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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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What One USA School Is Like for Kids from Taiwan

Lots of families from Taiwan go to live in the USA. The father or mother
works there. And their kids go to school there.
很多台灣家庭搬到美國生活。父母親在那邊工作，他們的小孩在那裡上學。

Arizona is a state in the USA. A Taiwanese company is building a big factory
there.

Many people from Taiwan work at the factory. Their children go to local
schools.
美國亞利桑那州有一個台灣工廠。很多台灣人在那裡上班，他們的小孩就在當地上學。

One school has one hundred new students from Taiwan. How is the school?

One student says the kids in her class are very friendly. She says her
teachers are nice.
有一間學校來了一百位台灣學生，新學校怎麼樣呢? 有一位學生說同學跟老師都很友善。

All the new students' classes are in English. It's not easy for them. But the
school has two English teachers.

They help the new students learn English. They help the students understand
what to do.
所有的課程都是用英語授課，所以學校的兩位英文老師會幫助新學生學習英文。

The new students learn a lot. But the other students learn too. They learn
about Taiwan's culture.

They saw lion dancers at school for the Lunar New Year!
新學生學到了很多，但是其他學生也能學到台灣的文化。
The students from Taiwan are making new friends. Nice teachers help them. The
new students are part of the school now. They love their new school in
Arizona! And their school loves them!

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Vocabulary

台積電到美國設廠，台灣員工的孩子們就上當地的學校。

1. children 兒童
Do children like going to school in Taiwan? 台灣的小孩喜歡上學嗎?
I don't know. You'd have to ask them. 我不知道，你得問他們。
I myself loved it when I was young. 我自己小時候很喜歡上學。

2. friendly 友善的
Was your teacher friendly? 你的老師友善嗎?
Not at all. She was mean. 一點也不，她很壞。
We were afraid of her. 我們都怕她。

3. friend 朋友
But I enjoyed being with my friends. 但我喜歡跟朋友一起。
We played so much that we forgot about class. 我們玩到忘記要上課。

4. student 學生
Were you a good student? 你是不是好學生?
I guess I was okay. 我覺得還好。

We can use these words every day.
children兒童
friendly友善的
friend朋友
student學生

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Quiz

1. Why do kids' parents go to the USA?
a. To work
b. To see friends
c. To build a school

2. What state did the kids move to?
a. California
b. Arizona
c. New York

3. How are the kids in the new student's class?
a. Boring
b. Angry
c. Friendly








Answers:
1. a
2. b
3. c
 

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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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Artist Fights to Save Art on Old Chewing Gum

Do you like chewing gum? Some sugar-free chewing gums can be healthy! They
make your teeth whiter, calm you, and stop bad breath.
你喜歡嚼口香糖嗎?
有一些無糖口香糖很健康。它們可以美白牙齒、防止口臭，也可以安撫情緒。

When you finish chewing your gum, do you eat it? Don't do that! It's CHEWING
gum! It isn't EATING gum! It goes in the trash, not in you!
嚼完口香糖，你會吞下去嗎? 不可以喔! 你是嚼口香糖，不是吃它!
它應該要進垃圾桶，而不是進到你的身體。

Some people spit their chewing gum onto the ground. It becomes litter. Old
chewing gum is sticky, ugly, and bad for the environment.
有一些人把口香糖吐在地上，成了垃圾。嚼過的口香糖又黏又難看，而且破壞環境。

Ben Wilson is an artist from the UK. He paints old chewing gum! He uses
bright colors. His pictures are very small. Some have fun messages. Many
people ask for special chewing gum pictures.
英國藝術家Ben Wilson 用鮮艷的顏色在口香糖上作畫!
他的作品很小，也很有趣。很多人都跟他要他的藝術作品。

The Millennium Bridge is in London. Thousands of people use this bridge every
day. Hundreds of Wilson's bright chewing gum pictures are on the bridge! Kids
like to jump from picture to picture!
每天有上萬人走倫敦的千禧橋。橋上有上百件Wilson的作品。

But the bridge needs cleaning. Many of Wilson's chewing gum pictures will go
in the trash! He's fighting to keep them safe.
但是千禧橋需要清理，許多Wilson的作品都會被丟進垃圾桶，所以他正在爭取保留。

Wilson takes ugly litter and makes pictures people love. Let's hope he can
save them!
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Vocabulary
藝術家用吃過的口香糖，黏在橋面上，然後塗上顏色，變成一幅幅小小的畫作。

1. picture 圖畫
You have so many pictures at home! 你家裡有好多畫!
Believe it or not, I painted all of them. 信不信由你，它們都是我畫的。
That IS hard to believe! 真難以置信。

2. artist 藝術家
I never knew you were an artist. 我從不知道你是藝術家。
No, I only tried to be one. 沒有啦，我試著做個藝術家而已。

3. color 顏色
So you like bright colors, don't you? 所以你喜歡鮮豔的顏色，對吧?
Yeah, yellow and orange are my favorite colors. 對，黃色跟橘色是我最喜歡的。

4. every day 每天
Do you paint every day? 你每天都畫畫嗎?
No, I paint when I feel bad. 不，心情不好的時候才畫。

Do you like painting? Let's read the words.
picture圖畫
artist藝術家
color顏色
every day每天
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Quiz

1. Where should old chewing gum go?
a. In you
b. In the trash
c. On the ground

2. What is the chewing gum painter's name?
a. Bright Wilson
b. Art Wilson
c. Ben Wilson

3. What needs cleaning in this story?
a. London Bridge
b. The Litter Bridge
c. The Millennium Bridge

Answers:
1. b
2. c
3. c

 

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Club Reads One Book for 28 Years

(Reading) "… The end. …. Whoa… What a great book!

Books are adventures! When you read one, you can visit new places, meet cool
people, and do amazing things!

In a book club, everyone reads the same book. Friends talk about the places,
people, things, and more in the book.
讀書會是讓每一個人都讀一樣的書，討論書裡的人事物。

Some book clubs read one book every week. Many read one book every month. One
book club read one book... for 28 years!
有一些讀書會一周看一本書，或者是一個月一本。但是有個讀書會花了28年才讀完一本書。

The book is "Finnegan's Wake." People around the world love it! But it's very
difficult.
這本書叫做《芬尼根的守靈夜》。很多人喜歡這本書，但是這本書不好讀。

The writer used about 80 languages. He wrote many strange sentences. And he
made new words! That's why this book is very difficult!
作家用了80種語言，寫了很多奇怪的句子，又創了很多新詞，所以困難重重。

How difficult is "Finnegan's Wake"? Well, the people in the book club read
two pages every month! But that was too fast! So they read one page every
month! "Finnegan's Wake" has more than 600 pages...
這本書有多難呢? 這個讀書會每個月只看一頁，這本書超過600頁。

The people finished "Finnegan's Wake." Then they went back to... page one!
他們終於讀完這本書，但是要回到第一頁再看一次。

A book club read one book for 28 years. And they're reading it again! They're
on a great adventure!
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Vocabulary
一本書讀了28年，這個讀書會的會員很認真。

1. amazing 讓人讚嘆的
What are you reading? 你在讀什麼?
Lord of the Rings. 魔戒。
That's an amazing book! 那是一本很棒的書!
I know. It really is.我知道，真的很棒。

2. place 地方
The writer created different languages for different places.
作者給不同地方創造了不同的語言。
Yeah, and the actors in the movie talked in those languages!
沒錯，那部電影的演員也用那些語言講話。

3. year 年
But didn't you read the book last year? 但你不是去年就看過那本書了?
I did. And I'm re-reading it. 對，我現在再看一遍。

4. same 同樣的
Why read the same book? 為什麼要讀同一本書?
Why watch the same movie? 為什麼要看同一部電影?
Because you love it! 因為你就是喜歡它啊!

Do you enjoy reading? Let's read today's vocabulary.
amazing讓人讚嘆的
place地方
year年
same同樣的
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Quiz

1. What are book clubs for?
a. Running with friends
b. Writing with friends
c. Reading with friends

2. Which book took one book club 28 years to finish?
a. Finnegan's Cake
b. Finnegan's Wake
c. Finnegan's Snake

3. How many books do many book clubs read every month?
a. 1
b. 28
c. 52













Answers:
1. c
2. b
3. a