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Bears Have Breakfast in Van

Do you know that bears like sweet food? Bears like fruit and honey. What
other sweet foods do bears like? They like donuts!
你知道熊喜歡吃甜食嗎?牠們喜歡吃水果跟蜂蜜，還有甜甜圈!

One morning, a mother bear and a baby bear were looking for food. They saw a
van. The van was by a store. The van doors were open. No one was in the van.
That's because the driver was taking donuts to the store.
有一天早上，一隻熊媽媽帶著小熊覓食。牠們看到一台裝著甜甜圈的貨車，不僅車門沒關也沒有人在車上，那是因為司機正在把甜甜圈拿進店裡。

There were more donuts in the van. The hungry bears smelled the sweet donuts.
What happened next? That's right - the bears went into the van. They saw the
donuts! The bears opened the donut boxes. They started to eat.
熊媽媽跟小熊爬進了貨車，打開盒子，開始吃甜甜圈。

Some people tried to make the bears go away. These people hit the van. But
the bears didn't go. They ate more donuts! How many did they eat?
有一些人敲打貨車，試著趕走牠們，但是牠們沒有離開繼續吃甜甜圈。牠們吃了多少呢?

In 20 minutes, they ate about 100 small donuts and 36 big donuts! They had a
big, sweet breakfast.
短短的20分鐘，牠們吃了100個小甜甜圈跟36個大甜甜圈，牠們吃了一頓大大的甜早餐。

The mother bear and the baby bear ate many donuts in the van. Will they go
back for more sweet donuts? What do you think?
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Vocabulary
飢餓的媽媽熊和寶寶，吃掉了一百多個甜甜圈。

1. breakfast 早餐
Oh, I'm so hungry now! 我現在好餓!
I need something sweet for breakfast. 我需要吃點甜食當早餐。

2. store 商店
I know just the place. 我知道恰好的地方。
This food store has delicious donuts.這家食品店有好吃的甜甜圈。
Donuts! That's exactly what I want! 甜甜圈! 正是我想要的。

3. box 盒子
It also has boxes of cupcakes.它也有盒裝的杯子蛋糕。
No, cupcakes are too sweet.不，杯子蛋糕太甜了。
I prefer donuts. 我比較喜歡甜甜圈。

4. go 去
There are honey, or chocolate, or strawberry donuts…
有蜂蜜，巧克力或是草莓甜甜圈...
Stop! What are we waiting for? 停，我們在等什麼?
Let's go! 走吧!

Do you have breakfast every day?
breakfast早餐
store商店
box盒子
go去

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Quiz

1. What did the bears eat in the van?
a. Berries
b. Donuts
c. Honey

2. How many minutes did the bears eat?
a. 20
b. 40
c. 60

3. How did some people try to make the bears go away?
a. They went into the van.
b. They ate donuts.
c. They hit the van.

Answers:

1. b
2. a
3. c

 

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Scientists Want to Build Moon Homes

Do you want to live on the moon? It's very different from here.
你想要住在月球嗎? 這跟在地球生活很不一樣喔。

Here, the air is safe to breathe. On the moon, there is lots of dust.
Breathing moondust is very dangerous. It's very sharp! It can kill you!
地球的空氣很安全，但月球上有很多的灰塵。吸入這些灰塵很危險，可能會要了你的命。

Do you still want to live on the moon? Well, maybe you can! Some scientists
in the USA think we can live there by 2040. That's 17 years from now!
這樣你還想住在月球上嗎?
美國科學家覺得17年後，也就是2040年我們就可以在月球生活。

These scientists say we can make moon homes from moondust. Moondust and water
make moon cement! The moon cement goes into 3-D printers. Then these printers
print moon homes!
科學家說我們可以用月亮的灰塵做月球住宅。月球的灰塵加水可以混和成月球水泥，再用3D列印機打造月球住宅。

This is very smart. We don't need to take heavy cement to the moon. That
saves a lot of money. One kilogram of anything costs 32 million Taiwan
dollars to take to the moon!
這樣我們就不需要把笨重的水泥送到月球，還可以省下很多錢。

Scientists say we can live on Mars next. It's a long way there. But we can go
to the moon first and then go to Mars! In 17 years, we can live in moon homes
made of moondust! Let's get ready to go!
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Vocabulary
建造月球房屋可以就地取材，不必遠從地球運過去。

1. live 居住
Would you like to live in a moon house? 你想住進月球屋裡面嗎?
You want to send me there? 你想把我送去?
I can't send you anywhere even if I want to.
就算我想也沒辦法把你送去任何地方。

2. dangerous 危險的
True. But living on the moon? 那是真的。不過住在月球上嗎?
No, too dangerous. 不去，太危險了。

3. Mars 火星
I could be hit by meteors any time.我可能隨時會被流星打到。
But from there you can travel to Mars! 但是你從那兒可以去火星旅行。

4. breathe 呼吸
Nothing on Mars attracts me. 火星沒有吸引我的東西。
I can't even breathe there. 我在那兒甚至不能呼吸。

你想住在月球嗎?
live居住
dangerous危險的
Mars火星
breathe呼吸

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Quiz

1. What on the moon is sharp?
a. Moondust
b. Moon cement
c. Moon homes

2. When do scientists think we can live on the moon?
a. 2020
b. 2030
c. 2040

3. After the moon, where do scientists say we can live?
a. The air
b. Mars
c. The USA

Answers:
1. a
2. c
3. b

 

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The School With Two Students

How big is your school? Some schools are small. They are far from cities.
They have two or three hundred students.
你的學校有多大呢? 有一些離城市遠的學校，有大概兩、三百位的學生。

And some schools are very small. They are on a mountain, in a forest, or on
an island. They have twenty or thirty students.
還有一些在山上、森林或離島更小的學校，有二、三十位學生。

But there are smaller schools! Do you know about the school with two
students? That's right! It has two students.
但你知道還有更小的學校嗎? 只有兩位學生。

Where is it? It's on Hujing Island in Penghu. Few families live on this small
island.
這間學校在澎湖虎井嶼，住在島上的家庭沒剩多少。

The two students are in sixth grade. They will finish elementary school next
year. What happens when there are no students? The school closes.
學校的兩位學生都是六年級生，明年就要畢業，到時學校就得關閉。

The principal is sad about this. He knows the five teachers work hard. He
wants to get new students.
校長很難過，他知道學校的五位老師認真教學，他希望能有更多的新學生。

So the school will give free breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day of the
school year to new students. It will also give them five plane tickets!
所以學校每年將會提供新生免費早餐、中餐、晚餐，也會提供五張返台機票。

Now there are no new students. But how about you? Do you want to go to school
on a small island? Yes? How about the elementary school on Hujing Island?

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Vocabulary
小小學校為了吸引學生，不但贈送三餐，還有機票。

1. breakfast 早餐
This school offers students breakfast, lunch and dinner.
這個學校提供早餐，中飯和晚飯。
Every day? 每天嗎?
Every day. 每天。
That's so generous! 真慷慨!

2. finish 完成
I know. Think about how much time it can save you.
我知道，想想看這可以節省你多少時間。
But my youngest kid is about to finish school! 但是我最小的孩子就快畢業了。

3. how 如何
How could he grow so fast? 他怎麼長那麼快?
I thought he's still 10 years old. 我以為他還是十歲。
Yeah, kids grow much faster than you think.是啊，小孩遠比你想的長得快。

4. happen 發生
So what will happen next? 所以接下來會怎樣?
I'll be free. 我就自由了。

你今天學到哪些單字?
breakfast早餐
finish完成
how如何
happen發生

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Quiz
1. Where is Hujing Island?
a. Matsu
b. Kinmen
c. Penghu

2. How many students go to the elementary school on Hujing Island now?
a. 2
b. 12
c. 20

3. What does the principal want?
a. More teachers
b. New students
c. Plane tickets

Answers:
1. c
2. a
3. b
 

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Submarine Finds New Golden … Thing

We live on Earth. Some people call it the "Blue Planet". From far away, the
earth looks blue. That's because the earth has so much water.
地球有很多水，遠看地球是藍色的，因此有人把地球叫做藍色星球。

Most of the earth's water is in the oceans. Oceans are very big! Many things
live in them. There are animals and plants we don't know about.
大部分地球上的水都在海洋，廣闊的海洋有很多我們還不知道的生物。

Some scientists get into submarines. The submarines take the scientists down
to the ocean floor. The scientists explore, looking for new animals and
plants to study.
科學家坐潛水艇到海底，探索新的動植物。

Scientists in a submarine were exploring the ocean near Alaska. They found
something very strange …
他們在阿拉斯加的海域到處探索，發現一個奇怪的東西。

It's smooth, gold, and shiny. And it has a hole. Maybe something came out of
it. Is it an egg? But it's soft, like people's skin! And it's very big …
這個金黃色的生物又滑又亮，還有一個洞，也許有東西跑出來了，是個蛋嗎?
但是它很軟，像人類的皮膚一樣。

Scientists don't know what it is! Is it a new kind of egg? Then what kind of
animal was inside? How big is it? Is it dangerous? And where is it now …?!
Watch out!
科學家不知道是什麼東西。是新物種的卵嗎? 那又是什麼樣的新物種呢? 牠多大?
很危險嗎? 牠現在在哪裡?

There's a lot we don't know about the Earth's animals and plants. We need to
keep exploring! Who knows what we'll find …

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Vocabulary
這個新發現的海底物種讓科學家十分困惑。

1. blue 藍色的
Where can I go diving in Taiwan? 台灣哪裡可以潛水?
Green Island is my favorite spot. 綠島是我最喜歡的地方。
The water is blue and clean, with lots of sea
animals.海水又藍又乾淨，還有很多海洋動物。

2. find 找到
Can I find sea turtles there? 在那裏可以找到海龜嗎?
I've found lots of fish, but no turtles.我有找到很多魚，不過沒有海龜。

3. far away 很遠
Is Green Island far away? 綠島很遠嗎?
It's not far away from Taitung. 它離台東不遠。
A ferry ride takes about 40 minutes. 搭渡輪大約四十分鐘。

4. look for 尋找
I'm going to look for turtles and sharks.我要去找海龜和鯊魚。
Good luck on that! 祝你好運囉!

這些英文字簡單好用。
blue藍色的
find找到
far away很遠
look for尋找

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Quiz

1. What do some people call the "Blue Planet"?
a. The ocean
b. Earth
c. Alaska

2. What were the scientists doing in the submarine?
a. Exploring
b. Flying
c. Climbing

3. What color was the strange thing in the ocean?
a. Blue
b. Green
c. Gold








Answers:
1. b
2. a
3. c

 

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Groups Move "In Time" to Music

Narrator: How do soldiers march? They march together.

Sergeant Major: "Left! Right! Left! Right! Left! Right! …" (cont.)

Narrator: They're moving "in time". Together, they step with their left foot.
Together, they step with their right foot. Then their left, then their right,
then … ah! You get the idea!
他們同時做一樣的動作，一起同時踏出左腳，然後右腳。

When people walk with friends, sometimes they walk in time. "Left! Right!
Left! Right!" No one tells them to move in time! They don't think about it!
It's natural.
當人們跟朋友走在一起，有時候會很自然地踏出相同步伐。

When you dance, you move in time to the music. That's natural too. You don't
think about it … you dance, baby!
跳舞的時候，你也會自然地跟著音樂的旋律跳。

Scientists in Switzerland had some questions. How does music make people in
big groups move? Does music make these people move together, in time?
瑞士科學家想知道，為甚麼音樂會讓一群人動作同步呢?

They did a study. But they didn't want to study people dancing! They wanted
to look for smaller natural movements. So they used classical music.
他們做了研究，為了捕捉到更小的動作，他們使用古典音樂。

They found some amazing things! Groups moved together, in time, without
thinking about it! Their hearts beat in time! They breathed in time!
他們發現音樂會讓一群人下意識同步動作，連心跳跟呼吸頻率也一樣!

Music moves us! We move together, in time! We do this naturally! How cool is
that?!
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Vocabulary
人在走路或是舞蹈時，很自然地會跟同行的人或是音樂同樣節奏。

1. group 團體
Are you going to the party tomorrow? 你去不去明天的派對?
No, it's my line dancing group's night. 不了，明天是我的排舞團體之夜。

2. dance 跳舞
When did you join that group? 你幾時參加那個團體的?
A month ago. 一個月前。
I need to exercise more, and I like dancing.我需要運動，又喜歡跳舞。

3. music 音樂
But what's line dancing? 但是排舞是什麼?
Well, people dance to music facing the same direction.
大家跟著音樂跳，面對同一個方向。

4. want 想要
I want to learn it, too.我也要學。
Come with me tomorrow. 明天跟我一起來。
It's a lot of fun.很好玩的。

Do you love dancing? 一起來讀單字。
group團體
dance跳舞
music音樂
want想要

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Quiz

1. What is moving "in time"?
a. Moving fast
b. Moving clocks
c. Moving together

2. Where was this study done?
a. Switzerland
b. Scotland
c. Sweden

3. What did this study look for?
a. Dance movements
b. Walking in time
c. Small natural movements

Answers:
1. c
2. a
3. c