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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