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I love ketchup. I put it on everything I eat. I eat it on hot dogs, hamburgers, rice. That's right. I sometimes put it on rice. Yum! 我好愛番茄醬，我會把它放在熱狗或是漢堡上，有時候還會配白飯吃！ I love ketchup very much. But I don't eat only ketchup. I need some food to eat it with. Ketchup on French fries, on pizza, on… Oh, now I'm hungry! 但是我不會光吃番茄醬，得要跟其他東西一起吃，像是薯條，披薩等等。講一講我又餓了！ But, did you hear the news? A man ate only ketchup for many days! 但是有一個人光吃番茄醬吃了好多天！ This man was working on a boat. It was not his boat. No one was with him. The boat went out to sea. Then it was too late. He was lost at sea! 這名男子在船上工作，身邊沒有人，結果船飄到外海去。 The engine didn't work. The radio didn't work. He looked for food. He found a bottle of ketchup. 引擎發動不了，無線電也不能用，他到處找食物，只找到一瓶番茄醬。 He was lost at sea for 24 days. He had ketchup to eat. He had some dirty water to drink. He had no other food! He made soup with ketchup and water. He ate it every day. 他在海上漂流了 24 天，只有番茄醬可以吃，另外還有一點骯髒的水。他用番茄醬跟水做成湯，每天都喝。 One day he had no more ketchup. But a ship found him that day! Whew, that's good news! 番茄醬用完的那天，剛好有一艘船找到他了！真是好險。 I love ketchup. But can I eat it for 24 days? I'm not sure. How about you? ________________________________ Vocabulary 靠著番茄醬，這名男子撿回一條命。 1. hungry 飢餓的 I'm so hungry! 我餓死了！ Did you eat everything in the fridge again? 你又把冰箱裡的東西都吃了？ No, I didn't. There's some leftover pizza from yesterday. 沒有，還有昨天剩下的披薩。 2. work 有用 Ugh, I guess that will have to work. 好吧，只好那樣。 Can you make me a sandwich, too? 你也可以幫我做個三明治嗎？ Sure, I'll make you one. 當然，我來幫你做一個。 3. soup 湯 Since I'm already on it, let me make a soup, too. 既然我已經在做，來煮個湯好了。 Oh, you're the best! 你最好了！ 4. for days 好幾天 Wow, you look like you haven't eaten for days. 哇，你看起來好幾天沒吃飯了。 Sorry, I can't help it. 真抱歉，我忍不住。 Are you hungry right now? hungry 飢餓的 work 有用 soup 湯 for days 好幾天 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where was the man lost? A: In a desert B: At sea C: In a jungle 2. What did he have to eat? A: Ketchup B: Rice C: Hamburgers 3. How long was he lost? A: 24 days B: 4 days C: 20 days Answers 1. B 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Bye, buddy! Be good! See you later! I want to be with my dog all day. But I can't take him everywhere. Is he okay at home all day? He can't have fun. He can't go for a walk. Is he bored? Does he want to play with other dogs? 我不能每天都把狗狗帶在身邊，牠在家會不會很無聊？牠會想跟其他狗狗玩嗎？ Many people are busy. They can't walk their dogs. What do they do? They get a dog walker. Mo is a dog walker. She loves her job. Mo walks many dogs. 很多人太忙，沒有空遛狗，他們會請「遛狗人」幫忙。Mo 就是一位遛狗人。 Mo has a bus. Kids don't ride it. Dogs ride Mo's bus! Mo picks up the dogs. The dogs sit on their own seats. They wear seat belts. Are the dogs good in the bus? I think all the dogs are good! Why? It's because good dogs get dog treats. Dogs love to eat treats! Mo 還有一台狗狗專用的巴士！牠們上車坐好，還要繫安全帶。表現好的狗狗有零嘴可以吃，所以牠們在車上都很乖！ The bus goes to a walking trail. The dogs get off the bus. Mo takes them on a long walk. They play. They have so much fun! 巴士會把狗狗送到步道，Mo 就帶著牠們走好長一段路。牠們會在路上玩耍！ These dogs are happy! They aren't at home all day. They aren't bored. They ride a bus! Do you love dogs? I do! Hmm… maybe I can be a dog walker too! Then I can play with dogs all day! ________________________________ Vocabulary 這名專業遛狗人要照顧的狗太多，需要一輛小巴士來裝載。 1. pick up 接起來 I've got to go. 我得走了。 I need to pick up my dog. 我得去接我的狗。 Just like picking up a child. 就跟接小孩一樣。 2. seat belt 安全帶 Yeah, only a child would wear a seat belt. 對，但是小孩會扣上安全帶。 But not your dog? 你的狗不用嗎？ No, he likes to play with a ball in the back seat. 不用，他喜歡在後座玩球。 Just take away the ball. 把球拿走啊。 3. bored 無聊的 I can't. He'll be bored and bark at me all the way home. 不行，他會覺得無聊，回家路上對著我叫。 4. all day 一整天 Maybe you should just walk him home. 也許你應該就跟他走路回家。 That will take all day. 那要花一整天。 同學們，來一起讀單字。 pick up 接起來 seat belt 安全帶 bored 無聊的 all day 一整天 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is Mo's job? A: dog talker B: dog washer C: dog walker 2. What do the dogs do on the bus? A: Sit with a kid B: Sit on their own seats C: Sit under the seats 3. Why do the dogs go to the trail? A: To be bored B: To wear a seat belt C: To go on a walk Answers 1. C 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I love tuna! My favorite food is tuna sushi. Tuna tastes good. It's a healthy food too. Many of us eat tuna. Fishermen catch the tuna we eat. They catch seven billion kilograms every year! That's a lot of tuna! 我喜歡吃鮪魚壽司。鮪魚好吃又健康。很多人都吃鮪魚，漁民每一年捕撈70億公斤的鮪魚！ But that's too much tuna. The number of tuna fish is smaller every year. That's not good. What happens when the number is too small? The number of fish cannot get big again. Restaurants and supermarkets won't have much tuna. Then one day there will be no tuna fish. 鮪魚的數量每一年都在減少，假如太少，鮪魚將沒有辦法再恢復到從前。未來世界上就沒有鮪魚了。 A new company wants to help tuna fish. How does it help? It makes tuna! How does it make tuna? The company uses plants! It uses peas, algae, and other food from plants. It doesn't use fish. It is plant-based tuna. 有一家公司想要幫助鮪魚，他們決定製作鮪魚肉！他們用豌豆、藻類，還有其他植物來製造素的鮪魚肉。 Maybe many of us can eat plant-based tuna. Then we can stop eating tuna fish. The number of tuna fish can get big again. Do you want to try this plant-based tuna? You can help save tuna fish too! ________________________________ Vocabulary 鮪魚過度捕撈，有可能再也無法恢復。 1. eat 吃 Are you eating potato chips again? 你又在吃洋芋片？ Just a couple of pieces. 只吃兩片。 You know better than that. 你應該知道不該吃的。 2. healthy 健康的 Well, I don't like healthy snacks. 我就不愛健康零食。 Are you kidding? 開什麼玩笑? A lot of healthy food tastes great. 很多健康食物很好吃的。 3. supermarket 超市 Yeah, like what? 是嘛，比如說什麼？ Like pineapple. 比如說鳳梨。 I don't see any pineapple here. 我在這兒沒看到鳳梨。 The supermarket is right next door! 隔壁超市就有啊！ 4. try 嘗試 It's raining. I'll try going tomorrow. 現在下雨，我明天去試試看。 Okay. Can I have some of your chips? 好吧。我可以吃一點你的洋芋片嗎？ 你喜歡吃什麼零食呢？ eat 吃 healthy 健康的 supermarket 超市 try 嘗試 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How much tuna do fishermen catch every year? A: Seven billion kilograms B: Seven billion tuna fish C: Seven billion grams 2. What happens when the number of tuna fish gets too small? A: It is healthy B: It can't get big again C: We can eat more tuna 3. What kind of tuna does the new company make? A: Fish-based B: Plant-based C: Tuna-based Answers 1. A 2. B 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Today is Mother Goose Day in the USA. 今天是美國的鵝媽媽節。 Blossom is a goose. She lives on a pond. Blossom 是一隻住在池塘裡的鵝。 Animals don't have wives or husbands. They have mates. Geese have the same mate all their lives. Blossom's mate was Bud. But Bud died last year. 動物沒有所謂的老婆或老公，動物的夫妻叫做配偶，鵝一生只會有一個配偶。Blossom 的配偶 Bud 去年過世了。 Blossom went to an office near the pond. She went many times. She looked at the office windows. But Blossom didn't see the office. What did she see? She saw a goose in the windows. Was it Bud? No, it wasn't. Blossom was looking at… Blossom. Blossom was sad without Bud. She was lonely. Blossom 常常去附近一間辦公室的門口，看著窗戶反射的自己。沒有 Bud，Blossom 好難過又好寂寞。 Dorie worked in the office. She saw Blossom at the windows. Then Dorie had an idea. She sent a letter to a newspaper. The letter said Blossom wanted a new mate. 在辦公室工作的 Dorie 看到了 Blossom，然後寄了一封信給報社，說 Blossom 想要一個新配偶。 Two people read about Blossom in the newspaper. They had a pet named Frankie. Frankie was lonely. His mate was dead. And… he was a goose! 有兩個人在報紙上讀到 Blossom 的故事。他們有一隻叫做 Frankie 的鵝，他的配偶也過世了。 Now Blossom and Frankie are mates. They go to the pond together. 現在 Blossom 跟 Frankie 變成配偶了。他們會一起去池塘划水！ Happy Mother Goose Day, Blossom and Frankie! ________________________________ Vocabulary 鵝假如失去終身伴侶，是很大的打擊。這個故事裡的鵝，找到了第二春。 1. sad 悲傷的 Why does your dog look so sad? 你的狗怎麼看起來這麼悲傷？ Buddy just lost his mate. 巴弟才剛剛失去牠的伴侶。 Oh, no, poor Buddy! 糟糕了，可憐的巴弟！ 2. lonely 寂寞的 Yeah, he's sad and lonely. 對啊，他好難過，又很寂寞。 How did his mate die? 牠的伴怎麼死的？ She got hit by a truck.被卡車撞的。 That's terrible! 真可怕！ 3. die 死亡 No dog should die that way. 狗狗不該那樣完蛋。 I know. But trucks and cars drive very fast here. 我知道，但是這裡的卡車汽車都開很快。 4. look at 看著 Now Buddy just sits there and looks at the door. 現在巴弟就坐在那裏看著門。 He's waiting for his mate to come back? 他在等他的伴侶回來嗎？ Yup. 是的。 今天的單字你可記住了？ sad 悲傷的 lonely 寂寞的 die 死亡 look at 看著 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where does Blossom live? A: On a pond B: In an office C: At a window 2. Who sent a letter to a newspaper? A: Blossom B: Dorie C: Frankie 3. Who is Frankie? A: Blossom's new wife B: Blossom's new husband C: Blossom's new mate Answers 1. A 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Tomorrow is International Dance Day! Dancing is cool. We can feel good, have fun, and listen to great music! 明天是世界舞蹈日！跳舞很好玩，還可以聽音樂！ A university in the USA has a marathon. 美國有一所大學，都會辦馬拉松比賽。 There are marathons all over the world. In many marathons, people run a long, long way. They run for 42 kilometers. Most run to get money for others. They give the money to people who need help. 全世界都有馬拉松，參賽者要跑42公里。很多人跑那麼累是為了募款，好捐獻給需要的人。 At Penn State University's marathon, students don't run. They dance! It's a dance marathon! Students dance for a long, long time. Penn State University has the world's biggest dance marathon. 賓州大學辦的這場馬拉松，不用跑步，而是要跳舞！這是全世界最大的跳舞馬拉松！ Students dance for 46 hours. That's nearly two days! No-one can sit or sleep! There is live music. There are DJs and dance crews. These help tired students to dance, dance, dance! 學生們連續跳舞46 個小時，不能坐下，也不能睡覺。現場 DJ 會放音樂，讓大家不停地跳！ This year over 707 students danced. They got 15 million US dollars! That's 458 million NT dollars! The money is helping very sick kids. 今年，有707個學生一起跳舞，募到一千五百萬美元，相當於四億五千八百萬台幣！這些錢捐助給生病的兒童。 ________________________________ Vocabulary 一群大學生連續跳舞將近兩天兩夜，替罹患重病的兒童募款。 1. tired 疲倦的 Oh, My God! I'm so tired! 天哪，我好累！ Uh hm, you've danced for three hours! 對啊，你跳了三個鐘頭了！ Really? That long? 真的？有那麼久喔？ 2. sit 坐著 Now I must sit for a while. 現在我得坐一下了。 How come you're not dancing? 你怎麼沒有跳舞？ I was, but I'm listening to the music now. 我剛剛有跳，現在我在聽音樂。 3. music 音樂 Oh no, this is salsa, my favorite dance! 糟糕，這是騷沙，我最喜歡的舞曲！ I'd have to do this one! 這我一定要跳！ 4. help 幫忙 Come on, let's dance together! 來吧，我們一起跳！ Alright, but you have to help me. 好吧，但是你得幫我。 來讀讀單字。 tired 疲倦的 sit 坐 music 音樂 help 幫忙 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where is Penn State University? A: The UK B: The UAE C: The USA 2. How many hours is the world's biggest dance marathon? A: 426 hours B: 4 to 6 hours C: 46 hours 3. How much money did the students get this year? A: 15 million US dollars B: 707 million US dollars C: 458 million US dollars Answers 1. C 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Yay! I'm finished studying! I went to college. I studied for two years. I got a degree in cooking! My degree shows I can cook well. 唸了兩年，我終於從廚藝學校畢業了！ Some people go to college or university. They want a degree. A degree shows they studied something. Some degrees take two years. Some take four or five years. But guess what? One man's degree took fifty-two years! That's a very long time! 有一些人去讀大學，想要拿學位。學位是他們學習的證明，有一些學位需要兩年時間，有些要四到五年。但有一個人花了五十二年！ Nick wanted a Ph.D. A Ph.D is one of the highest degrees. Ph.D. students think of new ideas. They study their new ideas. Nick studied his math idea. It was 1970. He was 23 years old. Nick 想要讀博士，是最高的學位。博士生需要構思新點子，並且做研究。Nick 在1970 年，也就是他 23 歲的時候，開始攻讀數學博士學位。 He studied for five years. But… he did not finish his degree! Nick did not study for a long time. His idea was big. He wanted to think about it. He did other things. He worked. He had a family. 過了五年，他仍然沒有獲得博士學位， 因為他的點子太龐大了，需要好好思考。所以他先去工作，也有了自己的家庭。 Then he went to university again. He was 69 years old! Some people stop studying. They do not study again. But Nick did. Nick finished studying his math idea. He got his Ph.D. He was 75 years old! 等到他重回大學，已經 69 歲了! 他繼續鑽研數學， 75 歲那年終於完成了研究，得到了博士學位！ Nick shows us we can study and learn at any time in our lives! ________________________________ Vocabulary 活到老學到老，尼克並沒有因為年齡而限制自己。 1. study 讀書 Join our party Friday night, Paz. 來參加我們星期五晚上的派對吧。 There will be barbecue and music.會有烤肉，還有音樂。 Oh, I wish I could! 我真希望我能去！ But I need to study. 但是我要讀書。 2. year 年 You've already studied for two years! 你已經讀了兩年了。 I know, and I still have two more years to go. 我知道，還要再讀兩年呢。 3. get 獲得 Before getting your doctorate degree? 之後就拿到博士學位嗎？ Yeah. It feels like a long time. 對，感覺還要好久。 4. finish 完成 But after you finish, you can get a good job. 但是完成之後，就可以找到好工作。 If I am lucky. 要是我運氣好的話。 這些單字簡單好用。 study 讀書 year 年 get 獲得 finish 完成 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What did Nick study? A: English B: Math C: Chinese 2. How long did it take Nick to get a degree? A: 5 years B: 50 years C: 52 years 3. How old was Nick when he got his degree? A: 23 years old B: 69 years old C: 75 years old Answers 1. B 2. C 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Narrator: Hi! I'm at a wedding. The bride… She's so beautiful! Voice: You may now kiss the bride… Narrator: What a beautiful wedding! Every couple wants something different for their wedding. Some couples want a small wedding. Some couples want a big wedding. And some couples want a very, very different wedding! 每一對新人都想要不一樣的婚禮，有人喜歡小型婚禮，有人期待盛大的結婚儀式，也有人希望有很特別的婚禮！ Rene and Max are a couple. First they wanted a small wedding. But then Rene had a crazy idea… Rene is a "Swiftie". A Swiftie is a Taylor Swift superfan! Is Taylor Swift your favorite singer? Do you love her more than all other singers? Yeah? Then you're a Swiftie too! Rene 跟 Max 原本只想舉辦小型婚禮，但 Rene 是一個 "Swiftie"，也就是泰勒絲的粉絲。 Rene and Max went to a Taylor Swift concert. Max was wearing a nice black suit. Rene was wearing a beautiful white dress. They waited and waited… Then Taylor Swift began to sing Rene's favorite song. Rene walked slowly to Max. They were in front of the stage. 新郎穿著西裝，新娘穿著婚紗參加泰勒絲的演唱會，當泰勒絲唱到 Rene 最愛的歌曲時，Rene 在舞台前面緩緩地走向 Max。 Rene and Max were having their wedding at a Taylor Swift concert! They kissed. Thousands of Swifties cheered! There's a video for their wedding. It's on the Internet. People have watched it over 6 million times! 兩個人在泰勒絲的演唱會完婚，在好幾千位 Swiftie 歡呼聲中接吻。這部影片在網路上點閱超過六百萬次！ ________________________________ Vocabulary 這對新人選擇在演唱會中結婚，是不是很浪漫？ 1. crazy 瘋狂的 Have you ever thought about your wedding? 你有想過你的婚禮嗎？ I have. 想過。 Will you do something crazy? 會不會做一些瘋狂的事？ Probably not. 大概不會。 2. favorite 最喜歡的 But I do want to get married outdoors. 不過我是想在戶外結婚。 Like in the mountains? 比如說在山上？ Yeah, one of my favorite places is Sun Moon Lake. 對，我最喜歡的地方之一是日月潭。 3. first 首先 First I'll invite all my friends there. 首先我會邀請所有的朋友去。 And then I'll have someone sing for us. 然後請人為我們唱歌。 4. wear 穿著 And wear a beautiful white dress. 然後穿上美麗的白色洋裝。 Sure, white is pretty. 當然，白色很好看。 你今天學到哪些單字？ crazy 瘋狂的 favorite 最喜歡的 first 首先 wear 穿著 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where did Rene and Max have their wedding? A: At home B: At a concert C: At a 7-11 2. How many times have people watched their wedding video? A: 6 million times B: 6 billion times C: 6 trillion times 3. What is a "Swiftie"? A: A nice black suit B: A beautiful white dress C: A Taylor Swift superfan Answers 1. B 2. A 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Ouch! A cut! It's so small… It's tiny! But this tiny wound hurts so much! I need a bandage. 我割傷了！傷口好小，可是好痛！我需要一條 OK 繃。 Do you know about the new "smart bandages"? The smart bandages are stretchy. These stretchy bandages are easy to use. You can put one on any wound. 你有聽過「智慧繃帶」嗎？這種繃帶可以拉很長，包覆在各種傷口上。 These smart bandages have tiny computers. These tiny computers look for heat and germs. They look for changes too. Good changes mean the wound is healing. Bad changes mean it needs more help. The tiny computers send this information to a big computer. 這種繃帶具備細小的電腦，偵測傷口是否發熱、有細菌或是有變化。好的變化代表傷口正在癒合，如果變壞，代表需要更多治療。小電腦會把資料傳送到大電腦上。 Tiny bits of electricity help wounds heal faster. The tiny computers can give wounds tiny bits of electricity! Medicine is also in these smart bandages. Does a wound need more help? A smart bandage can put medicine on it! 小電腦還會釋放微量電流，讓傷口更快癒合，甚至可以幫傷口上藥！ My tiny wound doesn't need a smart bandage. It can heal quickly with no help. These smart bandages are for big wounds. Some people get big wounds from fires. These bandages can help big wounds a lot. 我的傷口很小，不用智慧繃帶，這種智慧繃帶是給燒傷的那種大傷口用的。 Scientists are testing these smart bandages now. The bandages are not ready yet. Many people have big wounds. These are the people who need smart bandages. The smart bandages are pretty cool. But I don't want to need one! ________________________________ Vocabulary 科技進步，簡單的繃帶現在能做許多事。 1. hurt 痛 Hey, what happened to you? 發生了什麼事？ It must hurt a lot! 一定很痛吧！ You're telling me. 還用你說。 2. look for 尋找 How did you get hurt? 你是怎麼受傷的？ I fell down the stairs looking for my glasses. 我找眼鏡時摔下樓梯。 You really need your glasses to see the stairs. 你真的需要眼鏡來看樓梯。 I know that! 我也知道！ 3. wound 傷口 Okay, okay, but you should cover the wound. 好啦，不過你應該把傷口蓋起來。 No, I'm fine. 不用，我很好。 Here, let me put this bandage on it. 來吧，我把這個OK繃貼上去。 4. heal 癒合 Will it help me heal? 它會讓我癒合嗎？ That's what the ad said. 廣告是這麼說的。 你今天學到哪些單字？ hurt 痛 look for 尋找 wound 傷口 heal 癒合 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What do the smart bandage's tiny computers look for? A: Heat and germs B: Scientists C: Some medicine 2. What can the smart bandage give a wound? A: Fire B: Tiny bits of electricity C: Tiny computers 3. What kind of wounds are the smart bandages for? A: Tiny wounds B: Big wounds C: Smart wounds Answers 1. A 2. B 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

What time is it in New York? I know that's a hard question. 你知道現在紐約幾點嗎？ New York is 12 hours behind Taiwan. When it's noon here, it's midnight in New York. You're eating lunch. But kids in New York are sleeping. 紐約比台灣慢 12 個小時，現在這裡是中午，所以紐約那裡是半夜。你吃午餐的時候，紐約的小孩在睡覺。 Japan is one hour ahead of Taiwan. It's noon here. But it's 1 PM there. Kids in Japan are finished with lunch. 日本比台灣早一個小時，那裡現在是下午一點，日本的小孩已經吃完午餐了。 New York, Japan, and Taiwan are in different time zones. The world has 24 time zones. Here's a very hard question. What time is it on the moon? 紐約、日本跟台灣都在不同的時區，全球有24個時區。但你知道月球上現在幾點嗎？ Well, no one knows. Different countries say different times! Astronauts from different countries want to work together. But they need to use the same time. 不同國家的太空人要一起工作，但是他們需要一致的時間。 There is a problem. The moon's gravity and the earth's gravity are different. Clocks are faster there. 這是個大問題，因為月球上的重力跟地球不一樣，時鐘在月球上跑得比較快。 Scientists want to make a moon time zone. Then everyone will know what time it is on the moon. 科學家想要創造一個月球時區，這樣大家就知道月球上現在幾點了。 A moon time zone is a great idea! ________________________________ Vocabulary 月球時間要怎麼計算? 科學家正在研究。 1. midnight 半夜 You should go to bed. 你應該上床了。 It's already midnight. 已經半夜三更了。 Midnight is still early, you know. 半夜其實很早，你知道。 2. finish 結束 Yeah, for people across the Pacific. 是啊，對太平洋那一頭的人來說。 I mean it. 真的啊。 Some people are just starting their day, but I have finished my work. 有的人才剛開始一天，我卻已經結束工作了。 3. work 工作 I want more time to sleep and less time at work. 我要的是多一點時間睡覺，少一點工作。 Same here. 我也一樣。 4. hard 困難的 But what about more money for more work? 但是多工作就多賺錢如何？ That's a hard one. 這個問題有點難。 來讀讀單字。 midnight 半夜 finish 結束 work 工作 hard 困難的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. It is 1:30 p.m. in Taiwan. What time is it in New York? A: 1:30 AM B: 1:30 PM C: 2:30 PM 2. What is the problem with time on the moon? A: Gravity B: Too many astronauts C: Slow clocks 3. What do scientists want to make? A: A moon time zone B: More gravity C: A new moon Answers 1. A 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Tomorrow is Earth Day! I'm at the National Museum of Natural Science in Taichung. The museum has lots of stones, plants, animals, and insects. 明天就是世界地球日！我現在人在台中科博館，裡面有很多岩石、植物、動物，跟昆蟲。 There are bees, butterflies, crickets and many more insects… 這裡有蜜蜂、蝴蝶、蟋蟀等等。 Insects help make the earth healthy. We need them! But many insects are dying all over the earth. 昆蟲讓我們的地球更健康，但是世界上很多昆蟲正在慢慢地滅亡。 There's a natural science museum in the UK too. It's called the Natural History Museum. It has a big science project for Earth Day. Kids in the UK can help! 英國也有科博館，叫做自然史博物館。這間博物館有一個世界地球日的計畫，讓英國的小孩可以幫忙！ The project is about insects and noise. Are loud noises bad for insects? Scientists don't know. 科學家想知道噪音是不是對昆蟲不好。 The project is very easy… First, kids pick a road. Some roads are quiet. There's not much noise. Some roads are noisy. 要怎麼做呢？很簡單，小孩子可以先挑選一條路，有一些路很安靜，有一些很吵。 Kids record the noise on their road for five minutes. Next, kids look at 10 meters of their road. They record all the insects they see. Then they send everything to the museum. Scientists will study this information. 孩子們要先在路邊錄音五分鐘，然後在路旁十公尺紀錄所有他們看到的昆蟲，再把所有資料送到博物館裡面，然後科學家會負責研究。 What are you doing for Earth Day? ________________________________ Vocabulary 英國的小學生，幫忙科學家研究昆蟲。 1. butterfly 蝴蝶 We're going on a field trip tomorrow. 我們明天要校外教學。 To see butterflies. 去看蝴蝶。 Are you going to the Taipei Zoo? 你們要去台北動物園嗎？ 2. insect 昆蟲 They have a good Insect Hall… 他們有很好的昆蟲館… With butterflies and other bugs. 有蝴蝶和其他昆蟲。 3. natural 自然的 No, we want a more natural environment. 不是，我們要更自然的環境。 We'll be going to Yangmingshan. 我們要上陽明山。 4. quiet 安靜的 That's a nice and quiet place. 那是很安靜的好地方。 No, it's never quiet on holidays. 不，陽明山假日的時候並不安靜。 你喜歡看蝴蝶嗎? 我們一起來讀今天的單字。 butterfly 蝴蝶 insect 昆蟲 natural 自然的 quiet 安靜的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where is the National Museum of Natural Science? A: Tainan B: Taichung C: Taipei 2. What are some insects? A: Stones and plants B: Bees and butterflies C: Cars and people 3. What do kids record for the project? A: Noise and insects on a road B: Museums and scientists C: Earth Day in the UK Answers 1. B 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn