World's Ugliest Dog

Hey boy!! Who's a good dog? Yes, you are…. You're a good dog… Come here!
…… Now, Sit. Okay, it's time for another story!

Hey everyone, do any of you have a dog as a pet? 你們有沒有人養狗狗呢 Or
maybe you know someone who has?

Oh man! Dogs are the best!... But whatever you do, don't let them see a…
Uh-oh… 我的天啊! 牠看到一隻貓! He just saw a cat! Come back here, boy! …….
Aghhh! Not mom's favorite vase!

(Out of breath) Ahhh! The cat's gone…. Oh… but mom's vase! …….You! You're
in a lot of trouble, boy! ….. How could y… Ohh!! I can't stay mad at you…
you're just too cute… ….Who's a good boy?

I really like dogs. What about you? 你也喜歡狗嗎? They make great pals too…
Dogs are called man's best friend after all! 狗狗是人類最好的朋友 對不對?
Ohhh they're just sooo cute…. and cuddly! 真的很想要一直抱著他們耶! And
that's why we love them, right?

But what if..... the dog wasn't quite so cute and cuddly?
如果狗狗沒有這麼可愛怎麼辦呢?

Yeah, that's right! What if… IT WAS THE UGLIEST DOG IN THE WORLD!
如果是全球最醜的狗狗呢?

Ahhh… I'm sorry, boy…. But hey! It's ok! Their owners love them no matter
what they look like! 不管這麼樣 , 主人當然還是愛他們!

Plus, they can even enter a competition! The World's Ugliest Dog Contest!
Yup. 世界上最醜狗狗大賽!

The competition is held each year in California and the winner… or should we
say loser? Hmm…. Anyway, they get over one thousand dollars, a trip to New
York City, and a trophy that says they're the ugliest dog in the world! Would
you want a trophy like that? 你們會想要這樣的trophy嗎? 我才不要! Because I'm
way too beautiful. I should enter a beauty contest!

H…hey! Come on, boy! Let's go play fetch.


Vocabulary:

Hi, let's review some of the words you just heard. Dogs are cute, aren't
they?

1) Cute可愛的。That little dog is so cute! 那隻小狗好可愛! Dogs are my
favorite animals狗狗是我最喜歡的動物，favorite 最喜歡。

2) What's your favorite color? 你最喜歡的顏色是什麼? My favorite color is
white我最喜歡白色!

3) Ugly 難看的，醜的 That's one ugly tree over there! 那棵樹好難看!

4) Ugliest最難看的，世界最醜狗狗大賽就是 the world's ugliest dog contest.

5) 比賽就是contest，英語演講比賽English speech contest.

Now let's review some of the words. Cute 可愛的， favorite最喜歡的，
ugly難看的， ugliest最難看的，contest 比賽.


QUIZ

Which animal is often called man's best friend?
A: Zebras
B: Dogs
Or C: Cats


What kind of dogs can enter the competition from the story?
A: Ugly dogs
B: Fast dogs
Or C: Hot dogs


What is the opposite of ugly?
A: Strong
B: Silly
Or C: Beautiful



Answer:
1. B. Dogs. 2. A. Ugly dogs. 3. C. Beautiful.
 

Holidays in Space


Hi, everyone! When you look up at the night sky, what do you see?... The
moon? The twinkling stars?

Here's a song everybody knows. (Sings Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)

這首小星星大家都知道吧

Well, ever since I was little, I always dreamed of going to space!.. To
go　see the moon and the stars!.. Then, one day, I asked my teacher:

…………….

Teacher, I want to go to space!

Teacher: Well, only astronauts can go to space! And to be an astronaut, you
need to work hard and train!

…………….

Astronauts? Yeah! 太空人?! 對! 我就想當astronaut! But it will take lots of
hard work and training. 對!肯定要很多訓練.

Mmmm. It won't be easy…But if you want to go to space, you have to get
really fit 身體就是要很健康要運動喔 and you have to learn lots of new
things…

But hopefully, one day… I can really go to space! Wa!

Classic NASA Voice: 3, 2, 1, lift off! …………….

Being in space is amazing but it's so different to being on earth… Like, did
you know there's no gravity in space? 你們知道外太空沒有地心引力喔! That
means, if you put something down, like a sandwich, it'll just float away!

…………….

Hey! Come back here, sandwich! …………….. Gotcha! …………….

Mm! …………….Peanut butter! …………….My favorite!

Oh! And did you know that there are companies training people right now to
take them to space? Isn't that cool? 很快就有機會去太空旅行. 很酷吧!

Real soon, going to space won't just be a dream…去太空旅行不再是一個夢!
People won't just be taking holidays to the beach or to other countries, they
could be going on holiday to space! Wanna go? 有機會去太空旅行你會去嗎?
我一定會!


Vocabulary:
Let's review some of the vocabulary you've just heard in the story.

1) Space 太空, "I like to go to
space"，意思就是我想上太空。但是太空人卻跟space這個字沒有關係，而是用astronaut.

"Would you like to be an astronaut when you grow up?" 你長大後想當太空人嗎?

"Yes, I would."是啊，我想。Astronaut 太空人。


2) But if you want to be an astronaut, you must go through training first.
Training訓練，當太空人要先經過訓練。

3)Gravity地心引力，英國科學家牛頓發現地球有地心引力，但是太空裡卻沒有。There's
no gravity in space, so everything just floats around.

太空沒有地心引力，所有東西都飄在空中。

4) Amazing. Going to space is "amazing!" Amazing,讓人驚奇的，讓人讚嘆的!


There you go, now you've learned five words from today's story.

space太空，astronaut太空人，training訓練，gravity地心引力，and
amazing讓人驚奇的!


QUIZ

What might you see if you look up at the night sky?

A: Stars
B: Apples
Or C: An elephant

If you want to go to space you'll have to do a lot of what?
A: Eating
B: Training
Or C: Walking

In Space there is no what?
A: Astronauts
B: Moon
Or C: Gravity



Answer:
1. A. Stars 2. B. Training 3. C. Gravity
 

Meatless Hamburgers

("Lunch time ……hamburgers …Hmmm … lots of hamburgers…. Yes, yummy
hamburgers………")

What a nice dream! I was dreaming about lunch time! And eating tasty
hamburgers.
"Oh, hi everyone! I really like hamburgers. How about you? Do you like
hamburgers?
They are soooooooo yummy! The yummy meat, the yummy bun, yummy, yummy,
yummy………
oh my, now I'm really hungry! 說的我都肚子餓了

But did you know some people don't eat hamburgers?!.......... ( No Way!!! )

It's true. All over the world, many, many people don't eat meat - they only
eat vegetables!
很多人不吃肉，只吃蔬菜
Some people don't eat meat because they don't want to hurt animals, some
vegetarians don't eat meat to save the environment and some vegetarians don't
eat meat for their health.
有些吃素的人是因為不想殺生， 有些是為了健康
But, many people like the TASTE of a hamburger … even some vegetarians!

And today is a special day! Today I'm going to try a super cool new veggie
burger! ...........
I'm going with my friend who is a vegetarian to a restaurant that has a
hamburger with FAKE meat made from vegetables! But this "meat" REALLY tastes
like meat it even looks like meat, and feels like meat too!
看起來或吃起來像肉，甚至摸起來像真的肉! 但是不是肉

These fake meat burgers are really cool!
MMM… I can hardly wait! Ah, the bread and veggies and the meat… oh yeah No
Meat!
I hope it's yummy.. I'm so excited! Veggie hamburgers! Wow! Now I'm really
hungry!!

What about you? Do you want to try this new fake meat made from vegetables?
…
有機會你自己去試試看

Vocabulary:

Hi everyone! We all love hamburgers, and today's story is about vegetarian
burgers.
素漢堡，也就是沒有肉的漢堡。

1) Vegetarian 不吃肉只吃蔬菜，也就是吃素的人，叫作vegetarian。Vegetarian
burgers or veggie burgers are for people who don't eat meat.
素漢堡是給不吃肉的人享用的。
2) Vegetarian這個字跟vegetable聽起來很像吧? vegetable蔬菜。 Onions and
potatoes are all vegetables.洋蔥和馬鈴薯都是蔬菜。And they can be yummy!
3) Yummy 好吃的 Hamburgers are yummy. You can also say hamburgers are
delicious and you like them a lot because they taste good.
4) Taste 品嚐，或者是吃起來 If something tastes good, it means it's yummy.
5) Meat肉類 I don't eat meat because I'm a vegetarian.
我不吃肉因為我是吃素的人。
Okay, so you've learned five very useful words today, vegetarian 吃素的人
vegetable 蔬菜 yummy 好吃的 taste 品嚐 meat 肉類.

QUIZ

1. What do we call people who don't eat meat?
A: Vegetables B: Hungry C: Vegetarians

2. Why don't some people eat meat?
A: To help them sleep B: To save animals and the environment C: To help
them swim faster

3. What is a veggie burger?
A: A hamburger with vegetarian meat B: A hamburger that can sing C: A
hamburger that looks like a vegetable


Answers:
1: C 2: B 3: A
 

19 Dalmatians, A New World Record

Hi everybody! Do you like baby dogs?
Baby dogs are called puppies.
If you like puppies, you must have seen the movie 101 Dalmatians!
看過電影101忠狗嗎
101 Dalmatians is a story about a mommy dog who has 101 babies! Yes! And all
the puppies are white and have black dots! 這些狗身上有著黑點點
That kind of white dog with black spots is called a 'Dalmatian' 大麥町---
That's why the movie is called "101 DALMATIANS."
Ok, well I have a cool story for you! A mommy Dalmatian dog in Australia had
a lot of babies … it's a new world record! The mommy dog's name is 'Melody'.
Did Melody have 101 babies? Ha! Well, no … that's just in the movies or
cartoons … but Melody the mommy Dalmatian did have 19 puppies! And that's a
new record! 她生了19隻小「大麥町」，是新紀錄呢
Melody the Dalmatian mommy dog now has 10 little Dalmatian boys and 9 little
Dalmatian girls.
(SINGS) "One little, two little, three little, puppies, four little, five
little, six little puppies, … 7 little, 8 little, 9 little puppies, …that's
a lot of dogs…… (10, 11, 12,13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 ).. 19 little Dalmatian
dogs!
There was once another mommy Dalmatian that had 18 puppies … but Melody had
19! That's why we call it a "world record!"
Amazing, yeah? So many puppies! It must be a lot of work to feed them and
take care of them… my friend has five dogs … but 19 … plus mommy?!! -
That's a lot of doggies!
The puppies all have interesting names! All the names are from movies!
One is called "Belle" like the girl in Beauty and the Beast… and one is
called Pumbaa … like the funny little guy from the Lion King!
What a cool world record!

Vocabulary:
Everybody loves puppies, puppies are baby dogs.
1) Puppy 小狗。Look at that cute puppy 你看那隻可愛的小狗狗! An Australian
mommy dog had 19 puppies, and it's a world record
一隻澳洲的狗媽媽生了19隻小狗，這是世界紀錄!
2) Record紀錄。He made a new world record 他創造了新的世界紀錄!
3) Cartoon卡通。[101忠狗]和[美女與野獸]都是卡通電影，101 Dalmatians and
Beauty and the Beast are both cartoon movies.
4) Feed餵食。You need to feed the puppies every day and take care of
them你得每天都餵小狗吃東西並且照顧牠們。
5) Take care of照顧。
So let's repeat these lovely words, puppy 小狗 record 紀錄 cartoon卡通
feed餵食 take care of照顧。

QUIZ TIME
1. What do we call baby dogs?
A: Kittens? B: Puppies? C: Pumba?

2. What does a "world record" mean?
A: It means something that has never happened before.
B: It means a new movie.
C: It means 'a baby dog.'

3. How many baby dogs did Melody the Dalmatian have?
A: 101 B: 19 C: 90

Answers:
1:B 2:A 3:B
 

Eating Bugs!

Hi Everybody! What do you think about eating a sandwich -- of BUGS!
(SFX: ;SCREAM!!!!) What??? A bug sandwich! Ya think I'm crazy??
天啊？！吃蟲子三明治？我瘋了嗎？
Nope! Eating bugs is actually a really good idea! Let me tell you why!
吃蟲子是不錯的主意
Lots of people around the world don't have enough food to eat.
世界上還有很多人是吃不飽的
That's really sad, right? So many people are hungry … and then they get sick
and have a sad life! 很多人沒有東西吃,肚子餓 ,生病還過著悲慘生活
They need more food!
Hmm… where can we get more food? Where does food come from?
Well, we can grow more food … we can grow more vegetables like carrots and
tomatoes ... and we can get more animals for food … like more chickens …
more cows and more pigs.我們要生產更多的蔬菜和肉類
But there's a problem! Vegetables and chickens and cows and pigs need space
… and we don't have much space! 空間都不夠啊
Bugs are small! They don't need much space. And they are healthy. Bugs are
good for you.
You can cook the bugs … and make a bug hamburger!
Bugs actually taste good. Some bugs even taste sweet!
Cool, yeah? Sweet bugs!
Eating bugs is a good idea that can help people. 可以幫助人類.
Wow! Maybe I'm ready to try a bug burger! How about you? Bugs for lunch?
哇，我已經等不及要吃吃蟲子漢堡， 你會想試試看嗎?
Ha! Maybe someday!!
Vocabulary
Hi, would you like to have a bug sandwich for lunch?

1) Sandwich 三明治。A sandwich is two pieces of bread with things like meat,
cheese and tomatoes in between 三明治就是兩片麵包，中間夾著肉片，起司和番茄。
2) Chicken 雞，所以營養好喝的雞湯就是chicken soup. Chicken soup is good for
you when you're sick生病時喝一點雞湯對你有好處。
3) Sick 生病。Hungry people often get
sick餓肚子的人經常會生病，並且過得不好They have a sad life.
4) Sad悲慘的，傷心的。That's a sad story那個故事真慘!

Let's review the words we've learned today: sandwich三明治 chicken雞
sick 生病 sad悲慘的。So don't eat too many sandwiches, you may get sick!


Quiz

1. What do vegetables ... and even people need?
A: They need space! B: They need dogs! C: They need pigs and carrots!

2. Why is eating bugs a good idea?
A: Bugs are vegetables B: Bugs are good for you …
C: Chickens like bugs!

3. What do all people need everyday?
A: Food! B: Monkeys! C: Bugs!

Answers

1, A 2, B 3, A