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Clothes Made of Human Hair Are Good for the Earth
I want to buy a new sweater. But I don't want to buy a cotton one. Cotton
needs chemicals to grow faster. It needs chemicals that kill bugs. These
chemicals are bad for the Earth.
我想買新的毛衣,但我不要棉花做的。棉花需要化學物質才能除蟲、長得快,可是化學物質對地球有害。
Should I buy one made from polyester? No, thanks! Polyester makes
microplastics. They're bad for the Earth… and us.
那要買聚酯纖維做的嗎?也不行! 因為聚酯纖維會製造塑膠微粒,對地球跟我們也有害。
How about a sweater made of … human hair!? It sounds gross, but I heard it
feels very soft!
那用人類頭髮做的毛衣呢?感覺有一點噁心,但是聽說摸起來好柔軟。
We take care of our hair every day. Some of us spend lots of money on our
hair. But when we get haircuts, we don't want the hair that's cut off.
Thousands of tons of hair become waste! But now, one company wants this hair!
我們每天都會保養頭髮,有一些人還會花很多錢保養。但是當我們把頭髮剪了,就不會想留下來。上千噸的頭髮變成垃圾,現在有一間公司卻想要這些頭髮。
A Dutch woman's company makes cloth from human hair. Her company gets hair
from hair salons and washes it. The company makes yarn from the hair. It can
color the yarn almost any color. It makes cloth from the yarn.
一位荷蘭女士開了一間用頭髮做衣服的公司。她的公司從髮廊收集頭髮,並且清洗乾淨做成各種顏色的毛線,再織成布料。
Hair doesn't need water, land, or chemicals. Using it cuts waste.
頭髮不需要水、土壤或化學物質,使用它可以減少垃圾做環保。
Maybe one day we'll be wearing clothes made from our own hair!
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Vocabulary
用人類頭髮來做衣服,原料取之不盡用之不竭。
1. haircut 剪髮
I really need to get a haircut. 我真的得去剪頭髮。
It looks fine to me. Soft and shiny. 我看它很好啊。又軟又亮。
2. take care of 照顧
But taking care of it every day is too much trouble.但是每天照顧頭髮好麻煩。
I get it. So you want to cut it short? 我懂,所以你想剪短?
3. grow 生長
Yeah, much shorter.對,短很多。
My hair grows fast. 我的頭髮長很快。
Pretty soon it'll become long again. 沒多久又變長了。
4. company 公司
You can sell your hair to a fashion company, you know.
你可以把頭髮賣給時尚公司,你知道吧。
And a wig company, too! 還有假髮公司呢。
Great idea. 好主意!
How often do you get a haircut?
haircut剪髮
take care of照顧
grow生長
company公司
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Quiz
1. How does the sweater made of human hair feel?
a. Rough
b. Soft
c. Bad
2. Where does the company get human hair?
a. Hair salons
b. Fashion companies
c. Yarn shops
3. What is true about clothes made of human hair?
a. They're bad for the Earth.
b. They can be almost any color.
c. They make lots of waste.
Answers:
1. b
2. a
3. b
News Bites 文字檔 (國中) |
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Hi everyone, it's time for a new episode of News Bites...
I'm Nancy Sun.
And I'm Brody Halverson.
Today's stories...
A movie talks about the soil on Taiwan's farms, and scientists find a plant
that can survive on Mars.
Let's check it out.
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新電影探索台灣土壤
New Film Explores Taiwan's Soil
What is under our feet?
Uhh, our shoes?
And under that?
The floor?
And under that?
I don't know, soil! It's soil (土壤).
Yes. We live on soil.
It forms the ground beneath our feet and supports us every day.
What's more, we grow all of our fruits and vegetables in the soil.
That's why we need healthy soil.
The soil helps us, but do we help it back?
A new movie shows how two people have tried to improve the soil (改善土壤).
The film is called "Soul of Soil" (種土).
In this film, the director Yen Lan-chuan (顏蘭權) tells the true story of two
farmers.
The first one is named A-ren (阿仁).
He gave up his job as an engineer to return to his hometown Kaohsiung and
become a farmer.
A-ren tries to grow pineapples (鳳梨), but he has a problem.
A science park was built near his farm, which caused flooding and washed away
the soil's nutrients (土壤的養分).
That means the soil on his land is very poor.
A-ren tries to improve the land by using organic waste to make compost, but
it is difficult to fix the poor soil.
阿仁試圖改善土地,但貧瘠的土壤很難修復。
That story really makes you feel sad.
But the second story is happier.
It is about a farmer named An-he (安和).
His first five years were full of failure, as harmful insects (害蟲) were
eating his plants.
An-he kept at it, patiently working to improve the soil with organic farming
methods (有機耕作方法).
Little by little An-he's farm gets better, with earthworms and other helpful
insects (益蟲) returning to his soil.
Finally in the sixth year he is able to grow honeydew melons (蜜瓜)... and
now he has been farming for thirty years.
With these two stories, "Soul of Soil" wants to show people how tough it is
for farmers to grow the food we all depend on.
The film also wants to inspire people (啟發人們) to take better care of
Taiwan's soil, because if the soil becomes poor, it is not easy to fix.
So the next time you eat a delicious pineapple or a melon... remember (記住)
the soil it came from.
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科學家發現可以在火星上生存的植物
Scientists Find Plant That Can Survive On Mars
I wonder what plants grow on Mars (火星).
...what? Plants on Mars?
Yeah, plants on the planet Mars.
Perhaps they have Mars-trees. Or Mars-fruit.
I don't think there are any plants on...
I know! They definitely have Mars-mallows!
Stop! You're mad, there are no plants on Mars.你瘋了,火星上沒有植物。
Okay, there may be no plants on Mars yet.
But what about in the future?
Did you hear about the scientists who found a plant that could survive (生存)
on Mars?
Actually I did. The scientists in China found it, right? It's like a desert
plant (沙漠植物).
That's right. It is a kind of moss (苔蘚) that grows in the desert.
It's called Syntrichia caninervis.
This moss grows in some of the harshest regions on Earth
(地球上一些最惡劣的地區).
It has been found in America's Mojave Desert, the high mountains of Tibet,
and even in Antarctica.
It is very hardy, and it can live to be up to a hundred years old.
It can also survive in very dry (乾燥) places.
Scientists in China wanted to find a kind of plant that could survive on
Mars, and they guessed this plant might be able to.
So, they made an experiment (實驗).
They tested the moss under conditions like those on the planet Mars
(類似於火星的條件下).
They found it could survive for years at very cold temperatures.
It could also survive radiation (承受輻射).
That's important, because Mars gets a lot of radiation from the Sun.
This desert moss could handle all of it.
But, there was one thing it could not do.
It could not keep growing in these conditions.
The scientists found they could make it grow again, but only when they
brought it back to normal conditions like we have on Earth.
In other words, this plant can survive on Mars, but it cannot grow
there.植物可以在火星上生存,但不能在那裡生長。
However, scientists still think this is an important discovery (重要的發現).
They think it might be the first step to finding a plant that could live on
Mars.
And if plants could live there... maybe people could, too.
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So, in today's News Bites...
A director from Taiwan made a new movie.
It follows the true story of two farmers, as they try to repair the soil on
their farms.
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And,
Scientists have found a plant that can survive on Mars.
It's a kind of desert moss.
Although it could survive on another planet, it could not grow there.
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Now it's time for the final Tasty Tidbit of the year!
You ready?
Do fish have summer vacation?
No, because they're always "in school"!
And that's our last News Bites episode for this semester!
We hope all you lovely listeners had fun tuning in and learning about the
world with us. And thank you for sharing all those amazing facts and
hilarious jokes too!
And as always, a big thank you to the K-12 Education Administration of the
Ministry of Education for making News Lunchbox possible and supporting our
programs.
Have a wonderful summer, and make sure to tune in again in the Fall, for all
new episodes of News Bites!
News Bites Special-Have Your Say!聽聽你怎麼說!
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