This Ferryboat Flies
People in Sweden made a flying ferryboat! Wait… what's a ferryboat?
Ferryboats are buses on water. They carry many people. People use them to go to work or school. Some ferries carry cars too.
Ferryboat渡輪就像水上的公車，載人上班、上學，也可以載車子。
Ferries need to push lots of water so they can move. That takes a lot of energy. All that water makes ferries slow.* *It also makes ferries move side to side and up and down. Many people feel seasick.
渡輪需要很大的動力才能往前走。水流會讓渡輪的速度變慢，也會搖晃。很多人會因此暈船。
The flying ferry from Sweden can carry thirty people. It doesn’t carry cars. It starts in the water. Then it flies close above the water!
瑞典的飛行渡輪可以搭載30個人，它不載車子。它從海上起飛並在海面上飛行。
This flying ferry doesn’t need to push water to move, so it doesn't use a lot of energy. It's very fast. And it doesn't move side to side or up and down. People don't get seasick.
這艘飛行渡輪速度非常快，而且不需要消耗很多的動力，也不會搖晃。
And this ferry is electric! That helps the Earth. Electricity costs ninety percent less than the fuel for other ferries. What a huge saving! That helps ferry companies.
這艘渡輪是電動的! 電力的花費比燃油便宜九成，所以電動飛行渡輪幫助地球也幫助渡輪公司。
Electric flying ferries are good for people, ferry companies, and the Earth! Can we have them in Taiwan?
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Vocabulary
瑞典的飛行渡輪解決了許多問題。
1. seasick 暈船
A flying ferryboat. 一艘飛行渡輪。
What a good idea! 好棒的主意!
Yeah, I’ve never liked taking boats. 對啊，我從來就不愛搭船。
They make me feel seasick. 會讓我暈船。
2. carry 搭載
But this one seems different. 但是這艘好像不一樣。
I just hope it can carry my bike, too. 我只希望它也能載腳踏車。
3. need 需要
Why do you need your bike? 為什麼需要腳踏車?
I need it to go to school. 我需要騎車上學啊。
4. water 水
It lands on water… 它降落在水上…
So how do you ride your bike? 所以你要怎麼騎車?
It should get close to a dock. 它應該會靠碼頭。
Then I can ride it down the ramp. 然後我就可以騎車下坡道。
你有搭過渡輪嗎? 來讀單字。
seasick暈船
carry搭載
need需要
water水
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Quiz
1. What does the flying ferry carry?
a. Cars and people
b. Cars
c. People
2. What is good about the flying ferry?
a. It’s very fast.
b. It moves side to side.
c. It makes people seasick.
3. What makes the flying ferry fly?
a. Water
b. Electricity
c. Wind
Answers:
1. c
2. a
3. b
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