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First Native American in Space

Today, we are congratulating Nicole Mann, the first Native American to go to
space!
恭喜 Nicole 成為第一個去外太空的美國原住民！

"Native Americans'" are the first people who ever lived in North America.

We have native people here in Taiwan too! In English, they are called
"indigenous".

In Chinese, they are called "Yuan Zhu Min."

A long time ago, there were many, many indigenous people here, but today,
only about 2% of Taiwan's people are indigenous.
台灣以前很多原住民，但現在剩下2%的人口了。

And you know, that's the same as America!
美國現在也是這樣。

America had many, many indigenous people before too, but today, only about 2%
of Americans are Native Americans.
他們以前也有很多、很多原住民，但現在大約只有2%的人口是美國原住民。

And now, a Native American has gone into space!
現在，一位美國原住民去了外太空。

Her name is Nicole. Nicole is the commander of the spaceship! She's the boss!
她叫Nicole，是這一艘太空船的指揮官！

It's really great, because it helps other Native Americans know that, one
day, they might be able to go into space too!
這件事情讓其他的原住民知道，有一天他們也會有機會去外太空！

Maybe an indigenous Taiwanese person will also go into space one day! That
would be cool, right?

Good luck Nicole! The first Native American in space!
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Vocabulary
這位女性原住民太空人，現在住在國際太空站裡面，要住到明年三月。

1. space 太空
Living in space must be a lot of fun. 住在太空中一定很好玩。
You can watch Earth from up there. 你可以從上面觀看地球。

2. spaceship 太空船
I don't want to live there. 我不想住在那裡。
But I'd like to travel around in a spaceship. 但是我想搭太空船旅行。

3. native 本地的，土生土長的
Listen! It's so beautiful! 你聽，好美的歌聲！
Yeah, they are native Taiwanese children. 對啊，他們是原住民小孩。
They're wonderful singers, aren't they? 他們是很棒的歌手，不是嗎？

4. people 人們
Why do native Taiwanese people sing so well? 為什麼台灣原住民都唱得那麼好？
I can sing, too. 我也會唱。
Would you like to hear it? 你想聽嗎？

你想去太空嗎？
space 太空
spaceship 太空船
native 本地的
people 人們
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Quiz

1. Who are Native Americans?
A: The first people to live in space
B: The first people to live in Taiwan
C: The first people to live in North America

2. What do we call Native Taiwanese people?
A: Indigestion
B: Indigenous
C: Indecision

3. What is Nicole's job on the spaceship?
A: The boss
B: The doctor
C: The cook

Answers
1. C
2. B
3. A
 

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The Oldest Meal Ever

Do you like to eat leftovers? 你喜歡吃剩菜嗎？

Maybe your dad made dinner yesterday and put it in the fridge. Or maybe you
have eaten a meal from two days ago, or even three days ago.
你可能吃過冰箱裡面昨天的晚餐，甚至兩三天前的飯菜。

What about a meal from seventy thousand years ago?
但你吃過七萬年前的飯菜嗎？

In fact, scientists recently found a meal like that. They discovered it in a
cave in Iraq, and they say it's the oldest cooked meal they've ever found.
科學家最近在伊拉克的洞穴裡面找到全世界最古老的餐食。

The scientists studied the meal, to learn what food people cooked so long
ago. They found the meal was made of seeds.
他們研究了這頓飯，發現是用植物的種子做的。

How was it cooked? The people who made it used rocks to mash the seeds. Then,
they boiled the seeds in water to make a pancake.
怎麼做的呢？古人用石頭把種子碾碎，再拿去煮，做成煎餅。

Was that pancake good? To find out, the scientists tried to make the same
meal. They took seeds from near the cave and used the same recipe.
那個煎餅好吃嗎？科學家用洞穴附近的種子做了一樣的料理。

In the end, their meal was delicious! It tasted like nuts. The only problem?
It was hard to chew!
結果很好吃！味道像是堅果，但是很難咬！

Before this discovery, we had no idea the art of cooking was so old.

Now that we've found the oldest meal ever, we have to ask... what else did
people know seventy thousand years ago?
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Vocabulary
七萬年前的人吃什麼？科學家發現，他們已經知道吃熟食。


1. dinner 晚餐
What's for dinner? 晚飯吃什麼？
Uh, I don't feel like cooking tonight. 我今晚不想煮飯。
I'll just have yogurt with nuts. 我就吃優格配堅果。
Yuck! I can't eat that. 真難吃，我不能吃那些。

2. leftover 剩下的
There's some leftover pizza in the fridge. 冰箱裡還有剩下的披薩。
Pizza is good. Pizza could make a nice meal with a salad.
披薩好，加上沙拉就是很好的一餐。
I'm sure there's no salad. 我確定沒有沙拉。

3. pancake 煎餅，鬆餅
Let me check. 我來看看。
Here's a pancake! 這裡有個鬆餅！
Yeah, I forgot the pancake. 對耶，我都忘了有鬆餅。

4. recipe 食譜
And you promised to give me the recipe. 你還答應要給我食譜的。
I did, didn't I? 可不是嗎？

你今晚吃什麼呢？
dinner 晚餐
leftover 剩下的，剩菜
pancake 煎餅，鬆餅
recipe 食譜
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Quiz

1. What was the oldest meal ever?
A: a salad
B: a sandwich
C: a pancake

2. How old was that meal?
A: 700 years
B: 70,000 years
C: 7,000,000 years

3. Where did scientists find that meal?
A: Iraq
B: China
C: India

Answers
1. C
2. B
3. A
 

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Ancient Bows and Arrows Found

Let's pretend… It is 50,000 years ago. You are in Europe. You are a hunter!

You are looking for food. You want to catch a deer. You need meat for your
family.
想像一下你是五萬年前的歐洲獵人，想要獵一頭鹿來餵飽家人。

But deer are fast! What can you do? Throw a rock? No, that wouldn't work.
但是鹿跑得飛快，丟石頭也沒用，怎麼辦呢？

Ah! How about a bow and arrow? That would work, right?
用弓箭怎麼樣？

Bows and arrows are amazing. They are strong!

You can shoot arrows super far! Bows and arrows are perfect for hunters.

Scientists think bows and arrows were used a long, long time ago. But how
long ago?
科學家認為人類很久以前就在用弓箭。到底是多久以前呢？

Well, some arrowheads in Europe are older than 50,000 years old!
歐洲找到有五萬年歷史的箭頭。

That was a long time ago! But wait! Scientists also think bows and arrows are
even older. People used them in Africa first!

Scientists think people from Africa took bows and arrows to Europe.
科學家認為弓箭在更早以前就有了，是非洲人先開始用，再帶到歐洲去的。

And yes, people used bows and arrows to fight too. All over the world, they
used bows and arrows for hundreds and hundreds of years… until there were
guns.

But the first use for bows and arrows was hunting food.
人類發明槍之前，打仗也是使用弓箭，但是弓箭最一開始是打獵用的。

And now we know bows and arrows are super old! Older than 50,000 years old!

Wow!
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Vocabulary
弓箭最早用於打獵，後來也用來格鬥或是打仗。

1 hunter 獵人
I think hunters today should use bows and arrows. 我覺得現在的獵人應該用弓箭。
To catch what? 抓什麼呢？
Fish, maybe. 也許去抓魚。

2. shoot 發射
Shooting an arrow at fish? 對著魚射箭？
That would be too hard. 那太難了。
If the hunter is strong and fast, it should work.
假如獵人很強壯又動作快，應該可以。

3. hundreds of 好幾百
Perhaps for big animals like a whale. 也許對付像鯨魚那樣的大動物可以。
People hunted whales for hundreds of years. 人類獵捕鯨魚好幾百年了。

4. want 想要
True. But why bows and arrows now? 確實是，但為什麼現在要弓箭呢？
Well, we want to protect the ocean, right? 我們不是要保護海洋？

你有見過獵人打獵嗎？
hunter 獵人
shoot 發射
hundreds of 好幾百
want 想要
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Quiz

1. What was perfect for deer hunters long ago?
A: Rocks
B: Cats
C: Bows and arrows

2. Why were bows and arrows perfect for hunters?
A: They were powerful
B: Deer liked them
C: They looked cool

3. Where were bows and arrows used first?
A: Asia
B: Africa
C: Europe

Answers
1. C
2. A
3. B
 

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Taiwan Can Sing!

Oh, hello, everyone! Do you like to sing? Do you sing in a group at school?
That group is a choir. Taiwan has many great choirs!
你喜歡唱歌嗎？你知道台灣有很多很棒的合唱團嗎？

The Bao Lai Junior High School Choir is from Kaohsiung. The choir has many
indigenous Bunun children. It has students from Jianshan and Laonong
Elementary Schools and the Nibun Chorus. There are one hundred twenty
students in the choir!
高雄的寶來國中合唱團有120個團員，有尼布恩合唱團的團員，還有建山國小跟荖濃國小的小朋友，他們很多都來自布農族。

This year, the singers sang one song again and again. They danced that one
song again and again. They sang and danced on Saturdays and Sundays. They
sang and danced on holidays and hot days.
週末和假日他們都沒有休息，一直練習。

They sang Pasibutbut. It's a very important Bunun song. It's beautiful. But
it's not easy. It's a long song with eight parts. Why did the choir want this
song? 布農族的八部合音很優美但不好唱。

They wanted the world to see a beautiful part of Taiwan!
他們想讓世界看到台灣美麗的一面。

The choir got on a plane. They went to the World Choir Games. Choirs from
forty-six countries came. The Bao Lai Choir sang and danced Pasibutbut there.
他們坐上飛機參加世界合唱大會，準備表演八部合音。

The world saw Taiwan. And the choir won a gold medal! 他們獲得金牌!

Great job, Bao Lai Choir!

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Vocabulary
寶來國中合唱團把悅耳的原住民歌聲，帶到世界各地。

1. again and again. 一遍又一遍
Why are you singing the song again and again? 為什麼你一再地唱那首歌?
Oh, was I too loud? 歐，我太大聲嗎?

2. song 歌曲
No, I just wondered why you love the song so much.
不會，我只是想知道為什麼你那麼愛那首歌。
Because I'll be joining a singing contest on Sunday.
因為我星期日要參加歌唱比賽。

3. sing 唱歌
So you'll sing in front of people? 所以你在大家面前唱?
Yes, a LOT of people! 對，很多人。
Wow, I can't do that. I'll be so nervous. 哇，我沒辦法，我會很緊張。

4. win 贏得
I believe you will win. 我相信你會贏。
You sing beautifully! 你唱得真美!
Thank you! I hope so. 謝謝，我也希望。

我們來讀單字。
again再一次
song歌曲
sing唱歌
win贏得

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Quiz

1. Where is the Bao Lai Junior High School Choir from?
a. Keelung
b. Taichung
c. Kaohsiung

2. What did the choir do on Saturdays?
a. saw Taiwan
b. sang Pasibutbut
c. went to the World Choir Games

3. How many countries' choirs were at the World Choir Games?
a. 8
b. 46
c. 120










Answers:
1. c
2. b
3. b
 

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Museum to Give Back Important Headdress

Indigenous people are the first to live in a place. Taiwan has many
Indigenous groups: Amis people, Paiwan people, Atayal people, and others.
原住民指的是最開始定居在一個地方的族群。台灣有很多原住民族，像是阿美族、排灣族、泰雅族等等。

Indigenous groups live all over the world. They have sacred traditions and
beliefs. These are very, very important things the groups do and think.
世界各地都有原住民。他們有神聖的傳統跟信仰，這對他們做事情或是思考的方式非常重要。

They have sacred things. Some are headdresses. These are beautiful head
coverings. They have important meanings.
他們有神聖的東西，例如頭飾，也就是戴在頭上的美麗裝飾，這些都有重要的意義。

The Siksika Nation is an Indigenous group in Canada. About one hundred thirty
years ago, a man from the UK took a sacred headdress from them. Then he took
it back to the UK. It was in a museum there for more than one hundred years.
西格西卡人是加拿大原住民。130年前，一名英國男子拿走族人的頭飾，帶回英國，收藏在博物館裡超過100年。

The Siksika headdress has eagle and hawk feathers. It has buffalo horns and
porcupine quills. Long ago, an important woman wore it to important religious
events.
這個頭飾有老鷹羽毛、水牛角跟豪豬的刺。很久以前，只有身分重要的女性才能穿戴去宗教場合。

Now the Siksika Nation wants it back!
現在西格西卡人想把它拿回來。

The museum is sorry they had the headdress. They know it's very important.
They're giving it back to the Siksika Nation next year.
博物館覺得很抱歉擁有這個頭飾，他們明白它的重要性，也會在明年歸還給西格西卡人。

Museums everywhere have sacred things. Let's hope these sacred things go home
to their people!
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Vocabulary
英國的博物館對這個原住民族群很抱歉，準備歸還多年前取得的頭飾。

1. tradition 傳統
Do Taiwanese women wear a white gown…台灣女子穿不穿白色禮服...
when they get married? 結婚時嗎?
Yeah, they do. It's a tradition.穿啊，那是傳統。

2. wear 穿著
People here love the color red, too. 這兒的人也喜歡紅色。
They do.是沒錯。
Brides often wear red dresses at the wedding
feast.新娘經常在喜宴上穿紅色洋裝。

3. long ago 很久以前。
Long ago my grandma told me red meant celebration.
很久以前阿嬤告訴我紅色表示慶祝。
That's right. 對。

4. hope 希望
Everybody hopes to get red envelopes on New Year's Day.
每個人都希望新年拿紅包。
I certainly hope so! 我當然這麼希望。

請來一起讀單字。
tradition傳統
wear穿著
long ago很久以前
hope希望

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Quiz

1. Where is the Siksika Nation?
a. The UK
b. Canada
c. Taiwan

2. What things are on the Siksika Nation's headdress?
a. Buffalo horns
b. Eagle quills
c. Porcupine feathers

3. When is the museum giving back the headdress?
a. This year
b. Next year
c. In one hundred years

Answers:
1. b
2. a
3. b