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Balloon Will Take People High Above Earth

Hey, students! Do you want to fly in a rocket? You can do that!
你們想要搭火箭嗎？

There is a new way to fly high. A Japanese company is making a balloon. The
balloon can take people very high.
有一家日本公司製造了可以飛很高的氣球。

Some rockets go up to 400 kilometers. The balloon doesn't go up 400
kilometers. Space is 100 kilometers up, but the balloon doesn't go up 100
kilometers.
火箭可以飛到距離地球四百公里的高空，而超過一百公里就已經進入太空。不過這顆氣球飛不到那麼高。

So… how high can the balloon fly? It can fly up to 22 kilometers. That's
higher than jets fly. Twenty-two kilometers up… People can see the Earth!
它只能飛到 22 公里，但這樣已經比噴射機還要高，可以看到地球！

The balloon takes two hours to fly up 22 kilometers. It flies high for one
hour. It takes one hour to come down.
這顆氣球上升到 22 公里的高度需要兩個小時。一小時之後，還要花一個鐘頭降落。

Two people can sit in the balloon. One person is the pilot. The other person
is the passenger. The balloon ride is $175,000 US dollars, about 5 million NT
dollars.
它可以搭載一位駕駛跟一位乘客，飛一趟大概要五百萬台幣。

The first trip is in October. That's very soon!
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Vocabulary
這枚特殊的氣球，可以讓人滿足太空夢。

1. high 高的
Have you ever flown in a hot air balloon? 你有坐過熱氣球嗎？
No. How high do they go up? 沒有。 它可以飛多高？

2. kilometer 公里
Some can go up to a few kilometers. 有的可以飛到好幾公里高。
Wow, that's pretty high! 哇，那很高呢！
How many kilometers can a rocket go up? 火箭可以飛幾公里高呢？
A rocket can fly much higher. 火箭就高得多了。

3. Earth 地球
Some rockets can go up to thousands of kilometers.
有的火箭可以飛到好幾千公里高。
That's crazy! 好狂喔！

4. trip 旅行
It would be amazing to see the Earth from there. 從那裏看地球會很棒！
Yeah, that'd be a real space trip. 對，那是真正的太空旅行。

你今天學到哪些單字？
high 高的
kilometer 公里
earth 地球
trip 旅行
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Quiz

1. How high will the balloon fly?
A: 22 kilometers
B: 100 kilometers
C: 400 kilometers

2. How long will the balloon take to fly up?
A: 1 hour
B: 2 hours
C: 4 hours

3. Who can ride in the balloon?
A: One pilot and two passengers
B: Three passengers
C: One pilot and one passenger

Answers
1. A
2. B
3. C
 

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Floating Toilets for Floating Villages

Ahh! That's better… now I need to wash my hands!

Toilets are great! They take our germs away. That helps us to be healthy.

Without toilets, people can get very sick. But toilets cost money. Some
people don't have money for a toilet.
抽水馬桶可以帶走細菌，讓我們保持健康。但有一些人買不起抽水馬桶。

In Cambodia, there's a big lake. It's called the Tonle Sap. It's the biggest
fishing lake in the world!
柬埔寨的洞里薩湖，是全世界最大的漁業湖泊。

About 100,000 people live on the Tonle Sap. They live in floating villages.
They have houses and schools. But they do not have toilets. The lake water is
very dirty.
洞里薩湖上住了大約十萬人，他們住在漂浮村落，村子裡有房屋跟學校，但是沒有抽水馬桶，所以湖水很髒。

The people there are very poor. They use the lake water for everything. They
use it for cleaning.They use it for cooking.Some use it for drinking. That
can make them very sick.
當地居民十分窮困，他們用湖水洗衣服、煮飯，有一些人還會喝，這讓他們很容易生病。

A company wants to help these people. It wants them to use floating toilets!

These floating toilets are called "HandyPods". HandyPods clean the dirty
toilet water. They help make the lake water safe.
有一家公司想要幫助這些人，製造出「方便飄浮馬桶」。這種馬桶可以處理排泄物，讓湖水比較安全。

Now there are 100 HandyPods on the Tonle Sap. The company wants 200 more
HandyPods there by 2025. That's 300 HandyPods!
現在洞里薩湖上面有100個方便漂浮馬桶，公司希望2025年以前再多設置200個。

Floating toilets for floating villages, to help people stay healthy! What a
great idea!
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Vocabulary
柬埔寨的水上房屋現在有了更好的廁所。

1. floating 漂浮的
Have you heard of a floating house? 你有聽過漂浮房屋嗎？
Yes, I have. They are homes that float on the water.
有啊，就是浮在水面上的家。

2. in the world 世界上
That's right. 沒錯。
There are many floating houses in the world. 世界上有很多漂浮房屋。
Like in the Netherlands. 就像荷蘭。
Exactly. 正是。

3. people 人們
I can imagine why the Dutch people like them. 我可以想像為什麼荷蘭人喜歡它。
Oh, why? 為什麼呢？
They can just float away if they don't like their neighbors.
要是他們不喜歡鄰居，就可以漂走。

4. fish 釣魚
Or it's because they can go fishing anytime they want.
或者也是因為可以隨時釣魚。
That too. 也是。

今天的單字很有趣。
floating 漂浮的
in the world 世界上
people 人們
fish 釣魚
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Quiz

1. What is the world's biggest fishing lake?
A: The Tonle Pod
B: The Tonle Sap
C: The Toilet Sap

2. Where are these floating villages?
A: On the water
B: In the sky
C: In trees

3. How many HandyPods are on the lake now?
A: 100
B: 200
C: 300

Answers
1. B
2. A
3. A
 

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Scientists Test New 'Smart Bandages'

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!
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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
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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
 

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Don't Look at Your Cell Phone So Much!

Do you like cell phones? I think they're great. We can use them anywhere! We
can do many things with cell phones. We can call people. We can text our
friends. We can take pictures.
手機可以幫我們打電話，傳簡訊，還有拍照。

The first cell phone was super big. It was heavy. It weighed one kilogram!
People could only talk for 25 minutes. That is very short!
史上第一台手機有一公斤重，超級大又超級重！而且只能講25分鐘的電話。

Martin Cooper is called the 'father of the cell phone.' He made the world's
first cell phone. He made it in 1973. That was 50 years ago!
Martin Cooper 在 1973 年，也就是 50
年前，發明了世界上第一支手機，所以又被叫做「手機之父」。

Mr Cooper's cell phone was about 5,000 US dollars. That's over 150,000 NT
dollars.
當時他製造的手機要賣5000美元左右，超過15萬台幣！

Mr. Cooper is 94 years old now. He has a brand new cell phone. He is happy
that people use cell phones. Mr. Cooper likes them. He uses lots of APPS! But
he thinks people look at their cell phones way too much!
Cooper
今年已經94歲了，他有一支新的手機，他很開心大家都在用手機，但他覺得大家用太久了！

Some people eat dinner and look at their cell phones. They cross the street
and look at their cell phones. That isn't good. A car can hit them.
有些人連吃飯跟過馬路的時候都在看手機，這樣很危險。

What do you think? Do people look at their cell phones too much?
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Vocabulary
手機已經有很多年的歷史，現代手機跟以前的大不一樣。

1. brand new 嶄新的
Come see my brand new bike. 你來看我全新的腳踏車。
Wow, it looks great! 哇，看起來很棒呢！

2. pay for 付錢
How much did you pay for it? 你花了多少錢買？
About 40,000 NT. 大約四萬塊。
That's a lot of money for a bike. 以腳踏車來說很貴。
I know, but I'll make the most out of it. 我知道，不過我會儘量多用。

3. anywhere 任何地方
I'll take it anywhere I go. 我不管去哪裡都會騎。
Anywhere? It's quite heavy! 不管去哪裡? 它很重呢！
But it's super easy to ride. 不過超好騎的。

4. think 想
I'm thinking of riding it up Yangmingshan. 我想騎上陽明山。
I'll go with you. In my car. 我跟你去。坐我的車去。

我們來讀單字。
brand new 嶄新的
pay for 付錢
anywhere 任何地方
think 想
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Quiz

1. What is Mr. Cooper called?
A: "Brother of the cell phone"
B: "Father of the cell phone"
C: "Uncle of the cell phone"

2. How many kilograms was the first cell phone?
A: 1
B: 25
C: 50

3. What did Mr. Cooper say about cell phones?
A: People look at them too much
B: He doesn't have one
C: People like them

Answers
1. B
2. A
3. A
 

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Hi-tech Knitting Stops Mosquitoes

Taiwan is a tropical country. Tropical countries are where the sun is the
hottest. Southeast Asia is tropical too.
台灣跟東南亞都是熱帶地區。熱帶國家太陽又大又熱，還很潮濕。潮濕的天氣很悶。

Tropical countries are perfect for mosquitoes. Mosquitoes love wet places!
They live on water. They love hot, humid weather too. It makes people sweat.
Mosquitoes like sweaty people. They smell very tasty to mosquitoes!
熱帶國家是蚊子生活的完美環境。蚊子喜歡又熱又潮濕的天氣，這種天氣會讓人流汗，蚊子喜歡流汗的人，對牠們來說這是美味的氣味！

Mosquitoes bite people all day. They drink lots of blood. Mosquitoes carry
many diseases. People can get very sick from a mosquito bite.
蚊子整天叮人吸血，還會帶來傳染病，被蚊子咬到有可能會生重病！

Scientists want to stop mosquitoes from making people sick. They made a new
kind of fabric. Clothes are made of fabric. Mosquitoes can bite through most
clothes. But they can't bite through this fabric!
科學家想要阻止蚊子傳染疾病。蚊子可以隔著大部分的衣服叮人，所以他們製造了一種特殊布料，讓蚊子沒有辦法叮！

This new fabric is made with a hi-tech knitting machine. The machine knits
the fabric very tightly! A mosquito's very thin mouth can't get through!
他們用高科技的紡織機做了這種非常細密的布料，讓蚊子細長的口器沒有辦法穿過去。

This new fabric is perfect for tropical countries. It's light and comfortable
in hot weather. And it stops mosquito bites! Not as many people will get
sick! Hooray for science!
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Vocabulary
科學家想出了好辦法對付愛吸血蚊子。

1) humid 潮濕的
Come over tonight for my barbecue. 今晚過來吃烤肉吧。
On a hot and humid day like this? 在這麼濕熱的天氣吃？
Yeah, why not? 對啊，有何不可？

2) bite 叮咬
There'll be lots of mosquitos! 會有很多蚊子耶！
I'm not afraid of them. 我不怕牠們。
Of course you're not. They never bite you! 你當然不怕，蚊子從不叮你！

3) tasty 美味的
You mean they'll bite you? 你是說牠們會咬你？
Oh yeah, apparently I'm very tasty. 會，顯然我很好吃。

4) comfortable 舒服的
Okay, no barbecue. 好吧，不要烤肉了。
A light and comfortable dinner inside the house.
待在室內吃一頓清淡舒服的晚飯。
Hurray! 好耶！

你常被蚊子叮嗎? 來讀單字。
humid 潮濕的
bite 叮咬
tasty 美味的
comfortable 舒服的
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Quiz

1. What is the weather in tropical countries?
A: Sunny and cold
B: Sunny and wet
C: Cold and wet

2. What do mosquitoes drink?
A: Water
B: Blood
C: Sweat

3. What are clothes made of?
A: Plants
B: Animals
C: Fabric

Answers
1. B
2. B
3. C