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Stretching Helps Your Body "Eight, nine, ten… phew!" Exercise is hard work! But kids in Taiwan need more exercise. It's very important for good health. 呼! 運動很辛苦，但台灣的小孩需要做更多運動，這對健康非常重要。 Do you know two important things to do when you exercise? They are warming up and stretching! 當你做運動時有兩件很重要的事: 就是暖身和拉筋! A researcher says to warm up first. You can walk, jog, or ride a bike. Warm up for five to ten minutes. Then you are ready to move more! 專家說可以先走路、慢跑或騎腳踏車暖身，大概五到十分鐘，這樣你就準備好做更多運動。 Stretching helps your body move more easily. Some people say to stretch before exercising. Others say to do it after. 拉筋會讓你身體更靈活，有人說應該在運動前做，有人說在運動後。 The researcher says both can be good! But you need to know how to stretch. And don't stretch until you hurt! If you hurt, stop! 專家說兩種都很好! 但是你要知道怎麼拉筋，不要拉到受傷，如果拉傷了就要停下來! Here's one way to stretch. You stand up. Keep your legs straight. Then reach for your toes. Don't move… for one minute! 這裡有個拉筋的好方法: 你站起來，保持你的腿是直的，然後手往腳趾頭延伸，保持一分鐘不動! The researcher says to stretch one minute for each group of muscles. That's not too long. You won't get tired. And your body gets a good stretch! You'll feel good! 專家說每個肌肉群只要拉筋一分鐘，身體就能好好地得到延伸! Warming up, stretching, and exercising can help you be healthy! Try a good stretch now! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 拉筋是暖身的一部份，可以預防運動傷害。 1. first 首先。 Alright, Jane, before we start, we need to stretch first.我們開始之前先得來伸展。 Ugh, do we have to? 一定要嗎? Yes, we do. You'll see. 一定要，你之後會了解。 2. toe 腳趾。 Stand up straight, and then try touching your toes. 站直，然後試著碰你的腳趾。 My toes? I can hardly touch my knees! 腳趾? 我連膝蓋都幾乎碰不到! 3. muscle 肌肉。 You can do it, Jane. 你做得到。 Good job! Let's do it again. 做得很好，再來一次。 Stretch your muscles and touch your toes! 伸展肌肉，手碰腳趾。 4. body 身體。 My body will thank me later, right? 我的身體以後會感謝我，對吧? Exactly! 正是! 來讀今天的單字。 first首先 toe腳趾 muscle肌肉 body身體 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What do some people say about stretching? a. Stretch before eating b. Stretch before exercising c. Stretch before bed 2. What does stretching do? a. Helps you move better b. Hurts your body c. Makes you tired 3. How long does the researcher say to stretch one group of muscles? a. 1 minute b. 2 minutes c. 5 minutes Answers 1. b 2. a 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Waiting for Flying Cars Companies have been working on flying cars for many years. So we ask, "Where are the flying cars?" 很多公司一直在研究飛天車，到底甚麼時候會做出來呢? Flying cars are hard to make. The cars need to fly a long way. And they need to be safe. Companies have to test their flying cars many times. No one wants cars to fall from the sky! 飛天車很難製造，因為它需要安全地長途飛行。公司要不停地測試，確保飛天車不會墜機! So how do flying cars work? Every company has a different idea. But most flying cars use propellers. The propellers push air down and the car goes up! Then these cars use wings to fly forward. 飛天車怎麼運作呢? 大部分會使用 propellers ，也就是螺旋槳，它把空氣往下壓，車子會往上升，然後用機翼往前飛行。 Why don't we have flying cars now? Well, we need rules about flying them first. No one wants flying cars to crash! Our safety is important. And these cars will be very expensive. One company's flying car will be $10 million Taiwan dollars! 飛天車也需要相關的法規，保障交通安全。而且，這些車子造價昂貴，其中一家公司的飛天車要價一千萬台幣! Hmmmm…. So maybe most of us won't buy a flying car. Maybe we will use flying taxis. But we have to wait for those too. 也許大部分的人都買不起，也許我們可以叫空中計程車，但還需要再等等。 For now, we'll keep asking, "Where are the flying cars?" And one day, the answer will be, "They're up above us!" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 飛天汽車是很多人的夢想，但是要實現這個夢想難度很高。 1. taxi 計程車。 It's raining hard! 好大的雨! What are we going to do? 我們怎麼辦? Let's call a taxi. 我們叫計程車吧。 What? From here? 什麼，從這裡? No, we can't. 不行，不能搭。 2. a long way 很長距離。 The place is a long way from here.那邊離這裡很遠! It'll cost at least $2,000 NT.至少要兩千塊。 So what do you suggest? 那你有什麼建議? 3. wait for 等待。 We'll wait for the rain to stop.我們等雨停。 What if it doesn't? 要是它不停呢? We'll be late! 我們會遲到的。 4. fall 掉落。 Oh, I wish I had a flying car! (打雷) 我真希望我有飛天車! In this kind of weather, it'll probably fall from the sky. 這種天氣，它可能會從天上掉下來。 一起來讀今天的單字。 taxi計程車 a long way很長距離 wait for等待 fall掉落 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. Why are flying cars tested many times? a. They need to be safe. b. They need to be expensive. c. They need to be fun. 2. What do most flying cars use to go up? a. Wings b. Propellers c. Rockets 3. What might most people use? a. Flying taxis b. Flying motorcycles c. Flying scooters Answers 1. a 2. b 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The Taishin Youth Volunteer Awards A young girl's love of books is changing lives! She loves to read. She wants to help kids everywhere to read, learn, and grow. 有個女孩，她對書本的熱愛正在改變生命! 她要幫助世界各地的兒童閱讀和學習。 The girl found a group online. It helps kids to study. She volunteered. She read books online with students in India. She had a great time! 這個女孩志願參加幫助兒童學習的線上團體，她很喜歡在網路上，和印度的學生一起唸故事! Next, she started her own group. She worked with more than 70 schools in Taiwan. She helped many students! 接著，她成立自己的團隊，跟超過 70 個台灣的學校合作，幫助很多學生! Then she started another group! It runs online reading clubs. It's for girls all over the world! 然後，她又成立了第二個團隊! 這是給世界各地女孩參加的線上讀書會。 Last year, this girl won a Taishin Youth Volunteer Award. It's for junior high and high school students who help others. 去年，這個女孩贏得了台新青少年志工菁英獎，這個獎項鼓勵那些幫助其他人的國高中生。 She got a medal. Her favorite charity got money. She went on study trips abroad! 她得到了獎盃、為喜歡的公益團體募款，還出國遊學! This year's awards are soon. Do you know junior high or high school students in Taiwan who love to volunteer? They can sign up! Maybe they'll win! Sign up ends on October 31st! 你認識喜歡當志工的中學生嗎?也許他們會得獎! 記得要在 10 月 31 號前，報名今年的獎項哦! Are you too young for the award this year? Well, you're not too young to volunteer. It will make you feel good! ________________________________________ Vocabulary 當志工可以服務人群，增廣見聞。 1. volunteer 當志工。 Oh my God! I want to volunteer for this! 天哪，我要去當這個志工! For… eating at Michelin restaurants? 吃米其林餐廳的志工? No! For the World Masters Games! 不是! 壯年運動會的志工! 2. work 工作。 Masters in playing video games? 玩電腦遊戲的大師? No, masters in sports! 不，運動大師。 Oh, I get it. 我懂了。 You like working with handsome athletes. 你喜歡跟帥帥運動員一起做事。 Who wouldn't? 誰會不喜歡? 3. all over the world 世界各地。 Plus I'll get to meet people from all over the world! 而且我還會遇見世界各地的人。 4. start 開始。 So what do volunteers do? 所以志工做些什麼? I don't know. Starting a race with a gunshot? 我也不知道。鳴槍讓賽跑開始? 今天學到那些字? volunteer當志工 work工作 all over the world世界各地 start開始 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. What does last year's award winner love? a. Books b. Bags c. Balls 2. What do award winners get? a. A book b. A volunteer c. A medal 3. When does sign up end for this award this year? a. October 1st b. October 21st c. October 31st Answers 1. a 2. c 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Taiwan Will Get Better Water Ahhhh! Water is soooo good. Safe drinking water helps us be healthy. Drinking water comes out of our faucets at home. 水真好喝! 安全的飲用水能讓我們保持身體健康。 Taiwan's drinking water is good. But it is going to get better! Taiwan is making our water safer to drink. How? It is going to take out one kind of chemical. 台灣的水的品質將要變得更好，怎麼做呢? 未來將要把水中一種化學物質拿掉。 Some chemicals clean our water. They kill bacteria and viruses. They stop us from getting sick. 好的化學物質會殺掉水中的細菌跟病毒，讓我們不會生病。 Other chemicals in our water are not good for us. Scientists say one kind of chemical can make us sick. It is called PFAS. PFAS chemicals are in many, many things we use. But some PFAS get into drinking water. 但是，水裡也可能會有讓我們生病的化學物質PFAS，它存在於許多種日用品中。 Taiwan makes rules about the chemicals in drinking water. It tested the water from fifty places. It found too much PFAS in some water. Now Taiwan is making a new rule. Drinking water will have less PFAS! 政府在檢查五十個地方的飲用水後，發現PFAS含量太高，因此制定新的規定，飲用水中不可以含有太多 PFAS。 We need safe drinking water to be healthy. It’s great that it will be safer for us!*) *Cheers! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 有的化學物質會對人體造成傷害，必須有所規範。 safe 安全的。 You drink tap water? 你喝自來水? Yeah, anything wrong? 是啊，有什麼不對嗎? There are bacteria in the water! 水裡有細菌! You never know if it’s safe. 你根本不知道它安不安全。 sick 生病的。 Don’t worry. It’s safe. 別擔心，它很安全。 I often drink it. It’s never made me sick.我常喝，從來沒有生病過。 drinking water 飲用水。 Still, it’s not a good idea. 還是不好。 Drinking water should be very clean. 飲用水應該要很乾淨。 kill 殺死。 I don’t have time to boil it every day. 我可沒時間每天燒開水。 Use an electric water boiler. 用電熱水瓶啊。 It’ll do all the work and kill the bacteria.它做所有的工作，殺死細菌. Is the water you drink safe? safe安全的 sick生病的 drinking water飲用水 kill殺死 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. How will Taiwan’s drinking water be better? a. It will be safer. b. It will taste better. c. It will have more PFAS. 2. What do scientists say about PFAS? a. It tastes good. b. It can make us sick. c. It cleans water. 3. How many water tests did Taiwan do? a. Five b. Fifteen c. Fifty Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Backpacking Dogs In a big park in the UK, many dogs wear backpacks… on their stomachs! Why? 在英國一個公園裡，許多小狗肚子兩邊綁著背包，這是為甚麼呢? A long time ago, the UK had wolves. The wolves walked a lot. They walked in forests. They walked in tall grass. Seeds caught on their fur. They walked some more. Seeds fell off their fur. And new plants grew in new places. 很久以前在英國有野狼，牠們在森林間走動，皮毛會黏到種子。狼群到處走，種子跟著掉到別的地方，長出新的植物。 But the UK doesn't have wolves now. And this big park wanted lots of new plants. It needed to spread seeds in many places. 現在英國沒有野狼，但是想要在這座公園很快種出很多植物，該怎麼做呢? Lots of people and their dogs come to this park. The dogs love to walk everywhere there. Hmmmm … dogs, wolves, dogs, wolves, dogs… Maybe dogs can spread seeds too! Faster than wolves! 許多人帶著狗狗來公園裡玩，狗狗也很喜歡到處走，也許牠們可以幫忙播種! Park workers put seeds in small backpacks. The backpacks have small holes. The holes let the seeds fall one by one. 工作人員把種子放在有小洞的背包裡。 The workers ask people to put these backpacks on their dog's stomach. The dogs walk. The seeds fall. And now some new plants are growing! 主人們讓小狗綁上這些背包，牠們走路時，種子會從洞裡掉出來，現在就有新的植物長出來! People are excited. The park will have many new plants. The dogs and backpacks are a big help! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 沒有狼群散播種子，也許狗狗可以來幫忙。 1. grass 綠草。 Look at all the new grass growing everywhere! 你看到處長的新草地! Yeah, it sure is pretty! 是啊，真好看! I really don't like rain, but this is good. 我很不喜歡下雨，不過這很好。 2. spread 散播。 Yeah, with just a little water, grass can spread quickly! 對，只要有一點兒水，草地蔓延得好快! I wonder where those seeds come from.我想知道種子是哪兒來的。 3. seed 種子。 The winds brought them. 風帶來的。 Or the birds.或者是鳥兒。 I'd like to get some seeds, but not from birds! 我想要一些種子，但不要鳥帶來的。 4. park 公園。 Let's go to the park office.我們去公園處。 They sometimes give away seeds.他們有時候送人種子。 今天的單字你記住了嗎? grass綠草 spread散播 seed種子 park公園 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What are dogs wearing in the park? a. Backpacks on their backs b. Backpacks on their heads c. Backpacks on their stomachs 2. What fell off wolves' fur? a. Plants b. Seeds c. Water 3. What lets seeds fall from the backpacks? a. Small holes b. Dogs' mouths c. People Answers 1. c 2. b 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Mmmmm… Tuna is delicious. Mmmmm-mm! And bluefin tuna is very delicious! 黑鮪魚太好吃了。 Bluefin tuna fish are big. They can be from one and a half meters to three meters long! They can weigh from sixty kilograms to four hundred fifty kilograms! 黑鮪魚身體巨大，牠們可以從1.5到3公尺長，60到450 公斤重 ! In Taiwan, fishermen are very good at catching bluefin tuna. That’s great! They can catch all of these fish! But wait a minute! What about next year? There won't be any bluefin tuna! 台灣的漁夫很會捕撈黑鮪魚，他們可以把黑鮪魚全部抓完。等等! 要是都被抓完了，明年怎麼辦? Well, that won't happen. Taiwan has a rule. Two thousand tons of bluefin tuna can be caught every year. Then Taiwan's fishermen have to stop catching these fish. 好險這件事不會發生，因為台灣有規定，每年只能捕撈總共兩千噸的黑鮪魚。 This year, fishermen caught two thousand tons very fast! Everyone was surprised. Some fishermen wanted to catch more. They can get lots of money for bluefin tuna. But they had to stop. 今年，漁夫很快就補到了2000噸，他們很驚訝，雖然很多人想要多抓幾條來賺錢，但他們必須停止。 Taiwan's rule is smart. Now these fish can grow bigger. They can have more babies. And every year, fishermen can catch bluefin tuna again. 這項規定很聰明，沒有被抓的魚會長更大，生出更多鮪魚寶寶，這樣就一直可以有魚捕。 We can have delicious bluefin tuna for many years now! _______________________________ Vocabulary 黑鮪魚可以捕撈，但是必需有上限，不能超過。 fish 魚。 I’m going to the Bluefin Tuna Festival next year! 我明年要去黑鮪魚節! A festival of fish? 魚的節慶? Sounds like fun.聽起來很好玩。 delicious 美味的。 Are you going fishing? 你要去釣魚嗎? I wish. No, I’ll just be there to eat the fish. 我希望去呢! 但我只是去那兒吃魚。 Must be pretty good. 一定很美味。 It’s delicious! 非常好吃! lots of 很多。 You’ve been there before? 你以前去過? Yeah, I have. In Pingtung.去過，在屏東。 Did you pay lots of money for it? 有花很多錢嗎? want 要。 For the fish? Not at all.花錢吃魚嗎? 完全沒有。 I only paid for the souvenirs I wanted.我只花錢買了我要的紀念品。 Lucky you! 太幸運了! 你也想嚐嚐黑鮪魚的滋味嗎? fish魚 delicious美味的 lots of很多 want要 _______________________________ Quiz 1. How many meters long can bluefin tuna be? a. Three b. Thirteen c. Thirty 2. How much bluefin tuna can be caught here every year? a. Sixty tons b. Four hundred tons c. Two thousand tons 3. Why can't all bluefin tuna be caught? a. It takes lots of money. b. There won't be any next year. c. The fish is delicious. Answers: 1. a 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

K*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ In June, two astronauts were excited. They were flying a spaceship to the ISS. That's the International Space Station. 六月時，兩個很興奮的太空人，駕著太空船飛到了 ISS，也就是國際太空站。 Astronauts try new things in space there! These things help us learn more about space. 太空人要嘗試很多新事物，幫助我們更了解太空。 The ISS is also a big space home. Some astronauts live there for six months. Some visit for a short time. The two astronauts were going to visit for eight days. 國際太空站是個大型的太空之家，兩個太空人原本要住在那裡八天。 But their spaceship had some problems. It has small engines. They help the spaceship fly. But some small engines didn't work well. Scientists on Earth didn't know why. But the two astronauts got to the ISS safely. 他們順利到了國際太空站，但是太空船的引擎出了問題! 科學家們都找不出原因。 The engines were not easy to fix. So the astronauts didn't fly home after eight days. They didn't fly home after eight weeks! 引擎很難修理，所以他們在太空站待了 8 個星期都還沒回家! Then the engines were fixed. But was the spaceship safe for the astronauts? The scientists didn't know. 引擎最後修好了，但科學家不確定太空船安不安全。 So the astronauts will use another spaceship. And they will fly home… next year, in February! 所以這兩位太空人會使用另一艘太空船˙，不過要等到明年 2 月才能回到家 ! The astronauts' eight-day trip will be an eight-month trip! Everyone will be very happy when they come home! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 原本要在國際太空站待八天的兩名太空人，結果必須待上八個月。 1) spaceship 太空船。 The spaceship that took two astronauts up there in June 六月時把兩個太空人送上去的太空船…. Yeah, I remember. 對，我記得。 …has come back without them.回來了，沒有帶他們。 2) safely 安全地。 It's back on Earth.它回到了地球。 That's right. NASA didn't believe it could come back safely. 對，太空總署不相信它可以安全回來。 3) month 月份。 What about the two astronauts? 那兩個太空人呢? Oh, they'll just be up there,他們就會待在上面， watching the moon and stars for months.欣賞月球跟星星好幾個月。 4) fly 飛行。 Too bad they can't just fly back. 真糟糕，不能直接飛回來。 Do you want to fly to space? 來一起讀單字。 spaceship太空船 safely安全地 month月份 fly飛行 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What does "ISS" mean? a. In Space Station b. International Space Station c. Internet Spaceship Station 2. In June, how long were the astronauts going to visit the ISS? a. Eight days b. Eight weeks c. Six months 3. What did not work well on the spaceship? a. Scientists b. Astronauts c. Small engines Answers 1. b 2. a 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

K*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ People lived in Taiwan thousands of years ago. We don't know a lot about them. Sometimes we find their things. These things can help us learn more. But sometimes the things are a mystery. 幾千年前，就有人類在台灣生活，我們偶而也會找到一些那些人的遺跡。不過有時候找到的東西是個謎。 A tall, thin stone stands in Taitung. It's very, very old. The top is a half-moon shape. 在台東，有一根又高又細的石柱，非常古老，頂端是半月形的。 What was the stone for? Maybe it was for a building. Maybe it was for an important person. Nobody knows. This stone is a mystery. 石柱有什麼用處呢?也許是建築的一部份，或是某人的紀念碑。沒有人知道。 The stone is in Peinan Site Park. It's near a train station. About forty years ago, Taitung wanted to make the station bigger. 這根石柱位於卑南遺址公園，靠近火車站。 40 年前，台東政府想把車站改得更大。 Workers started to dig. They found some old things! Scientists came. The scientists found more than 2,000 very old and important things! 工人們開挖時，發現一些很古老的東西! 科學家來了，找到 2000多個古代的重要物品! These things were used by people thousands of years ago. Now they are Taiwan's treasures! Peinan Site Park was made to protect them. 幾千年前的人類使用過這些物品，現在它們是台灣的寶藏，卑南遺址公園的建立就是為了保護它們。 The museum there helps us learn about these treasures and the people who used them. But the museum doesn't know what the stone was for. 這一座博物館幫助我們了解古代的人，但是專家還是不懂石柱的意義。 What do YOU think the stone was for? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 卑南遺址公園很受考古人員的重視。 1. dig 挖掘。 Isn't it cool? 那不是很酷嗎? To dig up something that's from hundreds of years ago? 挖出幾百年前的東西? It is cool.是很酷。 2. find 找到。 But I would hope to find something special.不過我會希望找到一些特別的。 Like gold coins. 好比說金幣。 3. ago 之前。 I once watched a movie. 我看過一部電影。 They dug up a boat! From over one thousand years ago. 他們挖到一艘船! 來自一千多年前的船! 4. stone 石頭。 Wow, that's really something! 哇，那真棒! Right? 是不是? I want to find stone buildings, just like Pompeii. 我想要找到石頭建築，像龐貝城那種。 來一起複習今天的單字。 dig挖掘 find找到 ago之前 stone石頭 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What is near the old stone? a. A forest b. A train station c. A bus stop 2. When were many very old things found? a. Last week b. Forty years ago c. Two thousand years ago 3. Why was Peinan Site Park made? a. To protect old treasures b. To make a train station bigger c. To be a playground Answers 1. b 2. b 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

K*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ Deer are beautiful animals. It's exciting to see them in a forest. But it's not good when a deer is on a road. That's very dangerous. 鹿是美麗的動物，在森林看到牠們會讓人很開心。但是鹿如果出現在道路上就糟糕了，那會很危險。 A deer can die when a car hits it. People can get hurt too. 鹿被車子撞到可能會死掉，人也可能受傷。 In the U.S., two high school students want to help deer. They want to make a device. It can help stop cars from hitting deer. It has a camera. It also uses artificial intelligence, or AI. 美國有兩個高中生打算製造一個裡面裝有人工智慧相機的設備，讓車子不會再撞到鹿。 How does the device work? The AI camera watches a road. It sees a car… And it sees a deer near the road! Then the device makes sounds! 它是怎麼運作呢? 這個AI相機會監視道路，當它拍到一隻鹿靠近車輛時，便會發出聲音! They are animal sounds. Maybe they're bear sounds! Maybe they're lion sounds! These sounds scare the deer. It runs away! It doesn't go onto the road. 它發出的是動物的聲音，也許是熊或獅子的吼叫聲，這些聲音會把鹿嚇跑，就不會跑到道路上。 The students got a prize for their idea. They won $15,000 U.S. dollars. That's about $480,000 Taiwan dollars! Wow! 這個點子讓學生贏得了一萬五千元美金，相當於四十八萬台幣!! Now the students can make their device. Maybe they can make lots of them! Deer need help. Nobody wants cars to hit deer! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 用科學技術保護野生動物，真是好辦法! 1. scare 驚嚇。 Here comes the deer. 那隻鹿來了。 Wow! … shhhh! It's so beautiful! 牠真美! Yeah. 是啊。 But it's eating your flowers! 但是牠在吃你的花! Do you want to scare it away? 你要把牠嚇走嗎? 2. stop 制止。 Why do I want to do that? 為什麼要那樣? To stop it from ruining your garden! 好讓牠不要毀了你的花園! 3. sound 聲音。 It's okay. Just some flowers. 沒關係，只是幾朵花而已。 Hey, those are my vegetables! 嘿，那是我種的青菜! Maybe you can make some dog sounds.你也許可以學狗叫。 4. run away 跑掉。 Woof, woof! There, it's running away. 好了，牠跑掉了。 But I feel bad about it. 但是我覺得不開心。 你有看過野生的鹿嗎? 來讀單字。 scare驚嚇 stop制止 sound聲音 run away跑掉 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What kind of sounds does the device make? a. Car sounds b. Plane sounds c. Animal sounds 2. What does the device see when it makes sounds? a. A forest and a road b. A lion and a bear c. A deer and a car 3. What did the students win? a. A camera b. Money c. A car Answers: 1. c 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Super Light Shoes Made With Spray Ready… Set… Go! Look at them run! What a race! How do they run so fast? 你看他們跑步! 真是精采的一場賽跑! 他們怎麼能跑這麼快? The Paris Olympics was this summer. The fastest runners in the world were there. 巴黎奧運在今年夏天舉行，全世界跑得最快的選手都聚集在那裡。 Hellen Obiri was there. She's from Kenya, an East African country. She's one of the greatest marathon runners. Hellen Obiri 也參加了比賽，她來自東非國家肯亞。她是最優秀的馬拉松跑者之一。 Marathon runners run over 42 kilometers! Heavy things make them slower. So the clothes they wear are light. Their shoes are light too! 馬拉松選手要跑超過 42 公里! 重的東西都會讓他們慢下來，所以他們穿很輕的衣服，鞋子也不例外。 Hellen wears some of the lightest shoes in the world. A robot makes them! It sprays a very long, very thin string! Hellen 穿著世界上最輕的鞋子。這種跑鞋由機器人製作，製作時，它會噴出一條很長很細的線! Robots spray string to make a shoe? Whose idea is this? It's a university student's idea. He saw kids make spider webs for Halloween. They used strings of glue. 機器人噴出細線來做鞋子? 這是誰想出來的主意呢?這是一個大學生的點子，他看到小孩為了萬聖節，用膠做出細細的線來做蜘蛛網，因此得到了靈感。 Hellen won a big marathon in these shoes. They helped her win a medal at the Paris Olympics too! Run, Hellen, run! ________________________________________ Vocabulary 跑鞋讓特別的機器人來做，又輕又快又好。 1. runner 跑步的人。 Why do so many marathon runners come from Kenya? 為什麼那麼多馬拉松選手來自肯亞? Not only Kenya. Some are from Ethiopia.不只是肯亞。也有一些衣索匹亞人。 2. African 非洲的。 That's also an East African country. 那也是一個東非洲國家。 True. And both are big. 對，並且兩個都是大國。 3. fast 很快的。 Runners there can run fast for a long time.那兒的跑者可以跑很快，跑很久。 Yeah, and they're used to hot weather. 對，他們也習慣炎熱的天氣。 4. long 長的。 So running long distances in Paris was not a problem for them. 所以在巴黎跑長距離對他們不是問題。 No, but it was for many others. 是，但對別人卻是問題。 你今天學了哪些單字? runner跑步的人 African非洲的 fast很快的 long長的 … ________________________________________ Quiz 1. Where is Hellen Obiri from? a. Boston b. Kenya c. Paris 2. How far do people run in a marathon? a. 1,500 meters b. 3 kilometers c. 42 kilometers 3. When did the student get the idea for these shoes? a. Halloween b. Thanksgiving c. Christmas Answers 1. b 2. c 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn