錢或者沒辦法離開家，煮飯也有困難。 In many places in the U.S., a program makes food for them. Volunteers take the food to them. 美國有個送餐計畫在很多地方為老人、身障者做飯，志工再帶去給他們。 Some of these people also have cats or dogs. They love their pets very much. Their pets make them less lonely. But pet food costs a lot of money. Bags of pet food are heavy! 這些人也有陪伴他們的寵物，讓他們不那麼寂寞。但是寵物飼料很花錢又很重。 In one city, some programs are working together. They're getting pet food for these people! Now volunteers take food AND pet food to them. This helps the people and their pets be healthy and happy. 在一個城市有些不同的計畫互相合作，除了食物，志工也會帶寵物飼料給老人家跟身障者，讓他們跟寵物都健康、開心。 Thanks to these programs and volunteers, older people, people with disabilities, and their pets aren't hungry. Hello! Here's your food! And here's YOUR food! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 送食物的計畫可以幫助許多人和寵物。 1. shop 購買 Summer sales are next week.下星期有夏季大減價. I have to go shopping. 我得去買東西。 Shopping for what? 買什麼呢? Sundresses, swimsuits…夏天洋裝，游泳衣… 2. older 比較老的 You can borrow my dresses.你可以跟我借夏天洋裝。 Thank you, but your dresses are…for older people. 謝謝，但是你的洋裝是給年紀比較大的人穿的。 3. money 金錢 Ouch! 好痛喔! Don't get me wrong.別搞錯。 Your dresses look nice on you. 你的洋裝你穿很好看。 How much money do you need? 你需要多少錢? 4. cost 花費 Well, my stuff won't cost a lot. 我的東西花不了多少錢。 How about 20,000? 兩萬塊如何? TWENTY THOUSAND! 兩萬! No, two thousand would be fine. 兩千就可以了。 Do you go shopping by yourself? shop購買 older比較老的 money金錢 cost花費 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. Who does the program help with food? a. Working people b. Older people c. Students 2. Who takes the food to people? a. Workers b. Grocery stores c. Volunteers 3. What did some people also need? a. Clothing b. Books c. Pet food Answers 1. b 2. c 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The World's Fastest Ride-On Toy Car Vroom! Toy cars are great! There are many kinds. There are wind-up cars. You turn the knob …one, two, three times… and they zip away! 發條玩具車，只要發條轉幾圈，車子就會跑。 There are remote-controlled cars. You can make them go far away! 還有遙控車，你可以讓他們走很遠。 How about ride-on cars? Some ride-on cars help very young kids walk. They sit on the cars. They move the cars with their legs. 那兒童滑步車呢？幼兒坐在車上，用腳滑動，幫助他們學習走路。 Ride-on cars are bigger toy cars. Older kids can ride them, too! They race down hills! They wear helmets and knee pads. 這種滑步車是一種更大的玩具車。大孩子們會比賽誰先從坡上滑下來，他們戴著安全帽跟護膝。 Some grown-ups race ride-on cars too. They put engines in their cars. Now they're fast! One grown-up's ride-on car goes 148 kilometers an hour! Wow, that's fast! 大人也參加滑步車比賽，他們會裝引擎，讓車子跑得很快。有的時速還高達一個小時148公里，速度好快! Announcer voice: He's putting on his helmet and knee pads. He's starting the engine. He's holding the steering wheel. Off the car gooooeesss! He's on the world's fastest ride-on car! Now he's stopping the car… with his shoes! Kids, don't try this at home! Whew! That was fun! 很好玩! What kind of toy cars do you like? ________________________________________ Vocabulary 玩具車有很多種，有的可以跑得飛快。 1. helmet 安全帽 Going out? 要出門? Yeah, I'm going bike riding down Parkway. 對，我要去公園路騎車。 Don't you want to put on your helmet? 你不戴安全帽嗎? I'm thinking about that.我正在想。 2. fast 快的 But it's so hot out there. 可是外面好熱。 True. But you often go fast. 那是真的，不過你經常騎很快。 A helmet makes it safer. 戴安全帽比較安全。 You think I'm a fast rider? 你覺得我騎很快? Not faster than me. 沒有我快。 3. race 衝 Really? Come ride with me. 真的嗎?來跟我一起騎。 I like racing downhill. 我喜歡衝下山坡。 4. wear 穿戴 You're on. 就這麼辦! I'll wear my knee pads, gloves and everything. 我要戴護膝，手套，所有的。 這些單字簡單好用。 helmet安全帽 fast快的 race衝 wear穿戴 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. What toy car has a knob? a. Wooden b. Wind-up c. Remote-controlled 2. What do ride-on cars help very young kids do? a. Walk b. Work c. Race 3. How does the grown-up stop the world's fastest ride-on car? a. Goes down hills b. Uses his shoes c. Moves it with his legs Answers: 1. b 2. a 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Gray Whale Swims to Another Ocean Whoa, what a splash! At 27,000 kilograms and 15 meters long, gray whales are big! 灰鯨的體型很大，牠們重達2萬7千公斤，長15公尺。 Gray whales swim more than 16,000 kilometers a year! That's more than other whales. Why do they swim so far? It's to look for food and have babies! 灰鯨一年游超過1萬6千公里，比其他鯨魚還要多，因為牠們需要覓食跟繁衍後代。 There aren't many gray whales today. They live in the North Pacific Ocean. Gray whales also lived in the Atlantic Ocean 200 years ago. But fishermen there caught too many… 灰鯨住在北太平洋，200年前也住在大西洋，但是過度的捕鯨導致現在沒有多少灰鯨。 So some scientists were very surprised this winter. They were flying in a plane over the Atlantic Ocean. They saw a whale below. Was that a gray whale?? 所以今年的冬天，科學家很驚訝在大西洋居然看到一隻好像是灰鯨的身影。 They took pictures to check. Yes! It was! Where did it come from? They say it came from the Pacific Ocean! 科學家照相確認，沒錯! 牠是灰鯨，是從太平洋游過來的。 The whale swam through the Northwest Passage. That's not easy. The passage is sixteen thousand kilometers long! 這頭灰鯨從西北航道通過，很不簡單! 因為這條航道長達1萬6千公里。 It's usually full of ice most of the year. But the world is getting warmer. Some of the ice melted. So this whale swam to the Atlantic Ocean! 這條航道大部分的時間都會結冰，但氣候暖化讓這頭鯨魚可以通過。 What other ocean animals will come through this passage? ________________________________________ Vocabulary 一頭太平洋的灰鯨，游過西北航道，進入大西洋。 1. kilogram公斤 The biggest animal on Earth is not a dinosaur.地球上最大的動物不是恐龍。 I know that. It's blue whales. 我知道，是藍鯨。 Yes, but do you know how big it is? 沒錯，但你知道牠多大嗎? One thousand kilograms? 一千公斤? 2. thousand千 No, guess again. 不對，再猜。 Ten thousand? 一萬? Okay, a blue whale can weigh up to 180-thousand kilograms! 一頭藍鯨可以重達十八萬公斤。 That's many times heavier than an elephant! 那比大象重好多倍! 3. swim 游泳 I'd really like to see blue whales. 我真想看到藍鯨。 I want to swim with them.我想要跟牠們一起游泳。 4. ocean 海洋 Where do you think we can do that? 去哪裡可以做到? In the Pacific Ocean. 太平洋。 今天學到哪些單字? kilogram公斤 thousand千 swim游泳 ocean海洋 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. What kind of whales swim more than other whales? a. Blue whales b. Killer whales c. Gray whales 2. What ocean do most gray whales live in now? a. North Pacific Ocean b. South Pacific Ocean c. Atlantic Ocean 3. What passage did the gray whale swim through? a. Northwest Passage b. Southwest Passage c. West-East Passage Answers: 1. c 2. a 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Finding the French Fry Friend In a small town in the U.S., there's a barbecue restaurant. It has delicious French fries. One day, a little kid called. The kid wanted fries. But… the kid didn't give a name. 美國小鎮有一間烤肉餐廳接到一位小朋友的電話說要吃薯條，但是她沒有留下名字。 The kid called many times. But the kid never gave a name! The restaurant owners wanted to give the kid some fries! But who was their French Fry Friend? 這位小朋友打了很多通，餐廳主人很想給她薯條，但她沒有講名字，到底是誰呢? Hmmmm. Maybe a friend – or a friend’s friend – knew the kid. So they told their story on social media. 周圍的朋友可能認識，於是餐廳主人把這件事分享到社群媒體。 They were surprised! People in Australia, Canada, the U.K., Portugal, Spain, Mexico, Kenya, and other places saw the story! Everyone wanted the little French Fry Friend to get fries! 澳洲、加拿大、英國、葡萄牙、西班牙、墨西哥、肯亞以及其他地方的人居然都有看到這篇貼文，大家都想讓這個小朋友吃到薯條。 The kid called and called for a week. Then the owners found out that their French Fry Friend was… THREE little girls! They talked to the girls' mom. They met their French Fry Friends. The owners were happy. And the French Fry Friends finally had fries! 這個小孩打電話打了一個星期。後來餐廳主人發現，其實是三個小女孩打的電話! 於是找到了她們的媽媽，讓孩子們終於吃到薯條。 These three little girls wanted fries VERY much. They got fries… and new friends. And they made many people around the world smile! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 想吃薯條的小孩，終於如願以償。 1. restaurant 餐廳 I’m having lunch with some friends on Saturday. 我星期六要跟朋友吃中飯。 Oh, at a fancy restaurant? 在很貴的餐廳嗎? At a barbecue restaurant.在一家烤肉餐廳。 2. call 打電話 Hmmm, I love barbecues.我喜歡烤肉。 Would you like to join us? 你想加入我們嗎? I can call the restaurant. 我可以打電話給餐廳。 3. very much 非常 I’d like that very much! Thank you! 我很想去，謝謝你! Do I know your friends? 我認識你的朋友嗎? 4. meet 見面 Yes, you met them before. 認識，你以前見過他們。 Ken, Kevin and Kelly. They are very friendly people. 肯恩，凱文和凱莉。他們都是很友善的人。 Good, I remember them. 真好，我記得他們。 Do you like going to a restaurant? 我們來讀單字。 restaurant餐廳 call打電話 very much非常 meet見面 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. Which food did the restaurant have? a. Pizza b. French fries c. Hamburgers 2. How did the kid try to get food? a. Calling b. Ordering online c. Going to restaurants 3. Who was the kid? a. A teenager b. A little boy c. Three little girls Answers: 1. b 2. a 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Sunday is Mother’s Day! Let's talk about moms… and kids! 這星期日是母親節! 我們來談談媽媽跟小孩! A movie star in the U.S. has three kids. When her kids have problems, she doesn't always help them. 美國有一位電影明星有三個孩子。當他們遇到困難，她不會每次都幫忙。 Kid: Mommy, I dropped my toy! Waaaah! **Mom: **Honey, pick that up by yourself. Kid: Mommy, I can’t find my pencil! Waaaah! **Mom: **Sweetie, look for it yourself. 玩具掉了，她就叫孩子把玩具撿起來。找不到鉛筆，就讓他們去找出來。 Is this movie star a good mom? Scientists say*** ***yes, she is! If you're not a baby, you can learn how to do some things by yourself! 這位電影明星是不是好媽媽?科學家覺得是的! 只要你不是小寶寶，就可以學習自己怎麼動手做。 Moms usually run to help when kids have problems. But scientists say moms can let kids take care of some problems by themselves. 通常媽媽都會解決小孩的問題。但科學家說媽媽們可以讓小孩自己處理某一些事情。 You don't always need to say, “Mommy!!!! Help me!!!” You’re not a baby, right? 你不用一直喊媽媽，你已經不是小娃娃了。 Moms work so hard every day. That’s why they have a special day: Mother’s Day! You can show your mom how much you love her. How? You can do more things by yourself! 媽媽每天辛苦地工作，這就是為什麼有母親節，你可以自己多動手做，表達你有多愛媽媽。 On Sunday, you can say "Happy Mother's Day" to your mom by yourself! Let's all try now. Are you ready? One, two, three… Happy Mother's Day! ________________________________________________________________ Vocabulary 科學家認為媽媽應該多多鼓勵孩子自己做事情。 1. look for 尋找 Did you buy these? 這些是你買的? Yeah, anything wrong? 對，有什麼不對嗎? There’s too much sugar in them. 這些含有太多糖了。 You need to look for better snacks. 你需要找比較健康的點心。 2. always總是 I can’t do that by myself. 我自己沒辦法那樣。 Why not? 怎麼沒辦法? Because I’m always attracted to sweet stuff. 因為我總是被甜食吸引。 3. yourself你自己 It’s not that hard. 沒有那麼難。 Just tell yourself, “I can do this. Yes, I can!” 只要告訴自己，「我可以的! 是的，我可以!」 4. try 嘗試 Come to the store with me next time.下次跟我一起去店裡。 No, no. Try to do it yourself. 不了，你試試看自己做。 請注意，讀單字時間。 look for尋找 always總是 yourself你自己 try嘗試 ________________________________________________________________ Quiz 1. Who helps when you're doing things by yourself? a. Nobody b. Mom c. Dad 2. How often do kids need to ask for help? a. Always b. Sometimes c. Never 3. What day is Sunday? a. Kids' Day b. A sunny day c. Mother’s Day Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Bus Brings Banned Books To All Books are magical. They tell us new stories. They teach us new things. They open our minds and hearts. Books bring people together. With books, we can learn from different people from different places! 書籍告訴我們新的故事，教我們新的事物，也打開我們的心胸，讓我們可以從書裡學習不同地方的人。 But sometimes some people don't like the stories in some books. So they ban the books. That means no one can read them! 但有時候不是每一個人都喜歡書裡的故事，有人就會禁止這些書，不讓人閱讀。 LGBTQ+ stories are banned in some places. This makes some kids feel sad. 像是有一些地方禁止關於同性戀、雙性戀、跨性別跟酷兒相關的書，讓有一些小朋友感到難過。 RuPaul is a famous drag queen. His friends made the Rainbow Book Bus. It holds many banned books. 魯保羅是知名的變裝皇后。他的朋友打造了一輛彩虹書巴士，車上有很多禁書。 RuPaul helped the bus go to places where the books are banned. Everywhere it went, people came to get banned books for free. RuPaul helped his friends give away seven thousand books! These books help some kids feel less alone. 這輛巴士會到書籍被禁止的地方，讓大家免費拿取。魯保羅幫他朋友送出7000本書，陪伴一些小朋友。 RuPaul says reading books helped him learn about the world. 魯保羅說看書能讓他更了解世界。 Now he's sharing his love of learning with people everywhere. The Rainbow Book Bus is more than a bus full of books. It's a place full of caring and joy for everyone! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 魯保羅希望讓更多人看到有關性別平等的書。 1. read 閱讀 You've been reading for a long time.你看書看了好久了。 Yeah, reading is not my thing, 對，我不愛看書的， but this book is different. 不過這本不一樣。 2. give away 贈送 Different how? 怎麼個不一樣? Well, the library was giving them away and I just took one. 圖書館在送這本書，所以我就拿了一本。 3. for free 免費的 Okay, so you got it for free.所以你得到免費的書。 Right, and after I began reading it, I couldn't stop. 對，然後我一開始看就停不下來。 Let me guess. It's a book about food. 我猜它是講食物的書。 4. full of 充滿的 Yes, how did you know that? 對，你怎麼知道的? It's full of stories about strange foods. 它裡面都是奇怪食物的故事。 Do you like reading? read閱讀 give away贈送 for free免費的 full of充滿的 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. What do RuPaul and his friends do with banned books? a. Sell them b. Buy them c. Give them away 2. How many free books were given? a. Seven hundred b. Seven thousand c. Seventy thousand 3. How did RuPaul learn about the world? a. Read books b. Drove buses c. Banned books Answers: 1. c 2. b 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Screen Time Takes Talk Time from Young Kids Do you love screen time? There are screens on computers, smartphones, tablets, and TVs… Maybe you watch videos! Maybe you play games! Screen time is fun! 你喜歡看螢幕嗎?像是用電腦、手機、平板跟電視看影片或打電玩。 But is it good for young kids? They don't know many words. Most kids need to learn how to talk. They learn how to talk from their families. 但這對幼兒好嗎? 他們還不知道很多字，他們需要從家人身上學習如何說話。 In Australia, scientists studied 220 families with a one-year-old kid. The parents recorded sounds around their kid. They recorded every six months. 澳洲的科學家研究220個有一歲幼兒的家庭。家長每六個月錄下小孩周圍的聲音。 Scientists found three-year-old kids had about three hours of screen time a day. When they had screen time, their parents didn't talk much with them. The kids also didn't talk much. When kids weren't using screens, the parents and kids talked more. 科學家發現3歲的幼兒每天有差不多3小時盯著螢幕。這段時間，家長跟小朋友都很少講話。但小朋友沒有在看螢幕的時候，家長跟小孩就會多說話。 The scientists counted words… They learned parents say about 1,000 fewer words to their kids every day… because of screen time! 科學家發現，因為小朋友常盯著螢幕，所以家長每天跟他們少說大約1000個字。 Young kids need to hear and use many words. That's how they learn to talk! Do you have younger brothers or sisters? Talk with them, even when they're using a screen! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 父母或是兒童在電腦或是手機上花的時間越多，彼此之間交談的機會就越少。 1. smart 聰明的 How many steps now? 現在走了幾步了? Four thousand.四千步。 I thought it's already 8 thousand! 我以為已經走了八千步! Maybe your smartwatch is not that smart. 也許你的聰明手錶沒有那麼聰明。 2. watch 注意看 Are you kidding? I've been watching it. 開玩笑，我有一直在注意看。 Now it's 4,020.現在是四千零二十步。 This is more than a watch, you know. 你要知道這比一般手錶能幹。 3. record 記錄 It can record sounds, like the sounds from birds. 它可以錄音，比如說鳥的聲音。 4. when什麼時候 When did you buy it? 你什麼時候買的? Last week. I found it very useful. 上星期。我發現它非常有用。 Do you use a smartphone? smart聰明的 watch注意看 record記錄 when什麼時候 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What do most young kids need to learn to do? a. Speak b. Use screens c. Count 2. How many families did scientists study? a. 22 b. 200 c. 220 3. What happens when young kids use screens? a. Kids speak more. b. Parents speak less. c. Parents speak more. Answers: 1. a 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Saving Blue Crabs and Their Mangrove Forests Women in one part of Ecuador love blue crabs. The crabs' top shell is blue. But their bottom shell is orange. Eight legs are red. Their claws are white! How colorful! 厄瓜多的女性喜歡藍螃蟹。這種螃蟹有藍色的殼，橘色的腹部，牠們的八隻腳是紅色的，螯是白色的。 The delicious blue crabs are food for the women's families. Selling crabs gives the women jobs. Blue crabs are very important to them. They sing about the crabs! 這種美味的螃蟹對這些女性很重要。不僅是她們家庭的食物，還以賣這種螃蟹維生。 The crabs live in mangrove forests. They eat mangrove leaves. But many mangrove trees were cut down. Their home became much smaller. Then there weren't many crabs. 這些螃蟹住在紅樹林，吃紅樹林的樹葉。但是有太多樹被砍伐，讓牠們的數量越來越少。 The crabs help the women. Now the women help the crabs. The women follow strict rules. 這些螃蟹對當地婦女大有幫助，現在換她們遵守嚴格的規定來幫螃蟹的忙。 One rule says don't catch crabs during two important times every year. During the first time, the crabs find mates. During the second time, the crabs move into bigger shells. 首先，不可以在每年交配期跟換殼期抓藍螃蟹。 Another rule says don't cut down mangrove trees. The women are planting mangrove trees too. Now there are more blue crabs! 另一個規定是不可以砍紅樹林。她們也培植紅樹林，現在才有了更多藍螃蟹。 The women are saving the blue crabs. They're saving the mangrove forests for the crabs too. Now their children and grandchildren will enjoy both! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 在厄瓜多，藍螃蟹跟人類可說是互相幫忙。 1. colorful 多色彩的 We're having crabs for dinner. 我們晚飯吃螃蟹。 Crabs! I love crabs! 螃蟹! 我很愛螃蟹! Yeah, I know. 是啊，我知道。 Look at these little creatures. 看看這些小東西。 They're so colorful! 好多顏色! 2. catch 捕捉 I've never seen them before. 我從沒看過這種。 They don't come from here, right? 他們不是本地產的吧? No. Fishermen in South America catch them and sell them here. 對。是南美洲的漁夫抓到運來這裡的。 3. delicious 美味的 Wow, they must be delicious and expensive! 哇，一定很好吃，也很貴。 You're right. 你說對了。 4. enjoy 享受 Ummm, this tastes really good! 這味道真好! Don't you want one? 你不要一個嗎? No, I enjoy watching you eat. 不了，我喜歡看你吃。 這些單字你記住了嗎? colorful多色彩的 catch捕捉 delicious美味的 enjoy享受 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. Where do the blue crabs live? a. Leaves b. Forests c. Claws 2. What happened to the mangrove trees? a. They were eaten. b. They were burned. c. They were cut down. 3. What do the women do to save the blue crabs? a. Follow rules b. Build roads c. Catch more crabs Answers: 1. b 2. c 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn