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Taiwan to Be Green Fuel Station for Planes

Planes need fuel to fly. Now planes use fuel that makes the air dirty. It's a
fossil fuel. But did you know planes can use new, cleaner fuel? It makes less
dirty air!
飛機需要燃料才能起飛，這些燃料產生很多空氣污染。但是你知道嗎?現在飛機也可以選擇更乾淨的環保燃料!

Taiwan wants to help! It's going to use cleaner fuel. This fuel is made from
old cooking oil, wood, and plants. It's better for the Earth.
台灣想做出改變，使用乾淨的燃料。它來自回收的食用油、木材和植物，對空氣比較好。

This year, Taiwan is buying this fuel from other countries. The fuel is mixed
with fossil fuel. Taiwan's airlines can use this fuel mix for their planes
that fly in Taiwan. Next year, Taiwan will make its own cleaner fuel. It's
trying ways to do this now.
今年，台灣從國外買回這種燃料，把它和舊的燃料混在一起使用。明年，台灣也將自己製造新的環保燃料。

Taiwan wants all planes to make less dirty air. By 2030, it wants Taiwan's
airlines to use the fuel mix in planes flying to other countries. By 2050, it
wants planes to make very little dirty air!
台灣希望飛機不再造成空氣污染。到2030年年底，台灣的所有飛機都會改用混和燃料，這樣
2050年的天空會很乾淨!

What about planes from other countries? Well, Taiwan wants them to refuel
here. It wants to become a green fuel station for planes!
那來自其他國家的飛機呢?
它們降落在這裡之後可以換上新的燃料，讓台灣成為各地飛機的環保加油站!

A cleaner sky is coming. And Taiwan is ready to help!
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Vocabulary
把飛機的燃料油，改成符合環保的燃料，對自然環境大有幫助。

1. country 國家。
Look at that plane! 你看那架飛機!
I wish I could fly to another country right now. 我希望現在就飛到另一個國家。
Me too! To a place that's nice and quiet. 我也是，去一個安靜的好地方。

2. sky 天空。
I thought you hate flying. 我以為你討厭飛行。
No, not really. 其實不會。
I like it when the sky is blue.我喜歡有藍天的時候飛。

3. next year 明年。
Where would you like to go? 你想去哪裡?
Maybe Bali.也許峇里島。
I like Bali! 我喜歡峇里島!
Let's go there next year. 我們明年去吧。

4. ready 準備好的。
Don't you want to go now? 你不是想現在就走?
You're right. I'm ready. 你說得對，我準備好了。
Give me a minute to buy tickets. 給我一分鐘來買機票。

在台灣，想去國外旅行就需要搭飛機。
country國家 sky天空 next year明年 ready準備好的
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Quiz

1. Why is the new fuel better for the Earth?
a. It is cheap.
b. It smells nice.
c. It makes less dirty air.

2. Where is Taiwan buying the new fuel from this year?
a. Taiwan
b. Other countries
c. Green fuel stations

3. What does Taiwan want planes from other countries to do?
a. Refuel in Taiwan
b. Use a fossil fuel
c. Buy cooking oil

Answers
1. c
2. b
3. a
 

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South Korea Doesn't Waste Food

Oh no! The kids didn't eat all their lunch! Did you know that food that is
not eaten is called "food waste"?
糟了，這些孩子們沒有把午餐吃完，你知道剩下的食物就會變成廚餘了嗎!

We make a lot of food waste! All the world's food waste in one day can make
one billion meals! Wow!
我們每天製造很多廚餘，全世界一天的廚餘量相當於十億份餐點!

We throw away a lot of food. When it goes to landfills, it makes gases that
make the Earth hotter.
廚餘被丟到垃圾掩埋場，會產生溫室氣體，讓地球的溫度升高。

But in South Korea, people don't throw away food waste. The country recycles
98 percent of it. That's five million tons of food recycled every year!
但是在南韓，人們不會把食物丟掉，這個國家回收百分之 98 的廚餘，一年回收 500
萬噸的食物!

Families pay to recycle their food waste. They pay about 200 Taiwan dollars a
month. They put the food in food waste bags or cans. If they don't, they may
have to pay up to twenty-five thousand Taiwan dollars!
南韓的家庭一個月會付相當於台幣 200
元的費用，回收廚餘，他們把廚餘放到專用的袋子或桶子裡，如果不這麼做，最高可能會被罰相當於兩萬五千台幣的罰款!

What happens to this waste? Some feeds animals. Some becomes fertilizer. It
helps vegetables grow better. A lot makes biogas. Biogas helps make
electricity.
這些廚餘有什麼用處呢?
有一些用來當作動物飼料，有一些變成種蔬菜的肥料，還有一些用來製造沼氣，沼氣可以發電。

South Korea is making good things with its food waste! That makes less bad
gases for the Earth. Can Taiwan do this too?

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Vocabulary
在南韓，吃剩的東西不會進垃圾桶，必須回收。

1) throw away 扔掉。
Every time I cook, I throw away a lot of stuff. 我每次做菜都扔掉好多東西。
So do I. Things like vegetable leaves and eggshells.
我也是，比如說菜葉子跟雞蛋殼。

2) eaten 被吃掉。
Yeah, they can't be eaten, but I still feel bad about it.
那些不能吃，不過我還是不開心。
For producing too much food waste? 因為製造太多食物垃圾嗎?
Yeah. 對啊。

3) month 月份。
Maybe we shouldn't cook that much. 也許我們不應該太常做菜。
Oh, I only do it once a month. 我每個月只做一次。
Once a month?! 一個月一次?

4) percent 百分比。
Then don't worry. 那你不用擔心。
The waste you produce is less than 1 percent of mine.
你製造的垃圾不到我的百分之一。

來一起來讀單字。
throw away扔掉 eaten被吃掉 month月份 percent百分比

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Quiz
1. When food is not eaten, what is it called?
a. Food trash
b. Food garbage
c. Food waste

2. How much do South Koreans pay a month to recycle food?
a. $25 Taiwan dollars
b. $98 Taiwan dollars
c. $200 Taiwan dollars

3. What does South Korea recycle food into?
a. Biogas
b. Bad gases
c. Landfills

Answers:
1. c
2. c
3. a
 

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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
 

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Will Taiwan Have Longer, Hotter Summers?

Oh boy, it's so hot. Let's go for a drive to cool down.
天啊，真的好熱。我們去開車兜風。

Ugh. There are so many cars on the road. Hey, we need to get some gas!
路上有好多車，而且我們還需要加油！

Summers are hot in Taiwan. We turn on air conditioners to cool down. Maybe we
go for drives and use gas. When we do these things, we use fossil fuels.
台灣的夏天真的很熱，我們都會開冷氣或是開車出去兜風，都會用到化石燃料。

What happens if our fossil fuel use doesn't change? Climate change will make
Taiwan's summers hotter and longer.
如果我們不減少化石燃料的使用，氣候變遷會讓台灣的夏天又長又熱。

By the year 2100, our summers will be 210 days long! Noooooo! Do you like
36-degree days? There will be 75 more!
到了2100年，台灣的夏天會長達210天！36度的天氣會多75天喔！

Climate change will also bring more heavy rain. More floods will happen.
There will be fewer typhoons. But... they'll be stronger!
氣候變遷還會帶來強降雨，就會更常淹水。颱風雖然會變少，但是颱風的強度會更強。

Longer, hotter summers, more floods, and stronger typhoons will make life
harder for everyone.
又長又熱的夏天、很多的水災以及強颱都會讓我們的日子不好過。

We need to do more to slow down climate change. We don't want longer, hotter
summers, right? Let's find ways to use less fossil fuels. Seven months of
summer is too long!
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Vocabulary

又熱又潮濕的夏天，讓人很難受，而這種日子以後會更多。

1. longer 比較長的
Working late today? 今天晚下班?
I'm not working. 我沒有在工作。
I just want to stay at the office longer. 我只想在辦公室待久一點。

2. hotter 比較熱的
To enjoy air conditioning? 享受冷氣嗎?
Exactly! 正是!
It's too hot at home. 家裡太熱了。
It feels like every summer is hotter than the last.
感覺起來每年夏天都比以前熱。

3. harder 更困難
That's so true! 真的是那樣!
And when it rains, it makes daily life harder. 下雨時也讓日常生活更麻煩。

4. change 改變
I used to love summer a lot. 我以前很喜歡夏天。
Not anymore. 現在不了。
Because summer has changed. 因為夏天變了。
Yeah, it has. 對啊，是變了。

Summertime is getting longer... 來一起讀單字。
longer 比較長的
hotter 比較熱的
harder 更困難
change 改變
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Quiz

1. If our fossil fuel use doesn't change, how long will Taiwan's summers be?
a. 7 months
b. 9 months
c. 12 months

2. When will summers become that long?
a. 2075
b. 2100
c. 2121

3. How will typhoons change?
a. They'll be weaker.
b. They'll be shorter.
c. They'll be stronger.

Answers:
1. a
2. b
3. c
 

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Cleaning Up the Ocean with AI

The Pacific Ocean is Earth's biggest ocean. But there is something big and
bad there. It is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It has a lot of trash. It
is as big as forty-four Taiwans!
太平洋是世界上最大的海域，垃圾也特別多。垃圾形成的大片漂流物，有四十四個台灣那麼大！

This trash has plastic bags, plastic bottles, plastic toys, and more in it.
It catches fish and birds.
這些垃圾包括各種塑膠製品，也會困住經過的鳥類跟魚類。

Sunlight and ocean waves break the plastic. The plastic doesn't go away. But
the plastic pieces get smaller and smaller. Fish and birds eat them. They
think they are eating food.
塑膠被海浪分解後不會消失。塑膠會變成很小的微粒，然後被鳥跟魚當成食物吃下肚。

Some people are cleaning ocean trash. They use boats. The boats use big nets.
The nets catch the trash. Then the boats bring the trash back to land.
有些人會用船和魚網清理海上的垃圾。這些被撈起來的垃圾會被帶回岸上。

These people want to catch more trash. So they are using AI now! It looks at
lots of information about the ocean. It finds trash. It tells the boats where
the trash is. Now the boats can clean up more trash. They can make the ocean
safer for animals.
現在，他們開始用AI偵測垃圾在海中的位置。有了這個資訊，船隻可以更快的清理垃圾，確保海洋生物的安全！

Maybe one day, the ocean will be clean again!
希望海洋可以變得越來越乾淨！

Tomorrow is World Cleanup Day. Let's help the ocean become cleaner!
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Vocabulary
海洋垃圾越來越多，對動物和人類都有影響。

1. garbage 垃圾。
Look at all that garbage on the beach! 你看看海灘上的垃圾! It's awful !
真恐怖 !
At least it's on land, not in the ocean. 至少它在陸地上，不在海裡。

2. trash 垃圾。
If there are big waves, it'll get in the water. 假如有大浪，它就在水裡了。
And then it becomes ocean trash. 就變成了海洋垃圾。

3. smaller 比較小。
I know. 我知道啊。
And all those bottles will get smaller and smaller 那些瓶子越變越小…
And eaten by fish! 然後被魚吃掉!
We eat fish… 我們把魚吃下肚...

4. clean up 清理。
It'll be like we're eating a lot of microplastic. 就好像在吃一堆塑膠微粒。
Let's clean up the trash. 先清這些垃圾吧。
You're right. 你說對了。

今天學到哪些單字?
garbage垃圾 trash垃圾 smaller比較小 clean up清理
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Quiz

1. What is the big bad thing in the Pacific Ocean?
a. The Giant Pacific Garbage Pile
b. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
c. The Great Pacific Trash Pile

2. What breaks the plastic in the ocean?
a. Sunlight and waves
b. Sunlight and fish
c. Sunlight and salt

3. What can AI do?
a. Find trash
b. Catch trash
c. Catch fish

Answers
1. b
2. a
3. a