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Young Amis People Keep the Amis Ways Alive

In Guangfu Township in Hualien, there is a very old village. It's Taibalang Tribal Village. People of the Amis tribe live there.
花蓮光復的太巴塱（ㄌㄤˇ）部落中住著許多阿美族人。

The village is next to two rivers. They are full of crabs!
部落旁有兩條河，河中很多螃蟹。

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Hundreds of Europeans Are Learning Taiwanese Languages

How many languages do you speak? Maybe you speak three: a Taiwanese language,
Mandarin Chinese, and English! Maybe you speak more than three!

你會說幾種語言呢？也許你會一種台灣的方言、中文，還有英文！也許你會的還不只這三種！

Mandarin Chinese and English are the most spoken languages in the world. You
can speak with many, many people! You can learn about many countries.

中文和英文是全世界最普遍使用的語言。你可以用這兩種話跟很多人聊天，認識不同的國家。

Taiwan has many languages. People learning one can also learn about Taiwan.

台灣有很多種方言。學習台灣的方言能讓人更了解台灣！

In France, a school has Taiwanese language courses. Taiwanese teachers teach
them. There are 28 courses.

有一所法國學校開了由台灣老師教的台灣語言課程，總共有 28 門課。

Five courses are on Hoklo. Two are on Taiwanese Hakka. Eight are on Taiwanese
indigenous languages: Amis, Atayal, Bunun, Hla'alua, Paiwan, Puyuma, Rukai,
Saisiyat, and Truku. Thirteen are on Taiwanese Mandarin.

其中有 5 門是閩南話、2 門教客家話，還有 8
門是台灣原住民民族語課。除此之外，還有 13 門中文課！

Hundreds of European students are taking these classes! Most want to learn
about Taiwan. Some have family in Taiwan. They also want to know them better.

好幾百位歐洲學生在上這些課！這些學生想更了解台灣，也有一些人有台灣親戚，所以經由學習語言更了解他們。

Soon, hundreds of Europeans will speak a Taiwanese language! Su? la*!

*TRANSLATION
Su? la (Taiwanese Hokkien) = ?啦 = "Good job!"
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Vocabulary

法國的學校不但教學生中文，還有各種台灣的方言。

1. how many 有幾個，或者多少。

How many languages do you want to learn this year? 你今年想學幾種語言?

At least 2! 至少兩種。

2. course 課程。

I even signed up for a Spanish course yesterday.我昨天甚至還報名了西班牙課。

Wow, very ambitious! 真有野心!

3. European 歐洲的。

So you'll learn 3 different languages.所以你要學三種不同的語言。

Right, because I'm traveling to 3 European
countries.對，因為我要去三個歐洲國家旅行。

4. teacher 老師。

Will your teacher tell you how to say, 你的老師會不會教你怎麼說:"Help! I'm
lost!"? [幫幫我，我迷路了]?

I'd like to learn "Help! I'm hungry." 我想學的是[幫幫我，我肚子餓]。

你今天學到哪些單字? how many有幾個，或者多少 course課程 European歐洲的
teacher老師

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Quiz
1. What is one of the most spoken languages in the world?
a. Taiwanese Mandarin
b. Mandarin Chinese
c. European

2. Where can you learn a Taiwanese language in Europe?
a. Taiwan
b. France
c. China

3. How many Taiwanese language courses does the school have?
a. Two
b. Twenty-eight
c. Hundreds


Answers
1. b
2. b
3. b

 

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Indigenous Houses at Taiwan's Schools

Taiwan has many Indigenous groups. Keeping their ways of life is important
for Taiwan.
台灣有很多原住民，保留他們的生活方式很重要。

Now, about ninety schools are working with local Indigenous groups. They want
kids to understand Indigenous ways of life.
目前大約九十所學校跟當地原住民族合作，希望讓小朋友更了解他們。

These schools have Indigenous houses with Indigenous art, tools, and stories.
Kids learn by doing.
這些學校有原住民的傳統房子，裡面有各種手工藝、工具和故事。小朋友可以親身體驗原住民文化。

Taoyuan's Guanghua Elementary School has Atayal houses. Atayal people helped
build them. Kids learn Atayal ways.
桃園的光華國小有泰雅族的房子，讓小朋友們在那裡學習泰雅族的生活方式。這些房子是泰雅族人一起幫忙蓋的。

Hualien's Taiping Elementary School has a Bunun stone house. The school used
Bunun ways to build it. Kids learn Bunun ways.
花蓮的太平國小有布農族石板屋，是用傳統方式蓋的，學生可以更了解布農族。

Hualien's Ruibei Elementary School has a Bunun and Amis house. Bunun and Amis
groups built it together. The art, tools, and stories are from both. Kids
learn the languages, crafts, songs, and dances of both. Kids see the two
groups work together and respect each other.
花蓮的瑞北國小有一棟布農族跟阿美族一起蓋的房子，裡面展示兩族的作品跟其他的東西。小朋友學習他們的語言和文化，也看到不同族群怎麼互相尊重與合作。

Kids at these schools understand Indigenous ways more now. Does your school
have an Indigenous house?
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Vocabulary
台灣很多國小教導兒童原住民文化，希望讓它延續。

1. understand 了解。
Did you understand what she said? 你聽懂她在講什麼嗎?
Not at all. 完全不懂。
Was she speaking Chinese? 她在講中文嗎?
I believe so. 我想是。

2. language 語言。
I thought it’s another language. 我還以為是在講另外一種話。
Yeah, Chinese can be hard. 對啊，中文是滿難的。

3. way of life 生活方式。
I think when learning a new language, 我覺得學一種新語言，
you need to learn their way of life. 也需要學他們的生活方式。

4. help 幫助。
I agree. 我同意。
When I was learning Japanese, 我學日文時，
I ate raw fish every day. 每天吃生的魚。
Did it help? 有幫助嗎?
No. 沒有。

你想學新的語言嗎? 來讀單字。
understand了解 language語言 way of life生活方式 help幫助
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Quiz

1. Where is the school with Atayal houses?
a. Keelung
b. Hualien
c. Taoyuan

2. What is the Bunun house made of?
a. Ways
b. Stone
c. Tools

3. What do all of the houses have?
a. Indigenous art
b. Atayal tools
c. Bunun and Amis songs

Answers
1. c
2. b
3. a
 

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Mobile Game Helps Indigenous Group

Kid: Yes! I'm going to win this game!

Mom: Hey! Put that phone down!

Kid: Awww … Mom!

Narrator: Do you play mobile games? They are fun! Many kids like to play
them. Adults do too!
你有在玩手機遊戲嗎？很多小孩跟大人都喜歡玩手機遊戲！

The Nyiyaparli are an Indigenous group in Australia. They made a mobile game.
It is fun! Everyone can play it! And it is saving the group's language.
在澳洲，有一個原住民族叫做
Nyiyaparli。他們做了一個大家都可以玩的手機遊戲，好拯救他們的語言！

The group is more than 41,000 years old. It has about 400 people now. But its
language is in danger! Fewer than ten people speak it well. Most are older.
If its language goes away, the group will not know a lot about being
Nyiyaparli.
這個原住民族已經存在超過四萬一千年，如今只剩下大約四百位族人。會說族語的人不到十個，多半是老人家。如果這個語言消失了，Nyiyaparli的文化也會跟著不見！

But now, kids and adults are playing the game. They are learning the language!
但現在，小孩和大人都開始一邊玩這個遊戲，一邊學習族語！

In the game, the players are outside. They go to the group's important
places. They catch animals like cockatoos and kangaroos! They hear Nyiyaparli
speakers say animal names and other words.
在遊戲裡，玩家像是在戶外探險一樣，拜訪族人重要的場所，也會抓鳳頭鸚鵡那樣的動物。玩家還會聽見Nyiyaparli族人用自己的語言講動物的名字跟其他的單字！

More Nyiyaparli are learning their language now. Their new mobile game is
saving their very old language! How cool!
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Vocabulary
用手遊來學語言，是不是可以事半功倍?

1. mobile 行動的。
Whoa, your eyes are so red! 你的眼睛好紅!
Playing mobile games all night again? 又是整晚玩手遊?
Guilty. 被你抓包了。
But this time I really nailed it. 不過這次我真的辦到了!

2. win 贏得。
Oh yeah? Did you win something big? 是嗎?你贏了大的?
Yeah, it was my biggest ever! 我贏了有史以來最大的!

3. adult 成年人。
You know, I don't get it. 我真搞不懂。
Those games are for kids. 那種遊戲是給小孩玩的。
Are you kidding? Tons of adults play them! 開玩笑，一堆大人都在玩!

4. speak 說。
Because they can win real prizes. 因為可以贏真的獎品。
Ooo! Now you're speaking my language! 這下你說到我心裡了。

請跟我讀單字。
mobile行動的 win贏得 adult成年人 speak說
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Quiz

1. How old is the Nyiyaparli group?
a. 10 years old
b. 400 years old
c. 41,000 years old

2. What does the group want to save?
a. Its mobile game
b. Its language
c. Its animals

3. What do players do in the game?
a. Catch animals
b. Talk with Nyiyaparli speakers
c. Go inside

Answers
1. c
2. b
3. a
 

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Wasabi on the Alishan Mountains

Have you tried wasabi? It is a spicy green paste. The paste comes from the
root of wasabi plants. Wasabi plants grow in humid, cold places. They can
take two years to grow!
你吃過芥末嗎？芥末是一種綠色的、很嗆的調味醬，它是用山葵的根做出來的。山葵喜歡濕冷的環境，生長期長達兩年！

The Tsou people farmed wasabi. They grew it high on the Alishan mountains.
But the land was Taiwan's. A forest was there before.
鄒族人以前會在阿里山很高的山上種山葵。不過，那塊地更早是森林，而且是公有地。

Nine years ago, Taiwan stopped letting farmers grow wasabi there. It wanted
the forest and wild animals to come back. Soon, young Tsou farmers left
Alishan. They went to work in cities.
九年前，政府為了復育森林跟野生動物，不再讓原住民在那裡種山葵。很多年輕的鄒族農民於是離開了阿里山，到城市工作。

But now some Tsou people are farming wasabi again! The new farms are lower on
the mountains. The air is not as cold. There are more insects. The Tsou
people work with scientists. They found a new kind of wasabi plant. The paste
is sweet and spicy. Chefs tried it. They liked it!
現在，鄒族人又開始種植山葵了。但是新的地點比較靠近山腳，天氣不夠涼冷，又有很多昆蟲！鄒族人跟科學家合作，找到新的山葵品種，做出來的芥末香甜辛辣，受到很多廚師喜愛！

Now the forest and wild animals are back. The Tsou people are farming wasabi
again. This is a win-win for Taiwan and the Tsou people!
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Vocabulary
芥末來自山葵的根莖，現在台灣也有在阿里山上栽培的新鮮山葵。

1. city 城市。
I'm done with the city. 我受夠城市了!
I want to be a farmer. 我想去當農夫。
You? A farmer? 你當農夫?
You can't live a day without your air-conditioner! 沒有冷氣你一天都活不下去!

2. mountain 山。
That's because it's too hot. 那是因為天氣太熱。
I'll go somewhere cold. 我會去很冷的地方。
In the mountains? 在山上嗎?
Yeah, somewhere nice and beautiful. 對，在很美的地方。

3. grow 種植。
And grow… peaches? 然後種水蜜桃?
Nah, too much trouble. 不，太麻煩了。
I'll grow radishes.我種蘿蔔。
You don't even like radishes! 你甚至不愛蘿蔔!

4. plant 種植。
That's just the beginning. 那只是開始。
I'll plant roses later on. 之後我要種玫瑰花。

還記得剛剛的單字嗎?
city城市 mountain山 grow種植 plant種植
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Quiz

1. Where does wasabi grow?
a. In cold places
b. In dry places
c. In hot places

2. How long do wasabi plants take to grow?
a. 2 years
b. 9 years
c. 20 years

3. Why did Taiwan stop letting farmers grow wasabi high in the mountains?
a. To make a wild animal zoo
b. To make a road to the top
c. To make the forest come back

Answers
1. a
2. a
3. c