No Fingerprints

Hi, everyone! Do you know what a fingerprint is? 你知道指紋是什麼嗎？

Try this: Put some ink on your fingers...then press your fingers onto some
white paper...what you see is your own fingerprint!
你用手指沾點墨水，然後按到白紙上，就可以看到自己的指紋喔！

Scientists say it's almost impossible for two people to have the same
fingerprint.

The police can sometimes match fingerprints to bad people. --Aha! Got you! --
You're going to jail!

But, in a country called Bangladesh…there's one family where the men don't
have fingerprints! 孟加拉有個家族，他們的男性成員，都沒有指紋。

Yeah! It's true.

These men's fingers are smooth...with no circles on the skin.
他們的手指皮膚上沒有紋路。

And this is a problem.

They're not bad guys, but they can't get passports or IDs because they don't
have fingerprints! 因為沒有指紋，所以沒有護照或身分證。

The men in Bangladesh are a little bit angry.

They say, "Hey! It's not our fault we don't have fingerprints!"

Scientists are finding new and better ways to make IDs and passports.

Soon, they won't need fingerprints.
科學家開始找辦法，讓他們不用指紋就可以拿到身分證或護照。

I'm sure those men in Bangladesh will be happy when that happens.

Huh, what an interesting story. Everyone has different fingerprints! And some
people don't have fingerprints at all!
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Vocabulary

手指頭上面都有紋路，叫做指紋。

o Finger手指。Don't use your fingers to pick your nose. 別用手指挖鼻孔。I
didn't! See, my fingers are clean! 我才沒有! 你看，我的手指很乾淨!

o Print印刷。Okay, we're done! 好，我們做完了。We can now print out the
picture. 我們現在可以把圖片印出來了。Sorry, my printer is broken.
抱歉，我的印表機壞了。I can go to 7-11 to print it out.
我可以去小七把它印出來。

o Not at all完全不。I ran into a friend on the street.
我在街上碰到一個朋友。But I didn't remember her name at
all.但是我完全不記得她的名字。Now that's embarrassing. 那有點尷尬。It is! So
I just smiled and said nothing. 是很尷尬。所以我就微笑，沒有講話。Did she try
to talk to you? 她有想要跟你講話嗎? No, not at all. 沒有耶，完全沒有。

今天的單字和片語比較簡單。 Let's read them together. Finger手指 print印刷
not at all完全不
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Quiz

1. What is special about fingerprints?
A: Each person has their own special fingerprint
B: They look pretty and cool
C: They are yummy and good for you

2. How do police sometimes catch bad people?
A: They sing really loudly
B: They look under the bed
C: They match the person's fingerprints

3. What country are the men in the story from?
A: India
B: Pakistan
C: Bangladesh






Answers
1: A 2: C 3: C
 

3 Rubik's Cubes in 90 Seconds

Have you ever played with a Rubik's Cube? 你有沒有玩過魔術方塊？

It's a cube with lots of small squares and different colors … red, white,
blue, orange, green, and yellow. You have to try to get all the same colors
on one side. It's really hard!
魔術方塊是要把的每一面轉成同一種顏色，才算成功。

I've tried it many times! And I've never been able to do it! One side all
red, one side all white, one side all orange, one side all green, and one
side all yellow! Ahhh! 我做不到。

But guess what? There is an 8-year-old boy in India who just broke a new
world record! He got all the colors to the right places in one and a half
minutes! 一個八歲的印度小孩，只花90秒就做到了，還打破世界紀錄!

90 seconds... oh, but wait! That's not the most amazing part! He did that to
three Rubik's Cubes... in 90 seconds! 不只這樣，他是同時完成三個魔術方塊喔。
That's just amazing!

The boy says he loves solving puzzles, so training was fun. He says sometimes
he practiced really hard and sometimes he stopped and calmed down… letting
his brain take a rest! Hmm... smart!
練習玩魔術方塊很好玩。不過他也會休息，讓腦袋輕鬆一下。

A Rubik's Cube is a toy, but it's a toy that is a challenge for your brain.
Why not give it a try? How fast can you solve a Rubik's Cube?
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Vocabulary

魔術方塊是需要動腦筋的遊戲。

1. Brain 頭腦。Susan fell down the stairs today. 蘇珊今天跌下樓梯。Doctors
say she bumped her head,醫生說她撞到了頭， but her brain should be fine.
不過她的腦袋正常。

2. Side 邊，面。Which side are you on? 你支持哪一邊? I'm on your side, of
course.我當然是你那邊的!

3. Solve 解決。How did you solve the puzzle? 你是怎麼解開這個難題的? Easy. I
googled. 很簡單，我查了古哥。That's not fair! 不公平!

4. Toy 玩具。My son loves department stores. 我兒子最喜歡的地方是百貨公司。
He loves all those toys! 他超喜歡那些玩具!

What toys do you like? Let's read together.

brain 腦袋 side 邊，面 solve 解決 toy 玩具
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Quiz

1. What is a Rubik's Cube?
A: A rock
B: A cube with squares and colors
C: An ice cube

2. How long did it take the boy in the story to do three Rubik's Cubes?
A: About 74 minutes
B: About 2 hours
C: About 90 seconds

3. How old is the boy in the story and where is he from?
A: He's 8-years-old and from India
B: He's 12-years-old and from Indonesia
C: He's 6-years-old and from Japan







Answers
1: B 2: C 3: A
 

Towers that Eat Pollution

Pollution is a big problem around the world. It's really bad for your health.
It can make you cough.

Oh, excuse me. In some parts of India, the pollution is really, really bad.
But India is trying to make its air cleaner. It built a tower that eats
pollution.
印度空氣汙染嚴重，為了淨化空氣，他們建了一座可以大口吞下髒空氣的塔樓。

Well, it doesn't eat the pollution like that. It sounds more like this.

The top of the tower has 40 huge fans. These 40 fans suck in the dirty air.
The air is cleaned in the tower. Then, the tower blows the clean air out.

塔樓最上面有四十座巨大的電扇，會吸入髒空氣，在塔樓裡面淨化，然後把乾淨空氣吹出來。

Like this: the dirty air comes in... And the clean air comes out. Again...

Whew! That's making me tired. But the fans never get tired. They keep working
and working.

If the tower works well, India will make more of these smog towers. Oh,
sorry, smog is a kind of pollution. So, a smog tower is a pollution tower.

I hope it works! Maybe they can build a smog tower in Taiwan, too!
如果這個塔樓很有用，還會建造更多。也許台灣也需要這樣的建築。
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Vocabulary

印度這座超大的空氣清淨機，是不是很有創意？

1) Air pollution 空氣汙染。
There's so much air pollution today! 今天的空氣汙染好嚴重！
Yeah, even the sky is grey. 對啊，連天空都是灰的。

2) Fan 電扇。
Here, this fan should blow away the bad air. 來，這座電扇應該可以吹走髒空氣。
One fan is not enough. 一座電扇不夠。

3) Tired 很累。
You look tired. 你看起來很累。
I feel tired. 我覺得很累。
Maybe you should go to bed earlier. 也許你應該早一點上床。
No, I've got work to do. 不行，我還有工作要做。

4) Work 工作。
You're working too hard! 你工作太辛苦了！
You're not a robot, you know. 你要知道你不是機器人。
I know. 我知道。

Let's read the words together.
air pollution 空氣汙染
fan 電扇
tired 很累
work 工作
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Quiz

Q1: Where is the pollution tower?
A: In India
B: In Canada
C: In America

Q2: How many fans does the tower have?
A: 14
B: 40
C: 400

Q3: What will India do if the tower works well?
A: Build more towers
B: Put more fans in the towers
C: Sell towers to other countries

Answers
1. A
2. B
3. A
 

New Taipei Getting New YouBike Service in October

Guess what? New Taipei City is getting a new YouBike system. It's already in
Taipei City, but the new YouBike system will be ready in New Taipei City at
the end of this month! 新北市新的微笑單車，月底就可以用了。

It is called YouBike 2.0, and there will be new bikes and new stations. The
colors are a little different too. 顏色有一點不一樣。 The original was orange
and yellow. The new version is white and yellow.

There will be seven hundred places in New Taipei City where people can borrow
these bicycles… 有七百個地方可以租腳踏車。

These rental stations will be in places where it is convenient for a lot of
people. 會放在方便的地方。 For example, near MRT stations!

Another place you can rent them is at New Taipei City Hall in Banqiao.

And in the future, the government plans to add even more stations for
YouBikes… as many as one-thousand-five-hundred!
還會增加一千五百個租腳踏車的地方。

This is great! I really like riding bikes, and I'm excited to try the new
bikes. I think they're very convenient to use to get around the city.

They are also better for the environment than driving cars, and it helps you
get very good exercise! 我覺得腳踏車很方便，也比開車環保，而且你還可以運動！

Will you be using the YouBike 2.0 bicycles?
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Vocabulary

大台北地區，要騎YouBike越來越方便。

1. System 系統。
We have a new YouBike system. 微笑單車現在有新的系統。
So I don't need to bring my EasyCard? 所以我不需要帶悠遊卡？
That's right. You only need your cell phone. 對的。只需要手機。

2. Ride a bike 騎腳踏車。
I feel bored. 我覺得好無聊。
Let's go and ride bikes at the riverside park. 去河濱公園騎車吧。
Great idea! 好主意！

3. Excited 興奮的。
I'm so excited about tomorrow's School Day! 我好興奮明天的學校日！
Me too. I'm excited to see my old friends.
我也是。我很興奮會跟我的老朋友碰面。
Are they coming? 他們會來嗎？
Yes they are! 會來。

4. In the future 未來。
There will be more bike trails in the future. 未來會有更多自行車道。
I can't wait. 我簡直等不及了。

Do you ride a bike every day?
system 系統
ride a bike 騎腳踏車
excited 興奮的
in the future 未來
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Quiz

1. What kind of transportation is this story about?
a. Cars
b. Trains
c. Bicycles

2. What are the new bicycles called?
a. YouBike 2.0
b. YouTube 2.0
c. Moovo

3. What city is mentioned in this story?
a. Taipei City
b. New Taipei City
c. Taichung City

Answers
1. C
2. A
3. B
 

Sailing in Space on Sunlight

Hey there! Today it is so easy to travel far away. We can go around the world
very fast, using airplanes! But that's not how people have always traveled…

A long time ago, people used wind power to cross the oceans. Those old ships
had sails to catch the wind and push the ship forward.
以前的人靠著風力，開著帆船橫越海洋。

Now they're doing the same thing with ships in outer space!
現在，科學家做了太空帆船！

But… there isn't any wind in outer space.
可是，太空沒有風，太空帆船要怎麼動呢？

Space sails use sunlight! Sun power pushes the sails…
答案是太陽的力量！

The sun is a star. A huge, burning ball of fire! And the sun is always
sending out waves of heat and light... sunlight!

It takes about 8 minutes for the waves of sunlight from the sun to reach the
earth.
太陽的光線傳到地球大約要八分鐘。

And… those waves of sunlight can push a space sail.
陽光可以推動太空帆船。

A spaceship from Japan used a small sun sail to go all the way to Venus in
2010!
日本的太空帆船在2010年到過金星。

Now, a French company wants to test a super big sun sail… it will sail
around the earth… high up in outer space!
現在，法國有一家公司準備讓太空帆船環繞地球。

This test is really cool because it will help scientists learn more about sun
sails.

Maybe one day super huge sun sails will push spaceships with people far into
space… then we could vacation on Mars!
未來有機會去火星度假囉！
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Vocabulary
太空帆船運用陽光當作動力，在太空中旅行。

1) push 推動
Sunlight can push spaceships forward. 陽光可以推動太空船前進。
I find it hard to understand. 我覺得有點難懂。
I think it's possible only in space. 我想只有在太空中才能吧。

2) spaceship 太空船
Look, a spaceship! 你看，太空船！
That's not a spaceship, Jane. 那不是太空船。
That's a kite. 那是風箏。

3) sail 帆，航行
Sailing around the world must be fun! 航行全世界一定很好玩！
Yeah, if you have 3 to 5 years. 是，要是你有三年到五年的時間。

4) wind 風
Is it because the wind is slow? 這是因為風很慢嗎？
Well, it's because the world is big. 這是因為世界很大。

Let's read today's vocabulary.
push 推動
spaceship 太空船
sail 帆，航行
wind 風
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Quiz

1. How can the sun push a spaceship's sun sails?
A: Waves of light and heat push the sun sails
B: Waves of ice and water push the sun sails
C: Waves of wind push the sun sails

2. What is the sun?
A: A planet
B: A star
C: A moon

3. In 2010, where did a spaceship go using sun sails?
A: Japan
B: Venus
C: Jupiter

Answers
1. A
2. B
3. B