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Guys! Be careful… That's an African clawed frog! That thing's a killer! RUN!!! Phew! Those frogs are very scary! They eat any animal they can. ANY animal! 這是非洲爪蛙，牠們很恐怖，什麼動物都吃。 Listen to this scientist… Scientist: "I haven't found anything they won't eat… bugs and snails, tadpoles, other frogs, small fish… anything! Left alone… they would kill everything until you'd only find the clawed frog left. Then they'd begin eating each other." 科學家說，非洲爪蛙什麼都吃，包括昆蟲、蝸牛、蝌蚪、其他的青蛙、小魚等等。如果你把非洲爪蛙放在一起，牠們會把所有的動物殺光，然後開始吃同類！ African clawed frogs have long, sharp claws.They use them to rip up other animals! 非洲爪蛙有又長又尖銳的爪子，可以撕開獵物的身體。 In just 4 months this killer frog can lay thousands of eggs. The eggs turn into tadpoles. Some tadpoles become frog food… 這種青蛙四個月之內就可以生下好幾千顆卵，這些卵會孵化成蝌蚪，再變成更多非洲爪蛙！ These frogs smell very bad! They taste bad too.So no other animals eat them. 牠們又難聞又難吃，所以沒有動物會吃。 They're hard to catch. They're really fast swimmers.They can hold their breath for a loooong time. And they can swim backwards! 牠們游得很快，憋氣可以憋很久，還會倒退游，所以很難抓！ North Carolina is a state in the USA. It thinks this frog is very, very scary. It's illegal to have an African clawed frog in North Carolina. 美國的北卡羅萊納州覺得這種青蛙太恐怖了，決定立法禁止人們養這種青蛙。 So if you live in North Carolina, or anywhere, stay away from African clawed frogs! ________________________________ Vocabulary 這種青蛙侵略性太強，已經成為禍害。 1) African 非洲的 Africa… I've only read about it in books. 非洲，我只在書本裡面讀過。 Yeah? There are many African countries worth a visit. 是嗎？有很多非洲國家值得一遊。 2) animal 動物 How many have you been to? 你去過幾個？ Just three. 只有三個。 And I think I saw hundreds of animals. 我想我看到了好幾百個動物。 3) careful 小心的 That's amazing! 真驚人！ Yeah, but you have to be very careful. 對，不過要很小心。 Wild animals can be dangerous. 野生動物會危險。 4) swimmer 游泳者 Did you know that tigers are good swimmers? 你可知老虎很會游泳？ No, I didn't. 我不知。 They are. 真的。 A tiger once almost caught me in the river. 有一次一頭老虎差點在河裡抓到我。 這些英文字你記住了嗎？ African 非洲的 animal 動物 careful 小心的 swimmer 游泳者 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What will African clawed frogs eat? A: Eggs B: Swimmers C: Anything! 2.What do these frogs use their claws for? A: Ripping B: Breathing C: Tasting 3. How many eggs can these frogs lay? A: Hundreds B: Thousands C: Millions Answers 1. C 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Taiwan is a tropical country. Tropical countries are where the sun is the hottest. Southeast Asia is tropical too. 台灣跟東南亞都是熱帶地區。熱帶國家太陽又大又熱，還很潮濕。潮濕的天氣很悶。 Tropical countries are perfect for mosquitoes. Mosquitoes love wet places! They live on water. They love hot, humid weather too. It makes people sweat. Mosquitoes like sweaty people. They smell very tasty to mosquitoes! 熱帶國家是蚊子生活的完美環境。蚊子喜歡又熱又潮濕的天氣，這種天氣會讓人流汗，蚊子喜歡流汗的人，對牠們來說這是美味的氣味！ Mosquitoes bite people all day. They drink lots of blood. Mosquitoes carry many diseases. People can get very sick from a mosquito bite. 蚊子整天叮人吸血，還會帶來傳染病，被蚊子咬到有可能會生重病！ Scientists want to stop mosquitoes from making people sick. They made a new kind of fabric. Clothes are made of fabric. Mosquitoes can bite through most clothes. But they can't bite through this fabric! 科學家想要阻止蚊子傳染疾病。蚊子可以隔著大部分的衣服叮人，所以他們製造了一種特殊布料，讓蚊子沒有辦法叮！ This new fabric is made with a hi-tech knitting machine. The machine knits the fabric very tightly! A mosquito's very thin mouth can't get through! 他們用高科技的紡織機做了這種非常細密的布料，讓蚊子細長的口器沒有辦法穿過去。 This new fabric is perfect for tropical countries. It's light and comfortable in hot weather. And it stops mosquito bites! Not as many people will get sick! Hooray for science! ________________________________ Vocabulary 科學家想出了好辦法對付愛吸血蚊子。 1) humid 潮濕的 Come over tonight for my barbecue. 今晚過來吃烤肉吧。 On a hot and humid day like this? 在這麼濕熱的天氣吃？ Yeah, why not? 對啊，有何不可？ 2) bite 叮咬 There'll be lots of mosquitos! 會有很多蚊子耶！ I'm not afraid of them. 我不怕牠們。 Of course you're not. They never bite you! 你當然不怕，蚊子從不叮你！ 3) tasty 美味的 You mean they'll bite you? 你是說牠們會咬你？ Oh yeah, apparently I'm very tasty. 會，顯然我很好吃。 4) comfortable 舒服的 Okay, no barbecue. 好吧，不要烤肉了。 A light and comfortable dinner inside the house. 待在室內吃一頓清淡舒服的晚飯。 Hurray! 好耶！ 你常被蚊子叮嗎? 來讀單字。 humid 潮濕的 bite 叮咬 tasty 美味的 comfortable 舒服的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is the weather in tropical countries? A: Sunny and cold B: Sunny and wet C: Cold and wet 2. What do mosquitoes drink? A: Water B: Blood C: Sweat 3. What are clothes made of? A: Plants B: Animals C: Fabric Answers 1. B 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

In today's news, nine American high school students visited Taiwan! What did these students learn in one week? 有九個美國高中生來到台灣！他們在這一個禮拜中學到了什麼呢？ One: Taiwan's cities like nature! A student saw a big tree at her hotel window. It was growing freely. 第一，台灣的城市喜歡大自然。學生從飯店窗戶看到外面自由生長的大樹。 She said this kind of tree is cut down in their city. She says Taiwan lets nature be. Their city has trees and trees and grass. But they're in parks, gardens, and along streets. 她說在他們的城市，樹都砍掉了，只有公園、花園，跟道路兩邊才有樹木。 Two: Taiwanese people do big things in small spaces! The students learned motorcycle repair shops and many other businesses don't need big spaces. 第二，台灣人在小小的空間裡做很多事！這些學生看到摩托車修理廠，還有很多小小的店家。 The students' city has a lot of space. So people use lots of space! 這些學生的家鄉有很大的空間，所以人們就使用很多空間。 Three: Taiwanese people are kind! They shared their homes and their daily lives. They talked with the students in Chinese. Everyone helped them. 第三，台灣人很友善！他們招待學生住進自己家，跟他們一起生活，還跟學生講中文。大家都會幫他們忙。 The students said Taiwan was very interesting. They learned about nature, spaces, and Taiwanese people. And they feel stronger speaking Chinese now! ________________________________ Vocabulary 小小的空間裡可以做很多事！ 1) hotel 旅館 Now this is really a small room! 這真是個小房間。 It's a small hotel. 這是一家小旅館。 2) space 空間 Can I put my bag here? 我可以把行李箱放在這裡嗎？ No, this is my personal space. 不行，這是我的個人空間。 Your personal space? 你的個人空間？ It's one meter away from your bed! 這離你的床有一公尺呢！ 3) a lot of 很多 I know, I just need a lot of space. 我知道，我就是需要很多空間。 Next time let's stay at a big hotel. 我們下次住大旅館。 4) share 分享 Or we can have two rooms. 或者我們可以要兩間房。 Then we don't need to share. 那樣就不用分享。 No, that would be too lonely. 不要，那太寂寞了。 你今天學到哪些英文字？ hotel 旅館 space 空間 a lot of 許多 share 分享 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How many American students came to Taiwan? A: 9 B: 19 C: 90 2. What made the students think Taiwan's cities like nature? A: Tall buildings B: Trees growing freely C: Parks 3. What did people do when a student made a mistake in Chinese? A: Got angry B: Helped the student C: Said it wasn't okay Answers 1. A 2. B 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you know where volcano lava comes from? 你知道火山的岩漿從哪裡來嗎？ It comes from the earth's mantle. The mantle is the earth's middle layer. It has lots of very hot rock. 岩漿在地函裡面。地函在地殼底下，是地球的中間層，裡面有很多滾燙的岩石。 What's in this mantle rock? What can we learn from it? Scientists say we can learn more about volcanoes and earthquakes. We can learn more about how life started on earth and many other things too! 這些岩石裡面有甚麼呢？我們又可以從這些岩石學到甚麼？科學家說，我們可以更了解火山跟地震，還有生命的起源！ But mantle rock is deep in the earth. It is not easy to get. Scientists first tried 62 years ago! 但是地函很深，這些石頭不容易取得，科學家 62 年前就試過了！ Mantle rock is closest to the ocean floor. So scientists are working on a ship. They have a big drill. 離地函岩石層最近的地方是海床，於是科學家在船上工作，他們有一台巨大鑽頭！ The drill is making a very deep hole. The drill takes the rock from the hole. Now scientists have one kilometer of mantle rock! 這個鑽頭鑽了一個很深很深的洞，把裡面的石頭取出來，現在科學家有超過一公里這麼多的地函岩石層！ This is great news for scientists everywhere. It's the deepest mantle rock we have! And every day, the drill goes deeper and gets more mantle rock! 這是目前能夠拿到的，地球最深處的岩石！而且這個鑽頭每一天都在繼續往下鑽！ We can learn more about the earth and life from this mantle rock. The earth's mantle has a lot to teach us! Keep drilling! ________________________________ Vocabulary 科學家從海床鑽洞，把地殼下面的岩石取出來研究。 1) deep 很深的 The earth seems to keep a lot of secrets. 地球好像藏著很多秘密。 That's deep. 很深奧呢。 No, I mean it.不，我是說真的。 2) volcano 火山 We see volcanoes erupt. 我們看到火山爆發。 But we don't really know why. 卻並不懂為什麼。 Yeah, and we never know when earthquakes will happen. 對啊，而且我們完全不知道什麼時候會地震。 3) learn 學習 Exactly. 正是這樣。 Luckily, scientists are learning new things every day. 幸運的是，科學家每天都在學新東西。 4) easy 容易的 But there are no easy answers. 但是沒有簡單的答案。 Maybe your questions are too hard! 也許你的問題太難了！ 來一起讀讀單字吧！ deep 很深的 volcano 火山 learn 學習 easy 容易的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What does a drill make? A: Fire B: Rock C: Holes 2. What is mantle rock closest to? A: Mountains B: The moon C: The ocean floor 3. What can we learn more about from mantle rocks? A: Ships B: Big drills C: The earth Answers 1. C 2. C 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi, everyone! Today's news is about a 10-year-old girl. Her name is Maya. Maya wants to help the world. She wants less plastic pollution in the world. 今天我們要來講一個十歲的小女孩 Maya 的故事。Maya 希望可以減少地球上的塑膠汙染。 How is Maya helping the world? She is in a group. The group helps the environment. It wants stores to stop using plastic stickers. The plastic stickers are on fruits and vegetables. Maya 要怎麼幫忙呢？她加入了一個環境保護團體，這個團體希望店家可以停止使用貼在蔬菜和水果上的塑膠貼紙。 Why do stores use these stickers? The stickers make it easy to find the price of a fruit or vegetable. Then customers can pay the right price. The stickers are small. But stores have lots and lots of fruits and vegetables! So the stickers make a lot of plastic pollution. Maya doesn't want stores to use plastic stickers. But stores don't want to stop using them. 這些貼紙讓客人可以找到蔬果的價格。雖然貼紙很小，但蔬菜水果那麼多！這些貼紙會造成塑膠污染，Maya 希望這些店家可以停止使用，但是店家不願意。 Can stores use paper stickers? Paper is better for the environment. But plastic is stronger. So stores like plastic stickers. 店家可以改用紙貼紙嗎？紙對環境比較好，但是塑膠比較堅固耐用。 Maya wants everyone to know about these plastic stickers. She wants everyone to know these small stickers make a lot of plastic pollution. Then maybe stores will stop using plastic stickers. Maya is great! She's 10. And she's trying to help the world! ________________________________ Vocabulary 減少塑膠汙染，可以從很小的地方開始。 1. customer 顧客 How's your first day of work at 7-11? 你第一天在Seven工作如何？ Well, a customer came up to me. 有一個顧客來找我。 2. help 幫忙 And? 然後呢? She said she wanted half a sandwich. 她說她要半個三明治。 So what did you say? 所以你怎麼說？ I said I couldn't help her.我說我幫不上忙。 3.girl 女孩 The girl came back later. 這個女孩後來又回來。 This time she asked another worker. 這次她問了另外一個店員。 For half a sandwich? 要買半個三明治？ Yeah. 是的。 4. want 要 He asked her, "Do you want the left or the right half?" 他問，你要左半邊還是右半邊？ She just left. 她就走了。 今天的單字很簡單。 customer 顧客 help 幫忙 girl 女孩 want 要 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What does Maya's group help? A: Stores B: Plastic stickers C: The environment 2. What is true about the plastic stickers? A: They're big B: They're paper C: They're small 3. Why do stores like the plastic stickers? A: They're strong B: They're colorful C: They're pretty Answers 1. C 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Summer's here! That means… it's music festival time! Music festivals are big events. Lots of musicians sing and play music. 夏天是音樂節的時候！很多歌手會在音樂節唱歌表演。 Are you a music fan? You can have lots of fun at a music festival! There are pop festivals, hip-hop festivals, jazz festivals, rock festivals, classical music festivals, folk festivals, blues festivals, reggae festivals… 音樂節有好多種，流行音樂、嘻哈、爵士樂、搖滾、古典音樂、民謠、藍調、雷鬼音樂節等等… There's a very special music festival this summer. It's called Ossyfest. Ossyfest is in Oswaldtwistle, a town in the UK. This year's festival will have forty musicians. The musicians play for free. But people pay to go to Ossyfest… 英國一個小鎮 Oswaldtwistle 舉辦了特別的音樂節，叫做 Ossyfest。今年有 40 個音樂家會表演。他們免費表演，但是觀眾要付費。 Where does the money from Ossyfest go? All the money pays for music classes for local kids! Last year, Ossyfest paid for music classes for 400 kids! Ossyfest saved their parents thousands of dollars. 這些錢去哪裡呢？都幫當地的孩子付了音樂課的學費，去年有 400 位小朋友免費上音樂課，幫爸爸媽媽省了好多錢！ Ossyfest and its musicians hope these local kids will make their own songs. Maybe the kids will play at Ossyfest someday! Ossyfest 的音樂家希望這些孩子以後也可以自己創作音樂，說不定還可以回來 Ossyfest 表演！ Today is Make Music Day. Ossyfest's musicians make music because they hope kids will make music someday. So how about making some music yourself? Maybe you'll play at a music festival someday too! ________________________________ Vocabulary 英國小鎮這個音樂節，門票收入讓兒童學音樂。 1. music 音樂 I've never been to a music festival. 我從來沒有去過音樂節。 Really? That's too bad. 真的喔，真可惜。 It's a lot of fun.它很好玩的。 2. musician 音樂家 What's it like? 它是什麼樣子？ A music festival? 音樂節嗎？ Lots of musicians would sing on different stages. 很多音樂家在不同的舞台上唱歌。 You can choose the one you like. 你可以選喜歡的。 3. pay 付錢 How much do I have to pay? 我需要付多少錢？ It depends. 不一定。 From about 500 to thousands of NT. 從五百塊左右到好幾千台幣。 4. someday 有一天 I want to go to a festival someday. 我有一天也要去音樂節。 Yeah, you should. 你是該去。 Do you like music? music 音樂 musician 音樂家 pay 付費 someday 有一天 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where in the UK is Ossyfest? A: Fizzel Wizzel B: Oswaldtwistle C: Lethal Bizzle 2. How many music classes did Ossyfest pay for last year? A: 40 B: 400 C: 440 3. What day is today? A: Make Music Day B: Christmas Day C: Monday Answers 1. B 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Australia has some very cool animals. It has the world's smallest penguins! They're called little penguins. They're 35 centimeters tall! 澳洲有世界上最小的企鵝，叫做小企鵝，牠只有 35 公分高！ Foxes were eating the little penguins. So they moved to small islands near Australia. The water around the islands kept the foxes away. 狐狸會獵捕小企鵝，後來小企鵝遷移到澳洲附近的小島，狐狸過不來。 One island had 600 little penguins. But foxes found a way to the island! The foxes ate and ate the little penguins. Then there were only 10 little penguins left. 原本島上有 600 隻小企鵝，結果狐狸找到方法登陸，吃掉了好多小企鵝，後來島上只剩下 10 隻小企鵝了。 Local people worried about saving these little penguins. Then a local farmer had an idea… His farm has thousands of chickens. The farmer's dogs keep his chickens safe from foxes. The dogs are big. They have a very deep bark. They bark to keep the foxes away. But the dogs are kind to the chickens. So the farmer wanted his dogs to keep the little penguins safe too! 當地居民想要拯救小企鵝。有一個農夫養了好幾千隻雞，也養了狗來保護牠們。要是狐狸靠近，狗會狂吠，把狐狸嚇走。這位農夫希望狗狗也可以保護小企鵝的安全！ The farmer's idea worked! The dogs kept the foxes away. The dogs are kind to the penguins too. And there are more little penguins every year. 結果成功了！狗狗嚇走了狐狸，現在島上的小企鵝越來越多了。 Now the island has hundreds of little penguins. Thanks to the farmer's great idea, big dogs are saving little penguins! ________________________________ Vocabulary 友善的狗既保護養雞場，也保護小企鵝。 1. keep away 離遠一點 Is that your dog? 那是你的狗嗎？ Keep it away from me! 讓牠離我遠點！ Sorry, but Buddy doesn't bite. Don't worry. 抱歉，不過巴弟不會咬人，別擔心。 2. safe 安全的 No, I don't feel safe when it barks like that. 牠那樣叫我覺得不安全。 There, you're safe now. 好了，你現在安全了。 3. big 大的 Why do you keep such a big dog? 你為什麼養那麼大的狗？ Buddy is not that big。巴弟沒有那麼大。 And he's cool.而且牠很酷。 4. island 島嶼 He can swim fast. 牠可以游泳游很快。 We sometimes swim to that island together. 我們有時候一起游到那個小島。 Wow, that's far away! 哇，很遠呢！ 我們來讀單字。 keep away 離遠一點 safe 安全的 big 大的 island 島嶼 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What was eating the little penguins? A: Farmers B: Local people C: Foxes 2. What do the dogs do to keep the penguins safe? A: Bite B: Bark C: Eat 3. What does the farm have? A: An idea B: Chickens C: Little penguins Answers 1. C 2. B 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Mmm… I love wax apples. It’s my favorite fruit. I want wax apple trees in my garden. Then I can pick wax apples when I want them. I can eat them all the time! 我好愛吃蓮霧！好希望能夠在我的花園種一顆蓮霧樹，讓我想吃就可以摘。 Farmers in Taiwan grow a lot of wax apples. We can get them at fruit stands and supermarkets here. But sometimes we can’t get wax apples in other countries. 在台灣買到蓮霧很容易，不過在其他國家就不一定了。 A husband and wife from Taiwan live in the USA. He wanted to eat wax apples there. But he didn’t find any. Then someone gave him a wax apple tree. The pair made a tropical fruit farm… with that one tree! 有一對住在美國的台灣夫妻，老公想要吃蓮霧，但是在美國找不到。後來有人給了他們一棵蓮霧樹，這對夫妻就用一棵樹，種出了一整座熱帶水果園！ “Uncle Happy Farmer” and his wife made the farm 40 years ago. Now their farm has more than 40 kinds of tropical fruits and vegetables. His wife grows the fruit trees. Uncle Happy Farmer grows the vegetables. 「快樂農夫叔叔」跟他的老婆四十年前建了這座農場，現在農場裡面已經有四十多種蔬果。老婆種水果，老公種蔬菜。 A chicken helps them! Her name is Lucy. Her poop is good for the trees. 還有一隻雞 Lucy 會幫忙！牠的便便對樹木很好。 Maybe I can make a fruit farm too. And maybe I can get a chicken to help me! Then I’ll have all the wax apples I can eat! ________________________________ Vocabulary 快樂農夫叔叔農場有各種蔬菜水果。 1. fruit stand 水果攤 Don’t you just love fruit stands? 你會不會很喜歡水果攤？ They are so pretty to look at. 它們真好看。 2. farm 農場 You’re right. 你說得對。 Red apples, yellow bananas and green guavas. 紅蘋果，黃香蕉，綠芭樂。 My cousin owns a fruit farm in Taitung. 我表哥在台東有一個水果農場。 3. pick 採摘 We sometimes go there to pick the fruit. 我們有時候會去那裏採果子。 How nice! 真好！ Yeah, it’s wonderful! 對啊，是很棒。 4. chicken 雞 He raises chickens, too. 他也養雞。 So you would have chicken soup after the hard work. 所以你們辛苦工作之後就喝雞湯。 No! He never wanted to kill the chickens. 沒有，他從來不肯殺雞。 你最喜歡什麼水果呢？ fruit stand 水果攤 farm 農場 pick 採摘 chicken 雞 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is the husband known as? A: Mr. Joy Planter B: Uncle Happy Farmer C: Grandpa Fun Rancher 2. Where do the husband and wife live? A: The USA B: Taiwan C: Malaysia 3. What did the pair start their fruit farm with? A: Wax apple seeds B: A wax apple tree C: Tropical vegetables Answers 1. B 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Phew! It’s very dry! Are we in a desert? I need water… A desert is a place without water. It gets very little rain. It’s hard to find plants in a desert. Plants need water to grow. 沙漠裡面很少下雨，水很少，也沒有甚麼植物。 Good soil needs plants. Without plant roots, the soil can’t hold water. The soil gets hard and dry. No plants can grow. The place becomes a desert. 少了植物的根，土壤很難留住水分，很快就會變乾、變硬。最後這片土地就會變成沙漠。 Iraq has two big deserts. This country has long, hot, and dry summers. Now the earth is getting hotter. And Iraq is getting less water from rain and rivers. More places there are becoming desert. 伊拉克有兩個大沙漠。伊拉克的夏天又長又熱，現在因為全球暖化，伊拉克的水越來越少，更多地方變成了沙漠。 People want good soil again. So some people planted trees. Then more people planted trees! Now Iraq wants to plant 5 million trees! 伊拉克希望改善土壤品質，決定開始種樹。他們決心要種五百萬顆樹！ The tree roots will help the soil hold water. Then more plants can grow. Their roots will help the soil. Then more plants can grow. Their roots will help the soil. Then more… 樹根可以幫助土壤留住水分，這樣就可以種更多植物，留住更多水分，變成一個正向循環！ The earth needs our help! Can you plant a tree today? ________________________________ Vocabulary 伊拉克希望多種樹，把沙漠變成綠洲。 1. grow 種植 I’m trying to grow roses, but it’s a lot of work.我正在種玫瑰，但是它需要做好多事。 Roses? You can’t even grow cucumbers! 玫瑰? 你甚至不會種小黃瓜！ 2. soil 泥土 That’s why I’m using the soil for roses. 這是為什麼我用這些泥土來種玫瑰。 3. root 根部 But roses have deep roots. 但是玫瑰的根很深。 Your pots are not big enough. 你的花盆不夠大。 Since when did you know so much about roses? 你什麼時候開始這麼懂玫瑰？ 4. more 更多 I read about it. 我有看書。 But I learned more from my mom. 但是我從我媽媽那裏學到更多。 She plants roses every year. 她每年都種玫瑰。 你有種過任何植物嗎？一起來讀今天的單字。 grow 種植 soil 泥土 root 根部 more 更多 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is a desert? A: A place without water B: A plant C: Good soil 2. What can grow when tree roots help the soil hold water? A: Strong winds B: No plants C: More plants 3. How many trees do they plan to plant in Iraq? A: 5 B: A million C: 5 million Answers 1. A 2. C 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Guys! There's a butterfly on my nose! *giggle* It tickles! *sneeze* Aa… aa… AAA-CHOO! How many kinds of butterflies are there? Scientists say there are more than 19,000 kinds! Butterflies have lots of beautiful colors. 科學家說，世界上的蝴蝶種類超過一萬九千種！蝴蝶有各種繽紛的色彩。 Where did the first butterfly come from? Scientists wanted to know. They went back 100 million years. That's back to dinosaur times… 科學家想知道，世界上第一隻蝴蝶出現在甚麼時候？他們一路找回到一億年前，也就是恐龍的時代。 Many kinds of animals were not living yet. There were no dogs. There were no cats. And there were no butterflies. But there were lots and lots of moths. 那時候沒有狗狗、沒有貓咪，也沒有蝴蝶。不過有很多很多蛾。 Moths and butterflies are in the same family. But they are very different. Butterflies have lots of bright colors: yellow, blue, green, and more. Most moths do not. That's because moths fly at night. Many are black, brown, or gray. These dark colors help them keep safe. 蛾跟蝴蝶是親戚，但牠們其實大不相同。蝴蝶有很多鮮豔顏色，蛾沒有，這是因為蛾是夜行性的，暗沉的顏色比較安全。 Scientists think a moth didn't like the dark 100 million years ago. It liked the light! It wanted to fly in the bright sunlight! Flying in the sun made the moth's dark colors brighter. Now scientists think that's where the first butterfly came from! 科學家認為一億年前，有一隻蛾不喜歡晚上，牠喜歡光亮的地方！在陽光下飛讓這隻蛾的顏色變亮了，科學家認為這就是第一隻蝴蝶的起源！ A dark moth gave the world beautiful bright butterflies, thanks to the sun! ________________________________ Vocabulary 一億年前的陽光，讓蛾類開始演化成蝴蝶。 1. bright 光亮的 Wow, look at these paintings! 哇，你看這些畫。 The colors are so bright and beautiful! 顏色好鮮明，真好看！ 2. sunlight 陽光 Yeah, it's like they come alive under the sunlight. 對啊，在陽光下好像變成活的。 How many butterflies are there in this painting? 這幅畫裡有幾隻蝴蝶？ 3. dark 黑暗的 I guess at least one hundred. 我猜至少一百隻。 It would look good on a dark wall. 掛在黑暗的牆上可能不錯。 4. night 夜晚 The dark wall of our house? 我們家那面黑暗牆壁嗎？ Are you thinking of buying it? 你想買這幅畫？ Maybe. It would look even better at night. 也許。它晚上看起來可能更好。 來讀讀單字。 bright 光亮的 sunlight 陽光 dark 黑暗的 night 夜晚 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How many kinds of butterflies are there? A: 19 B: 1,000 C: 19,000 2. Which animals have lots of beautiful, bright colors? A: Moths B: Butterflies C: Dinosaurs 3. Why do most moths have dark colors? A: To keep safe B: To fly C: To look cool Answers 1. C 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn