A Hospital for Seals
What animal do you hear? Is it a dog? No, it’s not a dog. It’s a seal.
這是什麼動物的叫聲呢?是狗嗎?不是喔!是海豹的聲音。
Seals are cool animals. They swim very well. Some can make human sounds!
海豹是一種很酷的動物。牠們很會游泳，有一些還會發出人類的聲音。
But some seals get hurt. Sometimes boat motors cut them… Sometimes fishing nets catch them. Poor seals!
不過海豹有時候會被漁船的馬達割傷，也會被漁網困住。
Lizzi lives in the UK. She loves seals. She helps seals that are hurt. She made a hospital for seals… in her house! Two seals were in a room and four seals were in her garage!
住在英國的Lizzi 很喜歡海豹。 她甚至把自己家改成海豹醫院，幫助受傷的海豹。
But many seals get hurt. She needed a bigger hospital to help more seals. So she, her husband, and others built a seal hospital! When these seals are better, people take them back to the ocean.
但是還是有很多受傷的海豹，她需要更大的醫院。所以她跟其他人一起打造了海豹醫院。當海豹身體狀況比較好的時候，就會被送回大海。
Baby seals are called pups. Sometimes pups can't find their mothers. They can't get food. They get weak. Lizzi helps them for a while.
海豹寶寶叫做 pups。那些找不到媽媽的小海豹，會因為沒有食物而變得很虛弱。Lizzi也幫助牠們。
Then she takes them to a bigger place that takes care of pups. When these seals are older, people take them back to the ocean too.
她把海豹寶寶帶到更大的地方照顧，等到牠們長大一點就會被送回海裡。
Lizzi got an award for helping seals. Thank you, Lizzi!
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Vocabulary
Lizzi盡一切力量來幫助受傷的海豹，讓牠們重返大海。
1. catch 捕捉
I wonder if I can raise a pet seal.我在想能不能養海豹當寵物。
In your bathtub like in some movies? 養在你的浴缸裡，像有些電影那樣嗎? Where would you catch one in the first place? 你首先要怎麼抓一隻海豹呢?
2. take care of 照顧
Yeah, that would be a problem.對，那確實是個問題。
And how do you plan to take care of a baby seal? 而且你要怎麼照顧海豹寶寶?
I have no answer to any of your questions.你的問題我都答不出來。
3. better 比較好的
Maybe I should just call Taipei Zoo and ask them. 也許我應該打電話問台北動物園。
I have a better idea. 我有更好的主意。
Let’s go to the zoo tomorrow. 我們明天就去動物園。
To see the seals? Wonderful! 去看海豹嗎? 太好了!
請跟我一起讀這些單字。
catch捕捉
take care of照顧
better比較好的
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Quiz
1. What did Lizzi use her home for?
a. A seal playground
b. A seal school
c. A seal hospital
2. What are baby seals called?
a. Cubs
b. Dogs
c. Pups
3. What did Lizzi get for helping seals?
a. An award
b. Lots of money
c. A free boat
Answers:
1. c
2. c
3. a
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