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Nanliao Uses Fishing Floats as Decorations

Hm… think… think… think! I'm trying to think of some ways I can do
something positive for the planet.

After all, Earth Hour is tonight. Do you know about Earth Hour?
今天晚上是「關燈一小時」活動，你們有聽過嗎？

Every year, many people around the world celebrate Earth Hour. Today, Earth
Hour will happen from eight-thirty to nine-thirty p.m. A lot of people turn
off their lights during this time. This saves electricity.
今年這項活動會從八點半到九點半，很多人會把燈關掉來省電。

But we don't have to wait for Earth Hour to do nice things for the planet.
There are a lot of other ways we can help the environment.
還有很多其他的方法可以幫助地球。

For example, there is a town in Penghu called Nanliao. There has always been
a lot of fishing in Nanliao. But there is a problem. A lot of fishing means
a lot of old fishing equipment turns into garbage.
澎湖有一個小村落叫南寮。以前這裡很多人是漁夫，但是舊的捕魚設備現在成了垃圾。

The people of Nanliao had a creative idea. They reuse old fishing floats as
decorations for the town.

They turned the floats into lanterns. They also cut the floats up to make
other beautiful decorations. These are fun ways to reuse old things in new
ways. The decorations look very nice. Now more people visit Nanliao.
南寮的居民有個好點子，他們把捕魚浮標變成村子裡的燈籠，也把浮標切開做成其他的美麗裝飾。現在有更多人去南寮玩了。

What a fun idea! What are some ways you can help your community and the
planet? Earth Hour tonight is a great time to think about ideas!
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Vocabulary
動動腦筋，舊的東西也可以改頭換面，帶來新氣象。

1. tonight 今晚
Let's meet at 9 tonight. 我們今晚九點見。
We can't. 沒辦法。
What do you mean we can't? 沒辦法是什麼意思？
It'll be dark everywhere. 到處都會是黑黑的。
What? 什麼？

2. turn off 關掉
Haven't you heard? 你沒聽說嗎？
Many stores are turning off the lights for an hour. 很多商店都會關燈一個鐘頭。
Oh, that's annoying! 有點煩呢！

3. planet 地球
What's the point? 有什麼意義？
The planet won't get better. 地球又不會變好。
It's for saving electricity. 是為了省電。

4. electricity 電力
Electricity should be used. 電就是要用的。
Or how about we meet tomorrow morning? 那我們明天早上碰面如何？
Alright. 好啦。

跟我一起讀讀單字吧。
tonight 今晚
turn off 關掉
planet 地球；行星
electricity 電力
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Quiz

1. When is Earth Hour today?
A: 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
B: 8:30 - 9:30 p.m.
C: It doesn't happen today

2. How long does Earth Hour last?
A: 1 hour
B: 1 day
C: 1 minute

3. What does the Nanliao Community reuse as decorations?
A: Fishing poles
B: Fishing floats
C: Fishing bait

Answers
1. B
2. A
3. B
 

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Taiwan Ranked Happiest Country in East Asia

Voice: 你好！

Narrator: Good morning! That woman is so happy! Hmmm... How happy is everyone
in Taiwan?

There is a big group of countries. It is called the United Nations. Some
people call the United Nations "the UN".
United Nations 聯合國，它是一個由很多國家組成的組織，英文縮寫是 "UN"。

The UN makes a list. It shows how happy countries are. This list is the
"World Happiness Report".

The UN makes the list every year. It takes a long time. The list is not easy
to make. The UN has to be fair.
聯合國每一年都會製作一份「世界幸福報告」，看看每個國家的人有多幸福。

The UN looks at many things. Do people feel good? Do they have a family? Do
they have friends? Do people have jobs? Do they have money? Do they feel
free? Can people get help? Do they think their country is good?
這份報告是看人們開不開心、有沒有家庭或是朋友、有沒有工作和金錢、是否覺得很自由、能夠獲得協助，還有是否認為自己的國家很棒。

This year's World Happiness Report lists 137 countries.

The report says Taiwan is the happiest country in East Asia! The three
happiest countries in East Asia are Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea.
137個國家排名下來，東亞第一名是台灣！前三名是台灣、日本，還有南韓。

Finland is the happiest country in the world. Finland has been the happiest
country for six years!
芬蘭已經連續六年蟬聯全世界最幸福的國家！

The three happiest countries in the world are Finland, Denmark, and Iceland.
They are in Europe.
世界前三名就是芬蘭、丹麥，還有冰島，這三個國家都在北歐。

Which country will be the happiest next year? Good luck, Taiwan! We can do it!
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Vocabulary
聯合國的報告說，台灣是個幸福國家。

1. feel 感覺
This is something I really don't understand. 這我就真的不懂了。
What? 是什麼？
Why do people in Finland feel happy? 為什麼芬蘭人會覺得快樂？
Why not? 為什麼不？

2. country 國家
It's a northern country. 它是個北方國家。
It's so cold and dark there! 那兒又冷又陰暗！
Winter lasts five months in Finland. 芬蘭的冬季有五個月。

3. family 家人
Maybe it's because they have a loving family and many friends.
也許是因為他們有親愛的家人和很多朋友。
Family and friends are important, I know. 我知道家人朋友很重要。

4. look at 看著
But so is sunshine. 但是陽光也很重要。
I guess people can look at the sun online. 我想大家可以上網看太陽。

你的日子過得好不好呢？來讀單字。
feel 感覺
country 國家
family 家人
look at 看著
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Quiz

1. What is another name for "the UN"?
A: The Unity Nations
B: The Union Nations
C: The United Nations

2. How many countries are in this year's report?
A: 137
B: 37
C: 107

3. What is the happiest country in the world?
A: Iceland
B: Finland
C: Taiwan

Answers
1. C
2. A
3. B
 

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Cook Makes Cricket Ice Cream

I'm at an ice cream shop. I want one small scoop of ice cream. There are many
flavors! There's chocolate… strawberry… vanilla…

WAIT! What is that?! Crickets?! In ice cream?!
我在冰淇淋店裡面，有好多種口味可以選，有巧克力、草莓，還有... 蟋蟀？

That's right! That's a strange flavor.

Thomas is a cook. He makes strange ice cream flavors. He made liver sausage
and cheese ice cream! One time, Thomas put gold on ice cream! It was 130 NT
dollars for one scoop!
Thomas
是個廚師。他做過很多奇怪口味的冰淇淋，像是豬肝香腸口味跟起司口味。還有一次
Thomas 把黃金放在冰淇淋上，一球要 130 元台幣！

Now he makes cricket ice cream!

How does Thomas make this strange ice cream? He uses cream, vanilla, honey,
and flour. Flour is in cookies and noodles too. But this flour is cricket
flour. You can't see these crickets.
這款冰淇淋是用奶油、香草、蜂蜜，跟麵粉做的。做餅乾跟麵條也會用到麵粉。但是這款冰淇淋用的麵粉是蟋蟀麵粉，你看不到裡面的蟋蟀。

Thomas also puts dried crickets on each scoop. You can see these crickets.
Yummy…
但Thomas也會在每一球冰淇淋上放一隻蟋蟀乾，你可以吃掉牠！

Some people don't like his cricket ice cream. They think it looks nasty! But
Thomas says most people love it!
有一些人不喜歡，不想吃蟋蟀冰淇淋，但 Thomas 說很多人都很愛。

What do you think? Would you eat cri… Ah! It's in my hair! Get it off me!
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Vocabulary
冰淇淋口味千變萬化，連蟋蟀都可以包括進去。

1. chocolate 巧克力
Have you tried the new ice cream place over there? 你去過那裡的冰淇淋店嗎？
No, is it good? 沒有，好吃嗎？
Yeah, their chocolate ice cream is unbelievable!
好吃，他們的巧克力冰淇淋好到讓人不敢置信！

2. flavor 味道
But my favorite flavor is vanilla. 但是我最喜歡的味道是香草。
They have that, too. 他們也有。
Vanilla with honey. 香草加蜂蜜。

3. strange 奇怪的
That sounds a little strange. 聽起來有一點兒奇怪。
Maybe, but I heard it's very good. 也許吧，不過我聽說很好吃。

4. noodle 麵條
I'm in the mood for some noodles, though. 不過我現在想吃麵。
Great idea! Who wants ice cream on a rainy day? 好主意! 誰要下雨天吃冰淇淋？

你愛吃冰淇淋嗎？
chocolate 巧克力
flavor 味道
strange 奇怪的
noodle 麵條
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Quiz

1. Which strange ice cream was 130 NT dollars for a scoop?
A: Liver sausage
B: Gold
C: Cheese

2. What does Thomas use for his new ice cream?
A: Noodles
B: Crickets
C: Cookies

3. Why don't some people want to try Thomas' new ice cream?
A: It looks nasty
B: It looks tasty
C: It looks cold

Answers
1. B
2. B
3. A
 

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Scientists Study Seabird Safety

I'm eating lunch at the beach! Now, where are my sandwiches? ..... Hey!!!!
That seabird took my lunch! It's very smart! Now scientists want to see just
how smart seabirds are, to keep them safe.
海鳥偷走了我的午餐，牠們好聰明。科學家想要知道海鳥到底有多聰明，好保護牠們。

Scientists want to keep seabirds safe from wind farms. Wind farms make
electricity from the wind. They have big machines called 'turbines'. Turbines
have three blades. The wind spins the blades around and around.

There's lots of wind at sea. Turbines make the most electricity there. So
companies put wind farms there.
海邊風很強，所以風力發電渦輪機都蓋在海邊，上面有三片葉片，風會吹動扇葉來發電。

Scientists are worried about seabirds. Seabirds might fly into a turbine's
blades and die. So scientists studied seabird safety at a wind farm.
科學家擔心海鳥會飛進發電機轉動的扇葉而死亡，於是開始研究風力發電場的海鳥安全。

The study took two years. They watched 10,000 videos of the turbines. They
saw four kinds of seabirds come and go. And they found … nothing!

Zero seabirds flew into the turbine blades. Zero seabirds died! They all flew
far away from the spinning blades. Scientists don't know why. But those
seabirds are very smart indeed!
科學家研究了兩年，看了一萬多支發電機的監視器影片，發現有四種海鳥來來去去，但是這些海鳥就是很聰明，沒有一隻海鳥被撞死，科學家也不知道為甚麼。

Scientists need to study other kinds of seabirds. Maybe now they will find
how to save thousands of other seabirds too!
Bravo birdies!
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Vocabulary
海鳥跟風力發電渦輪機相安無事，讓科學家有些意外。
1. fly 飛翔。
Fly, kite, fly! 飛呀，風箏，飛吧。
Look how high it is! 你看它飛得多高!
Yeah, it's beautiful against the blue sky.對啊，襯著藍天真好看。

2. spin 轉圈。
Oh no, it's spinning around. 糟了，它在轉圈圈。
It's just the wind. 只是風的關係。
It'll steady once the wind weakens. 風變小就穩定了。

3. far away 很遠的。
Now it's flying too far away. 現在它飛得太遠了。
It'll take an hour to bring it back. 要一個鐘頭才收得回來。
That's okay. We have a lot of time. 沒關係，我們有的是時間。

4. beach 海灘。
This is really a nice beach. 這真是個美好的海灘。
It is. We should come back more often. 真的，我們應該常回來。

你有在海邊放風箏過嗎?
fly飛翔
spin轉圈
far away很遠的
beach海灘

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Quiz
1. What are wind farms for?
A: Studying seabirds
B: Watching videos
C: Making electricity

2. What machines have three spinning blades?
A: Videos
B: Scientists
C: Turbines

3. How many seabirds flew into the machines?
A: Zero
B: Two
C: Four

Answers
1. C
2. C
3. A
 

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From Old Prison to Comics Museum

People all over the world like comics. In the USA, they like superhero
comics. Some of these comics are now big Hollywood movies!
你喜歡看漫畫嗎？美國人喜歡超級英雄漫畫，有一些漫畫還被改編成電影。

In Europe they like comics too. Belgium has streets named after famous comic
artists. Art schools in Belgium even teach comic art!
歐洲人也喜歡漫畫，比利時還有一些街道以漫畫家命名，藝術學校還會教畫漫畫！

The most famous comics in Asia are from Japan and Korea. But Taiwanese
artists have been making comics for 100 years.
亞洲最有名的漫畫是日本跟韓國漫畫，但是台灣的漫畫已經有超過100年的歷史。

Taiwan's government wants people all over the world to like Taiwanese comics
too. So they're making a national comics museum!
政府希望大家認識台灣漫畫，所以設立了台灣漫畫博物館！

The museum will be in a big arts space in Taichung. They do lots of art
there. They do painting and tea-making. They do martial arts too, like kendo!
這個博物館設在台中的一個藝文空間，還提供茶道、劍道等活動！

The Taichung arts space is in an old Japanese building. Long ago, it was a
prison! People were sent there for breaking the law. Now it's a happy place.
People learn how to draw and paint there!
這個藝文空間是以前的日式建築，曾經是一座監獄，但現在是個有趣的地方。

Taiwan's national comics museum will open soon in Taichung. I can't wait!
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Vocabulary
漫畫博物館讓人可以進一步認識台灣的漫畫作品。

1. comic book 漫畫書。
Reading Japanese manga, Paz? 在看日本漫畫嗎？
Yeah, this one is really good. 這本真的很好看。
Better than the comic book you read yesterday? 比你昨天看的漫畫書還好？

2. artist 藝術家
They are very different. 他們很不一樣。
But both artists draw very well. 但是兩個藝術家都畫得很好。

3. art 藝術
Oh, I've never thought about it as art. 我從沒想過漫畫是藝術。
I just read the story. 我只讀故事。
You should. Don't you find the drawings attractive?
你應該想想。你不覺得這些圖畫很吸引人？

4. draw 畫圖
I don't draw. That's probably why. 我不畫圖。這也許是原因。

你喜歡漫畫嗎? 我們來讀今天的單字。
comic book 漫畫書
artist 藝術家
art 藝術
draw 畫圖
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Quiz

1. Which country teaches comic art in art schools?
A: Japan
B: The USA
C: Belgium

2. How long have Taiwanese artists been making comics?
A: 100 years
B: 100 months
C: 100 days

3. What are people sent to prison for?
A: Learning to draw
B: Breaking the law
C: Making tea

Answers
1. C
2. A
3. B