Garden Grows Vegetables under the Sea

Gardens are great! They are places people grow vegetables. They can be on the
ground and on people's roofs. They can even be on balconies.
蔬菜可以種在地上，陽台或是屋頂上。

But, did you know there is also a garden under the sea? 連海底也可以種蔬菜。

It's called Nemo's Garden. It's under the ocean near Italy.
尼莫的菜園在義大利附近的海中。

How do you grow vegetables under the sea? That's a good question. People put
the plants inside balls. They call these balls "pods." Inside the pods are
vegetables, like lettuce, tomatoes, peas, and mushrooms.
把蔬菜的種子放進圓球狀的容器裡面，可以種生菜，番茄，豌豆，還有蘑菇。

The pods are tied to the bottom of the sea with chains. They are about eight
meters under the ocean. People say the vegetables grow faster underwater and
taste better, too. 圓球用鐵鍊固定在海底，距離海面大約八公尺。

There are not many pods right now. Nemo's garden is an experiment. People
want to see if growing vegetables underwater is a good idea.
這個菜園是一個實驗，人們想知道是不是個好主意。

Growing vegetables under the sea is a lot of work. People need to wear scuba
equipment. I hope the Nemo's Garden experiment works well. Maybe it can help
us grow lots of vegetables in the future. That would be great!
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Vocabulary

海裡種蔬菜，是種在容器裡面，而不是種在海水中。

1. Vegetable 蔬菜。
Do you like eating vegetables? 你喜歡吃蔬菜嗎？
Yes, I like salad. 喜歡，我愛吃沙拉。
Tuna and egg salad is my favorite. 我最愛鮪魚雞蛋沙拉。
But there's no vegetables in that. 可是它裡面沒有蔬菜。

2. Grow 種植。
My mom grows a lot of tomatoes in her garden. 我媽媽在園子裡種好多番茄。
How fast do they grow? 它們長多快？
Very fast. 很快。

3. Inside 在裡面。
There's something inside the box. 盒子裡面有東西。
Let's open it. 我們來打開它。
No, we can't. It's locked. 沒辦法，它上鎖了。

4. Experiment 實驗。
Let's do an experiment. 我們來做個實驗。
What experiment? 什麼實驗？
One with frogs.青蛙的實驗。

Please try to use these words in your conversation.
vegetable 蔬菜
grow 種植
inside 在裡面
experiment 實驗
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Quiz

Q1: What is this story about?
A: A man named Nemo
B: A special garden under the ocean
C: The importance of eating vegetables

Q2: What do people say about the vegetables?
A: They grow faster and taste better.
B: They don't grow very well.
C: They look like balls.

Q3: What is true about Nemo's Garden?
A: People live there in plastic balls.
B: It is a kind of experiment.
C: It is near the United States.

Answers
1. B
2. A
3. B
 

WaterPod Makes Seawater Drinkable

I love the sea… Blughh! But I hate getting seawater in my mouth! Eww! It
tastes horrible! 大海景色優美又好玩，但是海水的味道真的很糟糕。 Yuck!

Seawater is really salty. Not only does it taste really bad, it will actually
make you even more thirsty! There's just too much salt in it for our bodies.
So no matter how thirsty you are, never drink from the sea!
海水很鹹，不只難喝，還會讓你更口渴，因為我們的身體沒有辦法處理那麼多鹽。

We have so much water on earth, but 97% is salty seawater that we can't drink.
地球有很多水但是97%是不能喝的海水。

Now, some students from Malaysia have come up with a great idea. They
invented something really cool called a WaterPod.
馬來西亞一群學生發明了很酷的東西叫做WaterPod。

This WaterPod floats on the sea, sucks up water, and takes out the salt!
People can then come to the WaterPod and pump out fresh water!
這個WaterPod漂浮在海面上，過濾海水中的鹽分，變成淡水。

If they can make more WaterPods, they could help so many people that live
near the sea but don't have easy access to clean, fresh water that they can
drink.
要是能夠做出很多WaterPod,那些住在海邊的人就有乾淨淡水可以喝了。

This is a really great invention!
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Vocabulary
海水化為淡水的發明，可以造福人類。

1. Salt 鹽。
Why is there salt in seawater? 為什麼海水裡有鹽？
I think the salt comes from the stuff washed into the sea.
我想鹽是來自被沖進海水裡的物質。

2. Seawater 海水。
So we shouldn't drink seawater at all? 所以我們完全不該喝海水？
No, it's not a good idea. 對，那不是好主意。

3. Invent 發明, invention 發明。
The WaterPod is a useful invention. WaterPod是很有用的發明。
I hope I can invent something useful. 我希望我能發明有用的東西。

4. Thirsty 口渴的。
Eating hot dogs always makes me thirsty. 吃熱狗總是讓我覺得口渴。
That's because there's too much salt in it. 那是因為它裡面太多鹽了。

這些字很重要也很常用。
salt 鹽
seawater 海水
invent 發明
invention 發明
thirsty 口渴的
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Quiz

1. What is the invention called?
A: A Sea Drinker
B: An Ocean Swimmer
C: A WaterPod

2. Who invented it?
A: Students from Malaysia
B: Kids from South Korea
C: Fishermen from Australia

3. What does the invention do?
A: It turns seawater into drinking water
B: It makes seawater saltier
C: It turns seawater pink

Answers
1. C
2. A
3. A
 

Sounds Can Make You Happy

Do you hear that? It's the sound of waves on the beach. How does it make you
feel? Pretty good, right?

Let's listen to another sound. Oh, I love the sound of birds singing. It
makes me feel so relaxed.

Why am I playing you these sounds? It's because I want to tell you about a
survey. The survey was done by a company that sells mostly glasses. The
company also sells things to help people hear better, called hearing aids.
The company wanted to know the sounds that make people feel happy.
一家眼鏡公司，
他們也做助聽器，最近完成了一項調查，想了解什麼樣的聲音會讓人覺得開心。

One of the sounds was a waterfall.
瀑布的水聲。

Another sound that made people feel happy was trees blowing in the wind.
樹葉在風中搖曳的沙沙聲。

Another was the sound of rain on a window.
雨滴打在窗戶上的叮叮咚咚。

People also liked fish jumping out of water.
還有魚跳出水面。

Some people get happy when they hear the sound of a train.
火車的聲音。

Others like the sound of a drink being poured... 倒飲料...

...Or an airplane.
飛機的聲音。

Do you know what sound makes people the happiest? It's a song they like.
最能讓人開心的聲音，還是他們喜愛的歌曲。

So, if you want to be happy... listen to music on ICRT!
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Vocabulary
聲音可以影響人的心情，大自然的聲音更會讓人愉快。

1. Play 播放。
Would you play some Disney songs for me? 你可以幫我放幾首迪士尼的歌嗎？
Sure. I can also play "Toy Story", your favorite.
當然，我還可以放[玩具總動員]，你最喜歡的。

2. Music 音樂。
That movie has lovely music. 那部電影有美妙的音樂。
All Disney movies have good music. 所有迪士尼電影都有好聽音樂。

3. Sounds of nature 大自然的聲音。
What sounds of nature do you like, Jane? 你喜歡哪些大自然的聲音？
I like birds' singing and crickets' sounds. 我喜歡鳥叫聲，還有蟋蟀的聲音。

4. Hear 聽到。
So you feel happy when you hear it? 所以你聽到時會開心？
Sometimes I feel sad. 有時候會覺得悲傷。

So what music do you like? Let's read today's vocabulary.
play 播放
music 音樂
sounds of nature 大自然的聲音
hear 聽到
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Quiz

1. What sound was NOT played?
A: An airplane flying
B: Dogs barking
C: Birds singing

2. What kind of company did the survey?
A: A company that sells glasses
B: A company that sells music
C: A company that helps nature

3. What sound makes people the happiest?
A: Waves of the ocean
B: Rain on the window
C: A song they like

Answers
1. B
2. A
3. C
 

Talking to Whales!

Do you know that scientists are trying to talk to whales?
你知道科學家正在試著跟鯨魚說話嗎？

Really, I'm not joking!

Some whales sing… but some whales use clicking sounds. Scientists are using
a super-powerful computer to record and listen to the clicks. The computer
listens to thousands and thousands of hours of clicking sounds… and maybe
soon, the computer will figure out what the clicks mean!
鯨魚會發出像打字一樣的聲音。科學家把那些聲音錄下來輸入電腦，希望電腦能夠找出它們的意義。

It's not going to be easy. We don't know if the whales in one part of the
ocean use the same clicks as whales in a different part. Maybe whales have
different languages!
這是很困難的工作。而且大海中不同地區的鯨魚，可能講不一樣的語言。

New computers are using A.I. - artificial intelligence - to try to understand
the whales! The A.I. computers are working hard right now… and scientists
say they think we might soon be able to understand what the whales are
saying! Cool!
電腦運用人工智慧來分析鯨魚的聲音，科學家說應該很快就能了解鯨魚想表達什麼。

And, if we can understand what the whales are saying… maybe we can learn to
talk with them! Wow… talking to whales?! Amazing!

Hmm… what would you talk to a whale about?
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Vocabulary
鯨魚會發出聲音，科學家很想知道牠們倒底在講什麼。

1. Whale 鯨魚。
Scientists know that all whales make sounds.
科學家知道所有的鯨魚都會發出聲音。
So they talk to each other? 所以牠們會交談？
Yes, they also make sounds to find each other. 是的，而且也用聲音來找到對方。

2. Listen to 注意聽。
I listened to whale sounds online. 我有在線上聽鯨魚的聲音。
It's interesting. 很有趣。
Listen carefully, and you'll find different groups make different sounds.
你仔細聽就會發現不同鯨魚族群聲音也不同。

3. Different 不同的。
Let's order pizza. 我們來訂披薩。
I have a different idea. Let's go out to eat. 我有個不同的主意，我們出去吃。

4. Understand 了解。
I've been at home too long. 我在家待太久了。
I understand. 我懂。

Have you ever heard a whale talk?
whale 鯨魚
listen to 注意聽
different 不同的
understand 了解
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Quiz

1. What kind of sounds do whales make?
A: Clicking noises
B: They bark like dogs
C: They say 'cock-a-doodle-doo'

2. How are scientists trying to understand what whales are saying?
A. They are using a super-computer
B. They are screaming into the ocean
C. They are showing the whales cartoons, like Finding Nemo

3. New computers have a special tool called AI. What does AI mean?
A: Artificial intelligence
B: Apple igloo
C: Airplane ice-cream

Answers
1. A
2. A
3. A
 

Man Uses Trash Can to Catch Alligator

Here's a question for you. What animal is big, green, ugly, and sounds like
this?

Wow! That's scary! Did you guess what it is? It's an alligator.

Did you know that there are more than a million alligators in Florida?

That's right - there are over a million alligators in the US state of
Florida.美國佛州，有超過一百萬隻鱷魚。

What would you do if you saw an alligator?

I would run as fast as I could to get away.

But alligators are really fast.

Some can run about 50 kilometers an hour.
鱷魚跑起來的速度很快，時速可以高達50公里！

A man in Florida named Eugene Bozzi saw an alligator in his neighbor's yard.

It was two-meters long. 在
Florida，有一個人發現他鄰居的院子，有一隻兩公尺長的鱷魚！

But Eugene didn't run away.

He used a garbage can to catch the alligator.

但是Eugene 沒有逃跑，而是用大垃圾桶把鱷魚抓起來。

Eugene is a strong guy. But the alligator was strong, too.

It made a big noise in the trash can. But Eugene didn't run away.

He trapped the animal in the garbage can and shut the lid.

Then he rolled the garbage can to a pond and let the alligator go in the
water.

Eugene 把鱷魚弄進垃圾桶裡，蓋上蓋子，然後把桶子推到水池邊，讓鱷魚回到水裡。

I'm glad Taiwan doesn't have any alligators!
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Vocabulary

垃圾桶可以用來對付鱷魚，想不到吧?

1. Trash 垃圾。Let's clear away the trash. 我們來把這些垃圾清走。This is not
trash. 這不是垃圾。It's my art project. 這是我的藝術作品。Okay, gee, I'm
sorry. 真抱歉。

2. Fast 很快地。Alligators can run very fast. 鱷魚可以跑很快。Of course, they
have four legs. 當然，牠們有四條腿。But I can run fast too.
但是我也可以跑很快。Faster than alligators? 比鱷魚快嗎? That I'm not sure.
這我不確定。

3. Catch 抓住。What did you catch today? 你今天抓到什麼? Two fish and a
turtle. 兩條魚和一隻烏龜。

4. Strong 強壯的。How strong is a turtle shell? 烏龜殼有多強? Very strong.
很強。You can't break it with stones. 你沒辦法用石頭打破它。

來一起讀單字。Trash垃圾 fast很快地 catch抓住 strong強壯的
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Quiz

1. Where did Eugene see the alligator?
A: In some water near his home
B: In a garbage can
C: Around his neighbor's home

2. How fast can alligators run?
A: About 5 kilometers an hour
B: About 15 kilometers an hour
C: About 50 kilometers an hour

3. What did Eugene do with the alligator?
A: He let it go in a pond.
B: He took it to a zoo.
C: He gave it to his neighbor.





Answers
1. C
2. C
3. A