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These Kids Take the School Boat How do you go to school? Do you take the bus? Do you go by scooter or car? 你每天怎麼上學?你是搭公車、機車還是汽車? What happens when it rains very hard? Maybe you put on a raincoat. You open your umbrella. Then you go to school. When the rain stops, everything's fine. But some kids' lives are changed by rain. 如果下大雨，你會穿雨衣、撐雨傘去上學，雨停了就沒事了。但是有一些地方的小朋友，生活受到大雨的影響。 Last October, it rained very, very hard for two days in Scotland. In one town, roads and bridges broke. Going to school became very tough for the kids there. Now they ride a boat to school early in the morning! 去年十月蘇格蘭連續下了兩天大雨，造成一個小鎮的道路跟橋樑都受到破壞，小朋友必須一早搭船上學。 The kids are waiting for work on the roads and bridges to finish. Then they won't need to ride a boat to school! 小朋友都在等路跟橋修好，才可以不用坐船去學校。 Scotland got too much rain because of climate change.* *Climate change makes the weather very strange. Storms get bigger. Hot times get hotter. Cold times get colder. 因為氣候變遷，蘇格蘭下了太多雨。天氣也變得很奇怪，暴風雨越來越強，夏天越來越熱、冬天越來越冷。 The kids in the town know climate change is real. It's making a big change in their lives every day. Everybody needs to take care of the Earth. Then we can be safe and happy! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 氣候變遷的影響無遠弗屆，連上學方式都可能要改變。 1. wait for 等待 Hey, are you waiting for the bus? 你在等公車嗎? Yeah, why else would I be standing here? 是，要不然我怎麼會站在這裡? 2. take 搭乘 But why are you taking a bus? 但是你為什麼要搭公車? Riding a bike is much faster. 騎腳踏車快多了。 No, it’s too cold now. 不要，現在太冷。 3. rain 下雨 Also, it could rain anytime. 而且隨時都可能下雨。 You may be right. 你可能講對了。 I want to get back home in time. 我要及時趕回家。 4. weather 天氣 Yeah, before the weather gets you. 對啊，在壞天氣追上你之前。 Oh, here’s your bus.你的公車來了。 I’ll see you tomorrow. 明天見。 Yeah, bye bye! 拜拜! 你已經記住今天的單字了嗎? wait for等待 take搭乘 rain下雨 weather天氣 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. Where did it rain very hard for two days in October? a. The USA b. Germany c. Scotland 2. What is making kids in the town ride a boat to school? a. Broken roads b. No umbrellas c. Tough school 3. What makes the weather very strange? a. The Earth b. Climate change c. Storms Answers: 1. c 2. a 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Doctors Give Man New Eye Doctors are always finding new ways to help people. Now, for the first time ever, they’ve given someone a new eye! His name is Aaron … 醫生有史以來第一次成功移植一顆新的眼球給一個叫作Aaron的人。 Aaron works with electricity. Electricity is full of power. It’s made in power stations. Power lines take electricity to our homes. Aaron在電力公司上班。發電廠生產電，電線再將電傳送到家庭。 One power line takes electricity to many homes. Touching a power line is very dangerous! So power lines are high above the ground. This keeps people safe. 電線傳送電力到不同的家庭。碰觸電線很危險，所以電線都在高處防止人家不小心被電到。 Aaron's job was fixing power lines. One day, he touched a power line. It was an accident. Aaron got a big, bad shock! Seven thousand two hundred volts hit his body. That’s electricity for 30 houses! Aaron 有一天修理電線的時候，遭到7200伏特的高壓電擊中，相當於30間房屋的用電量。 Aaron almost died! Half of his face was gone! One of Aaron's eyes was gone too. Aaron took a selfie. He saw inside his skull! Aaron 差一點死掉，他不僅半張臉毀容，也失去了一隻眼睛。 One hundred forty doctors and nurses worked 21 hours in one day to help Aaron. They saved his life! And, they gave him a new eye too! 140位醫生跟護士花了21個小時，救了他的性命，也給他一顆新的眼球。 A team of over 100 doctors and nurses saved Aaron’s life, and his eye! Vocabulary Aaron雖然身受重傷，在醫護人員全力搶救之下撿回一條命。 1. power 電力 Oh no, the power’s out! 糟糕，停電了! Get the candles! 快去拿蠟燭。 No, you have your cell phone, remember? 不用啦，你記得你有手機吧? But without electricity, my cell phone won’t last long.但是停電，我的手機也維持不了多久。 2. fix 修理 Maybe they can fix the power line fast. 也許他們很快就會把電線修好。 No, I don’t want people to go out in this weather. 不，我不想要人們在這種天氣出門。 3. dangerous 危險的 It’s too dangerous. 太危險了。 That’s true. 那是真的。 You’re right. 你說得對。 We don’t want accidents.我們不想要出什麼事。 4. help 幫忙 I’ll get the candles then. 我去拿蠟燭。 And I can help cook dinner. 我可以幫忙做晚飯。 你的家裡有停電過嗎? power電力 fix修理 dangerous危險的 help幫忙 Quiz 1. Where is electricity made? a. Power lines b. Power points c. Power stations 2. How big was Aaron’s electric shock? a. 30 volts b. 140 volts c. 7,200 volts 3. What did Aaron see in his selfie? a. Inside his skull b. Inside his eye c. Inside his home Answers: 1. c 2. c 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

This Ferryboat Flies People in Sweden made a flying ferryboat! Wait… what's a ferryboat? Ferryboats are buses on water. They carry many people. People use them to go to work or school. Some ferries carry cars too. Ferryboat渡輪就像水上的公車，載人上班、上學，也可以載車子。 Ferries need to push lots of water so they can move. That takes a lot of energy. All that water makes ferries slow.* *It also makes ferries move side to side and up and down. Many people feel seasick. 渡輪需要很大的動力才能往前走。水流會讓渡輪的速度變慢，也會搖晃。很多人會因此暈船。 The flying ferry from Sweden can carry thirty people. It doesn’t carry cars. It starts in the water. Then it flies close above the water! 瑞典的飛行渡輪可以搭載30個人，它不載車子。它從海上起飛並在海面上飛行。 This flying ferry doesn’t need to push water to move, so it doesn't use a lot of energy. It's very fast. And it doesn't move side to side or up and down. People don't get seasick. 這艘飛行渡輪速度非常快，而且不需要消耗很多的動力，也不會搖晃。 And this ferry is electric! That helps the Earth. Electricity costs ninety percent less than the fuel for other ferries. What a huge saving! That helps ferry companies. 這艘渡輪是電動的! 電力的花費比燃油便宜九成，所以電動飛行渡輪幫助地球也幫助渡輪公司。 Electric flying ferries are good for people, ferry companies, and the Earth! Can we have them in Taiwan? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 瑞典的飛行渡輪解決了許多問題。 1. seasick 暈船 A flying ferryboat. 一艘飛行渡輪。 What a good idea! 好棒的主意! Yeah, I’ve never liked taking boats. 對啊，我從來就不愛搭船。 They make me feel seasick. 會讓我暈船。 2. carry 搭載 But this one seems different. 但是這艘好像不一樣。 I just hope it can carry my bike, too. 我只希望它也能載腳踏車。 3. need 需要 Why do you need your bike? 為什麼需要腳踏車? I need it to go to school. 我需要騎車上學啊。 4. water 水 It lands on water… 它降落在水上… So how do you ride your bike? 所以你要怎麼騎車? It should get close to a dock. 它應該會靠碼頭。 Then I can ride it down the ramp. 然後我就可以騎車下坡道。 你有搭過渡輪嗎? 來讀單字。 seasick暈船 carry搭載 need需要 water水 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. What does the flying ferry carry? a. Cars and people b. Cars c. People 2. What is good about the flying ferry? a. It’s very fast. b. It moves side to side. c. It makes people seasick. 3. What makes the flying ferry fly? a. Water b. Electricity c. Wind Answers: 1. c 2. a 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Red Hot Seat Surprises Man Narrator: Let's go jogging. We're so full of energy! Electricity is full of energy too. It moves. Think of water flowing in a river. That's how electricity moves. 電力充滿能量，電力流動的方式就像水在河裡流動一樣。 Circuits start and end in the same place. Running tracks are circuits. Hey … let's jog on a circuit! We can jog around and around and around… Circuits help electricity flow safely around and around. Circuit指的是環形的路線，像是操場跑道。Electric circuits則是電路，讓電流穩定流動。 Electric particles: Oh, there's a shorter way to go! Let's take it! Narrator: When electricity finds a shorter way to go, it takes it. This is called a short circuit. Short circuits can be very dangerous. They make electricity flow faster! This makes lots of heat. Too much heat can start a fire! 當電力找到更短的路線的時候，就會發生短路，導致過熱而電線走火。 Anything electric can short circuit… Smart toilets can! 任何電器都有可能短路，智慧馬桶也會喔! Thanks to electricity, smart toilets have nice, warm seats. Smart toilets wash your bottom. Some dry it too. Some can play your favorite songs! 智慧馬桶因為電力可以暖座、沖洗、烘乾，甚至可以播放你喜歡的歌。 In China, a smart toilet short-circuited. It started a big fire! A man was surprised… but not hurt. 在中國，有個智慧馬桶因為短路而燒了起來，幸好沒有人受傷。 But don't worry. Short circuits in smart toilets almost never happen. This toilet wasn't so smart, was it! ________________________________________ Vocabulary 電力對現代人來說太重要了，但是也會有出錯的時候。 1. go jogging 去慢跑 I'm going jogging tonight. 我今晚要去慢跑。 At the stadium? 在體育場嗎? Yeah, would you like to come along? 對，你想一起來嗎? No, too many people. 不了，人太多。 2. around 環繞 Besides, it's not fun. 而且不好玩。 You're just running around and around. 你就是一圈又一圈地跑。 You can listen to music when running.你可以在跑步的時候聽音樂啊。 3. short 短的 Even a short run of 15 minutes would be good for you, you know. 即使只跑短短15分鐘也對你有益，你知道嗎。 4. energy 精力 No, it takes too much energy. 不要，太花力氣了。 I just want to stay nice and warm at home.我只想舒舒服服又暖和的待在家。 請注意，來讀今天的單字。 go jogging去慢跑 around環繞 short短的 energy精力 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. What helps electricity flow safely? a. A running track b. An electric circuit c. Your favorite song 2. What can too much heat start? a. A river b. Electricity c. A fire 3. What can short-circuit? a. Anything short b. Anything electric c. Anything smart Answers: 1. b 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Big Iceberg Floats and Feeds the Ocean What is A23a? It's two times bigger than New Taipei City. It's almost as tall as Taipei 101! 什麼是A23a? 它比新北市還大兩倍，跟台北101一樣高。 A23a is an iceberg! That's a mountain of ice. Most of it is underwater. It's very heavy. But it floats in the ocean, the same as an ice cube in your milk tea! A23a是一座冰山。冰山有一大部分沉在水裡，而且很重。但是它可以漂在海面上。 A23a is the biggest iceberg in the world now. Ocean waves push it and it moves… very, very slowly… A23a是現今世界上最大的冰山。它隨著洋流緩慢地移動。 As years go by, the iceberg slowly melts and gives nutrients to the ocean. 幾年過去了，這座冰山的養分慢慢溶到海裡。 The nutrients help very, very small plants grow. Small ocean animals eat these plants and grow! Then bigger ocean animals eat the smaller ones. Then… this goes on and on! 這些養分幫助很小的植物生長，小型的海生動物吃這些植物，再被大一點的動物吃掉，以此類推。 Waves are pushing A23a to Iceberg Alley, an ocean path where many icebergs are. Then it will melt away in the Atlantic Ocean… 洋流把A23a推到冰山巷，很多冰山都被推向那裡，之後會在大西洋慢慢地融化。 Icebergs make the ocean healthy, yes… But now, there are more and more icebergs. They're melting faster. This shows our Earth is too hot. Let's cool the Earth! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 世界最大的冰山慢慢融解，同時也滋養著海洋生物。 1. melt 融化 Are you staring at your drink? 你是在瞪著你的飲料嗎? Yes, I want to see how the ice melts. 對，我要看冰塊怎麼融化。 2. slowly 慢慢地 Why are you interested in that? 為什麼你對那個有興趣呢? Because it's getting smaller very slowly now. 因為它現在很慢地變小。Sometimes it melts very fast. 有時候它很快就融了。 3. ocean 海洋 It melts fast if the drink is hot. 要是飲料是熱的，它很快就會融化。 Just like an iceberg. 就像冰山一樣。 If the ocean water is warm, it'll disappear quickly. 要是海水溫暖，它很快就會不見。 4. milk tea 奶茶 All this talk about ice makes me want a milk tea. 這個冰塊話題讓我想喝奶茶。 I love milk tea! 我很喜歡奶茶! 讀單字時間到了。 melt融化 slowly慢慢地 ocean海洋 milk tea奶茶 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. What does A23a give as it melts? a. Pollution b. Plants c. Nutrients 2. What is NOT true about A23a? a. It's heavy. b. It's big. c. It's fast. 3. What pushes A23a? a. Waves b. Fish c. People Answers: 1. c 2. c 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

NASA's Super-Quiet Supersonic Jet Let's have a quick quiz! Listen: what's this? This sound is a sonic boom. It happens when something moves faster than the speed of sound! 這是聲爆，當物體移動的速度比聲音快就會發生聲爆。 Sound moves very fast through the air. Airplanes do too. The fastest airplanes are jets. Some jets fly faster than sound! They're supersonic jets. 聲音在空氣中傳得很快，飛機也是這樣。最快的飛機是噴射機，超音速噴射機比聲音還要快。 One of the most famous supersonic jets was the Concorde. Most airplanes take seven hours to fly from London to New York. The Concorde did it in three and a half hours! 最有名的超音速噴射機是協和號客機，協和號只需要花三個半小時就可以從倫敦飛到紐約，是普通噴射機的一半。 One problem with the Concorde was the sonic boom. It was too loud! People didn't like it. 協和號其中的一個問題是聲爆太吵了，大家不喜歡。 NASA is the space agency of the USA. Now, NASA is making a new, very quiet supersonic jet! It's called the X-59. 美國太空總署正在製造新型的超音速噴射機，聲音很小，叫做 X-59。 NASA says the X-59 can fly from New York to London in one and a half hours! That's much faster than the Concorde! And the sonic boom is now a little sonic thump. 太空總署說這款飛機從紐約到倫敦只需要一個半小時! 比協和號更快! The X-59 is a new start for much faster, much quieter flights! ________________________________________ Vocabulary 超音速噴射機的聲音太吵，美國太空總署正在改善。 1. fast 快的 Wow, that was fast! 哇，飛得好快! Yeah, so cool! 對啊，好酷 ! What kind of fighter jets are they? 那是哪一種噴射戰機? I think they're F-16. 我想是F-16. 2. airplane 飛機 They're so much faster than an airplane. 它們比飛機快多了。 It's because they're much smaller. 因為它小很多。 3. supersonic 超音速 They can go supersonic as well.它們也可以超音速飛行。 I hope they do that now. 我希望它們現在就那樣飛。 I can't wait for the sonic boom. 我等不及要聽聲爆了。 4. loud 大聲的 It'll be so loud that you have to cover your ears. 那聲音會大到你得遮住耳朵。 Really? How exciting! 真的嗎? 好興奮! 今天的單字很有趣。 fast快的 airplane飛機 supersonic超音速 loud大聲的 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. What happens when something moves faster than sound? a. Thunder b. An explosion c. A sonic boom 2. What kind of airplane was the Concorde? a. A super-quiet jet b. A superhero jet c. A supersonic jet 3. In how many hours can the X-59 fly from New York to London? a. Seven hours b. Three and a half hours c. One and a half hours Answers: 1. c 2. c 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Big Search Fails to Find Monster Are monsters real? There's Nian during the Lunar New Year. Nian has a lion's face with sharp teeth. People say this monster eats people and animals! But don't worry, Nian isn't real. 真的有怪獸嗎? 農曆新年有年獸。牠有?獅子的臉跟尖牙。大家都說年獸會吃人跟動物，但別擔心，年獸不是真的。 How about the Loch Ness Monster? Many people think it's real. They think it lives in Scotland, in Loch Ness. "Loch" means lake. 那尼斯湖水怪呢? 很多人覺得牠是真的，住在蘇格蘭尼斯湖。"Loch"是指湖。 People think the Loch Ness Monster looks like a dinosaur. Some say it has humps. 大家覺得尼斯湖水怪看起來像一隻恐龍，說牠有背部隆起的身形。 Camels have humps, too. Camels are real. Is the Loch Ness Monster real? Nobody knows. But people have tried to find Nessie for a long time. Nessie? That's the monster's nickname. 駱駝背部也有駝峰，駱駝是真的。但尼湖水怪是真的嗎？沒有人知道，大家試著找Nessie好久了。Nessie是牠的小名。 In 2023, more than 300 people searched for Nessie in the loch. They looked together for two days. People put cameras and microphones in the water. They used drones. It was the biggest search for Nessie in 50 years! 2023年，有超過300人一起尋找尼斯湖水怪。他們在水下放攝影機跟麥克風，還用到無人機。這是50年來最大的搜索。 Some people took pictures of a big shadow in the water. Some people said they saw humps in the water. But no one found Nessie. What do you think? Is the Loch Ness Monster a real monster? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 一大群人費盡力氣，希望解開尼斯湖水怪的謎。 1. nobody 沒有人 I've never seen a monster. 我從來沒看過怪物。 Me neither. Nobody has, I believe. 我也沒有。我相信沒有人看過。 Monsters only exist in stories. 怪物只存在故事裡面。 2. look for 尋找 Really? Then why are people looking for them? 真的嗎? 那為什麼大家要找怪物? Like in Loch Ness? 像尼斯湖那樣嗎? They must be scientists. 他們一定是科學家。 3. microphone 麥克風 No, they were ordinary people. 不是，他們是普通人。 One dropped a microphone into the water to collect sounds. 有一個人還把麥克風放進水裡收集聲音。 4. find 發現、找到 Did he find anything? 他有什麼發現嗎? No. I think the monster is gone. 沒有，我覺得怪物已經走了。 你今天學到哪些單字? nobody沒有人 look for尋找 microphone麥克風 find發現、找到 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. How many people looked for the Loch Ness Monster in 2023? a. Less than 100 b. Between 100 and 300 c. More than 300 2. What is the Loch Ness Monster's nickname? a. Lochy b. Betsy c. Nessie 3. What did people see in Loch Ness in 2023? a. A real dinosaur b. A big shadow c. Many strange fish Answers: 1. c 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Woman Eats Hundreds of Hotpots Hotpot is great fun. Everyone cooks together! And hotpot is traditional. Taiwanese families eat hotpot on Lunar New Year's Eve for good luck. 吃火鍋很有趣，也是一種傳統。台灣家庭會在農曆新年圍爐吃火鍋。 Hotpot changes everywhere you go. Thailand, Japan, Cambodia, and Laos have their own kinds of hotpot. Switzerland has a kind of hotpot too, made with cheese! And China has two kinds of hotpot, one from the north and one from the south. 各地的火鍋都不一樣。泰國、日本、柬埔寨跟寮國都有自己的特色火鍋。瑞士有起司鍋。中國也分南方火鍋跟北方火鍋。 Ms. Kong lives in China. She doesn't like hotpot… She loves it! Ms. Kong loves hotpot very much. She likes to eat hotpot at one hotpot restaurant. She went 627 times in nine years! 孔小姐很愛在同一間火鍋餐廳吃火鍋，九年她一共去了627次。 Eating hotpot is Ms. Kong's hobby. She doesn't have any other hobbies. She doesn't like to cook. She likes to eat! And she likes to eat hotpot the most. 吃火鍋是她唯一的嗜好，她不喜歡煮但很喜歡吃，也最喜歡吃火鍋。 Eating so much hotpot is not healthy. And hotpot cost Ms. Kong a lot of money. She spent 270,000 yuan on hotpot. That's more than a million Taiwan dollars! 吃太多火鍋對身體不好，而孔小姐總共花了27萬人民幣吃火鍋，超過台幣100萬。 No more hotpot, Ms. Kong! Take care of your health and your money! ________________________________________ Vocabulary 這名女士會不會吃太多火鍋了? 1. traditional 傳統的 Let's eat traditional hotpot tonight. 我們今晚吃個傳統火鍋吧。 What's that? 那是什麼呢? It's a brass pot with a chimney. 就是有個煙囪的黃銅火鍋。 2. healthy 健康的 Oh, I know that one. 我知道那種。 But what's so special about it? 但是有什麼特別的? I heard it's healthier. 聽說比較健康。 That's not true.不是真的吧。 3. spend 花費 Cooking it ourselves would be healthier.自己煮才會比較健康。 Okay, I'll buy vegetables and meat this afternoon. 好吧，那我今天下午去買菜跟肉。 Don't spend too much money, though.但是不要花太多錢。 4. more than 比較多 I won't spend more than 1,000 NT. 我不會花超過一千塊。 I'm running out of money! 我快沒錢了。 你喜歡火鍋嗎?來一起讀單字。 traditional傳統的 healthy健康的 spend花費 more than比較多 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. What is hotpot made with in Switzerland? a. Cheese b. Milk c. Butter 2. Where did Ms. Kong eat hotpot 627 times? a. At home b. At a restaurant c. In Japan 3. How much is 270,000 yuan in Taiwan dollars? a. Under a million b. More than a million c. More than two million Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Happy New Year! There are many New Year's traditions. You know some of them. There's fireworks and kissing someone at midnight on New Year's Eve. There are many more. Some of them are surprising! 新年快樂! 新年有很多不同的習俗，像是放煙火或是在跨年的時候互相親吻。 In Europe, some people throw out sofas or other furniture at midnight on New Year's Eve. Watch out!! They throw the furniture out of their windows! Why do they do this? It's a way to throw away old things and welcome new things. 歐洲有很多人會在跨年夜丟掉家具除舊布新，注意喔! 是直接丟出窗外。 In some places, people leave their doors and windows open. Again, this is to let old things out and welcome the New Year. Doing this can be cold, especially when it's windy! 有一些地方人們會打開門窗歡迎新年的到來。 In Spain, some people walk around with an empty suitcase on New Year's Eve. They think it helps them travel more. Maybe they will go on trips to fun places! 西班牙有人會在跨年夜拿著空行李箱到處走，他們相信這樣也許會旅行到好玩的地方。 In the Philippines, people jump into the air at midnight on New Year's Eve. They think this helps them grow taller! 菲律賓人覺得跨年的時候跳得越高，可以長得越高。 There are many interesting New Year's traditions. Do you want to try some of these traditions? What are your traditions? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 過新年的習俗百百種，每個地方不同。 1. jump 跳 What are you doing, Jacob? 你在做什麼，傑可? Can't you see that I'm jumping? 你看不出來我在跳嗎? Yeah, but what for? 看得出，但是幹嘛要跳? 2. taller 比較高的 For helping me to grow taller. 可以幫我再長高一點兒。 You are too old to grow taller! 你太老，不會再長了。 Ouch, that hurts. 很傷人喔。 3. windy 颳風的 And it's windy outside. 而且外面風好大。 You should come into the house. 你應該進屋子裡來。 4. window 窗戶 It IS windy! 風真的很大! Let me close the windows. 讓我把窗子關起來。 There, much better. 好了，好多了。 Now I need to sit down. All that jumping is tiring! 現在我得坐下。那樣蹦蹦跳很累喔! Let's learn more English in 2024! 來讀單字吧。 jump跳 taller比較高的 windy颳風的 window窗戶 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. Why do people throw furniture out the window? a. For friends b. For good luck c. For welcoming new things 2. In Spain, what do some people walk around with? a. A suitcase b. A sofa c. Old things 3. Where do people jump in the air to grow taller? a. Japan b. The Philippines c. Thailand Answers: 1. c 2. a 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

K*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ In Taiwan, people love staying up late on New Year's Eve and watching fireworks. People countdown to midnight and then… kaboom! 在台灣，我們很喜歡熬夜跨年看煙火秀。 Most fireworks shows are not long. Kaohsiung City's 2023 fireworks show was three minutes long. 煙火秀通常不會維持很長的時間。高雄2023年煙火秀只有三分鐘長。 This time, Kaohsiung City is making their fireworks show one minute longer. People will see four minutes of fireworks. Four minutes is short. But in those four minutes, more than 7,000 fireworks will go off! 這一次高雄的煙火秀會多一分鐘，大家可以看到四分鐘的煙火秀，會發射超過7000支煙火。 The Kaohsiung Eye Ferris Wheel's colorful lights will make the show more beautiful! The fireworks will make the Port of Kaohsiung's waters sparkle! 高雄之眼摩天輪的燈光讓整個表演更漂亮。煙火將照亮整個高雄港。 Kaohsiung's mayor is excited. His city will shine! Big stars will be at the New Year's Eve countdown party before the fireworks! 高雄市長很期待他的城市發光。眾多明星也會在跨年倒數派對上表演。 Another fireworks show in Kaohsiung will be 999 seconds long. Kaohsiung's midnight sky will be bright! People are going to have a blast! 高雄另一個煙火秀長達999秒。高雄的跨年夜會很明亮，絕對可以享受跨年。 The New Year's Eve countdown is in two days. I can't wait to see the firework shows. Happy New Year everybody! ________________________________________ Vocabulary 高雄的跨年晚會很精彩，會有燦爛的煙火和各種表演。 1. party 派對 What's your plan for New Year's Eve? 你跨年夜有什麼計畫? I'm going to a friend's party. 我要去朋友的派對。 2. minute 分鐘 We can see the Taipei 101 fireworks from her house. 我們可以從她家看台北101煙火。 But that show only lasts three minutes! 但是那場秀只有三分鐘! 3. watch 看 That's good enough for me. 對我來說夠好了。 I've never been so close to it before.我從來沒有那麼靠近過。 I always watch it on YouTube, if at all. 我要是要看，都在YouTube上面看。 4. count down 倒數 It's totally different! 那完全不同! You get to count down to the New Year with a lot of people! 你跟一大群人一起倒數迎新年! But New Year's Day is just like any other day. 但是元旦就跟任何一天一樣。 一起來讀單字。 party派對 minute分鐘 watch看 count down倒數 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. How many fireworks will go off in four minutes in Kaohsiung City's show? a. 10 b. 999 c. 7,000 2. What does the Kaohsiung Eye Ferris Wheel have? a. Colorful fireworks b. Colorful lights c. A midnight sky 3. What will make the Port of Kaohsiung's water sparkle? a. The party b. The fireworks c. The city Answers: 1. c 2. b 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn