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News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) | Posted on 2023-12-27 | ![]() |
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Town Gets Man's Big Secret
Are you generous? A generous person gives money or help in a kind way. Maybe
you're generous. But are you as generous as Geoffrey Holt was?
你是一個慷慨的人嗎? 你能像Geoffrey Holt一樣慷慨嗎?
Who was Geoffrey Holt? Geoffrey was a nice, quiet man. People liked him. He
lived in a small town in America called Hinsdale.
他是誰呢? Geoffrey是個安靜又友善的人,他住在美國一個叫 Hinsdale的小鎮。
Geoffrey knew a lot about cars. But he didn't drive a car. He rode a bicycle
around town. That's because Geoffrey didn't like to spend much money.
Geoffrey很了解車,但是他沒有開車。Geoffrey不喜歡花很多錢,他都在小鎮裡騎腳踏車。
When he was 82, he died. But Geoffrey had a big secret. He kept the secret
for a long time.
但是Geoffrey有個秘密,大家一直到他在82歲過世的時候才發現。
Geoffrey was rich! He had about four million dollars. Wow! That's more than
125 million Taiwan dollars!
他其實很有錢,他有大約400萬美金,超過1億2500萬台幣。
Geoffrey gave all his money to Hinsdale when he died. He wanted to help his
town.
Geoffrey死後把他所有的錢留給這個小鎮,希望可以有所幫助。
The people of Hinsdale are very happy about the money. They will use
Geoffrey's money to help their town. Their schools and other things in their
town will be better.
Hinsdale的人非常高興,他們打算讓小鎮裡的學校跟其他的設備變得更好。
Geoffrey Holt was a very generous guy!
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Vocabulary
這位低調的富翁,把他所有的財富都留給他所住的地方。
1. die 死亡
How do you want to be remembered when you die? 你死的時候希望人們記得你什麼?
That's a very big question! 好大的問題!
2. kind 仁慈的
No, I'm serious.我是認真的。
Okay, I'd like people to say I love my friends.
好吧,我想要大家說我愛朋友。That I'm nice and kind.人很好很和善。
3. happy 快樂的
What about you? 你呢?
I'd like to be remembered as a happy person.我想要別人記得我是個快樂的人。
4. better 更好的
Are you happy now? 你現在快樂嗎?
I try to be.我在努力。
I believe I can do better.我相信可以做得更好。
I'll help you. 我會幫你。
Thank you! You are nice and kind. 謝謝,你真的是又好又和善。
你今天學到哪些字?
die死亡
kind仁慈的
happy快樂的
better更好的
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1. Which one did Geoffrey do?
a. Spent a lot of money
b. Drove a car
c. Rode a bicycle
2. How old was Geoffrey when he died?
a. 62
b. 82
c. 102
3. How much of Geoffrey's money did Hinsdale get?
a. Half of it
b. Most of it
c. All of it
Answers:
1. c
2. b
3. c
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News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) | Posted on 2024-01-05 | ![]() |
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NASA's Super-Quiet Supersonic Jet
Let's have a quick quiz! Listen: what's this?
This sound is a sonic boom. It happens when something moves faster than the
speed of sound!
這是聲爆,當物體移動的速度比聲音快就會發生聲爆。
Sound moves very fast through the air. Airplanes do too. The fastest
airplanes are jets. Some jets fly faster than sound! They're supersonic jets.
聲音在空氣中傳得很快,飛機也是這樣。最快的飛機是噴射機,超音速噴射機比聲音還要快。
One of the most famous supersonic jets was the Concorde. Most airplanes take
seven hours to fly from London to New York. The Concorde did it in three and
a half hours!
最有名的超音速噴射機是協和號客機,協和號只需要花三個半小時就可以從倫敦飛到紐約,是普通噴射機的一半。
One problem with the Concorde was the sonic boom. It was too loud! People
didn't like it.
協和號其中的一個問題是聲爆太吵了,大家不喜歡。
NASA is the space agency of the USA. Now, NASA is making a new, very quiet
supersonic jet! It's called the X-59.
美國太空總署正在製造新型的超音速噴射機,聲音很小,叫做 X-59。
NASA says the X-59 can fly from New York to London in one and a half hours!
That's much faster than the Concorde! And the sonic boom is now a little
sonic thump.
太空總署說這款飛機從紐約到倫敦只需要一個半小時! 比協和號更快!
The X-59 is a new start for much faster, much quieter flights!
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Vocabulary
超音速噴射機的聲音太吵,美國太空總署正在改善。
1. fast 快的
Wow, that was fast! 哇,飛得好快!
Yeah, so cool! 對啊,好酷 !
What kind of fighter jets are they? 那是哪一種噴射戰機?
I think they're F-16. 我想是F-16.
2. airplane 飛機
They're so much faster than an airplane. 它們比飛機快多了。
It's because they're much smaller. 因為它小很多。
3. supersonic 超音速
They can go supersonic as well.它們也可以超音速飛行。
I hope they do that now. 我希望它們現在就那樣飛。
I can't wait for the sonic boom. 我等不及要聽聲爆了。
4. loud 大聲的
It'll be so loud that you have to cover your ears. 那聲音會大到你得遮住耳朵。
Really? How exciting! 真的嗎? 好興奮!
今天的單字很有趣。
fast快的
airplane飛機
supersonic超音速
loud大聲的
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Quiz
1. What happens when something moves faster than sound?
a. Thunder
b. An explosion
c. A sonic boom
2. What kind of airplane was the Concorde?
a. A super-quiet jet
b. A superhero jet
c. A supersonic jet
3. In how many hours can the X-59 fly from New York to London?
a. Seven hours
b. Three and a half hours
c. One and a half hours
Answers:
1. c
2. c
3. c
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News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) | Posted on 2024-02-28 | ![]() |
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Every Day Is a Radio Day
Long ago, people had no cellphones. There was no social media. There was no
Internet! In Taiwan, there were no TV stations!
很久以前,人們沒有手機、網路跟社交媒體。那時候,台灣也沒有電視台。
How did news travel to people far away? There was radio then. And there's
radio now!
那要怎麼讓在很遠地方的人知道新聞呢?當時就是用收音機,現在也是!
Radio is free! It's on every day, 24 hours a day. Radio stations broadcast
news, talk shows, music, stories, and more.
廣播不僅免費而且每天24小時都有。廣播電台播送新聞、談話節目、音樂、故事等等。
We hear voices and sounds on the radio. We imagine how people, places, and
things look or what people are doing. That's why radio is called the "theater
of the mind."
我們聽收音機,想像人、事、物的畫面或者人們在做什麼。
Radio broadcasts big news because radios are reliable. No Internet? No
electricity? No problem! Radios can still work! In emergencies, we hear about
what's happening and learn what to do.
即使缺電、沒有網路,廣播還是可以運作,所以利用它播送重大新聞。緊急的時候,我們還是可以知道發生了什麼事以及該如何應對。
Radio brings us all kinds of music. Listening to many songs lets us find out
what we like. Some songs become part of our memories!
我們也可以從收音機聽到各種音樂,找到自己喜歡的歌曲。有一些歌曲還會成為我們的回憶!
World Radio Day was this month. But every day is a radio day! Radio
broadcasts all the news. Radio gives music to our daily lives. Radio is for
all of us!
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Vocabulary
廣播曾經是生活重要的一部份。
1. music 音樂
What's that music? 那是什麼音樂?
"A Summer Place," from the 1970s.〈夏日地方〉,1970年代的。
It's very nice. 很好聽。
Yeah, we used to listen to music on the radio.對,我們以前都從收音機聽音樂。
2. song 歌曲
Not vinyl records? 不是黑膠唱片?
Those came later.那些以後才出現。
Radio was the thing for Western pop songs. 收音機才有西洋流行歌曲。
3. talk show 談話節目
Were there talk shows? 有談話節目嗎?
No, but there were radio dramas of ghost stories. 沒有,不過有鬼故事話劇。
4. every day 每天
I was glued to my radio every day. 我每天都黏著我的收音機。
For the ghost stories? 聽鬼故事?
For those and more.聽那些跟其他的。
Have you ever listened to music on the radio?
Music音樂
song歌曲
talk show談話節目
every day每天
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Quiz
1. What do radio stations broadcast?
a. Internet
b. News
c. Places
2. How much does it cost to listen to the radio?
a. It's free!
b. Four dollars
c. Twenty dollars
3. What is radio called?
a. Words in our minds
b. Songs in the wind
c. Theater of the mind
Answers:
1. b
2. a
3. c
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News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) | Posted on 2024-03-04 | ![]() |
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Stolen and Found Bikes
In a city in Iceland, many people love cycling. But something bad was
happening. Some people were stealing bikes! This worried bicycle owners. Some
people stopped using their bikes.
冰島有個城市,居民都愛騎單車,但是單車容易失竊,一些人就不再騎單車了。
One man loves biking. He wanted more people to love it too. So he was very
angry. He looked for the stolen bicycles. They were hard to find. But he
didn't give up.
有個人很喜歡騎車,也希望更多人會喜歡。單車被偷走令他很生氣,他會到處找失竊的單車。
Sometimes he found stolen bikes where a group of people lived. He talked to
them. He didn't like them because they stole things. But now they're his
friends. They stopped stealing. Some help him find bikes now!
他找到失竊的車之後,也會跟小偷聊聊,請他們不要再偷車了。他們現在成為朋友,還會幫忙一起找失竊的單車。
The man returns bicycles to their owners. Now, after four years, he's famous.
People call him the "bike whisperer." He's very good at finding bicycles!
這個人會把單車歸還給失主。他很會找失竊的單車,大家都稱他為「單車救星」。
He uses social media to help people.
他會用社群媒體來幫助人家。
Are you in Iceland? Did someone steal your bicycle? Ask the bike whisperer
for help. Sometimes he finds bikes in two days!
你在冰島嗎?有人偷了你的單車嗎? 趕快找單車救星幫忙,有時候只要兩天就可以找到。
This man wants more people to love bicycling. He finds stolen bikes and he
stops people from stealing them. He makes having a bicycle safer. He's the
bike whisperer!
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Vocabulary
冰島這位單車救星,喜歡幫人尋找腳踏車。
1. bike 腳踏車
My friend just told me he stole a bike yesterday.
我朋友剛剛告訴我他偷了一輛腳踏車。
What did you say? 你怎麼說呢?
I asked him why he did it.我問他為什麼要那樣。
2. steal 偷竊
He said it's because he loves biking. 他說因為他喜歡騎車。
So he decided to steal it? 所以就決定用偷的?
Yeah, I know it's a bad reason. 對,我知道這是個糟糕的理由。
3. angry 生氣的
Did you get angry? 你有生氣嗎?
No, why would I get angry? 沒有,我怎麼會生氣?
He didn't steal my bike. 他又不是偷我的車。
4. return 歸還
I did tell him to return it to the owner.我有告訴他把車子還給主人。
But he didn't know who the owner was. 但是他不知道主人是誰。
He said he'll put the bike back where he found it.
他說會把車子放回原先的地方。
今天你學到哪些單字?
bike腳踏車
steal偷竊
angry生氣的
return歸還
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Quiz
1. Where does the man live?
a. Iceland
b. Finland
c. England
2. What do people call the man?
a. The bicycling whistle
b. The bike whisperer
c. The bicycle wheel
3. What is the man good at?
a. Selling bikes
b. Fixing bikes
c. Finding bikes
Answers:
1. a
2. b
3. c
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News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) | Posted on 2024-03-25 | ![]() |
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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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