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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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Nuts About Planes

What's an allergy? It's when your body touches something and your body
doesn't like it.

Your body tries to fight it. People can have allergies to many things -
plants, animals, and more.
什麼是過敏? 當你的身體接觸到不喜歡的東西時，它會反抗，產生過敏反應。

Some allergies are not bad. They make you itch. They make you sneeze.

But they won't kill you! Some allergies can be very dangerous! People with
bad allergies need to be very careful!
有一些過敏反應會讓你皮膚癢、打噴嚏，但是嚴重的過敏反應有一些人要很小心，會很危險。

Many people have nut allergies. That's why many foods have a special stamp.

It says "May Contain Nuts". It's very easy for nuts to get into food. People
with nut allergies need to be very, very careful!
有一些食物都有標示含有堅果，對堅果過敏的人要特別小心。

A woman was on a plane. She had a very bad nut allergy.

The crew was selling snacks. Then she saw WHAT the snacks were … peanuts!!!
飛機上有一位女士對堅果嚴重過敏，她發現空服員販賣的點心都是花生。

The woman was scared. Her allergy was very bad. She didn't want people on the
plane to have peanuts.

So she bought all of them! She bought every peanut on the plane!
這個女士很害怕，她不要飛機上的乘客吃到花生，所以把它們全部買下來。

The woman spent 6,000 Taiwan dollars on peanuts! But she was safe. If you
have allergies, be careful!
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Vocabulary

對花生過敏的女士，買了飛機上所有的花生。
1. sneeze 打噴嚏
Oh, my, this is really bad! 這真是糟糕!
I just can't stop sneezing. 我打噴嚏打個不停。
Is it because of the cold air? 是因為冷空氣嗎?
Probably.可能是。

2. itch 癢
My nose itches and I've got red eyes. 我鼻子癢，還有紅眼睛。
You need to take some medicine. 你需要吃一點藥。

3. spend 花費。
I did. I just spent 600 NT on allergy medicines.
我吃了，剛剛才花了六百塊買過敏藥。
That should take care of it. 那應該可以對付了。

4. fight 對抗。
I wish I could fight it without medicine. 我希望不吃藥就可以對抗。
Get more sleep. That usually helps. 多睡一點，通常很有幫助。

These are useful words.
sneeze打噴嚏
itch癢
spend花費
fight對抗

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Quiz

1. What does the special stamp on food say?
a. "May Contain Nuts"
b. "Every Peanut"
c. "Be Very Careful"

2. What was the crew selling?
a. Plants.
b. Animals
c. Snacks

3. How much did the woman spend on peanuts?
a. 6,000 dollars
b. 66,000 dollars
c. 666,000 dollars








Answers
1. a
2. c
3. a
 

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These Scientists Saved the World

Katalin Kariko is a scientist. Some people say she saved the world. Maybe she
saved your life!
Katalin Kariko是一位科學家。有人說她拯救了世界，也許她還救了你一命。

Vaccines help stop people from getting sick. Dr. Kariko had an idea to make
better vaccines. She worked on her idea for many years.
疫苗可以防止人類生病。 Kariko博士想出辦法，讓疫苗更加有效。

Then Dr. Kariko worked with Dr. Drew Weissman. They worked in different ways.
He said, "from A to B you zigzag, zigzag, zigzag, zigzag! I [go]...
straight."
Kariko 博士跟Drew Weissman博士合作。他說Kariko會來來回回的思考，而他是直線前進。

Here, "zigzag" means she studied many kinds of new ideas and information. And
she had questions: What's this? How does this work? What's that? What does
that do? Can it help my idea? Can we try this?
Kariko研究很多新的想法跟資訊，也提出一大堆問題。

Maybe zigzagging helped! Dr. Kariko and Dr. Weissman found how to make better
vaccines using her ideas.
或許這種Z型的思考方式，讓他們找出更好的疫苗。

COVID-19 came. The world needed vaccines! Their work helped scientists make
two vaccines fast! It can make other vaccines too.
新冠肺炎的到來，讓全世界都需要疫苗，而這兩人的研究加快了疫苗的生產。

Every year, some people get a Nobel Prize. They did great things for the
world. This year, Dr. Kariko and Dr. Weissman got the Nobel Prize for
Medicine! They made her idea work and saved the world!

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Vocabulary
這兩位博士發明了新型的肺炎疫苗，榮獲今年的諾貝爾醫學獎。

1. sick 生病的
When I was a child, I really wanted to be a scientist.我小時候很想當科學家。
Yeah? Because you liked the sound of it? 因為科學家這個詞很好聽?
Because scientists can help sick people. 因為他們可以幫助生病的人。

2. can 能夠
And they understand space and stars. 他們還能懂太空和星星。
They can do so many things. 他們可以做好多事。

3. then 然後
But then you decided to study literature. 但是之後你決定讀文學。
Yeah, I found literature much more interesting.對，我覺得文學有趣多了。

4. life 生命、人生
It deals with life.它跟人生有關。
Science deals with life, too. 科學也跟人生有關。
來一起讀今天的單字。

sick生病的

can能夠

then然後

life生命、人生

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Quiz

1. What did Dr. Kariko do for many years?
a. Saved the world
b. Worked on her idea
c. Kept getting sick

2. What did Dr. Kariko do when she zigzagged?
a. Studied many things
b. Went straight
c. Took medicine

3. When COVID-19 came, what did the world need fast?
a. A Nobel Prize
b. Vaccines
c. Questions













Answers:
1. b
2. a
3. b
 

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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

 

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Helping Kids Make Friends

Sammie helps lonely kids. They feel sad… They need a friend. Sammie helps
them find friends!
Sammie幫助孤單的孩子交朋友。

How does Sammie help? She gives buddy benches to schools. What are they?
Well, buddy means friend. And benches are long seats for two or three people.
Buddy benches are seats for friends!
Sammie 怎麼幫助他們呢? 她捐好朋友長板凳給學校。Buddy的意思是朋友，Bench
是兩到三個人可以坐的板凳。好朋友板凳就是用來交朋友的。

How do buddy benches work? When a kid feels lonely, she sits on one. Other
kids know she needs a friend. They can sit with her or play with her. They
can be friends!
小朋友感到孤單的時候，可以坐在好朋友長板凳上，其他的小朋友就會知道她需要朋友，會跟她坐在一起、跟她玩，成為朋友。

Sammie learned about buddy benches when she was eight years old. She wanted a
bench for her school. She wanted one that was kind to the Earth.
Sammie八歲的時候知道好朋友長板凳，她希望她的學校也有，她也希望能夠對地球友善。

A company takes plastic bottle caps to make plastic benches. So Sammie asked
everyone for bottle caps. She got 725 kilograms of caps! That made three
buddy benches!
有一家公司把塑膠瓶蓋做成長板凳，所以Sammie跟人家要瓶蓋，收集多達725公斤，然後做了三個長板凳。

Sammie is 14 now. She didn't stop at three benches. She gave more than 200
benches in the USA and one in Africa! And she's still helping!
Sammie現在14歲，她收集的瓶蓋在美國做了超過200個這樣的椅子，還有一個在非洲。

Let's have buddy benches in Taiwan and help lonely kids find friends!

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Vocabulary
坐在好朋友長板凳上，可以讓人知道你需要朋友。

1. sad 悲傷的
Good morning! 早安 !
Hi! What's the matter? 怎麼了?
You look so sad. 你看起來很難過。
Yeah, I do feel a little down today. 對啊，我今天有點心情不好。

2. sit 坐
I can't find anyone to play with. 我找不到人跟我玩。
I need to go to work in 20 minutes. 我二十分鐘後要去上班了。
But I can sit with you for a while. 但我可以跟你坐一會兒。

3. kind 和善的
That's very kind of you! 你人真好。
So you wanted to play football? 所以你是想玩美式足球?
Yeah. 對啊。

4. want 想要
It's hard to play it all by myself. 很難自己一個人玩。
You're right. I'd want to play football with a friend too.
你說得對，我也會想跟朋友一起打球。

你記得今天的單字嗎?
sad悲傷的
sit坐
kind和善的
want想要
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Quiz

1. What is a buddy?
a. A chair
b. A friend
c. A cap

2. What are Sammie's buddy benches made of?
a. Plastic
b. Wood
c. Metal

3. How many buddy benches did Sammie give to schools?
a. Less than 14
b. More than 200
c. 725

Answers:
1. b
2. a
3. b