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Kids in Taiwan Need More Exercise Narrator: In Taiwan, many kids from eleven to thirteen years old took a survey. Seventy percent said they needed more exercise. Kids: What?/Huh?!/No way! Narrator: You know what? They're right! 台灣很多11歲到13歲的小朋友填問卷調查，有百分之70的說他們需要運動。他們說的沒錯! Kids from five to seventeen years old need one hour of exercise a day. That's seven hours of exercise a week! 5到17歲的孩童需要每天運動1小時，一周要7個小時。 Kids have PE. But at most schools, PE is eighty to ninety minutes a week. 雖然學校有體育課，但大多數一周只上80到90分鐘。 Exercise can help kids be healthier. We can get exercise by doing things to move more. We can take the stairs, walk the dog, or ride a bike. 運動可以讓兒童更健康。我們可以多動動，像是走樓梯、遛狗或騎腳踏車。 Right now, it's too hot outside. The summer heat is strong. But - there are many ways to exercise inside! We can dance, swim, jump rope, play badminton, do taekwondo, or hula hoop! 外面現在真的太熱了，還是有很多方法可以在室內運動，例如跳舞、游泳、跳繩、打羽毛球、打跆拳道或搖呼拉圈。 Neighbor: Hey! Quiet down! Narrator: We need some space! We want to be safe, and we don't want to make people angry when we exercise at home! 我們需要安全的空間做運動。我們也不想在家做運動的時候，惹怒其他人。 Do you exercise one hour a day? No? Why are you sitting? If your teacher says okay, go and move! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 一個星期兩三堂的體育課，對兒童和青少年是不夠的。 1. exercise 運動 Wendy, let's go rollerblading at the park this afternoon. 溫蒂，我們今天下午去公園溜直排輪吧。 No, it's too hot.不要，太熱了。 Please, you need exercise. 拜託啦，你需要運動。 2. healthier 更健康 No, I need to study. 不了，我要讀書。 Rollerblading will make you healthier. 直排輪會讓你更健康。 I'm already very healthy, thanks to you.我已經很健康了，都是你的功勞。 3. hour 鐘頭 Still, experts say you need to work out for one hour every day. 還是一樣，專家說你需要每天動一個鐘頭。 Leave me alone, mom! 媽媽不要再吵我了! 4. swim 游泳 Alright, I'll go swimming all by myself! 好吧，我就自己去游泳吧。 What kind of exercise do you like? exercise運動 healthier更健康 hour鐘頭 swim游泳 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. How old were the kids who took the survey? a. Five to seventeen b. Eleven to thirteen c. Eighty to ninety 2. How much exercise do children need every day? a. One hour b. Five hours c. Seven hours 3. What can exercise help kids to be? a. Angrier b. Healthier c. Safer Answers: 1. b 2. a 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Scientists Say It's Raining More… And Less Do your mom and dad say it's raining more? Because of climate change, it is. Air holds more water in our warmer world. 你爸媽有說過雨越下越多嗎?沒有錯，因為氣候變遷的關係， 氣候暖化讓空氣中有更多的水分。 Scientists say it's raining much more during wet times, and much less during dry times. And these changes are causing problems. 科學家說雨季的雨水越來越多，乾季越來越乾燥，這些變化都會造成問題。 Too much rain can cause floods. There's too much water everywhere. Heavy rain and floods damage farmers' crops. They damage homes, roads, and bridges. Floods keep us from leaving our homes or schools. Flood water is dirty and can make us sick! 雨太大會造成水災，會破壞農作物、家園、道路跟橋梁，我們只能待在家裡或學校。水災的髒水還會讓人生病。 Too little rain can cause droughts. There's too little water for everything. Droughts hurt farmers. They need lots of water to grow crops. In Taiwan, droughts hurt some technology companies. They need lots of water to make their products. And droughts hurt us! We need water for a healthy life! 雨太少會引起乾旱。乾旱讓農作物無法生長，也影響科技公司製作產品，還會影響我們的健康。 We can't stop floods or droughts. But we can all help Taiwan have a little more water every day. We can take shorter showers. We can turn off the water when we brush our teeth or wash dishes. 我們沒辦法阻止水災或乾旱，但我們可以每天為台灣省多一點水，洗澡洗快一點，刷牙、洗碗的時候把水關掉。 Can you think of more ways? ------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 雨水太多會造成水災，不夠的話又變成旱災。 1. too much 太多 It's raining like crazy out there! 外面的雨下得真瘋狂! Yeah, just yesterday I was worried about my tomatoes getting too much sun. 對啊，我昨天還在擔心我的番茄曬太多太陽。 2. too little 太少 Now it's too much water.現在是水太多了。 But when there's too little rain 但是雨水太少的時候… I would be worried too.我又會擔心。 3. farmer 農夫 I really don't want to grow anything anymore. 我真的什麼都不想種了。 I'm not a good farmer. 我就不是好農夫。 4. problem 問題。 Hey, blame it on climate change. 要怪氣候改變吧。 It's the weather that's causing problems, not you. 是天氣造成問題，不是你。 Do you like rain? 一起來讀單字。 too much太多 too little太少 farmer農夫 problem問題 ------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. What can too much rain cause? a. Snow b. Floods c. Hot weather 2. What can too little rain cause? a. Droughts b. Typhoons c. More rain 3. What can we do to save water? a. Take longer showers b. Take hotter showers c. Take shorter showers Answers: 1. b 2. a 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

What's Your Name, Mr. Elephant? Scientists say elephants have names! How do they know this? 科學家說大象有自己的名字! 他們怎麼知道的呢? We can hear some elephant sounds. Here's a loud sound. They make low sounds too. Here's a low sound. 我們可以聽到大象的叫聲，牠們可以叫很大聲，也可以發出低沉的聲音。 Elephants also make VERY low sounds. Our ears can't hear them! With these very low sounds, they call each other. They use a different sound for each elephant. That different sound is the elephant's name! 大象還會發出我們聽不到、非常低沉的聲音來稱呼彼此，不同的聲音就是不同大象的名字。 This is very cool. Many people think only humans use names to call others. That's wrong! 很多人以為只有人類才會用名字呼叫對方。 How do people know we are talking to them? Many times, we use their names. When we see our friends, we say "Hi, Johnny" or "Hello, Emma." 人們怎麼知道我們在跟他們說話呢? 因為我們會稱呼他們的名字。 An elephant has about fifty friends. It uses names for them too! An elephant can also call a friend from six kilometers away. Many elephants can hear that call. Using a name is important then. 一隻大象差不多有50個朋友，牠還會用不同的名字呼叫。大象可以從6公里外呼叫朋友，很多同伴都聽得到，所以知道在叫誰很重要。 Scientists are going to keep studying elephant sounds. Maybe we will learn that elephants talk to each other! And who knows? Maybe one day, we can call their names and talk to them! ________________________________ Vocabulary 大象不但記憶力驚人，還會互相呼叫名字。 1. call 叫做 What's that new guy's name? 新來的那人叫什麼名字? I don't know. I just call him Chief. 我不知道。我都叫他酋長。 Why "Chief?" 為什麼是酋長? He said he's a fan of the Kansas Chiefs.他說他是堪薩斯酋長隊的粉絲。 2. talk 交談 So when you talk to him, you say, "Hey, Chief." 所以你跟他講話時就說，「嗨，酋長」。 Yeah, it's easy to remember. 對，很容易記。 3. friend 朋友 Then what does he call you? 那他怎麼叫你? "Hey, My Friend." 就是「我的朋友」。 That's quite friendly. 倒是很友善。 4. use 使用 But I want him to use my name. 不過我想要他用我的名字。 Maybe you need to use his first. 也許你得先用他的。 一起來讀單字。 call叫做 talk交談 friend朋友 use使用 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What did scientists find out about elephants? a. They can fly! b. They call humans! c. They have names! 2. What sounds do elephants make that we can't hear? a. Very low sounds b. Very high sounds c. Singing sounds 3. How many friends do elephants have? a. About two b. About six c. About fifty Answers: 1. c 2. a 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Feeding Ghosts in Toucheng The Toucheng Ghost Grappling Competition is in Yilan. It's in the seventh month of the lunar year. 頭城搶孤儀式會在農曆七月的時候，在宜蘭舉行。 In Taiwan, the seventh month of the lunar year is Ghost Month. During Ghost Month, ghosts can come and visit. This old ghost grappling competition feeds the ghosts and shows them respect. 在台灣，農曆七月就是鬼月。鬼魂在這個期間來人間拜訪。這個古老的搶孤儀式會提供鬼魂食物並表示尊敬。 Teams of five people climb a tall tower. There's lots of food on it for the ghosts. The teams want to get the flag and the gold medal at the top. But it's not easy… 五個人一組的隊伍會努力爬上棚架，在棚台上有很多給鬼魂的食物。隊伍要爬到頂端拿到旗子跟金牌，不過這可不簡單…… The poles at the bottom of the tower are 33 meters tall. There's lots of grease on them! They're super slippery! 棚架的柱子大概有33公尺高 ! 而且上面塗滿了油，所以超級滑! This competition is at night. The tower has beautiful lights. The climb is very exciting! Many people come to watch! 這場比賽會在晚上舉辦。棚架上會有漂亮的燈光，再加上整個比賽非常刺激，吸引很多人來看 ! The teams climb as fast as they can. Teammates climb on top of each other. They slip and slide! The poles are so greasy! 參加隊伍必須用最快的速度向上爬，隊員要爬到隊友的頭上，他們可能會滑倒，甚至滑下來，因為柱子真的太滑了 ! The first team to get the flag and the gold medal wins! 第一個爬到頂端拿到旗子跟金牌的隊伍，就能贏得比賽! Soon the ghosts will be full and happy. They can go home! ________________________________________ Vocabulary 搶孤很不容易，參賽的隊伍必須全力以赴! 1. watch 觀看 This competition looks like a lot of fun. 這個比賽看起來很好玩。 Thinking about going there to watch? 你想去那裏看嗎? 2. exciting 精彩的、讓人興奮的 I'd really like to! 我很想去! It's an exciting event! 那是很精彩的活動。 But it's at midnight next Monday. 可是它在下星期一的午夜。 3. as fast as一樣快 That's even better. 那更好。 We can go after work. 我們可以下班之後去。 Then you'd have to drive as fast as you can.那你得儘量開快車。 No, Toucheng is not that far away.頭城沒有那麼遠。 4. slip and slide 滑倒摔跤 You really like to see people slip and slide, don't you? 你就是喜歡看人滑倒摔跤，對吧? I sure do. 真的。 一起來讀單字。 watch觀看 exciting精彩的 as fast as一樣快 slip and slide滑倒摔跤 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. In the lunar year, when is Ghost Month? a. The fifth month b. The seventh month c. The 45th month 2. Where is Toucheng? a. Yuanlin b. Yilan c. Yingge 3. What makes Toucheng's tall tower so slippery? a. Grease b. Food c. Ghosts Answers: 1. b 2. b 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I want to buy a new sweater. But I don’t want to buy a cotton one. Cotton needs chemicals to grow faster. It needs chemicals that kill bugs. These chemicals are bad for the Earth. 我想買新的毛衣，但我不要棉花做的。棉花需要化學物質才能除蟲、長得快，可是化學物質對地球有害。 Should I buy one made from polyester? No, thanks! Polyester makes microplastics. They're bad for the Earth… and us. 那要買聚酯纖維做的嗎？也不行! 因為聚酯纖維會製造塑膠微粒，對地球跟我們也有害。 How about a sweater made of … human hair!? It sounds gross, but I heard it feels very soft! 那用人類頭髮做的毛衣呢？感覺有一點噁心，但是聽說摸起來好柔軟。 We take care of our hair every day. Some of us spend lots of money on our hair. But when we get haircuts, we don't want the hair that's cut off. Thousands of tons of hair become waste! But now, one company wants this hair! 我們每天都會保養頭髮，有一些人還會花很多錢保養。但是當我們把頭髮剪了，就不會想留下來。上千噸的頭髮變成垃圾，現在有一間公司卻想要這些頭髮。 A Dutch woman's company makes cloth from human hair. Her company gets hair from hair salons and washes it. The company makes yarn from the hair. It can color the yarn almost any color. It makes cloth from the yarn. 一位荷蘭女士開了一間用頭髮做衣服的公司。她的公司從髮廊收集頭髮，並且清洗乾淨做成各種顏色的毛線，再織成布料。 Hair doesn't need water, land, or chemicals. Using it cuts waste. 頭髮不需要水、土壤或化學物質，使用它可以減少垃圾做環保。 Maybe one day we'll be wearing clothes made from our own hair! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 用人類頭髮來做衣服，原料取之不盡用之不竭。 1. haircut 剪髮 I really need to get a haircut. 我真的得去剪頭髮。 It looks fine to me. Soft and shiny. 我看它很好啊。又軟又亮。 2. take care of 照顧 But taking care of it every day is too much trouble.但是每天照顧頭髮好麻煩。 I get it. So you want to cut it short? 我懂，所以你想剪短? 3. grow 生長 Yeah, much shorter.對，短很多。 My hair grows fast. 我的頭髮長很快。 Pretty soon it’ll become long again. 沒多久又變長了。 4. company 公司 You can sell your hair to a fashion company, you know. 你可以把頭髮賣給時尚公司，你知道吧。 And a wig company, too! 還有假髮公司呢。 Great idea. 好主意! How often do you get a haircut? haircut剪髮 take care of照顧 grow生長 company公司 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. How does the sweater made of human hair feel? a. Rough b. Soft c. Bad 2. Where does the company get human hair? a. Hair salons b. Fashion companies c. Yarn shops 3. What is true about clothes made of human hair? a. They’re bad for the Earth. b. They can be almost any color. c. They make lots of waste. Answers: 1. b 2. a 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

NASA is the space agency of the U.S. It wants to do many things in space. It looks for ideas to help. 美國太空總署NASA想要在太空做不同的事，NASA也會收集各種好主意來解決問題。 Many scientists have good ideas about doing things in space. Some ideas can help NASA. Scientists make these ideas better. NASA will use the best ideas in space! 許多科學家對於在太空中做事有很多好的想法。有一些可以幫到 NASA。科學家們把想法變得更好。 NASA會將最好的創意運用到太空！ NASA will send people to the moon. They need buildings to live and work in. NASA will use moon rocks to make buildings. So one idea is using robot carts on the moon. They can carry heavy rocks! NASA未來會派人到月球，這些人需要房子住跟工作的地方。NASA會用月球上的石頭蓋房子，就有人想到可以用機械推車來運送石頭。 The robot carts have magnets, so they float over a track. They don't have wheels or legs. They don't touch the ground, so moon dust can't stop them. 這種機械推車有磁鐵，讓它懸浮在軌道上，不需要輪子或是雙腿，這樣月球上的灰塵就阻止不了它。 The track pushes the carts. They can move thirty meters in one minute. 軌道會推動推車前進，一分鐘可以跑30公尺。 Like toy tracks, the robot cart tracks can be moved. They can be rolled out on the ground. Then they can be rolled up and put away! 跟玩具軌道一樣，推車的軌道可以隨意移動，也可以收起來。 Robot carts are a great idea. But there are many great ideas. Will we see these robot carts on the moon one day? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 有了月球推車，建造月球基地不再是空想。 1. do 做 I’m so tired! 我累死了! I want a robot to do all things for me! 我想要機器人來替我做所有的事情。 What things? 什麼事呢? Shopping, cooking, taking out the garbage….買東西、煮飯、倒垃圾… 2. carry 帶著、拿著 He can also carry my bag and go to work with me. 他也可以拿我的包包，跟我去上班。 And do your job and share your pay? 並且做你的工作，分你的薪水? 3. help 幫忙 Do my job, yes, 做我的工作，對，share my pay, no. 分我的薪水，不行。 I also want him to help buy my lunch. 我還要他幫忙買中飯。 4. many 很多 You have so many good ideas about how to use a robot! 你對怎麼用機器人，好主意真不少! 今天的單字都很短，卻很常用。 do做 carry帶著、拿著 help幫忙 many很多 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What is NASA? a. The U.S. space agency b. A U.K. robot company c. People living on the moon 2. What can robot carts do? a. Make houses b. Look for ideas c. Carry rocks 3. What can the robot cart tracks do? a. Float b. Use toys c. Roll up ** ** Answers: 1. a 2. c 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Oh boy, it's so hot. Let's go for a drive to cool down. 天啊，真的好熱。我們去開車兜風。 Ugh. There are so many cars on the road. Hey, we need to get some gas! 路上有好多車，而且我們還需要加油！ Summers are hot in Taiwan. We turn on air conditioners to cool down. Maybe we go for drives and use gas. When we do these things, we use fossil fuels. 台灣的夏天真的很熱，我們都會開冷氣或是開車出去兜風，都會用到化石燃料。 What happens if our fossil fuel use doesn’t change? Climate change will make Taiwan's summers hotter and longer. 如果我們不減少化石燃料的使用，氣候變遷會讓台灣的夏天又長又熱。 By the year 2100, our summers will be 210 days long! Noooooo! Do you like 36-degree days? There will be 75 more! 到了2100年，台灣的夏天會長達210天！36度的天氣會多75天喔！ Climate change will also bring more heavy rain. More floods will happen. There will be fewer typhoons. But… they'll be stronger! 氣候變遷還會帶來強降雨，就會更常淹水。颱風雖然會變少，但是颱風的強度會更強。 Longer, hotter summers, more floods, and stronger typhoons will make life harder for everyone. 又長又熱的夏天、很多的水災以及強颱都會讓我們的日子不好過。 We need to do more to slow down climate change. We don’t want longer, hotter summers, right? Let's find ways to use less fossil fuels. Seven months of summer is too long! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 又熱又潮濕的夏天，讓人很難受，而這種日子以後會更多。 1. longer 比較長的 Working late today? 今天晚下班? I’m not working. 我沒有在工作。 I just want to stay at the office longer. 我只想在辦公室待久一點。 2. hotter 比較熱的 To enjoy air conditioning? 享受冷氣嗎? Exactly! 正是! It’s too hot at home. 家裡太熱了。 It feels like every summer is hotter than the last. 感覺起來每年夏天都比以前熱。 3. harder 更困難 That’s so true! 真的是那樣! And when it rains, it makes daily life harder. 下雨時也讓日常生活更麻煩。 4. change 改變 I used to love summer a lot. 我以前很喜歡夏天。 Not anymore. 現在不了。 Because summer has changed. 因為夏天變了。 Yeah, it has. 對啊，是變了。 Summertime is getting longer… 來一起讀單字。 longer比較長的 hotter比較熱的 harder更困難 change改變 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. If our fossil fuel use doesn't change, how long will Taiwan's summers be? a. 7 months b. 9 months c. 12 months 2. When will summers become that long? a. 2075 b. 2100 c. 2121 3. How will typhoons change? a. They'll be weaker. b. They'll be shorter. c. They'll be stronger. ** ** Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you like stories about magic? How about stories about superheroes? These stories are fiction. Fiction means the stories are NOT real. But they're exciting! You can use your imagination! 你喜歡關於魔法的故事嗎？或是關於超級英雄呢？這些故事都是虛構的，不是真的。但是閱讀它們很令人興奮，因為可以運用你的想像力。 One girl loves fiction. She likes adventure stories. She likes stories about magic. But she LOVES fairy tales… 有個女孩很喜歡閱讀小說，像是冒險故事、魔法故事。她還特別喜歡童話故事。 Once upon a time, the girl had a question … Is reading fiction good for the brain? 有一天她想到一個問題，看故事對大腦有益處嗎？ One day, some scientists gave her the answer. They said reading fiction helps the brain in many ways! 有一些科學家給了她答案，說閱讀小說對大腦有不同的好處！ Fiction readers understand other people's feelings better. They think more clearly. They solve problems better. They're good at understanding ideas and things they can't see or touch. 小說的讀者可以更容易理解別人的感受，也更容易解決事情，他們把事情想得更清楚。擅長理解看不到、摸不到的東西或想法。 The scientists looked at studies on people who read fiction and people who watch fiction. They said reading fiction was more helpful for the brain! 科學家研究常看故事的讀者以及看虛構故事的觀眾的大腦，發現閱讀真的對大腦有益！ The girl is very happy! Now she knows - reading fiction is good for the brain in many ways! Now you know too. So everyone can live happily ever after! The End! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 科學家說，讀小說對腦部發展大有益處呢! 1. fiction 小說 What’s your favorite type of story? 你最喜歡哪種故事? Fiction. Only fiction can take me into another world. 小說，只有小說能帶我進入另外一個世界。 2. read 閱讀 Like* A Game of Thrones*? 就像《權力遊戲》嗎? Yeah, it’s a wonderful story. 對啊，它是很奇妙的故事。 I love reading it.我很喜歡看。 3. fairy tale 童話 It’s full of dragons, castles, kings and queens. 故事裡有龍，有古堡，國王跟王后。 Sounds like a fairy tale. 聽起來像童話。 No, good people die in that story. 不像，那個故事裡好人會死。 4. superhero 大英雄 And the superhero is a person with dwarfism. 而且大英雄是侏儒。 You didn’t watch the TV series? 你都沒看電視影集? No.沒有。 Do you like fiction? fiction小說 read閱讀 fairy tale童話 superhero大英雄 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What kind of story is fiction? a. Not real b. News c. Real 2. What does reading fiction help? a. Scientists b. The brain c. Fairy tales 3. What did the scientists say about fiction readers? a. They're better at sports. b. They don't think clearly. c. They solve problems better. Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you help clean your home? Maybe you vacuum dust from your floor. 你會打掃家裡嗎？像是用吸塵器吸家裡地板。 Hmmm… What can we do to help clean the Earth, everyone's home? The Earth's air has too much carbon dioxide. This is bad. Carbon dioxide makes the Earth warmer. It comes from cars, factories, and us! We breathe out carbon dioxide. 那我們該怎麼打掃我們的家園地球呢？空氣裡有太多二氧化碳讓地球更熱。汽車、工廠甚至是我們都會產生二氧化碳。 Well, we can't stop breathing! How about vacuuming? Some companies are vacuuming carbon dioxide from the air! 我們不能不呼吸，那如果把它吸走呢？有一些公司把二氧化碳從空氣中吸走。 These vacuums are VERY big. They cost a lot to make and use. 這種吸塵器很龐大，而且需要很高的成本製作跟使用。 The biggest vacuum now is in Iceland. Every day, it vacuums one hundred tons of carbon dioxide. Then the carbon dioxide goes down, down, down into the Earth. It becomes rock there! And it's there forever! This is good! 最大的吸塵器在冰島，每天會吸一百噸的二氧化碳到地底下變成岩石。 But… that's not very much carbon dioxide! Eight thousand cars make this much carbon dioxide. The air has a lot more carbon dioxide. 但是吸走的二氧化碳還不夠，8000台車就可以產生一百噸的二氧化碳。 Companies are building bigger vacuums! But we can't put vacuums everywhere! We have to make less carbon dioxide too! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 把空氣中的二氧化碳收集起來打進地底下，是不是很神奇? 1. too much 太多 Do you know that new bus terminal? 你知道那個新的公車總站嗎? Yes, what about it? 知道啊，它怎麼了? It’s pumping out too much CO2! 它製造太多二氧化碳! 2. breathe 呼吸 How do you know it’s too much? 你怎麼知道太多? Because I can hardly breathe every time I pass it. 因為我每次經過幾乎都不能呼吸。 3. air 空氣 That’s not good. 那不好。 That’s very bad! 那很糟糕! I want to tell the city government about the bad air.我要去告訴市政府空氣太壞。 4. everyone 每個人 Do you think the city will do something? 你覺得市政府會做什麼嗎? Yes, if everyone complains. 會，要是大家都抱怨的話。 Do you mean me? 你是說我嗎? Yes! 對! Do you think there’s too much CO2 around? too much太多 breathe呼吸 air空氣 everyone每個人 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. Why is too much carbon dioxide bad for the Earth? a. The Earth gets bigger. b. The Earth gets cooler. c. The Earth gets warmer. 2. Where is the biggest vacuum now? a. Ireland b. Iceland c. Greenland 3. What does the carbon dioxide go into? a. Space b. The ocean c. The Earth ** ** Answers: 1. c 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Plastic garbage is a very big problem. We put lots of plastic in the ground with other garbage. This is bad for our Earth. 塑膠垃圾是一個很嚴重的問題，我們把塑膠跟其他的垃圾丟在一起，這樣很不環保。 There's also lots of plastic in our oceans. It breaks down into small pieces there. Ocean animals eat this plastic. It's bad for them. And many ocean animals die when they get trapped in plastic. 大海裡也有很多塑膠垃圾，它們被分解成小碎片，很多海生動物把碎片吃下肚，有的還會被塑膠纏住而死亡。 Plastic can take hundreds of years to break down. The pieces become too small to see. But they never go away… 塑膠需要花上百年才能被分解，雖然我們肉眼看不到碎片，但是它並沒有消失。 Now American scientists have made a new plastic. It's soft and lasts a long time. It can be used in shoes, pillows, and foam products. After the product is thrown away, the plastic goes away in about five months! 現在美國科學家研發新的一種塑膠，它是軟的，而且耐用，可以用來做鞋子、枕頭跟泡綿產品。這種塑膠只需要五個月就會被分解掉。 How does it go away? It’s made with… bacteria! They're alive! They don’t do anything in the plastic for a long time. After the plastic is thrown away, hot, wet garbage makes the bacteria grow. Then the bacteria eat the plastic! 這種塑膠裡有細菌，平常不會發揮什麼作用，但是被丟在悶熱潮濕的環境就會開始生長吃塑膠。 If companies can make and use this plastic, we’ll have less plastic waste. Our Earth can be a cleaner place! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 有一種可以消耗自己的塑膠製品，可能是未來的方向。 1. waste 廢物 Did you see all that plastic waste in the park? 你看到公園裡那些塑膠垃圾了嗎? Yeah, it’s crazy! 對啊，真是瘋了! 2. go away 走開、離開 And they’re always there. 而且總是在那裏。 They just don’t go away. 都不走呢。 That’s because people throw in new ones. 那是因為有人丟來新的。 3. use 使用 For me, I use plastic bags all the time. 我自己很常用塑膠袋。 But I try my best to recycle them. 但是我儘量回收。 Me too. I can’t imagine not using plastic bags. 我也是，無法想像不用塑膠袋。 4. break down 分解 Someone should invent plastic bags that break down fast. 應該有人發明可以很快分解的塑膠袋。 But I hope they won’t break down in my hand. 希望它們不會在我手裡分解。 請跟我一起讀單字。 waste廢物 go away走開、離開 use使用 break down分解 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. How long does the new plastic take to go away? a. Five days b. Five months c. Five years 2. When does the bacteria eat the plastic? a. When it's hungry b. When it's in shoes c. When it's in the garbage 3. How can the new plastic help our Earth? a. People will use less plastic. b. Our Earth will be cleaner. c. The plastic is soft. ** ** Answers: 1. b 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn