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President Gives Awards to Teachers in India

Hey, guess what?! Today is Teachers' Day! 你知道嗎?今天是教師節!

I know … You love this day! Because you love your teacher sooooo much,
right?
我知道今天是教師節，大家都很愛你們的老師，對不對?

Let's give teachers everywhere a great big clap! 請為世界各地的老師用力鼓掌。
Wow! That was loud! You must love your teacher very much!
In Taiwan, Teachers' Day is on September 28th. Other countries have Teachers'
Days too. But they're on different days.
台灣的教師節在9月28號。其他的國家也有教師節，但是慶祝的日期不同。

In India, Teachers' Day is on September 5th. This year, India's president
gave awards to 75 teachers. These teachers worked hard for their students.
They did amazing things!
印度的教師節在9月5號。今年印度總統頒獎給75位老師，讚賞他們的努力。

One teacher made an online drama. It helps kids learn. They have fun watching
it at home! 其中一位老師在線上演戲，幫助小朋友學習，讓他們在家也看得開心。

Another teacher loves his job. He comes to school every day. He hasn't missed
a day of school... for eleven years!
有一位老師很愛他的工作，他每天都到學校，11年都沒有缺席。

One teacher loves his school so much, he cleans it every day! He cleans the
toilets too! He even uses his own money to help the school!
另外一位老師也非常愛護他的學校。他每天打掃學校以及廁所，還捐錢幫助學校。

The 75 teachers in India help their students in many ways. Maybe your teacher
does too. What can you give your teacher an award for?

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Vocabulary
老師們辛苦了!

1. award 獎項
I can't believe it! 真不敢相信!
They gave me an award! 他們給了我一個獎 !
Congratulations! What is the award for? 恭喜你，是什麼獎呢?

2. job 工作
For being a wonderful teacher! 因為我是很棒的老師。
Oh wow. But you don't even like your job! 哇，可是你甚至不喜歡你的工作。

3. every day 每天
I'm beginning to like it now. 我現在開始喜歡了。
It's a good job, you know. 這是個好工作。
Sure, you get to help children every day. 當然了，每天都可以幫助小朋友。

4. learn 學習
And I'm learning something new every day. 我每天也在學習新東西。
Like how to have fun when working. 比如說怎麼在工作時玩樂。

Let's learn something new every day! 一起來讀單字。
award獎項
job工作
every day每天
learn學習

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Quiz

1. When is Teachers' Day in Taiwan?
a. September 28th
b. September 5th
c. Every day

2. Who gave teachers in India their awards this year?
a. The President
b. The Prime Minister
c. The kids

3. How many teachers in India were given awards this year?
a. 28
b. 5
c. 75








Answers:
1. a
2. a
3. c
 

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Friends Clean Up Rivers

Wow, this park is nice. What's that?! And that?! Oh no, it's trash ... Yuck.

Hey, did you hear what five friends in Indonesia did?

They saw lots of trash. So they cleaned it up!

They cleaned up a river, but we can clean up this park!
你聽說過印尼一群朋友他們的事蹟嗎? 他們看到河裡有很多垃圾，就把河川清理乾淨。

The trash in this park is not very bad.

But the trash in the river was a big problem. It was dirty. It smelled bad.

There were plastic bags, water bottles, and old clothes. The trash stopped
the river!
河川裡的垃圾很多，而且又髒又臭，還有塑膠袋、寶特瓶還有舊衣服阻塞了整條河!

The friends wanted to help the river.

So they made a group. The group cleaned up the river.

They took away many bags of trash.

Then they cleaned up more rivers! They cleaned up beaches!
這群朋友組成的小組清理出很多袋的垃圾，他們也繼續清理別的河流跟海灘。

The group made many videos of their work. They shared their videos online.
他們把整個過程拍成影片，上傳到網路上。

Millions of people saw the videos!

Now many people help the group.

They clean up rivers and beaches all over Indonesia!
很多人看到他們的影片，也加入他們一起清理印尼的河川跟海攤。

Five friends cleaned up one river. Now they clean up many rivers and beaches
with their new friends.

Oh, look! Our park is clean. What's next?

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Vocabulary
這群朋友不但清理家附近的河川，也擴大到其他地方。

1. trash 垃圾
What smells so awful? 什麼東西這麼難聞?
Sorry, I forgot to take out the trash. 真抱歉，我忘了倒垃圾。

2. bag 袋子
You have 5 bags of trash? 你有五袋垃圾?
That's a lot for one person! 一個人有這麼多垃圾!
I know. I can't wait to get rid of them. 我知道，我也等不及要把它們扔掉了。

3. friend 朋友
Some of my friends came here on the weekend.一些朋友周末來這裡。
They brought lots of food. 他們帶了一堆吃的。

4. share 分享
We shared 6 pizzas, 3 bottles of coke and lots of
fruit.我們分享六個披薩，三瓶可樂還有好多水果。
Hmmm, why was I not invited? 怎麼沒有邀請我?

你今天學到哪些單字?
trash垃圾
bag袋子
friend朋友
share分享

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Quiz
1. Where do the friends clean up rivers?
a. Indonesia
b. India
c. Japan

2. Where did the friends share their videos?
a. At school
b. In a river
c. Online

3. How many people saw the videos?
a. Hundreds
b. Millions
c. Billions









Answers:
1. a
2. c
3. b

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Snails Change Vegetable Farmer's Life

Snails are small animals with a shell. They crawl very slowly. Snails leave
silver lines on the ground. They eat fruit, vegetables, and many other
things. Gardeners and farmers don't like snails.
蝸牛是個很小的動物，牠們吃水果、蔬菜等等，所以園丁跟農夫都不喜歡蝸牛。

But many people around the world like snails. They like to eat them. Some
people pay a lot of money to eat snails! Where are these snails from?
Sometimes they're from gardens. Many are from snail farms!
但是還是有人喜歡蝸牛，也喜歡吃牠們。那這些蝸牛來自哪裡呢?
這些蝸牛有時候是來自花園，很多是來自養殖場。

Mr. Chang was a vegetable farmer in Taitung. He grew vegetables for many
years. It was hard work. And maybe snails made his work harder.
張先生曾經是台東的菜農，種菜很辛苦，菜田裡的蝸牛讓他更辛苦。

He was getting older. He wanted an easier job.

Now Mr. Chang is a snail farmer. He has more than 80,000 snails! The snails
need a lot of care. Small changes can kill them! But for Mr. Chang, snail
farming is easier than vegetable farming.
現在張先生改養蝸牛。蝸牛需要呵護照顧，一點點的改變都會造成牠們的死亡。但是對張先生來說，養蝸牛比種菜簡單多了。

Mr. Chang also sells snails in cans. He sells sausages made of pork and
snails too. He sells them in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.
張先生也賣蝸牛罐頭跟蝸牛香腸。除了國內，他還賣到香港跟澳門。

Snails changed this vegetable farmer's life. Hmmm....I'm hungry for snails
now! Are you too?

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Vocabulary
不種水稻而去養蝸牛，賺的錢還更多。

1. garden 花園
What a beautiful garden! 好漂亮的花園!
It reminds me of my days as a gardener. 讓我想起以前我當園丁的日子。

2. grow 種植
What did you grow? 妳種什麼呢?
I grew a lot of tulips.我種很多鬱金香。
Just flowers? No fruit or vegetables? 只有花嗎? 沒有青菜水果?
No, tulips were trouble enough.沒有，鬱金香就夠麻煩了。

3. vegetable 蔬菜
Yeah, vegetables can be harder. 也對，蔬菜可能更難。
There would be snails and insects.會有蝸牛和昆蟲。

4. older 比較老的
I may grow cherry trees when I get older.
我年紀比較大時也許會種櫻桃樹。Cherries are delicious.櫻桃很好吃。

Let's review these words.
garden花園
grow種植
vegetable蔬菜
older比較老的
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Quiz

1. Where does Mr. Chang live?
a. Taitung
b. Hualien
c. Yilan

2. Why did Mr. Chang start farming snails?
a. They need a lot of care.
b. He loves to eat them.
c. They're easier than vegetables.

3. Where does Mr. Chang sell his snails?
a. France
b. Macau
c. Italy













Answers:
1. a
2. c
3. b
 

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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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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