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Families Cannot Eat Jollof Rice Every Week in Nigeria

In Nigeria, many people love jollof rice. This food is red. It is spicy! It
tastes very good.
在奈及利亞，很多人都喜歡吃加羅夫飯。這道紅色的菜餚又辣又美味！

Every family's jollof rice is a little different. People make it with rice,
tomatoes, peppers, onion, and spices. They cook it for a long time.
加羅夫飯裡面有米、番茄、辣椒、洋蔥、和各種香料。每個家庭做出來的加羅夫飯都有一點不一樣！

Families eat jollof rice with chicken or beef. They also eat it with fried
plantains.
加羅夫飯通常會搭配雞肉或牛肉一起吃，也會配炸大蕉。

Families ate jollof rice every week. Some families ate it three times a week!
But now, jollof rice costs a lot of money. Many families cannot eat it every
week. They cannot eat it every month!
原本大家每星期都會吃加羅夫飯，有些家庭甚至一個星期吃三次。但是現在，這道菜變得太貴了，很多人吃不起！

So now some families make a new rice dish. It does not cost a lot of money.
They make it with fish. They do not make it with tomatoes or chicken. This
rice dish tastes good. But it is not as tasty as jollof rice.
因此，很多家庭選擇做另一道比較便宜的菜飯。他們用魚，不用番茄和雞肉。雖然味道不如加羅夫飯，但是也十分美味！

Families cannot eat jollof rice every week. Many families make jollof rice
and chicken for Christmas now. They make it for parties too.
如今，許多家庭只有在聖誕節或是聚會時，才會吃到有雞肉的加羅夫飯。
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Vocabulary
比較便宜的菜飯，慢慢取代了奈及利亞的加羅夫飯。

1. rice 米飯。
What are you cooking? 你在煮什麼?
Smells amazing! 好香喔!
I've just made fried rice with onion and spices. 我剛剛做了洋蔥跟香料炒飯。

2. beef 牛肉。
Now I'm making beef and tomato stew. 現在我正在燉番茄牛肉。
I love both of them! 兩個我都喜歡!

3. dish 菜色。
Then you're in luck! 那你走運了。
Maybe I can cook these dishes more often. 也許我可以多做幾次那兩道菜。

4. chicken 雞。
That'll be great! 真棒! I can cook too. 我也會煮。
I'll make chicken soup for you. 我來為你做個雞湯。
Are you sure? 你確定嗎?
Of course! It'll be tasty. 當然，會很好吃的。

你喜歡怎樣的食物?
rice米飯 beef牛肉 dish菜色 chicken雞
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Quiz

1. What do people often eat with jollof rice?
a. Chicken
b. Fish
c. Pork

2. Why do families make a new dish now?
a. Jollof rice costs too much.
b. The new dish is not tasty.
c. People do not like jollof rice.

3. When do many families eat jollof rice now?
a. Every week
b. Every month
c. Christmas

Answers
1. a
2. a
3. c
 

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Flood Brings Clean Water to a Town

In South Sudan, there is a town. Getting water was very hard work. They
filled big yellow cans with water. Water is heavy. It took a long time to
walk home.
在南蘇丹，有一個小鎮。那裡的人用黃色的大水罐裝水。水很重，把水弄回家是辛苦工作，而且回家的路又很漫長。

In 2020, there was a big flood. Dirty water came from the river. It filled
the streets. It went into homes. It made many people sick. People were
scared.
2020
年，河水氾濫成災，骯髒的洪水沖進小鎮的街道和家裡，很多人因此生病，大家都非常害怕。

People came to help the town. They built a new water plant. It cleans water.
It uses the sun for power. It is high up in the town. It cannot be flooded.
工作人員來這個小鎮幫忙，建了一座用太陽能發電的淨水廠。這座淨水廠建在小鎮的高處，所以不會被洪水淹到。

Now the town has clean water. It has many water stations. Women work at them.
People can drink for free. They pay a little money for a big yellow can of
clean water.
現在，小鎮有乾淨的水可以用了。鎮上設置了很多取水站，還有專門的人員管理！大家可以在取水站免費喝水，如果要裝滿一大桶水，也只需要付一點點錢。

The town's schools have clean water too. Children can study longer there.
小鎮的學校現在也有了乾淨的水，小朋友就可以在學校待更久，更專心讀書。

The town still has floods sometimes. But now it has clean water for everyone!
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Vocabulary
淨水廠大大改善了這個非洲小鎮的生活。

1. flood 淹水。
Wow, if this heavy rain continues, the street might get flooded.
哇，假如這樣繼子續下大雨，這條街會淹水的。
Yeah, it often happened when I was a little girl. 對，我小時候經常淹水。

2. walk 走路。
What did you do? 那你怎麼辦?
I walked home barefoot. 我就打光腳走回家。
So you were holding your shoes? 手裡拿著鞋子嗎?
Sure, shoes were expensive! 當然，鞋子很貴呢!

3. dirty 髒的。
But the water was dirty! 但是水很髒。
Very dirty. Yellow mud everywhere! 是很髒，到處都是黃泥巴。

4. sick 生病的。
That sounds awful! You could get sick. 聽起來真糟糕，你可能會生病。
No. I was lucky. 沒有，我運氣很好。

今天的單字你記住了幾個?
flood淹水 walk走路 dirty髒的 sick生病的
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Quiz

1. Where is the town?
a. South Sudan
b. South Africa
c. South Korea

2. What do people fill with water?
a. A water plant
b. Big yellow cans
c. Water stations

3. Why can kids study longer in school?
a. They have more homework.
b. The school is high up in the town.
c. They have clean water at school.

Answers
1. a
2. b
3. c
 

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Free School Lunches in Taiwan

Narrator: What did you eat for lunch? Some people say:

Auntie: You are what you eat.

Narrator: Does that mean if you eat a sausage, you are a sausage?! No, no,
no.

你今天午餐吃什麼呢？有些人說「吃什麼像什麼」，但這不代表我們吃香腸就會變成香腸了！

When we eat healthy food, we feel good. Healthy food is good for us. It’s
good for our bodies and brains. It gives us more energy. That’s what people
mean when they say:

Auntie: You are what you eat!

Narrator: Thanks, Auntie!

當我們吃健康食物，身體與大腦會獲得很多能量，整體就變得健康。這就是「吃什麼像什麼」！

Schools in Taiwan want to help kids eat healthy food. But it can cost a lot
of money!
學校希望學生們多吃健康食物，但是那些食物可不便宜！

Some people think free school lunches can help. They are worried. They say
some families do not have money for healthy food. They think schools should
help students eat healthy food every day.
有些家庭負擔不起，因此有人認為免費的營養午餐，會很有幫助！他們覺得學校應該確保學生天天都能吃得健康。

But some people do not think free school lunches can help. They are worried
too. They say some schools do not have money to buy healthy food. They think
schools will give students food that is not healthy.
但是也有人擔心經費不足的學校，沒辦法供應學生營養午餐，於是就給學生吃一些便宜而不健康的東西。

Next year, most schools in Taiwan will have free school lunches. Will this
help students eat healthy food? What do you think?
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Vocabulary
學校的營養午餐，對很多小朋友來說是重要的一餐。

1. lunch 午餐。
What are we having for lunch? 我們中飯吃什麼?
Something healthy. 健康的東西。
You don’t mean vegetable soup and cheese, right?
你的意思不是指青菜湯跟起司吧?
Hey, they are healthy! 那些是很健康啊!

2. body 身體。
Maybe, but they make me twice as hungry. 也許，但是會讓我的肚子加倍餓。
Okay, how about an egg, fish and tomato sandwich?
好吧，那來個蛋跟魚，還有番茄的三明治如何?
Good for your body and brain. 對你的身體跟腦部都很好。

3. give 給予。
And also give you a lot of energy. 也會給你滿滿能量。

4. energy 能量。
I can sure use more energy. 我確實需要更多能量。
Great! One sandwich coming right up! 好極了!一個三明治馬上就來。

來複習今天的單字。
lunch午餐 body身體 give給予 energy能量
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Quiz

1. What does Auntie say?
a. You are what you see.
b. You are what you eat.
c. You are what you say.

2. What does healthy food give us?
a. More sausages
b. Less brains
c. More energy

3. What do schools in Taiwan want kids to eat?
a. Food that is healthy
b. Food that is not healthy
c. Food that costs a lot of money

Answers
1. b
2. c
3. a
 

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Boy Crushes Cans to Help People

A 13-year-old boy in the U. K. likes to help people. He buys food for a
foodbank. Some people cannot buy food. The foodbank gives them food.
一名在英國的13歲男孩很喜歡幫助別人。他會捐食物給食物銀行，這種銀行是幫助救濟買不起飯吃的人。

The boy wants to give the foodbank more food! But he is not rich. So the boy
recycles drink cans. He gets money for food this way. He asked companies for
their cans. They said yes. He gets the cans after school and on weekends.
他想提供更多食物給食物銀行，但是沒有那麼多的錢。
所以，他開始回收飲料罐，再用賣回收的錢買食物來捐。他向各個公司索取空罐子，然後用週末跟放學後的時間來收集。

Then the boy crushes the cans. This makes them smaller. This gives him more
space for cans.
男孩把罐子壓扁。因為罐子變小了，讓他有更多空間存放罐子。

Crushing the cans is not easy! The boy's mom and dad helped. They crushed the
cans with their car! Then someone gave him a big crushing machine.
要把罐子壓扁並不輕鬆。男孩的爸媽來幫忙！他們開車壓扁那些罐子！還有人送這名男孩一台大型壓罐機。

The boy has recycled cans for three years. He has recycled one and a half
million cans! He got more than six hundred thousand Taiwan dollars! Every
dollar helped people!
男孩回收了三年的飲料罐！總共回收了一百五十萬個罐子，賣了超過六十萬台幣。這些錢他都拿去幫助別人！

The boy also does other things. He plays video games. He spends time with his
family. But he likes helping people so much, he does not stop!
這名男孩也會做其他的事情，像是玩電玩，和陪伴家人。但是，他實在太喜歡幫助別人了，根本停不下來！

Do you like to help people?
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Vocabulary
汽水罐壓扁了可以賣錢，少年用這種方法賺錢買食物來捐贈。

1. recycle 回收。
Hey, you just threw the can away? 你就那樣把罐子丟掉?
You wanted to keep it? 你想留著它?
No, but you should recycle it. 不，但是你應該回收。

2. company 公司。
How? Do you see a recycling bin around here? 怎麼回收? 你看到附近有回收箱嗎?
No. But I’d give it to a company that collects cans. 沒有，不過我會把它交給收集罐子的公司。

3. weekend 周末。
So first you carry sticky cans home with you... 所以你先把黏答答的罐子帶回家...
Yeah. 對。
and you can’t go to the company on weekends. 而且你不能周末時去那家公司。

4. spend 花費。
Yeah, I go on Monday. 對，我星期一去。
I’d rather spend that time waiting for the recycling truck. 我寧願花時間等回收車。

今天你學到哪些單字?
recycle回收 company公司 weekend周末 spend花費
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Quiz

1. How does the boy get money for food?
a. He helps people.
b. He plays video games.
c. He recycles cans.

2. How does the boy make the cans smaller?
a. He crushes them.
b. He drives on them.
c. He recycles them.

3. How long has the boy been recycling cans?
a. 3 years
b. 6 years
c. 13 years
 

Hello everybody, and welcome to a new episode of News Bites!

I'm Trevor Tortomasi...

And I'm Ryan Drillsma.

In today's news:

Chinese classes for foreigners, Minecraft classes for the world, and Arthur
finishes 26 years on TV.

All that and more, coming up next.
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桃園提供中文課幫移工學習中文
Taoyuan Offers Foreign Workers Mandarin Classes

Have you ever tried to learn a new language?

If you're listening to News Bites, then you probably have!

But many people in Taiwan have spent more time learning English...

So maybe you don't realize (沒發現) how difficult it is to learn to speak and
read Chinese.

Of course, radio, TV, and books can help a lot with learning a new language,
but there's nothing better than having a good teacher!

And right now, there are many people who need to work in Taiwan, but don't
speak Chinese as their first language, and might not have enough money for
classes.
現在有很多人要在台灣工作，但是他們也許還不會講中文，而上中文課的費用也是一個沉重的負擔。

So the city of Taoyuan is starting to offer free (免費的) Chinese classes to
migrant workers (移工).

The free classes are to help people who have moved to Taiwan from other
countries, like Indonesia (印尼), Vietnam (越南), the Philippines (菲律賓),
and Thailand (泰國).

The classes will focus (集中在、專注於) on Chinese that people can use in the
workplace, and to have a comfortable life in the city.

And the more Chinese they learn, the easier it will be for them to be a part
of Taiwanese society.
來台灣的外國人多學習中文，也可以越容易地融入台灣社會。

The classes start from March 6th, and will go until April 24th.

Remember, if you are learning a second or a third language other than
Chinese, you are already very lucky (幸運).

It's not easy now, but it will definitely make your life easier in the future
(未來).

Just remember to thank your teachers!
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老師說【麥塊】是個好的學習工具
Teachers Say Minecraft Can Be A Good Learning Tool

Almost 13 years ago, in 2009, one man made a video game (電動遊戲) by himself.

He used his programming skills (寫電腦程序的技能) to make an entire world in
his computer.

And two years later, with help from more people, the game quickly became very
famous (有名).

It's called Minecraft (當個創世神，也被稱為麥塊), and now millions of people
are playing it!

But many teachers are saying that it's not just a game... it could also be a
good learning tool (教學工具)!

There are many ways to make learning more interesting, but one of the best
ways is to make a lesson into a game.
讓學習的過程更有趣有很多方法，不過最好的方式之一就是把教學變成遊戲。

This is called "gamification" (遊戲化).

Gamification makes it easier for people, especially kids, to stay engaged
(互動、參與) in learning new things.

And because of this, some teachers are starting to see how Minecraft could be
helpful in classes about science (科學), technology (科技), engineering
(工程), and math (數學).

The company Microsoft (微軟) has even made an educational version (教學版本)
of the game, for use in schools.

Teachers say it's not just a class about the game... and it's not just a
gamification of reality.
老師說，這不只是關於遊戲的課程，也不只是現實的遊戲化。

It's a balance (平衡) between both, and can teach kids about the connections
between them.

We play games to have fun, but they can also teach us a lot about our world.

And the more we learn about our world, the more we're ready to create our own!
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電視卡通【亞瑟小子】將要結束了
TV Cartoon 'Arthur' Ends

The TV show "Arthur" (亞瑟小子) is finally ending, after 26 years.

That makes it the longest-running (播出、持續最久的) cartoon on U.S.
television!

It's a show about a young aardvark (土豚) named Arthur, and his family and
friends.

And it first aired in the year 1996!
亞瑟這個卡通第一次播出是1996年！

Many people say he taught a generation of children about kindness, empathy,
and inclusion.
很多人說，這個卡通教了一代的孩子們關於友善，同情，和包容。

The final episode looks at the future, and predicts (預測) what life will be
like for Arthur and his friends in 20 years.

The show won many awards (獎項), like four Daytime Emmys (艾美獎), and a
BAFTA Children's Award (英國電影金像獎).

But Arthur isn't disappearing for good!

Social media promise Arthur will be back in reruns, a new podcast (播客), and
short videos.

Which cartoon do you think will take Arthur's place, for the next generation
of children?
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So, in today's News Bites:

The city of Taoyuan is starting to offer free Chinese classes to migrant
workers.

The free classes are to help people who have moved to Taiwan from countries
like Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Thailand.

The classes will focus on Chinese that people can use in the workplace, and
to have a comfortable life in the city.
________________________________

And,

There are many ways to make learning more interesting, but one of the best
ways is to make a lesson into a game.

Gamification makes it easier for people, especially kids, to stay engaged in
learning new things.

And because of this, some teachers are starting to see how the game Minecraft
could be helpful in classes about science, technology, engineering, and math.
________________________________

And,

The TV show "Arthur" is finally ending.

The cartoon ran for 26 years, which makes it the longest-running cartoon on
U.S. television!

Many people say he taught a generation of children about kindness, empathy,
and inclusion.
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And that's today's episode of News Bites!
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主播每周一問
Have Your Say

This week, we asked you to have your say about having any animal as a pet.

10-year-old Shining, from Dong Xing Elementary School in Hsinchu County,
talks about a very special kind of beetle.

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And that does it for this week's "Have Your Say"!

Remember, if your answer was used in the show, we'll be sending you a gift in
the mail.

Make sure to tune in again next week for an all-new question!