Capybaras Run Away Do you have a pet? Many people have cats or dogs. These animals are cute and friendly. What other animals are cute and friendly? 你有養寵物嗎? 很多人養貓跟狗，牠們很可愛也很友善。還有哪些動物又可愛又友善呢? Capybaras are! Do you know about capybaras? They look like small pigs. They're fast runners. They can run up to fifty kilometers an hour! 你知道水豚嗎? 牠們看起來像小豬，牠們跑得很快，時速可以到50公里。 Capybaras like water and wet places. They like to swim. They're peaceful too. So some people have pet capybaras. 水豚喜歡水跟濕濕的地方，也喜歡游泳。牠們很溫和，因此很多人養水豚當寵物。 A man in Nantou had two capybaras. They lived outside in a pen. A fence kept the capybaras in the pen. People used a gate to go in and out of the pen. One day, the gate was open. The two capybaras ran away very fast! 南投有個人養了兩隻水豚。他把牠們養在室外的圍欄裡。有一天，圍欄的門沒關，那兩隻水豚飛快地跑走了! The man looked for his pets. But he didn't find them. Where did they run to? 那個人找不到他的寵物，牠們跑去哪裡呢? The man asked people online for help. They helped him find one capybara. She was near a river.* *Maybe she wanted to swim!But the man cannot find the other capybara. 主人在網路上求助，他們在河的附近找到一隻，但是找不到另外一隻水豚。 Capybaras are cute, friendly, and peaceful. But they're very fast too. So be careful! Don't let them run awayyyyyyyy! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 人類熱愛自由，動物似乎也一樣。 1. cute 可愛的 Your dog is so cute! 你的狗好可愛! Yeah, Buddy is a nice dog. 對啊，巴弟是好狗。 Right, Buddy? 對不對，巴弟? 2. run away 逃走、跑掉 He likes all my friends.我的朋友牠都喜歡。 And he never runs away. 而且牠從來不跑掉。 Yeah, I remember your last dog, what’s its name…Bennie! Bennie, ran away. 對，我記得你上一隻狗…叫什麼名字，班尼就跑了。 3. fast 快速地 Bennie ran away 3 times.班尼逃走三次。 And I finally lost him.最後我失去了牠。 Did you try to find him? 你有試著去找牠嗎? Yes, but he ran too fast. 有，但是牠跑太快了。 4. pet 寵物 For me, if I want a pet, I’d like to have fish. 我的話，假如我要養寵物，我會養魚。 They don’t run. 牠們不會跑。 一起來讀單字。 cute可愛的 run away逃走、跑掉 fast快速地 pet寵物 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. Where does the man live? a. Taipei b. Nantou c. Yilan 2. What can capybaras do? a. Run fast b. Jump high c. Climb trees 3. How many capybaras did the man lose? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 Answers: 1. b 2. a 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn