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The Moon Shakes! What happens in an earthquake? Under our feet, the ground shakes - on the Earth! What about moonquakes? Yup, the ground shakes on the moon! 發生地震的時候，我們腳下的地球震動。那月震呢? 沒錯，就是月球的地面發生震動! Why do moonquakes happen? The moon gets VERY hot during the day. This means it get a little bigger.* *The moon gets VERY cold at night. It gets a little smaller. The moon changes from hot to cold every afternoon. Moonquakes happen then! 為什麼會發生月震呢? 月球白天非常炎熱，月球會稍微膨脹。而夜晚非常寒冷，月球會因此收縮。每到下午，月球的氣溫從熱到冷，就會發生月震。 Scientists studied these moonquakes. They found very small moonquakes too. Why do these happen? Well, many years ago, the USA left a big rocket part there… 科學家研究發現月球也會發生一些微小的月震。為什麼會發生呢? 很多年前，美國在月球留下了一大塊的火箭零件。 It's made of metal. When metal gets very cold, it gets a little smaller.When metal gets very hot, it gets a little bigger.The rocket part changes from cold to hot every morning.Very small moonquakes happen then! 它是金屬做的，金屬會熱脹冷縮。每到早上，火箭零件由冷轉熱，就會發生微小的月震。 Scientists will take many things to the moon. When the heat and cold change there, what will happen to these things? Scientists will study this. 科學家將帶很多東西到月球去研究。他們會研究當月球的溫度發生變化的時候，這些東西會發生什麼事呢? On the moon, big heat and cold changes can make things a little bigger or a little smaller. And they shake the moon! Vocabulary 地球有地震，月球也有月震，而且是熱脹冷縮造成的。 1. earthquake 地震 What’s that? 那是什麼? Oh no, it’s an earthquake! 糟糕，是地震! Should we run? 我們應該跑嗎? No, let’s hide under the table. 不，來躲到桌子底下。 2. bigger 更大的 Wow, this one is big! 哇，這個地震好大! And it’s getting bigger! 還更大了。 I wonder what’s happening. 我想知道發生了什麼事。 3. year 年 The TV says it’s the biggest earthquake in ten years. 電視上說這是十年來最大的地震。 It’s certainly very scary. 真的很嚇人。 4. shake 震動 My books are all on the floor! 我的書都掉到地上了。 It must be because of the shaking.一定是因為震動的關係。 I was shaking for sure.我剛剛是真的在發抖。 Let’s read the vocabulary together. earthquake地震 bigger更大的 year年 shake震動 Quiz 1. What happens when the moon gets very hot? a. It gets bigger. b. It gets smaller. c. It shakes. 2. When is the moon very cold? a. In the morning b. All day c. At night 3. What makes the very small moonquakes happen? a. Earthquakes b. A rocket part c. Our feet Answers: 1. a 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

These Blind Farmers Help With Your Rice and Noodles Do you like grains? Some grains are rice, corn, and wheat. 你喜歡穀物嗎? 譬如說米飯、玉米跟小麥。 In Taiwan, we use rice to make braised pork rice. We use cornstarch to make egg crepes, sauces, and fried chicken. We use wheat flour to make noodles for beef noodle soup and buns for pork belly buns. 在台灣，我們用米飯做滷肉飯，用玉米粉做蛋餅、醬料跟炸雞，還用麵粉做牛肉麵跟割包。 Scientists say there's a big group of farmers. The farmers help grow 140 BILLION kilograms of grain every year.* *The biggest grain growers in the world are China, the US, India, and these farmers! 科學家說有一大群農夫，每年幫助種植1400億公斤的穀物。種最多糧食的是中國、美國、印度跟這一群農夫。 Grains grow well in good dirt. 穀物需要在肥沃的土壤才能長得好。 These farmers make holes in dirt. The holes let air and water go into it. They break down leaves and other things in dirt. And they put their poop there! 牠們在土壤鑽洞，讓水跟空氣進到土裡。牠們分解樹葉跟其他的東西，也會將牠們的排泄物混入土裡。 You know WHAT these farmers are, right? They're NOT people. They're earthworms! 你知道這些農夫是什麼，對吧? 牠們不是人類喔，是蚯蚓! Earthworms live all over the world. They’re helping to grow our food and they do everything with no arms or legs. And they do everything with no eyes. They're blind farmers! 蚯蚓生活在世界各地，牠們幫助種植糧食，而且牠們沒有手跟腳，也看不到! Now let's eat some of the grain these hardworking earthworms helped grow! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 住在泥土裡面的蚯蚓，對於農作物有非常大的幫助。 1. flour 麵粉 Flour is amazing stuff. 麵粉很神奇呢。 Because it feeds so many people? 因為它可以餵飽很多人? That too, but think about the different ways people use it. 是沒錯，但是想想看，有好多種用它的方式。 2. noodle 麵條 Yeah, like noodles and bread. 沒錯，比如說麵條、麵包。 I love noodles.我愛吃麵。 Me too! And birthday cakes and pizzas. 我也是! 還有生日蛋糕和披薩。 3. egg 蛋 You’re right. Cakes are made of flour, eggs and sugar. 你說得對，蛋糕是用麵粉，雞蛋和糖做的。 4. pork 豬肉 And when you wrap pork inside flour skin. 而當你把豬肉包進麵皮裡… You get dumplings! 就得到了水餃! Exactly. 正是。 今天的單字你可記住了? flour麵粉 noodle麵條 egg蛋 pork豬肉 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. What are some grains? a. Corn and pork b. Eggs and flour c. Rice and wheat 2. How many kilograms of grain do these farmers help grow every year? a. 40 billion b. 100 billion c. 140 billion 3. What are these farmers? a. People b. Earthworms c. Scientists Answers: 1. c 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Halloween Saved for Dog Lovers Hi everyone, Happy Halloween! Halloween is fun. People wear costumes. They are ghosts, witches, monsters, or anything else they want. 萬聖節快樂! 萬聖節很好玩，大家裝扮成巫師、巫婆或是怪物，或其他模樣。 Many kids knock on doors. They say "trick or treat!" Some people have Halloween parties and wear costumes. 小朋友敲門說:「不給糖就搗蛋」! 也有人會舉辦萬聖節派對跟化裝舞會。 In New York City, a park has a Halloween Dog Parade every year. People and their dogs line up. Then they walk slowly so everyone can see them. That's a parade! 紐約有一個公園每一年都會舉辦萬聖節狗狗變裝遊行，主人可以帶著狗慢慢走，讓大家欣賞。 People and their dogs wear costumes! Some dogs are dressed like cats, or kings and queens … even hot dogs! 人跟狗都精心打扮，有的狗打扮起來像貓咪，有的是狗國王、狗王后，甚至有的打扮成熱狗。 Last year, 8,000 people came! 去年有8000個人參加。 This parade is 33 years old. But this year, the Halloween Dog Parade almost stopped. The park is too small for 8,000 people. Moving the parade to some streets costs a lot of money. 今年第33屆的遊行差一點點被取消，因為公園太小無法容納8000個人。移動到街上遊行很花錢的。 But many people wanted to see the Halloween Dog Parade. So the parade will be on some streets. And a dog food company is paying for the parade! 但是很多人還是想看萬聖節狗狗大遊行，幸好有寵物食品公司提供資金讓他們上街。 Dog lovers and dogs in the city are happy again. Happy Halloween Dog Parade! Vocabulary 今天是萬聖節，大家都準備過節。 1. parade 遊行 A Halloween Parade! 萬聖節遊行! This should be fun. 這應該很好玩! I knew you’d like it. 我就知道你會喜歡。 2. queen 女王、王后 So what will you go as? 你要變裝成什麼呢? How about a zombie? 殭屍如何? Too common.太普通了。 Queen Elizabeth? 伊莉莎白女王呢? You’re way too young for that. 你太年輕了啦。 3. wear 穿著 I know. 我知道了。 I’ll wear a black pointed hat, a black cape and black boots. 我會戴尖尖的黑帽子，穿黑披風和黑靴子。 Can you guess what I’ll be? 你猜得到我是什麼嗎? 4. monster 怪物 You’ll be a monster! 你會是怪物! What? No, I’m a witch! 什麼？不是，是女巫! 請注意，來讀單字。 parade遊行 queen女王 wear穿著 monster怪物 Quiz 1. How many years ago did the dog parade start? a. 3 b. 23 c. 33 2. Where is this year’s parade? a. Nowhere b. The park c. Some streets 3. Who is paying for the parade this year? a. The people of New York b. A dog food company c. A hot dog company Answers: 1. c 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Groups Move “In Time” to Music Narrator: How do soldiers march? They march together. **Sergeant Major: **“Left! Right! Left! Right! Left! Right! …” *(cont.)* Narrator: They’re moving “in time”. Together, they step with their left foot.* *Together, they step with their right foot. Then their left, then their right, then … ah! You get the idea! 他們同時做一樣的動作，一起同時踏出左腳，然後右腳。 When people walk with friends, sometimes they walk in time. “Left! Right! Left! Right!” No one tells them to move in time! They don’t think about it! It’s natural. 當人們跟朋友走在一起，有時候會很自然地踏出相同步伐。 When you dance, you move in time to the music. That’s natural too. You don’t think about it … you dance, baby! 跳舞的時候，你也會自然地跟著音樂的旋律跳。 Scientists in Switzerland had some questions. How does music make people in big groups move? Does music make these people move together, in time? 瑞士科學家想知道，為甚麼音樂會讓一群人動作同步呢? They did a study. But they didn’t want to study people dancing! They wanted to look for smaller natural movements. So they used classical music. 他們做了研究，為了捕捉到更小的動作，他們使用古典音樂。 They found some amazing things! Groups moved together, in time, without thinking about it!Their hearts beat in time!They breathed in time! 他們發現音樂會讓一群人下意識同步動作，連心跳跟呼吸頻率也一樣! Music moves us! We move together, in time! We do this naturally! How cool is that?! Vocabulary 人在走路或是舞蹈時，很自然地會跟同行的人或是音樂同樣節奏。 1. group 團體 Are you going to the party tomorrow? 你去不去明天的派對? No, it’s my line dancing group’s night. 不了，明天是我的排舞團體之夜。 2. dance 跳舞 When did you join that group? 你幾時參加那個團體的? A month ago. 一個月前。 I need to exercise more, and I like dancing.我需要運動，又喜歡跳舞。 3. music 音樂 But what’s line dancing? 但是排舞是什麼? Well, people dance to music facing the same direction. 大家跟著音樂跳，面對同一個方向。 4. want 想要 I want to learn it, too.我也要學。 Come with me tomorrow. 明天跟我一起來。 It’s a lot of fun.很好玩的。 Do you love dancing? 一起來讀單字。 group團體 dance跳舞 music音樂 want想要 Quiz 1. What is moving “in time”? a. Moving fast b. Moving clocks c. Moving together 2. Where was this study done? a. Switzerland b. Scotland c. Sweden 3. What did this study look for? a. Dance movements b. Walking in time c. Small natural movements Answers: 1. c 2. a 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Katalin Kariko is a scientist. Some people say she saved the world. Maybe she saved your life! Katalin Kariko是一位科學家。有人說她拯救了世界，也許她還救了你一命。 Vaccines help stop people from getting sick. Dr. Kariko had an idea to make better vaccines. She worked on her idea for many years. 疫苗可以防止人類生病。 Kariko博士想出辦法，讓疫苗更加有效。 Then Dr. Kariko worked with Dr. Drew Weissman. They worked in different ways. He said, "from A to B you zigzag, zigzag, zigzag, zigzag! I [go]… straight." Kariko 博士跟Drew Weissman博士合作。他說Kariko會來來回回的思考，而他是直線前進。 Here, "zigzag" means she studied many kinds of new ideas and information. And she had questions: What's this? How does this work? What's that? What does that do? Can it help my idea? Can we try this? Kariko研究很多新的想法跟資訊，也提出一大堆問題。 Maybe zigzagging helped! Dr. Kariko and Dr. Weissman found how to make better vaccines using her ideas. 或許這種Z型的思考方式，讓他們找出更好的疫苗。 COVID-19 came. The world needed vaccines! Their work helped scientists make two vaccines fast! It can make other vaccines too. 新冠肺炎的到來，讓全世界都需要疫苗，而這兩人的研究加快了疫苗的生產。 Every year, some people get a Nobel Prize. They did great things for the world. This year, Dr. Kariko and Dr. Weissman got the Nobel Prize for Medicine! They made her idea work and saved the world! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 這兩位博士發明了新型的肺炎疫苗，榮獲今年的諾貝爾醫學獎。 1. sick 生病的 When I was a child, I really wanted to be a scientist.我小時候很想當科學家。 Yeah? Because you liked the sound of it? 因為科學家這個詞很好聽? Because scientists can help sick people. 因為他們可以幫助生病的人。 2. can 能夠 And they understand space and stars. 他們還能懂太空和星星。 They can do so many things. 他們可以做好多事。 3. then 然後 But then you decided to study literature. 但是之後你決定讀文學。 Yeah, I found literature much more interesting.對，我覺得文學有趣多了。 4. life 生命、人生 It deals with life.它跟人生有關。 Science deals with life, too. 科學也跟人生有關。 來一起讀今天的單字。 sick生病的 can能夠 then然後 life生命、人生 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. What did Dr. Kariko do for many years? a. Saved the world b. Worked on her idea c. Kept getting sick 2. What did Dr. Kariko do when she zigzagged? a. Studied many things b. Went straight c. Took medicine 3. When COVID-19 came, what did the world need fast? a. A Nobel Prize b. Vaccines c. Questions Answers: 1. b 2. a 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Snails are small animals with a shell. They crawl very slowly. Snails leave silver lines on the ground. They eat fruit, vegetables, and many other things. Gardeners and farmers don't like snails. 蝸牛是個很小的動物，牠們吃水果、蔬菜等等，所以園丁跟農夫都不喜歡蝸牛。 But many people around the world like snails. They like to eat them.*** ***Some people pay a lot of money to eat snails! Where are these snails from? Sometimes they're from gardens. Many are from snail farms! 但是還是有人喜歡蝸牛，也喜歡吃牠們。那這些蝸牛來自哪裡呢? 這些蝸牛有時候是來自花園，很多是來自養殖場。 Mr. Chang was a vegetable farmer in Taitung. He grew vegetables for many years.It was hard work. And maybe snails made his work harder. 張先生曾經是台東的菜農，種菜很辛苦，菜田裡的蝸牛讓他更辛苦。 He was getting older. He wanted an easier job. Now Mr. Chang is a snail farmer. He has more than 80,000 snails! The snails need a lot of care. Small changes can kill them! But for Mr. Chang, snail farming is easier than vegetable farming. 現在張先生改養蝸牛。蝸牛需要呵護照顧，一點點的改變都會造成牠們的死亡。但是對張先生來說，養蝸牛比種菜簡單多了。 Mr. Chang also sells snails in cans. He sells sausages made of pork and snails too. He sells them in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. 張先生也賣蝸牛罐頭跟蝸牛香腸。除了國內，他還賣到香港跟澳門。 Snails changed this vegetable farmer's life. Hmmm….I'm hungry for snails now! Are you too? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 不種水稻而去養蝸牛，賺的錢還更多。 1. garden 花園 What a beautiful garden! 好漂亮的花園! It reminds me of my days as a gardener. 讓我想起以前我當園丁的日子。 2. grow 種植 What did you grow? 妳種什麼呢? I grew a lot of tulips.我種很多鬱金香。 Just flowers? No fruit or vegetables? 只有花嗎? 沒有青菜水果? No, tulips were trouble enough.沒有，鬱金香就夠麻煩了。 3. vegetable 蔬菜 Yeah, vegetables can be harder. 也對，蔬菜可能更難。 There would be snails and insects.會有蝸牛和昆蟲。 4. older 比較老的 I may grow cherry trees when I get older. 我年紀比較大時也許會種櫻桃樹。Cherries are delicious.櫻桃很好吃。 Let’s review these words. garden花園 grow種植 vegetable蔬菜 older比較老的 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. Where does Mr. Chang live? a. Taitung b. Hualien c. Yilan 2. Why did Mr. Chang start farming snails? a. They need a lot of care. b. He loves to eat them. c. They’re easier than vegetables. 3. Where does Mr. Chang sell his snails? a. France b. Macau c. Italy Answers: 1. a 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We live on Earth. Some people call it the “Blue Planet”. From far away, the earth looks blue. That’s because the earth has so much water. 地球有很多水，遠看地球是藍色的，因此有人把地球叫做藍色星球。 Most of the earth’s water is in the oceans. Oceans are very big! Many things live in them. There are animals and plants we don't know about. 大部分地球上的水都在海洋，廣闊的海洋有很多我們還不知道的生物。 Some scientists get into submarines. The submarines take the scientists down to the ocean floor. The scientists explore, looking for new animals and plants to study. 科學家坐潛水艇到海底，探索新的動植物。 Scientists in a submarine were exploring the ocean near Alaska. They found something very strange … 他們在阿拉斯加的海域到處探索，發現一個奇怪的東西。 It's smooth, gold, and shiny. And it has a hole. Maybe something came out of it. Is it an egg? But it's soft, like people's skin! And it's very big … 這個金黃色的生物又滑又亮，還有一個洞，也許有東西跑出來了，是個蛋嗎? 但是它很軟，像人類的皮膚一樣。 Scientists don’t know what it is! Is it a new kind of egg? Then what kind of animal was inside? How big is it? Is it dangerous? And where is it now …?! Watch out! 科學家不知道是什麼東西。是新物種的卵嗎? 那又是什麼樣的新物種呢? 牠多大? 很危險嗎? 牠現在在哪裡? There’s a lot we don’t know about the Earth’s animals and plants. We need to keep exploring! Who knows what we’ll find … Vocabulary 這個新發現的海底物種讓科學家十分困惑。 1. blue 藍色的 Where can I go diving in Taiwan? 台灣哪裡可以潛水? Green Island is my favorite spot. 綠島是我最喜歡的地方。 The water is blue and clean, with lots of sea animals.海水又藍又乾淨，還有很多海洋動物。 2. find 找到 Can I find sea turtles there? 在那裏可以找到海龜嗎? I’ve found lots of fish, but no turtles.我有找到很多魚，不過沒有海龜。 3. far away 很遠 Is Green Island far away? 綠島很遠嗎? It’s not far away from Taitung. 它離台東不遠。 A ferry ride takes about 40 minutes. 搭渡輪大約四十分鐘。 4. look for 尋找 I’m going to look for turtles and sharks.我要去找海龜和鯊魚。 Good luck on that! 祝你好運囉! 這些英文字簡單好用。 blue藍色的 find找到 far away很遠 look for尋找 Quiz 1. What do some people call the “Blue Planet”? a. The ocean b. Earth c. Alaska 2. What were the scientists doing in the submarine? a. Exploring b. Flying c. Climbing 3. What color was the strange thing in the ocean? a. Blue b. Green c. Gold Answers: 1. b 2. a 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

A small town has a big art project called the Time Pyramid. 一座小鎮有個很盛大的藝術計畫，它叫做時間金字塔。 Pyramids take a long time to make. In Egypt, the Great Pyramid took 20 years. In Germany, the Time Pyramid is taking about 1,200 years!? 建金字塔要花很長的時間，埃及吉薩大金字塔花了20年，德國的時間金字塔居然要花1200年才能完成。 But this pyramid will be about 7 meters tall. That's small! Why is it taking so much time? 這個金字塔只有7公尺高，那為什麼需要這麼長的時間呢? It's because the pyramid marks the town's 1,200th birthday. And the artist wanted people to think about time long from now - 10 years, 100 years, 1,000 years! So one block goes on this pyramid every 10 years. 這麼做是為了慶祝小鎮建立1200周年。藝術家希望人們可以思考遙遠的未來。每十年才會放一塊混擬土。 The project started 30 years ago. This year, the pyramid has 4 blocks. It needs 116 more blocks! 這個計畫從30年前開始，今年時間金字塔擺放了4塊混擬土，離完工還需要116塊。 Some people like this long art project. Some think it's crazy. But every 10 years, people go to see one new block go on the Time Pyramid. Maybe they think about time too. 有一些人喜歡這個長遠的藝術計畫，也有一些人覺得很瘋狂，但是每十年還是有人去見證擺放新的混擬土塊。 In 1,200 years, how will the world change? How will people change? How will the Time Pyramid change? Nobody knows. What do you think? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 這個金字塔，還要一千多年才能完成。 1. artist 藝術家 Why are you still up? 你怎麼還醒著? I'm working on this art project.我正在做這個藝術作品。 I didn't know you're an artist.我都不知道你是藝術家。 2. make 做 I'm not. That's the problem.我不是，這就是問題所在。 What do you plan to make? 你打算做什麼? A time machine. 時光機器。 3. time 時間 For people to travel back in time? 是讓人回到過去的時間? No, for them to travel to the year 3000. 不對，是讓他們去西元三千年。 4. crazy 瘋狂的 That sounds….crazy. 這聽起來有點…瘋狂。 That's what art is all about! 藝術就是這樣啊! Use your imagination! 用一點妳的想像力! I am, and your machine looks like a puppy. 我是在用，妳的機器看起來像小狗狗。 Do you like making art? artist藝術家 make做 time時間 crazy瘋狂的 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. Where is the art project's pyramid? a. Egypt b. Germany c. Mexico 2. How many years ago did the project start? a. 4 b. 30 c. 116 3. What did the artist want people to think about? a. Time b. Blocks c. Pyramids Answers: 1. b 2. b 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The School With Two Students How big is your school? Some schools are small. They are far from cities. They have two or three hundred students. 你的學校有多大呢? 有一些離城市遠的學校，有大概兩、三百位的學生。 And some schools are very small. They are on a mountain, in a forest, or on an island. They have twenty or thirty students. 還有一些在山上、森林或離島更小的學校，有二、三十位學生。 But there are smaller schools! Do you know about the school with two students? That’s right! It has two students. 但你知道還有更小的學校嗎? 只有兩位學生。 Where is it? It’s on Hujing Island in Penghu. Few families live on this small island. 這間學校在澎湖虎井嶼，住在島上的家庭沒剩多少。 The two students are in sixth grade. They will finish elementary school next year. What happens when there are no students? The school closes. 學校的兩位學生都是六年級生，明年就要畢業，到時學校就得關閉。 The principal is sad about this. He knows the five teachers work hard. He wants to get new students. 校長很難過，他知道學校的五位老師認真教學，他希望能有更多的新學生。 So the school will give free breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day of the school year to new students. It will also give them five plane tickets! 所以學校每年將會提供新生免費早餐、中餐、晚餐，也會提供五張返台機票。 Now there are no new students. But how about you? Do you want to go to school on a small island? Yes? How about the elementary school on Hujing Island? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 小小學校為了吸引學生，不但贈送三餐，還有機票。 1. breakfast 早餐 This school offers students breakfast, lunch and dinner. 這個學校提供早餐，中飯和晚飯。 Every day? 每天嗎? Every day. 每天。 That’s so generous! 真慷慨! 2. finish 完成 I know. Think about how much time it can save you. 我知道，想想看這可以節省你多少時間。 But my youngest kid is about to finish school! 但是我最小的孩子就快畢業了。 3. how 如何 How could he grow so fast? 他怎麼長那麼快? I thought he’s still 10 years old. 我以為他還是十歲。 Yeah, kids grow much faster than you think.是啊，小孩遠比你想的長得快。 4. happen 發生 So what will happen next? 所以接下來會怎樣? I’ll be free. 我就自由了。 你今天學到哪些單字? breakfast早餐 finish完成 how如何 happen發生 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. Where is Hujing Island? a. Matsu b. Kinmen c. Penghu 2. How many students go to the elementary school on Hujing Island now? a. 2 b. 12 c. 20 3. What does the principal want? a. More teachers b. New students c. Plane tickets Answers: 1. c 2. a 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Scientists Want to Build Moon Homes Do you want to live on the moon? It’s very different from here. 你想要住在月球嗎? 這跟在地球生活很不一樣喔。 Here, the air is safe to breathe. On the moon, there is lots of dust. Breathing moondust is very dangerous. It’s very sharp! It can kill you! 地球的空氣很安全，但月球上有很多的灰塵。吸入這些灰塵很危險，可能會要了你的命。 Do you still want to live on the moon? Well, maybe you can! Some scientists in the USA think we can live there by 2040. That’s 17 years from now! 這樣你還想住在月球上嗎? 美國科學家覺得17年後，也就是2040年我們就可以在月球生活。 These scientists say we can make moon homes from moondust. Moondust and water make moon cement! The moon cement goes into 3-D printers. Then these printers print moon homes! 科學家說我們可以用月亮的灰塵做月球住宅。月球的灰塵加水可以混和成月球水泥，再用3D列印機打造月球住宅。 This is very smart. We don’t need to take heavy cement to the moon. That saves a lot of money. One kilogram of anything costs 32 million Taiwan dollars to take to the moon! 這樣我們就不需要把笨重的水泥送到月球，還可以省下很多錢。 Scientists say we can live on Mars next. It’s a long way there. But we can go to the moon first and then go to Mars! In 17 years, we can live in moon homes made of moondust! Let’s get ready to go! Vocabulary 建造月球房屋可以就地取材，不必遠從地球運過去。 1. live 居住 Would you like to live in a moon house? 你想住進月球屋裡面嗎? You want to send me there? 你想把我送去? I can’t send you anywhere even if I want to. 就算我想也沒辦法把你送去任何地方。 2. dangerous 危險的 True. But living on the moon? 那是真的。不過住在月球上嗎? No, too dangerous. 不去，太危險了。 3. Mars 火星 I could be hit by meteors any time.我可能隨時會被流星打到。 But from there you can travel to Mars! 但是你從那兒可以去火星旅行。 4. breathe 呼吸 Nothing on Mars attracts me. 火星沒有吸引我的東西。 I can’t even breathe there. 我在那兒甚至不能呼吸。 你想住在月球嗎? live居住 dangerous危險的 Mars火星 breathe呼吸 __________________________________________________________ Quiz 1. What on the moon is sharp? a. Moondust b. Moon cement c. Moon homes 2. When do scientists think we can live on the moon? a. 2020 b. 2030 c. 2040 3. After the moon, where do scientists say we can live? a. The air b. Mars c. The USA Answers: 1. a 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn