Cactuses Can't Stand the Heat

K*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ Scientists say climate change is making this year hot. This July was the planet's hottest month in 120,000 years! 科學家說氣候改變讓今年變得很熱，今年七月是地球12萬年來最熱的月份! Cactuses like hot weather. They don't need much water. They live in deserts. Deserts are hot and dry. 仙人掌喜歡熱的天氣，也不需要很多水分，它們長在沙漠裡。 Phoenix is a city in a desert. This July, Phoenix was the hottest city in the USA. Phoenix was very hot in August and it's hot now in September too. 今年七月鳳凰城是美國最熱的城市，八月和九月的天氣也非常炎熱。 Phoenix has many saguaro cactuses. Some are 12 meters tall! They have branches called arms. These cactuses can live for 200 years! 鳳凰城有很多巨人柱，這種仙人掌可以長到12公尺高，它們還可以活兩百年! But in Phoenix, saguaro cactuses are getting sick! They're turning yellow. Their arms are falling off! Some cactuses are falling down! 但是鳳凰城的巨人柱生病了! 它們開始變黃，也開始倒塌。 People worry about their sick saguaro cactuses. What do these cactuses need? They need water! The cactuses can't stand the heat! 連仙人掌都熱得受不了! 它們需要水! Heavy rain comes to Phoenix every year. People hope the rain can save the cactuses. But can it? 鳳凰城每一年都會下大雨，人們希望這些雨可以拯救仙人掌。 It's too hot for cactuses! Now we need to do more than hope. We need to fight climate change together. We need to save the planet! ________________________________________ Vocabulary 天氣太熱，連沙漠植物仙人掌都快活不下去了。 1. fall 掉落 I'm going to try riding a unicycle tomorrow. 我明天要試著騎獨輪車。 What? You'll fall off and hurt yourself.什麼啊，你會掉下來受傷。 2. arm 手臂 No, I won't. I'm good at riding a bike. 才不會，我很會騎腳踏車的。 A unicycle is different. 獨輪車不一樣。 You need to stretch out your arms. 你的手臂要伸出去。 3. hottest 最熱的 Wouldn't that be fun? 那不是很好玩? You just like to do crazy things. 你就是喜歡瘋狂的事。Remember when you ate chili in the hottest weather? 你記得你在天氣最熱的時候吃辣椒吧? 4. water 水 Yeah, my tongue felt like it was burning! 記得，我的舌頭好像燒起來了。 I had to drink tons of water. 不得不喝大量的水。 我們來讀今天的單字。 fall掉落 arm手臂 hottest最熱的 water水 ________________________________________ Quiz When was the planet's hottest month in 120,000 years? a. This July b. This August c. This September What is Phoenix? a. A kind of cactus b. A city in a desert c. Heavy rain What do the sick cactuses need? a. Arms b. Water c. Climate change Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn