She Wins!

Hi everybody! You know … I really like my bicycle!

I think bicycles are amazing! Bicycles are easy, fun, good for you, and good
for the air! No pollution! 騎車不會有空氣汙染的問題 I ride my bicycle, um,
everywhere! I ride my bicycle to go shopping, to the park, to meet my
friends, but I'm not a bicycle race winner! (laughs) Nope. I'm not like
Fiona!

Fiona is a young woman from Germany, and she won a super hard bicycle race!
She rode her bicycle a long way! 她是個年輕德國女生 .

Can you imagine riding your bicycle from Taipei to Kaohsiung? That's pretty
far, right? 從台北騎到高雄？很遠，對吧？

Well, Fiona rode her bicycle from Bulgaria to France… that's like riding
from Taipei to Kaohsiung …(said ever-increasingly fast:
Taipei-to-Kaohsiung-Kaohsiung-to-Taipei-Taipei-to-Kaohsiung-Kaoshiung-to-Taipei)…wow…eleven
times! 天啊！要台北高雄來回五趟半耶！

Fiona won the race! She rode for more than 10 days! Riding her bicycle in the
rain, in the hot sun, at night, in the daytime, over mountains. Woah! That is
one hard race.

Fiona was smart and strong! She only slept for four hours every night - and
then she kept on riding … for 10 days! 10天比賽中她每天只睡4小時 Woah! I
could never do that!

In the end, Fiona was number one! She is only 24 years old, but Fiona is now
the first woman to win this really super hard bicycle race. She was faster
than all the young men in the race! Pretty cool, huh?

Fiona is going to try again … she wants to win again … and she wants to
ride even faster!

Wow! Fiona is such a strong and smart young woman! You're awesome, Fiona!
加油 !

Vocabulary

Fiona, a German girl, won a very long and hard bicycle race.
1) Win贏得。 I want to win the race我要贏得那場比賽。She won yesterday's
race她贏了昨天的比賽。
2) Ride騎。When does she ride to school every day她每天什麼時候騎車上學? At
7:50七點五十分。Fiona rode her bike to France費歐娜騎腳踏車去法國。
3) Sleep睡覺。 People sleep at night, but owls sleep in the
daytime人們晚上睡覺，貓頭鷹卻白天睡覺. I only slept for 3 hours last
night我昨晚只睡了三個小時。
4) Fast很快 faster更快 fastest最快。Can you walk faster你可以走快一點嗎? This
is the fastest I can go我最快就是這樣了。
We learned some good words today, so let's say them again. Win贏得 ride騎
sleep睡覺 fast, faster, fastest 很快 更快 最快

QUIZ

1. What's good about bicycles?
A: They can sing and fly
B: They are good for lunch
C: They are good for the air - no pollution!

2. Who is Fiona?
A: A young woman … who won a super hard bicycle race!
B: I don't know
C: She's a bicycle!

3. Which statement is true?
A: Fiona is the first bicycle to win the race
B: Fiona is the first teacher to win the race
C: Fiona is the first woman to win the race

Answers:
1: C 2: A 3: C
 

NO MORE PLASTIC STRAWS

Hi everybody! What do you like to drink? Water? Juice? Tea? A sports drink?

What do you usually use to drink your tea? A plastic straw, right? ….…
straws are really convenient! 吸管真是方便好用 可是 now, many places in
Taiwan don't give plastic straws. WHY? 為甚麼現在台灣很多地方都禁止使用

Straws are made out of plastic.

There are more than 23 million people in Taiwan. If everybody uses one or two
straws every day … that's a lot of straws … and a lot of plastic garbage!

Most plastic things don't rot and become part of the earth when you throw
them away. 塑膠製品沒有辦法腐爛

Food rots and becomes part of the earth when you throw it way. Paper and
clothes and lots of things rot and become part of the earth after you throw
them away … but not plastic. 食物、紙、衣服都會腐爛，就是塑膠不行

Taiwan's government is hoping people will stop using plastic straws …
because that will stop tons of plastic garbage! Sounds like a good idea,
right? 這是一個好主意對不對?

But…what can we use to drink our juice or sports drink? Well, one idea is
bamboo straws … or straws made out of metal. You can use a metal straw again
and again … and bamboo is good for the earth … it rots and goes away ...
like food.

We use too much plastic in Taiwan. Some of the plastic garbage goes into the
ocean, and some plastic garbage stays in the earth for years and years! ---
We can all help Taiwan by not using so many plastic things.
我們不要再用那麼多塑膠的東西了

We can use a metal straw or a bamboo straw, and we can use our plastic bags
again and again, right?
We have more than 23 million people in Taiwan! If everyone uses less plastic
every day … it could make a big difference!

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Vocabulary

Plastic things are everywhere, but they can be bad for our environment.

1) Plastic塑膠。Plastic bag塑膠袋，plastic toy塑膠玩具，plastic
garbage塑膠垃圾

2) Garbage垃圾。Don't throw garbage into rivers 不要把垃圾扔進河裡。It's a
piece of garbage那東西根本是個廢物! Garbage can垃圾桶

3) Paper紙。報紙就是newspaper, paper cup 紙杯，paper box紙盒子。The T-shirt
is made of paper這件T-shirt是紙做的!

4) Be made of用什麼東西做的。Pots and pans are made of metal鍋子是金屬做的。

5) 金屬 metal. Heavy metal music 重金屬音樂。

Okay, let's say the five vocabulary words and phrases together once again.
Plastic塑膠
garbage垃圾 paper紙類 be made of用什麼東西做的 metal金屬

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Quiz

1. What are most straws made out of?
A: Wood B: Plastic C: Food

2. About how many people live in Taiwan?
A: 23 million B: 2 million C: 500 million

3. Why did Taiwan ban plastic straws?
A: To make life difficult
B: To save the earth!
C: To get people to drink more coffee


Answers
1, B 2, A 3, B
 

Animals and global warming


Person 1: Oh my gosh it's sooo ... HOT! I can't stand it anymore!

Person 1: Even the dog can't stand it anymore. 好熱，連狗狗都受不了!

Person 1: Ah … that's better.

Narrator: Do you feel like the summers are getting
hotter?　應該是全球暖化的原因吧? According to scientists, the weather is
becoming hotter and hotter because of global warming.

Many scientists think global warming is making the earth's temperature become
hotter.

They think the world is becoming hotter because of many different reasons.

但其中一個原因呢，就是汙染。

Cars on the street create pollution. This makes the air dirty.

Some factories also create smoke. This also pollutes the air and makes it
dirty.

Scientists say these things make the world slowly become hotter.

那動物怎麼辦呢?

Scientists say some animals might be able change the way they live.

They need to change so they can live in hotter temperatures.
動物需要適應環境。

HOWEVER, scientists are worried some animals might not be able to change
quickly enough.

That means they might all die.

So how can we help?

我們需要保護我們的環境。We also need to protect animals' homes.

We need to pollute less, and we can do this by trying to create less garbage.

We also need to try to recycle more. 要記得回收喔!

And that is how we can help protect the earth.

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Vocabulary

Hi, boys and girls, do you agree that our weather is getting hotter and
hotter?

1. Hot很熱， hotter更熱， hottest最熱，hotter and hotter越來越熱。August is
the hottest month of the year八月是一年中最熱的月份。The movie theater is
becoming hotter and hotter電影院裡面越來越熱。

2. Reason理由。What is the reason for yawning人為什麼會打呵欠? Because it
helps wake you up因為打呵欠讓人清醒。Give me a reason for your being
late給我一個理由你為什麼遲到。

3. Change改變。You've changed你變了。Yes, I have我確實變了。 As climate
changes, animals need to change too氣候改變，動物也需要有所改變。

4. Pollution汙染，動詞是pollute。Air pollution空氣汙染，water
pollution水汙染。The garbage has polluted the river垃圾汙染了河流。

You've learned some useful words today. Let's read them together: hot很熱
hotter更熱 hottest最熱 reason理由 change改變 pollution汙染
pollute也是汙染

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Quiz

1. What do scientists say some animals can do?
a. Change the way they live.
b. Dance.
c. Move to another place.

2. What is a good way to protect animals?
a. Create more garbage.
b. Protect animals' homes.
c. Ignore them.

3. What is air pollution?
a. Breathing really hard.
b. Making the air dirty.
c. When the wind blows really hard.


Answers
1. A 2. B 3.B.
 

Great Barrier Reef has very poor outlook

Narrator: Scuba diving is so peaceful. I love it.

你會潛水嗎? My favorite place to go scuba diving is at the Great Barrier Reef.

The Great Barrier Reef is in Australia. 你去過澳洲嗎?

There are so many different and beautiful kinds of fish there.

那裡也有好多不一樣顏色的珊瑚喔! When I went scuba diving at the Great Barrier
Reef, I saw coral that was blue, yellow, green,red and purple.

I didn't know coral could be so many different colors!

However, the Great Barrier Reef is in danger. 大堡礁現在有危機。

Let me tell you why.

Here we are, at the Great Barrier Reef. But what happened to the coral? And
where are all the fish?

The coral isn't colorful anymore. It has all turned an ugly white color.
珊瑚都變白了，魚也都不見了。怎麼會這樣?

What's that over there?

There is also a lot of construction happening on the land near the Great
Barrier Reef. This is hurting all the beautiful and colorful coral.

And look over there.

There are a lot of fishermen fishing in the ocean around the Great Barrier
Reef.

This is probably why all the fish disappeared.

But it isn't too late to save the Great Barrier Reef.

We can still protect it.

We can protect the Great Barrier Reef by fishing less, and leaving the land
around it alone. 如果我們減少捕魚我們就可以保護大堡礁。

If we leave the land alone, the Great Barrier Reef can grow naturally and the
fish can live there peacefully.

If we work together to protect the Great Barrier Reef, the coral could slowly
become healthy again.

Then all of its wonderful colors might come back.

Also fish might come back and live there again.

Wouldn't that be nice? Then everyone could scuba dive there and see how
beautiful it is.
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Vocabulary
Corals are beautiful and colorful.
1. Colorful顏色繽紛的。A rainbow is colorful. It has red, orange, yellow,
green, blue, indigo and purple彩虹色彩繽紛，紅橙黃綠藍靛紫。

2. Peaceful和平的，安寧的。I feel peaceful on Sunday
morning星期日早上我都覺得很安寧。

3. Slow慢慢的。I took a slow bus, so I'm
late我搭到慢吞吞的公車，所以遲到了。Your watch is 10 minutes
slow你的錶慢了十分鐘.

4. Disappear消失。All dinosaurs have disappeared所有的恐龍都消失了。

5. Protect保護。We need to protect Taiwan's black
bears我們需要保護台灣黑熊。The hat will protect you from getting
sunburnt帽子會保護你免於曬傷。
Let's read today's words. Colorful顏色繽紛的 peaceful和平安詳的 slow慢慢的
disappear消失 protect保護
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Quiz
1. Where is the Great Barrier Reef?　
A. Australia
B. The United States
C. Taiwan

2. What can you see at the Great Barrier Reef?
A. Cows
B. Mermaids
C. Coral

3. How can we protect the Great Barrier Reef?
A. By fishing less.
B. By asking the fish to come back.
C. By visiting the beach more often.

Answers
1. A 2.C 3.A
 

ICRT NEWS FOR KIDS

3-D Printer Makes a House

Oh, hi. Excuse me. I'm printing something from my computer. It's just a
regular printer. It's not a 3-D printer.

Do you know about 3-D printers? 你知道3D印表機嗎？

3-D printers can make great things. They can make plastic cups, bowls, toys,
and lots more. 3-D printers can also make houses!
3D印表機可以印出杯子、碗或是玩具，現在還可以蓋房子！

That's right. You can print a 3-D house.

A really big 3-D printer made a house in Belgium. That's in Europe.
在歐洲的比利時，有用3D印表機蓋的房子喔。

The 3-D house has two floors and people can live in it.
那是2層樓的房子，而且有人住。

The printer didn't use plastic to make the house. It used concrete, so it is
really strong! 不是塑膠，是用混凝土做的，很堅固喔。

It took three weeks to make the big house. 花了三個禮拜才完成。

But some 3-D houses can be made in less than three weeks.
有些不用花這麼久的時間喔。

I wish I had a 3-D printer. I only have a regular printer. What would you
make with a 3-D printer? 如果你有3D印表機，你會做什麼呢？

Would you make a house? Maybe you could make a car or a boat, too. Maybe
everything you need could be printed out of a 3-D printer. Wouldn't that be
cool?
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Vocabulary

3-D列印越來越進步，居然還可以製造房屋！

1) Print 印刷，printer印表機。Can you print it out for me?
你可以幫我把它印出來嗎? Sorry, the printer is broken.抱歉，印表機壞了。You
can go to the store to have it printed. 你可以去便利商店把它印出來。

2) Floor 樓層。Do you live on the third floor? 你住在三樓嗎? No, my house is
on the fifth floor. 不，我家在五樓。That's a lot of stairs to climb.
要爬好多樓梯。Yes, but the air is better. 沒錯，不過空氣比較好。

3) Live 居住。Most people like to live in cities.大部分人喜歡住在城市裡。

4) Use 使用。How should I open this can? 我要怎麼打開這個罐頭? Just use the
can opener. 就用開罐器。I don't know how to use it. 我不知道怎麼用。Here, let
me show you. 我來做給你看。

今天的單字比較簡單，你是不是都記住了？一起來讀一遍。

print 印刷 printer 印表機 floor 樓層 live 居住 use 使用
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Quiz

1: How many floors does the 3-D house have?
A: 1
B: 2
C: 3

2: What is the 3-D house made of?
A: Concrete
B: Plastic
C: Wood

3: Which is true about the 3-D house?
A: It is not very strong
B: It took three weeks to make it.
C: It is too small for people to live in.







Answers
1: B 2: A 3: B