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Sunshine Kettle

It's spring! The sun is shining. It makes flowers bloom. It makes the weather
warmer.

Electricity makes TVs and lights work. Fuel makes planes and cars move. What
makes the sun shine?
電視跟電燈靠電力運作，飛機跟汽車則依賴燃油推動。那太陽靠著什麼發光呢?

The sun is made of many very small things called atoms. These atoms like to
bounce around very fast. Sometimes, they hit each other hard and stick
together! When this happens, the atoms become one bigger thing!
太陽由很小的原子組成。這些原子會互相碰撞融合，成為更大的東西。

Lots of energy comes out. It makes the sun shine! This is nuclear fusion!
這就是核融合，這個過程會釋放很多能量，讓太陽發光。

We need this kind of energy. It's good energy. It won't make the environment
dirty. So scientists are trying to copy the sun. But it's hard!
我們需要這種能源，因為它不會汙染環境。

Scientists used many strong lights called lasers. They used lasers to shoot
at atoms. This made the atoms bounce around very fast and hit each other -
just like a mini sun!
科學家對著原子發出雷射光，讓原子產生反應互相碰撞，就像一顆迷你的太陽。

Some energy came out. The electricity from this energy can boil water in a
kettle. Scientists are trying to make better mini suns. The world needs lots
of energy!
釋放的能源還可以燒開水。科學家努力製造更好的迷你太陽，因為世界需要很多能源。

Scientists are working on nuclear fusion so we can have a better world!

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Vocabulary
科學家努力模仿太陽的作用，希望產生更多能源。

1. each other 彼此
Do you see that boy and girl? 你看到那個男孩跟女孩嗎?
Do you see how they look at each other? 你有看到他們怎麼看彼此嗎?

2. happen 發生
Yeah, what about it? 看到了，又怎樣呢?
Their eyes are shining. 他們的眼睛發亮。
So they're in love. 所以他們在談戀愛。
No, that's not what's happening. 不對，不是那樣。

3. energy 能源、能量
Then what do you think is happening? 那你覺得發生了什麼事?
There's this energy between them. 他們之間有一種能量。

4. light 光線
Right, the energy of love. 對，愛的能量。
No, it's the energy of light. 不對，是光的能量。
You're weird, you know that? 你是個怪人，你知道嗎?

這些單字很好用。
each other彼此
happen發生
energy能源、能量
light光線

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Quiz
1. What makes planes and cars move?
a. Electricity
b. Fuel
c. Wind

2. What are the scientists trying to copy?
a. Lasers
b. Electricity
c. The sun

3. What can the mini sun do now?
a. Light rooms
b. Cool food
c. Boil water

Answers:
1. b
2. c
3. c

 

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Telling Stories Again and Again and Again

Narrator: Everyone has a favorite story. Some people love The Three Little
Pigs …
Big Bad Wolf: Little pig … I'll blow your house down!!!

Little Pig: Oh no! Ahhhh!

Narrator: … Some people love the Chinese story about the Monkey King.
大家都有喜歡的故事。有一些人喜歡三隻小豬，也有人喜歡西遊記。

Other people love Cinderella …

Prince Charming: Whose shoe is this?

Narrator: … Snow White …

Evil Witch: Yessss! Eat the apple!

Narrator: … or Humpty Dumpty.

Humpty Dumpty: I'm an egg, and I fell off a wall! Oh no!
也有人喜歡灰姑娘，白雪公主或是蛋頭先生。

Narrator: These wonderful stories are with us because people told them again
and again and again. Many years later, people put these stories in books.
Then more people told these stories!
這些故事還存在的原因是人們口耳相傳。之後又有人把故事寫下來，讓更多人說故事!

Some of our favorite stories are very, very old. Today's Cinderella story is
more than 300 years old! It came from France. But people in China told a
Cinderella story too - more than 1,000 years ago! And people in Greece told a
Cinderella story - more than 2,000 years ago!
現今的灰姑娘版本源自於法國，有三百年的歷史。但是一千多年前，中國就有像灰姑娘的故事。
兩千多年前的希臘也有。

People told Cinderella's story again and again and again and again. Maybe it
went from Greece to China to France and then to us!
人們不斷地說灰姑娘的故事，說不定這是一路從希臘、中國、法國傳到現在。

Today is World Storytelling Day! Tell someone your favorite story!
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Vocabulary
大人小孩都喜歡聽故事，很多故事源遠流長。

1. tell story 講故事
Tell me a story, Paz. 講故事給我聽。
Okay, what would you like to hear? 好，你想聽什麼?
A story about your childhood? 你童年時候的故事?

2. come from 來自
Okay. I have this uncle who loved to take us out to sea.
我有個叔叔，喜歡帶我們坐船出海。
Where does he come from? 他是哪裡人?
He's from DR, a fisherman. 多明尼加人，是個漁夫。

3. wonderful 奇妙的
And one time he took us out fishing for lobsters. 有一次他帶我們去抓龍蝦。
Wow!! 哇!
Yeah, it was a wonderful experience! 對啊，很奇妙的經驗。
We caught more than 10 lobsters.我們抓到10多隻龍蝦。

4. put 放置
Did you cook them right away? 有沒有馬上煮熟?
No, we put them in a bag, 沒有，我們把牠放在袋子裡，and cooked and ate them
on the beach. 在沙灘上煮了吃。

來看今天的單字。
tell story講故事
come from來自
wonderful奇妙的
put放置
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Quiz

1. Where is the Monkey King story from?
a. Chile
b. Chad
c. China

2. What country has a Cinderella story?
a. Greece
b. The USA
c. Canada

3. What day is today?
a. World Cinderella Day
b. World Storytelling Day
c. Wonderful Story Day

Answers:
1. c
2. a
3. b

 

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Helping Kids Sleep Better

Sleep is important. People need comfortable beds to sleep well. But some
people don't have beds. They don't sleep well.
睡眠很重要。人們需要舒服的床才能睡得好。

Two or three percent of kids in the USA don't have beds. Are you shocked?
美國有百分之二到百分之三的兒童沒有床，是不是讓人嚇一跳!

One man in the USA was very shocked. Sleep helps kids do well in school. He
wanted to help these kids sleep well. First, he built a bed for one kid. Then
he asked a good friend to help him. They built more beds for more kids.
有個美國人非常驚訝，他想要幫助兒童睡好，讓他們在學校有更好的表現。所以他跟朋友一起為兒童製作床。

The man started a group to make beds. Families can help build their own beds.
Sometimes young kids help build the beds.
他也成立團隊，孩子們的家人可以來做自己的床。有時候也有兒童會來幫忙。

The group has made beds for more than one hundred forty thousand families.
That's a lot of beds! But many more kids need beds. There's a lot of work to
do!
這個團隊幫助14萬個家庭，但是仍然有很多兒童需要床。

Why does this man help kids have beds? He doesn't do it to make money. It's
because he likes to help people. This makes him feel good.
為什麼這個人要幫助小孩有床呢?他並不是為了賺錢，而是因為他喜歡伸出援手，這樣讓他覺得很開心。

This man helps kids have beds. Now they can sleep well! Sweet dreams,
everyone!
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Vocabulary
故事裡這個人，希望每個小孩都可以躺在自己的床上睡覺。

1. feel 感覺
You look a bit pale. 你看起來有點蒼白。
Don't feel well? 不大舒服嗎?
No, didn't sleep well. 不是，沒睡好。

2. family 家人
Yesterday my sister and her family came to visit.
昨天我妹妹和她的家人來看我。 I love my nieces, but they wanted to sleep with
me! 我很愛我的外甥女，但是她們要跟我一起睡!

3. ask 請求
You could ask them to sleep on the sofa.你可以要她們睡沙發啊。
Well, I gave them my bed. 結果我給她們睡床。
I slept on the floor. 我睡地上。
That's tough! 這有點麻煩。

4. thousand 千
And then they asked me to tell them stories. 然後她們要我講故事。
From One Thousand and One Nights. 一千零一夜的故事!
That's a lot of stories! 那是很多故事呢!
Exactly. 就是啊。

今天這些單字很好記喔。
feel感覺
family家人
ask請求
thousand千
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Quiz
1. What percentage of kids in the USA don't have beds?
a. 2 or 3
b. 12 or 13
c. 20 or 30

2. Who did the man first ask to help him?
a. A group
b. A family
c. A friend

3. Why does the man make beds for kids?
a. To be shocked
b. To help people
c. To make money

Answers:
1. a
2. c
3. b

 

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Teenager Becomes Lawyer

Last year, a teenager became famous. Why? He became the youngest lawyer in
California. He was seventeen years old!
去年有一位青少年爆紅了，因為他成為加州最年輕的律師，他才十七歲!

Lawyers help people with problems about laws. Laws say what we can and cannot
do. Becoming a lawyer isn't easy. There are a lot of laws to study!
律師幫人處理法律問題。要成為一名律師很不容易，要讀很多法律方面的知識。

This lawyer says he isn't smarter than other teenagers. But from when he was
a child, he studied a lot. Studying was important in his family. He had to
study for one hour first when he wanted to play for one hour.
這名律師說他並沒有比別人聰明，但是從小就念很多書。他的家庭很看重讀書，必需用功一個小時才能夠玩一個小時。

He played with cube puzzles. He became very good at them. He played so much
that his hands hurt! In eighth grade, he wrote a book to help other players.
他也很會玩魔術方塊，還寫過一本魔術方塊指南指點其他玩家。

He likes helping people. He wanted a job that lets him do that. Doctors help
people, but he doesn't like blood! He wanted to be a lawyer. So in ninth
grade, he also went to law school!
他很喜歡幫助別人，希望可以找到幫助人的工作。當醫生雖然可以做到，但是他不喜歡看到血。他想成為一名律師，所以他九年級的時候也進了法學院。

Now this young man is a lawyer for his city. He does good things for the city
and its people. He loves his job!
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Vocabulary
十七歲的少年，已經展開他想要的律師工作。

1. become 成為
I can never understand why people want to study law.
我永遠搞不懂為什麼有人想要讀法律。
To become a rich lawyer? 好變成有錢的律師?

2. smart 聰明的
There are many other ways to become rich. 有好多別的方法可以變有錢。
Like what? 比如說什麼?
Like making smart investments.比如說聰明投資。

3. study 研究、用功
How would you know if it's smart? 你怎麼知道那是不是聰明?
I would study it, of course. 當然我會先研究。

4. easy 容易的
Law is boring. 法律很無聊耶。
Making investments can be boring, too. 投資可能也很無聊。
No, it would be easy. 不會，它很簡單。
You stop when you lose money. 你損失錢就停止。

Let's read the vocabulary.
become成為
smart聰明的
study研究、用功
easy容易的
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Quiz
1. What job does this teenager have?
a. Lawyer
b. Doctor
c. Student

2. What was important in his family?
a. Being famous
b. Studying
c. Writing

3. What does he like to do?
a. Read books
b. Help people
c. Go to law school

Answers:
1. a
2. b
3. b

 

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Scarves Warm Hearts

Something wonderful happens in cities in Canada and the U.S. every year. It
started long ago with a surprise! On a very cold day in a Canadian city,
fourteen statues of great heroes... wore scarves?!
每一年冬天，加拿大跟美國很多城市都會發生美妙的事。最開始是很多年前一個寒冷的冬日，加拿大城市的14座偉人雕像，脖子上都圍了圍巾。

The colorful scarves were handmade. Each scarf had a message that warmed
people's hearts. And the scarves were free!
這些色彩繽紛，手工做的圍巾都可以免費拿取，上面還有溫馨的小紙條。

Some people took pictures of the statues that day. They posted the pictures
online. Many people liked the idea of leaving scarves for anyone to take!
They called it "scarf bombing."
有人拍了雕像的照片並放到網路上。很多人喜歡用這樣的方式送愛心圍巾!

So who scarf bombed the statues? Some kind students did!
The kindness didn't stop. Lots of people need scarves. So scarf bombers in
many cities make scarves all year. They're making hats, gloves, jackets, and
blankets right now! Other people help by giving the scarf bombers yarn.
很多人需要圍巾，於是很多不同城市的人一整年都在做圍巾，搞不好現在正在做帽子、手套、外套跟被子。也有人提供他們的毛線，讓善意一直傳下去。

When cold weather comes, they make scarf bombs. They put the things they made
on fences, benches, and many other places.
天氣很冷的時候，他們會把圍巾跟其他做的物品綁在欄杆、長椅跟其他的地方。

Small acts of kindness are important. Leaving warm scarves for people makes
them happy. And it brings people together!

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Vocabulary
雕像圍上圍巾，目的是提醒大家，有溫暖的圍巾可以自由取用。

1. jacket 夾克
It's freezing today! 今天冷死了!
Where's your jacket? 你的夾克呢?
I didn't bring one. 我沒帶。
I didn't know it'd be so cold! 我不知道會這麼冷!

2. kind 好心的
Here, let me at least offer you my scarf. 來，至少讓我借你我的圍巾。
Thank you. You're so kind! 謝謝，你人真好!

3. wear 穿戴
How did you know to wear a heavy coat? 你怎麼知道要穿厚外套?
Yesterday was so warm.昨天那麼溫暖。

4. online 上網
I just happened to see an online weather forecast.
我只是剛好在網上看到氣象預報。
Don't worry. It'll warm up tomorrow. 別擔心，明天就會變溫暖。
That's good to know. 這是好消息。

我們來讀單字。
jacket夾克
kind好心的
wear穿戴
online上網

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Quiz
1. Where does scarf bombing happen?
a. Taiwan
b. Canada
c. Japan

2. Where can people find these scarves?
a. Fences
b. Desks
c. Libraries

3. What do people give to help scarf bombers?
a. Money
b. Yarn
c. Food

Answers:
1. b
2. a
3. b