Dangerous Dragons Seen in Ocean Near Keelung Villager: DRAGON! Narrator: In some stories, dragons are very scary. They're huge lizards with wings! They blow fire from their mouths! They eat people! They tear down buildings! 龍在一些故事裡是很可怕的動物。牠們很像長翅膀的大蜥蜴，會噴火、吃人，還會推倒建築物。 Dragons aren't so bad. Look at dragonflies. They fly, but they don't blow fire! And they're too small to tear down buildings… 但也不是所有的龍都很可怕。像是dragonfly…蜻蜓…會飛但是不會噴火。 Blue sea dragons sometimes come to the ocean around Taiwan. They're smaller than dragonflies. The biggest are three centimeters long! 海底有一種生物叫「藍龍」有時候會靠近台灣附近海域，牠們只有3公分長。 They're bright blue on one side and gray on the other. This hides them from birds and fish. They have long, flat bodies with… dragon wings! These are small parts with many long fingers. 牠們長長的身體一邊是亮藍色，另一邊是灰色，還有觸角，看起來就像龍的翅膀。 Blue sea dragons are called "the most beautiful killers in the ocean." That's because they're very poisonous! If you see a blue sea dragon, stay far, far away! 藍龍被稱為「大海最美的殺手」。因為牠們有毒，要記得離牠們遠一點。 Seven blue sea dragons were seen in the ocean near Keelung. It's rare to see so many at one time! 在基隆附近海域看到七隻藍龍，很少能一次看到這麼多隻! Seven poisonous blue sea dragons are near Keelung… Why are we here?! RUN!!! ________________________________________ Vocabulary 住在海裡的藍龍不是童話故事裡的龍，而是真正的有毒生物。 1. lizard 蜥蜴 Dragons are lizards, right? 龍是蜥蜴，對嗎? No, well, yes. 不對，也對。 I mean, dragons are not real.我的意思是龍不是真的。 2. scary 嚇人的 I want my dragons to fly and fight.我要我的龍會飛會戰鬥。 In the story you're writing? 在你寫的故事裡嗎? Yeah, my dragons will be very scary.對，我的龍會很可怕。 3. hide 躲藏 If I see your dragon, I'll run and hide. 假如我看到你的龍，要趕快跑去躲起來。 That will be useless because my dragon can find you. 沒有用，因為我的龍會找到你。 4. tear down 破壞、拆掉 It will tear down your hiding place and eat you! 牠會毀掉你躲的地方，把你吃掉! 今天的單字很好玩喔！ lizard蜥蜴 scary嚇人的 hide躲藏 tear down破壞、拆掉 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. What do dragonflies do? a. Fly b. Blow fire c. Tear down buildings 2. What are called "the most beautiful killers in the ocean"? a. Dragons b. Dragonflies c. Blue sea dragons 3. How long are the biggest blue sea dragons? a. 1 centimeter b. 3 centimeters c. 7 centimeters Answers: 1. a 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn