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Dancing with Frogs Five, six, seven, eight! Let’s dance! Today is International Dance Day! 今天是世界舞蹈日，來一起跳舞吧! Let’s dance with some poison dart frogs! Poison?! 我們一起跟箭毒蛙跳舞! 什麼?! Yes. Don't touch them, but dance with them! These colorful frogs are very good at tap dancing! 沒有錯，記得不要碰牠們喔! 這些顏色鮮豔的青蛙很會跳踢踏舞。 Poison dart frogs have four toes on their feet. They can tap their long middle toes very fast. How fast? They can tap them about 500 times… in one minute! 箭毒蛙一隻腳有四個腳趾，牠們會用長的中間的腳趾快速敲擊地面，有多快呢?一分鐘可以敲500次。 Our eyes can't see their tapping toes! They're too fast! Watch out! These frogs are going to win all the tap dancing contests! 牠的速度快到我們看不清楚，這些青蛙可以成為踢踏舞比賽冠軍! Scientists in three countries are studying why poison dart frogs tap their toes. Some scientists found that the frogs may tap dance to find food. 來自三個國家的科學家研究為什麼箭毒蛙要用腳趾敲擊地面，他們發現有可能是為了覓食。 What do these frogs eat? They eat moving insects. When these frogs tap dance, insects nearby move. When insects move, it's easier for the frogs to see… and catch them! 原來箭毒蛙專吃活動的昆蟲。敲打地面會讓附近的昆蟲動起來，箭毒蛙就更容易看到獵物。 Maybe poison dart frogs tap dance for food. Can we dance for our dinner too? Then we won't need money to pay for it! Quick! Let's dance to find out! Happy International Dance Day! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 箭毒蛙跳踢踏舞，可能是為了找食物。 1. find 尋找 Look! A dancing bird. 你看，一隻跳舞的鳥。 Wow, you’re right! 哇，你說得對。 It IS dancing.牠確實在跳舞。 I think it’s trying to find a mate.我想牠在努力找伴侶。 2. nearby 附近 But I can’t see another bird. 但我看不到另外一隻鳥。 She must be nearby. 牠一定在附近。 How do you know it’s a “she”? 你怎麼知道另一隻是母鳥? Usually the male bird does the mating dance. 通常是公鳥跳求偶舞。 3. win 贏得 To win her heart? 好贏得牠的芳心? Yeah, you could put it that way. 對，可以這麼說。 4. move 移動 He’s moving his feet so fast! 牠的腳動得有夠快! Right, and it’s working. See, there she is. 對，很有用喔。看，牠出現了。 今天的單字你記得嗎? find尋找 nearby附近 win贏得 move移動 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What do poison dart frogs tap? a. Arms b. Nose c. Toes 2. How many times can poison dart frogs tap in one minute? a. 50 b. 500 c. 5,000 3. What kind of food do poison dart frogs eat? a. Dry b. Moving c. Cooked Answers: 1. c 2. b 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

From Cow Poop to Clear Water In India, many communities need to clean their dirty water. It's not easy. Many cleaning systems use chemicals and energy. They need workers. 印度有很多人需要淨化髒水，這個工作可不容易。汙水處理系統需要化學物質跟電力，也需要人手。 A man wanted to make a new system. But he didn't want his system to use chemicals, energy, or workers. 有一名男子想要研發新的系統，但是他不希望用到化學物質、能源跟人力。 The man had an idea. A cow's stomach has four parts. Each part has a special job. His system has four parts. Each part has a special job. 他想到讓系統跟牛的胃一樣，有四個部分而且每一個部分都有特殊功能。 Cow poop is in part one. Yes, smelly cow poop! This is smart. Brown water goes in. The poop's bacteria clean the water. Next, in part two, other bacteria clean it. 第一個部分要用到牛的糞便，因為裡面的細菌可以淨化水質。第二部分有其他的細菌來處理。 Then in part three, sand and small stones clean it. Last, in part four, plants clean the water! And clear water comes out! 第三部分需要沙子跟石頭，最後一個部分用植物來淨化水質，於是清水就出來了! The man's cleaning system works! People can use this water for plants and toilets. More than three hundred communities use this system now. It has cleaned two billion liters of water. That's a lot of water! 他成功了!淨化出來的水可以澆花或當作馬桶水。目前有超過300個社群團體用這個系統，一共清了20億公升的水。 The man's system is easy, and it's good for the Earth. Now many communities can clean their dirty water! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 這個淨化水質的系統，大大節省人力和電力。 1. bacteria 細菌 My God! I'm so tired! 天哪，我累死了! Oh, there's cool spring water here,這裡有很涼的泉水。 Hey, you can't drink that! 你不可以喝泉水! There are lots of bacteria in the water.水裡有很多細菌。 2. clear 清澈的 Really? But it looks so clear.真的嗎?可是它看起來很清澈。 No, you have to boil it first. 不，你一定要先煮沸。 3. idea 主意 But I can't do that now! 但是我現在沒辦法煮啊! I know. I have an idea. 我知道，我有個主意。 4. need 需要 I'll tell those climbers we need water. 我去告訴那些登山客我們需要水。 What if they ignore you? 要是他們不理你呢? They won't. I'll beg. 不會的。我會哀求。 來跟我一起讀單字。 bacteria細菌 clear清澈的 idea主意 need需要 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What needs to be cleaned? a. Air b. Water c. Bacteria 2. What animal stomach gave the man the idea for his cleaning system? a. Cow b. Horse c. Sheep 3. What does the man's cleaning system use? a. Energy b. Chemicals c. Plants Answers: 1. b 2. a 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Protecting the Moon from Garbage Over fifty years ago, the USA sent a rocket to the moon. An astronaut got out and walked! Whoa! How exciting! But after that, not many rockets went there. 五十多年前，美國發射火箭登陸月球，太空人還在月球上漫步。但是在這之後，登上月球的火箭沒那麼多。 Now many countries and companies want to go to the moon. They want to do many things. The USA wants to build houses on the moon! 很多國家跟公司現在都想要登陸月球，美國甚至想要在月球上蓋房子。 Some people are worried. Why? Well, soon, many people will go to the moon. Maybe they will take bad things there. And people make garbage too, right? Then they leave it. 有一些人擔心之後太多人登陸月球，會帶有害的東西過去，還會留下垃圾。 Look at the Earth. We have lots of garbage everywhere. We have garbage on the land and in the ocean. Yuck! We have garbage in space too! 看看現在的地球，我們在陸地上或是海洋中製造了大批垃圾，就連太空裡也有太空垃圾。 A space lawyer says countries need to make a law together. This law can protect the moon. People won’t be able to take bad things to the moon. People will be more careful about making and leaving garbage there too. 有一位太空律師說要一起制定法律來保護月球，這樣人們去月球旅行就必須小心，不會攜帶有害物質，也不會留下垃圾。 The space lawyer wants to protect the moon from garbage. The moon doesn't have much garbage now. It’s a great time to make this new law! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 人類汙染地球，現在有人擔心也會污染月球。 1. exciting 讓人興奮的 We’re going to land on the moon again! 我們又要登陸月球了! I can’t see why you find it exciting. 我不懂你為什麼那麼興奮。 People did it ages ago! 人類好久以前就去過了! 2. build 建造 This time it’s different. 這次不一樣。 They’re going to build houses up there. 他們要在上面蓋房子。 Just like in the movies! 就跟電影裡一樣! 3. astronaut 太空人。 Houses for whom? 替誰蓋房子? For the astronauts, of course. 當然是替太空人啦。 Why would astronauts want to live on the moon? 太空人為什麼要住在月球上? 4. protect 保護 To protect us from alien attacks? 好來保護我們不受外星人攻擊? You watch too many movies, Paz! 你看太多電影啦! Will you go to the moon someday? 來一起讀單字。 exciting讓人興奮的 build建造 astronaut太空人 protect保護 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. When was the first time someone walked on the moon? a. Last week b. 10 years ago c. Over fifty years ago 2. Who wants to go to the moon now? a. Many countries b. The lawyer c. Some worried people 3. What does the lawyer want to protect the moon from? a. Houses b. Garbage c. Laws Answers: 1. c 2. a 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Spider Webs with DNA Ahhh! What's that little monster with eight legs? Oh, it's a spider! Spiders can help scientists. They make spider webs. Spider webs are sticky! That’s how they trap flies, mosquitoes, and… DNA! 蜘蛛可以助科學家一臂之力，蜘蛛網很黏，抓得住蒼蠅、蚊子還有…基因! Maybe you know "DNA" from the K-pop song by BTS. All living things have DNA. It's the code that makes living things look and work in one way. 你大概有聽過DNA這首歌，生物都有DNA，它決定生物的模樣跟行為。 Getting DNA is important for learning about living things. Getting it from cats, dogs, and zoo animals is easy. But getting it from wild animals is hard! 要研究生物，取得它的DNA很重要。從貓狗或動物園裡的動物身上取得很容易，但是野生動物就有困難。 Hmmmm… spider webs are everywhere. And wild animals walk by spider webs! Their DNA may be on them. How? 野外到處都是蜘蛛網，野生動物經過，牠們的DNA遺傳密碼可能會黏在上面。 Well, DNA from the animals' skin, hair, or breath goes into the air. When the wind blows, sticky spider webs may trap it. Also, if animals touch spider webs, they may leave their DNA. 動物的皮膚、毛髮跟牠們呼出的氣體，都可能隨著風黏到蜘蛛網上，動物碰到蜘蛛網也會留下基因的資訊。 Scientists find and take spider webs. Then they study the trapped DNA. 科學家尋找蜘蛛網，並且研究黏在上面的生物分子。 With spider webs, scientists can get wild animals' DNA. It helps us learn more about these animals. The more we know about animals, the more we can understand them! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 蜘蛛網能夠協助科學家研究各種生物的遺傳基因。 1. spider 蜘蛛 Yikes, a spider web! 蜘蛛網! I hate spiders! 我討厭蜘蛛! Spiders are good. 蜘蛛很好啊。 They eat mosquitoes.牠們吃蚊子。 I don’t care what they eat.我不在乎牠們吃什麼。 2. sticky 黏黏的 Why are you so afraid of them? 你為什麼那麼怕蜘蛛? Because spider webs are sticky. 因為蜘蛛網黏黏的。 And they are just ugly.而且牠們就是好醜。 3. trap 抓住 But look at these scientists' work. 但是你看看這些科學家的工作。 Isn't it amazing? 不是很了不起嗎? Studying the skin trapped by the webs? 研究被蜘蛛網黏住的皮膚嗎? It’s gross! 很恐怖! 4. scientist 科學家 You could never be a scientist. 你永遠當不成科學家。 No, and I don’t want to be. 沒錯，我也不想當。 你怕不怕蜘蛛? spider蜘蛛 sticky黏黏的 trap抓住 scientist科學家 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. Why can spider webs trap things? a. They're sticky. b. They're important. c. They're easy. 2. What is DNA? a. Baseball b. Code c. Monsters 3. What do scientists want from spider webs? a. Wild animals b. Wild animals' DNA c. Spiders' DNA Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Microplastics Are Everywhere Plastic makes our lives easy. We use plastic bottles for drinks and plastic bags for food. When we’re done with them, we throw them away! 塑膠製品像是塑膠瓶、塑膠袋讓我們的生活更便利。通常使用之後就把它扔掉。 Lots of plastic trash goes into the ocean. After some years, it breaks down into microplastics. Microplastics are very small. How small? They're smaller than 5 millimeters. 很多塑膠垃圾流入海裡。幾年後，就會被分解成塑膠微粒，微粒有多小呢? 小於5毫米。 Fish and other animals eat and drink microplastics. Sometimes microplastics are in our food and water. Microplastics can be everywhere! 塑膠微粒無所不在。魚類跟其他的海洋生物會把塑膠微粒吃下肚。還會出現在我們的食物跟水中。 Microplastics can be everywhere because we use too much plastic. This isn’t good. Some scientists think microplastics can make us sick! 我們用了太多塑膠製品，科學家擔心塑膠微粒會讓人生病! Microplastics are a big problem. But we can fix it together! How? We can use less plastic. We can use reusable water bottles and bags. We can recycle. We can put plastic trash into the bins for plastic! 塑膠微粒是個大問題，但是我們可以一起來解決。我們可以減少使用塑膠，改用環保杯跟環保袋，也可以做塑膠回收。 We can also stop plastic from going into the ocean. We can pick up trash on a beach. Then the plastic in the trash won’t become microplastics! 清理海灘上的垃圾，也會阻止塑膠流進大海，它們就不會變成塑膠微粒。 We can do these small things to make a big change. Let’s stop more microplastics from being in the ocean! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 海洋中的塑膠會分解成微小粒子，跑進食物鏈裡面。 • done 完成 Are you done drinking? 你喝完了嗎? Yeah. You want some water, too? 對啊，你也要喝點水嗎? No, I just want your bottle. 不，我只要你的瓶子。 • recycle 回收 Hey, you threw it away! 你把它扔掉了! No, I’m just having it recycled. 沒有，我只是回收它。 By tossing it in the trash? 扔進垃圾裡回收? • trash 垃圾 That’s not a trash bin. 那不是垃圾桶。 It’s a bag for empty bottles. 是放空瓶子的袋子。 But I may get thirsty later on.可是我等一下也許會口渴。 • change 改變 You should bring your own water bottle.你應該自己帶水。 So you want to fix the Earth’s problems now? 所以你現在要解決地球的問題啦? Just to make a small change. 只是做一點小小改變。 這些單字很常用。 done完成 recycle回收 trash垃圾 change改變 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz • Where does lots of plastic trash go into? • The ocean • Space • Forests • How small are microplastics? • 5 milligrams • 5 milliliters • 5 millimeters • How can we help fix the microplastics problem? • Recycle plastic • Use plastic bags • Throw away plastic Answers: • a • c • a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

A Garbage Warning System for Taiwan's Beaches Yuck! Nobody likes garbage on the beach. Where does it come from? 沒有人喜歡海灘上的垃圾，這些垃圾到底從哪裡來的呢? Some garbage comes from people at the beach. They drink soda. Then they leave the cans on the beach. Or they eat a bag of chips. Then they leave the bag. 有一些垃圾是去海灘玩的人留下來的。他們喝完汽水、吃完洋芋片，就隨手丟在海灘上。 Lots of the garbage comes from the ocean. Waves push garbage from other places onto the beach. 很多海洋垃圾也會被海浪推到海灘上。 Environmental groups try to help the Earth in some way. Some environmental groups in Taiwan clean up beaches. But sometimes these beaches have lots of ocean garbage a few days later! 環保團體都在想辦法如何幫助地球。台灣有一些環保團體會淨灘。但是淨灘後又會出現很多垃圾。 Soon, a warning system can help environmental groups here. It uses cameras to watch ocean garbage. It will warn environmental groups about where and when ocean garbage will come to beaches. When it's coming, the groups can wait for the garbage and then clean it up. 不久後會有一個系統可以協助環保團體。它用攝影機觀察海洋垃圾，提醒他們海洋垃圾沖上海灘的時間跟地點，就可以去把垃圾清理乾淨。 The system uses three colors. Green means no garbage is near the beach. Yellow means some garbage is nearby. Red means garbage is at the beach! 系統用三種顏色示警。綠色是指沒有垃圾靠近海灘，黃色代表附近有垃圾，紅色是垃圾已經沖上海灘了! This warning system helps people help the Earth. That's something to be happy about today. It's Earth Day! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 海灘垃圾有多種來源，環保人士希望更有系統的清除垃圾。 1. clean up 清理 Will you take out the garbage tonight? 你今晚會去倒垃圾吧? Me? Isn't it your turn? 我? 不是輪到你了嗎? Well, I'm the one who cleaned up the kitchen.這個嘛，是我把廚房清理乾淨的。 2. come from 來自 But most of the garbage came from you and your friends! 但是大部分垃圾是你跟你的朋友製造的。 You ate lots of things here last night.你們昨晚在這裡吃了一堆東西。 3. leave 留下 That's why I cleaned it up.那是為什麼我有清理。 Please, don't leave the garbage to me. 拜託不要把垃圾留給我。 4. when 當 Okay. But next time when you have a party, invite me! 好吧，但是下次當你辦派對，要邀請我! It's a deal. 就這麼說定了。 請注意，要讀單字了。 clean up清理 come from來自 leave留下 when當 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What will the warning system do? a. Stop garbage b. Watch garbage c. Push garbage 2. What will the warning system use? a. Cameras b. Boats c. Bags 3. What does green mean in the warning system? a. Lots of garbage b. Some garbage c. No garbage Answers: 1. b 2. a 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Gambian Photographer Works for Her Dreams **Narrator: **One, two, three, say cheese! Do you like taking photos? You can take photos of people, places, food … anything you want! People who take photos are photographers. 你喜歡拍照嗎?不論是人、物或地方都可以拍，專業拍照的人叫做攝影師。 A young photographer loves taking photos of soccer games. She’s from the Gambia.* *Her dream is to be a sports photographer for the Gambia. 一位甘比亞的年輕攝影師很喜歡拍足球比賽。她的夢想是成為甘比亞的運動攝影師。 One day, she got a big chance. There was a men's soccer competition in another country. Teams from many African countries were playing. The Gambian team wanted her to work at the competition. For a short time, she was a sports photographer for the Gambia! 有一天，她的機會來了。有一場男子足球賽在另一個國家舉行，非洲有很多隊伍會參賽。甘比亞球隊請她當隨隊攝影師。 A few women photographers and many men photographers were there too. But she was easy to see. Photographer: I need my light pink headscarf and all of my brightest clothes. **Narrator: **場邊有很多男性攝影師，也有一些女性攝影師，但是她穿鮮豔的衣服，綁粉紅色頭巾，很容易就看到她。 She worked hard. She took amazing photos. Everyone loved them! 她努力工作，拍出很多精彩的照片，大家都很喜歡。 Now she has a bigger dream. She wants to go to the world's biggest soccer competition! She wants to be the Gambia's sports photographer there! 她現在有更大的夢想，她希望可以到全世界規模最大的足球比賽，為甘比亞球隊當攝影師。 This young photographer works hard to make her dreams come true. If you work hard, you can make your dreams come true too! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 這位甘比亞女孩，夢想總有一天會實現。 1. come true 實現 What’s your dream, Paz? 你的夢想是什麼? Opening up a bakery! 開一家麵包店! Wow, that sounds great! 聽起來真棒! When do you think it will come true? 你覺得什麼時候會實現? 2. hard 辛苦地 Maybe in five years.也許五年之內。 You’ll have to work hard. 你得努力工作。 Yeah, I’ll need to get up early every day. 是啊，我需要每天早起。 3. bright 鮮豔的 But you’ll make bright, beautiful and delicious cakes.但是你會做鮮艷漂亮又好吃的蛋糕。 I’ll make nice and soft bread too.我還會做柔軟的麵包。 4. biggest 最大的 My biggest dream is to have my own big room. 我最大的夢想是有自己的大房間。 With books, plants, and a big globe! 裡面有書，植物跟一個大地球儀。 What’s your dream, everyone? come true實現 hard辛苦地 bright鮮豔的 biggest最大的 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. What does the young photographer like taking photos of? a. Food b. Clothes c. Soccer 2. Where is the Gambia? a. Africa b. Asia c. Europe 3. What does the photographer wear that makes her easy to see? a. Green shoes b. A pink headscarf c. A yellow hat Answers: 1. c 2. a 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Flight Attendant Saves Flamingo Eggs Have you been on a plane? Flight attendants work on planes. They bring food and drinks to people. They help people. One day, a flight attendant helped six… flamingo eggs!?! 你坐過飛機嗎?飛機上的空服員會給乘客食物跟飲料，也協助乘客。有一次空服員救了六顆紅鶴的蛋。 Flamingos are big pink birds with long, thin legs. A zoo needed flamingos. So a zookeeper was taking the eggs to the zoo. 紅鶴是一種腳又細又長、粉紅色的大鳥。有一個動物園需要紅鶴，於是飼養員帶了六顆蛋準備送到動物園。 The eggs were in a special machine. It kept them warm. But the machine stopped working… Oh, no! The eggs needed to be warm! The zookeeper asked the flight attendant for help. 這些蛋裝在一個特殊的孵蛋器裡面，讓他們保持溫暖。但是糟糕，機器突然壞了，飼養員請求空服員幫忙。 How did the flight attendant save the eggs? She had a smart idea. She put warm water in rubber gloves. Then she tied the gloves. The gloves kept the eggs warm. 空服員怎麼辦呢?她想到一個聰明主意，把橡膠手套裝滿熱水，綁起來，放在紅鶴蛋的周圍。 People around the zookeeper worried about the eggs. They put their coats on the eggs. 周圍的乘客也很緊張，紛紛用外套蓋住這些蛋。 After the plane landed, the zookeeper took the eggs to the zoo. One month later, six baby flamingos came out of the eggs! And the flight attendant went to see them! 飛機降落後，飼養員趕緊把蛋送到動物園。一個月後，成功孵出六隻紅鶴寶寶，那位空服員還去探望牠們。 The flight attendant's smart idea saved the eggs. Maybe your smart ideas will help something or somebody someday! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 聰明的空服員，讓六枚紅鶴蛋安然無恙。 1. drink 飲料 Hi, welcome aboard! 歡迎登機! Hi, Miss, could I have some food and drinks? 小姐，可以給我一些食物跟飲料嗎? We will bring food and drinks to you shortly. 我們馬上就會送食物飲料給你。 After we take off. 在起飛之後。 2. need 需要 But I really need to eat now. 但是我真的需要現在就吃。 I'm very hungry! 我肚子好餓! Can you please help me? 你可以幫我嗎? 3. save 拯救 I'll see what I can do.我看看能怎麼辦。 Here is a special meal for you. 這是特別給你的一餐。 Thank you! You saved me! 謝謝，你救了我! 4. ask 請求 Now can I ask for a glass of champagne? 現在我可以要一杯香檳嗎? No, I'm sorry. No champagne. 不，很抱歉。沒有香檳。 今天你學到哪些單字? drink飲料 need需要 save拯救 ask請求 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. Who saved the eggs? a. A zookeeper b. Flamingos c. A flight attendant 2. How were the eggs saved? a. Hot air in bags b. Ice in cups c. Warm water in gloves 3. What came out of the eggs? a. A machine b. Baby flamingos c. An idea Answers: 1. c 2. c 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

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No Phones in England's Schools Are mobile phones the most important thing kids have? 手機對小朋友來說很重要嗎? England's government doesn't think they are. With phones at school, many kids can't study well. They don't talk very much to others. They sit and use their phones. 英國很多小孩帶手機上學，讓他們沒辦法專心上課。他們也不怎麼一起聊天，都坐著滑手機。 So England's government will have a new rule: kids cannot use phones at school! They cannot use phones in class! They cannot use them during breaks! This means no phones between classes and no phones at lunchtime! 英國政府有了新規定，小朋友不可以在學校用手機，上課、下課跟吃飯時間都不可以用。 Schools can decide what to do with phones. They can tell kids to leave their phones at home. Or they can take kids' phones every day. Or they can let kids have their phones. But kids cannot use them. And they cannot let their phones ring! 學校可以決定怎麼處理手機。他們可以沒收，也可以要求學生把手機留在家裡。有的學校讓學生留著手機，但是不可以用，手機也要靜音。 Can this new rule help kids study better? Some teachers say no. Many schools have rules about phones now. And teachers say kids use their phones when they are not at school. 現在很多學校都有手機規定。這個新規定可以讓兒童更認真上學嗎? 有一些老師不這麼認為，覺得小朋友還是會在學校以外的地方用手機。 Soon kids in England won't be using their phones at school. What do you think? Can this rule help you study better? ________________________________________ Vocabulary 英國的學校對於手機有新的規定。 1. use 使用 Ms. Lee, can I use my cell phone now? 李老師，現在可以用手機嗎? Why do you need it, Lisa? 為什麼你需要用呢，麗莎? 2. well 好好的 Because my mom is not feeling well. 因為我媽媽身體不舒服。 I want to check on her.我想要問問看她的情況。 3. tell 告訴 Okay, tell me how she is after you call her. 好，你打過電話之後告訴我她怎麼樣。 Ms. Lee, my mom said she's much better. 老師，我媽媽說她好很多了。 That's good news! 那是好消息呢! 4. cannot 不能 But she also said she cannot go to work tomorrow. 但是她也說她明天不能上班。Can I stay at home too? 我也可以待在家裡嗎? 今天的單字都很簡單好記。 use使用 well好好的 tell告訴 cannot不能 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. Where can't kids use phones at school? a. England b. Ireland c. Scotland 2. What happens when kids use phones at school? a. They can't study well. b. They go home. c. They eat lunch. 3. What can schools tell kids to do with their phones? a. Throw them away b. Sell them c. Leave them at home Answers: 1. a 2. a 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn