Old Cell Phones, New 2020 Medals!

Hi, everybody!

I love sports. I love to play sports … AND I love to watch sports!
我喜歡運動 也喜歡看比賽

Sometimes we win, and sometimes we lose, right? 比賽有輸有贏，對嗎？Sometimes
… when you win, you get a medal! You wear it on your neck!
贏了，脖子上會掛上獎牌， It's shiny and says … I'M NUMBER ONE!!!!
Maybe you got a medal for winning a race at school? 你曾經在學校贏得過獎牌嗎？

But, the medals at the Olympics are special … medals at the Olympics are
made of gold and silver! Gold and Silver!

The Olympics are cool! Every four years … people from all over the world
play lots of different sports together…at the Olympics!
奧運四年舉行一次，很多世界選手會參加

AND, of course, the Olympics winners get medals!

First place winners -- number one -- get a gold medal … Second place winners
-- number two -- get a silver medal.第一名拿到金牌，第二名拿到銀牌

All the winners get medals at the 2020 Olympics…in Tokyo, Japan!

But these medals are special! The 2020 Olympic medals are made from old
phones! They don't throw them away! That's right!
2020奧運的獎牌可是用回收手機做的哦

Did you know? Cell phones… mobile phones ... smartphones have little bits of
gold and silver in them! You can't see the gold or silver, but it's inside
every phone.這些舊手機裡面還有很少的金和銀，但你看不到。

In Tokyo, they use the gold and silver in the old phones … to make medals
for winners!

One old cell phone only has a TINY bit of gold and silver … but lots and
lots of old cell phones … can make gold and silver medals for the 2020
Olympics!

Pretty smart, ya? Nice idea, Tokyo!


Vocabulary:

You've just heard about gold medal and silver medal. They are for winners of
sports games.

1) Medal獎牌。Gold medal 金牌silver medal銀牌 bronze medal銅牌。Winning a
medal at the Olympics is a big honor 在奧運贏得獎牌是很大的榮耀!

2) Win贏得。He won first prize in the race他在比賽中贏了第一名.

3) Race比賽。Horses run in horse races, while automobiles would compete in
car races. Horse race賽馬，car race賽車。

4) Throw away扔掉。Would you throw away the special things you love
你會不會把心愛的，很特別的東西扔掉? No, I would never do that
不會，絕對不會。

5) Special特別的 He's my special friend他是我很特別的朋友。
Alright, the words we learned today are: medal獎牌 win贏得 race比賽 throw
away扔掉 special特別的。


QUIZ

1. What is a medal?
A: A prize for winning a game B: A prize for losing a game C: An old
computer

2. Where are the 2020 Olympics?
A: Miaoli B: 500 C: Tokyo

3. What are they using to make Olympic medals?
A: Old socks B: Old cars C: Old phones



Answers:
1:A 2:C 3:C
 

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
 

Mosquitoes - What are they good for?

AHHH! ….. Oww ! Oh, my! That mosquito bit me, like, five times!
Oh, mosquitos are so annoying! I really don't like mosquitoes!
蚊子真的很煩!我討厭蚊子
Oh, hi everybody! What do you think about mosquitoes? --Yeah! They're no fun.
They wake me up at night with that buzzing ….
They bite and it's soooo itchy! 被蚊子咬很癢呢And, they can make people very
sick.
Every year in Taiwan …. and all over the world, people get sick with dengue
fever … from mosquito bites!
每年在台灣，甚至全球，恨多人都因為被蚊子咬而感染登革熱
Dengue fever makes you feel hot …with a fever … and your whole-body hurts
… and you feel really bad!
We should be careful of mosquitoes and not get a mosquito bite … because we
don't want to get Dengue Fever! 不想有登革熱就不要被蚊子咬到喔
BUT … you might not know …. most of the time, mosquitoes actually help the
world! That's right! 蚊子其實對世界是有幫助的，很難想像吧
Some plants and flowers need mosquitoes!
Why? Because some mosquitoes pick up tiny seeds from plants and flowers …
then the mosquitoes spread the seeds so more plants and flowers can grow!
有些植物需要蚊子來幫他們散播種子
It's cool that mosquitoes help plants and flowers, right?
But mosquitoes don't help people at all. Sometimes they give us Dengue
Fever! -- So, don't let them bite you!
Oh, guess what? Mosquitoes like dark colors 知道嗎? 蚊子喜歡黑色… so if you
wear bright clothes … like a white shirt … maybe the mosquitoes won't bite
so much!
AHHHH! That's another mosquito! OK … I'm going inside to put on mosquito
spray!
AH! GO AWAY!!

Vocabulary

Nobody likes mosquitos because they bite!

1) Bite咬。Your dog bit me你的狗咬了我! No, it didn't牠才沒有呢! People may
get dengue fever from mosquito bites 被蚊子咬可能會得登革熱。
2) Annoying很煩人。Mosquitos are annoying, especially when you're asleep
蚊子很煩人，特別是在你睡覺時.
3) Feel感覺。I feel bad when I see dead plants and flowers
我看到枯死的花花草草都覺得不舒服。 Do you feel better now你現在好些了嗎?
4) Help 幫助。Could you help me please? 可以幫我一下嗎? Yes, of course!
當然可以!
5) Dark 黑暗的。Mosquitos like dark colors蚊子喜歡深色的顏色。It's getting
dark天快黑了。

We've just heard about mosquitos, now let's say the words: bite咬
annoying很煩人
feel感覺 help幫助 dark黑暗的。

Quiz
1. Dengue fever makes you feel___?
A: Hot
B: Cold
C: Silly

2. What is one good thing mosquitoes do?
A: Do your homework
B: Sing beautiful songs
C: Spread flower and plant seeds

3. What colors do mosquitoes like?
A: Dark colors
B: Light colors
C: White

Answers:
1 A, 2 C, 3 A
 

921 Earthquake

Narrator: 地震! Hurry up, take cover! ………Phew … is everyone all right?
Thank goodness everyone is all right. 我最不喜歡地震了。 And that was a big
one!
But it still wasn't as big as the 921 Earthquake.
Have you heard of the 九二一大地震? The 921 Earthquake was one of the biggest
earthquakes to ever hit Taiwan.
That earthquake happened on September 21, 1999.
That means it happened exactly twenty years ago. 剛好20年前發生
It was a magnitude 7.3 earthquake, which means it was a very, very strong
earthquake!
It was was so strong that it knocked down power lines in Taiwan,
然後全台灣就大停電! There was a blackout!
The blackout lasted a long time. There was no electricity for days.
我們過了好多天都沒有電，都停電了During the day people could not turn on their
fans or air conditioners, so everyone was very sweaty under the hot sun.
晚上沒有電，白天也沒辦法開電扇或冷氣，大家都熱得汗流浹背!
And at night, there was no electricity for lights, so everything was very
dark.
Sadly, more than two-thousand people were also killed in the earthquake.
And thousands of buildings were damaged.

…….Uh oh, aftershock!........
Everyone still ok? That was just an aftershock. That is when the ground
shakes again after an earthquake.
Hopefully there won't be any more aftershocks. 拜託不要再來餘震了!
Anyway, the 921 Earthquake was a terrible thing to happen, but experts are
studying how we can be ready for other earthquakes in the
future.未來如果我們能預測地震的話， 我們就可以先準備了

And hopefully, we will be!



Vocabulary
Earthquakes are scary, aren't they? They can cause a blackout for a lot of
people.
1) Blackout 停電。Black黑色的，blackout就是停電。Typhoon Maria caused a
blackout in Tainan颱風瑪麗亞讓台南停電了。
2) Power力量，或者是電力。Taiwan Power Company台電公司， The earthquake left
5 hundred homes without power地震讓五百戶居民沒有電。
3) Electricity電。Why is it so dark 為什麼這麼暗? Because there's no
electricity for lights因為沒有電來點亮電燈。
4) Building建築物。Taipei 101 is the tallest building in
Taipei台北101是台北市最高樓。
5) Happen發生。What happened發生了什麼事? Nothing 沒事兒。
We've learned some good words about earthquakes, now let's review them.
Blackout停電 power力量或是電力 electricity電 building建築物 happen發生


Quiz:
1. When did the 921 Earthquake happen?
a. 20 years ago
b. Yesterday.
c. It hasn't happened yet.


2. What is a blackout?
a. When the power goes out.
b. When you use a black marker.
c. When it's night time.


3. What is an aftershock?
a. When you are shocked by electricity.
b. When the ground shakes again after an earthquake.
c. When you are surprised by something.


Answers
1. A 2. A 3. B
 

Driverless Cars - Cool or Spooky?

Hi, Everyone! One time in Kaohsiung, I saw a bus. 我在高雄看過一種小巴士…
the little bus drove around for a few minutes and …… WAIT, Wait, wait! This
is a cool story! … I promise!

The bus had NO driver!!

YEAH! I'm not joking! It was an electric-powered bus … without a
driver!用電腦來控制的

Maybe someday … ALL of our cars and buses won't need drivers! They will have
a computer driver!

In English, we call cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles, "vehicles." Taiwan
has a lot of vehicles!

Some people like to drive … they think driving is fun. But I really don't
like driving … Driving makes me feel nervous! 有些人喜歡開車，但我會緊張 In
Taiwan we have so many vehicles…Every time I drive my car … um … I feel a
little scared!

So, I'm happy to hear about cars that don't have drivers! These vehicles have
a super smart computer … and the computer is the driver!

Computers are getting smarter and smarter …. and in the future, maybe every
vehicle … every car, bus, or truck … will have a computer driver!
電腦越來越聰明，未來也許每種車子都會是靠電腦開車

Just imagine! Your car can take you to school … with no driver! Just get in,
put on your seatbelt, maybe do your homework … or watch a video on the way
to school. 坐這種車去上學，也許還可以在車上打電動、看影片

I think that sounds great! 這真的太棒了！

BUT …. Vehicles with no drivers need to be 100% safe, right? What if the
computer driver makes a mistake? HMM… what do you think? Is a computer
driver scary … or cool?

Well, I think it sounds pretty cool! BUT … I'm always going to wear my
seatbelt … even if my computer driver is super smart!

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Vocabulary

Cars moving around with no driver-does it make you nervous?

1) Nervous緊張。I feel nervous about tomorrow's contest 明天的比賽讓我好緊張!
He's nervous and scared of the test 考試讓他緊張害怕。

2) Scared 害怕。 Are you scared of spiders 你怕蜘蛛嗎? Yes, I am
怕，我會怕。Don't be scared, I'm right here別怕，有我在。

3) Scary讓人害怕的。I don't like scary movies我不喜歡恐怖電影。Earthquakes
are scary地震讓人害怕。

4) Electric 電動的。電動車就是electric car, 電動腳踏車electric bike.

5) Smart聰明的。The driverless car is controlled by a super smart
computer無人駕駛車是由超級聰明的電腦控制。Super smart超級聰明。

Okay, you smart girls and boys, let's read the words together: nervous緊張的
scared害怕scary讓人害怕的 electric電動的 smart 聰明的

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Quiz

1. What do we call cars and buses and trucks in English?
A: Motorcycles B: Vehicles C: Seatbelts

2. What drives a vehicle with no driver?
A: A computer B: A monkey C: Homework

3. What should you always wear if you are in a vehicle?
A: A T-shirt B: A motorcycle C: A seatbelt



Answers

1: B 2: A 3: C