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K*News for Kids 文字檔 (國小) ________________________________ Japan has special days for kids. There's Girls' Day. There's Children's Day. There's Shichi-Go-San. Kids think New Year's Day is their day too! 日本有很多兒童的特殊節日，像是女兒節、兒童節、七五三節，甚至是新年兒童也覺得是他們的節日。 On some special days, families go to a shrine. They pray for their kids' health and happiness. 在特殊節日，父母會帶孩子去神社，祈求孩子健康幸福。 But Japan doesn't have many kids. Every year, fewer and fewer kids go to shrines. 但是日本少子化，去神社參拜的兒童越來越少。 Many people have dogs and cats. More and more people take their pets to a shrine. They pray for their pet's health and happiness. But Japan has no special days for pets. 很多人養寵物貓或是狗，帶寵物去神社的人日漸增多，祈求牠們健康平安。 但是日本沒有寵物的特殊節日。 Now there's a special day at the Dog-Cat Shrine near Tokyo! It's Shichi-Go-San for pets. This shrine makes human mommies and daddies of dogs and cats happy. 鄰近東京的神社現在舉辦寵物的七五三節，讓毛小孩主人很開心。 Kids wear special clothes called kimonos for Shichi-Go-San. So pets wear kimonos too! 兒童會在七五三節穿上和服，貓狗也會在這天穿上和服。 Kids have to be three, five, or seven years old for Shichi-Go-San. So pets have to be three, five, or seven years old too. 兒童到了三歲、五歲或七歲就會在七五三節去神社參拜。寵物也是一樣。 For many people, their pets are their family. Now their pets share in a special kids' day at the Dog-Cat Shrine! ________________________________________ Vocabulary 寵物很像家人，也有屬於牠們的節日。 1. fewer and fewer 越來越少 There are fewer and fewer people keeping birds as pets. 養鳥當寵物的人越來越少了。 You may be right.也許你是對的。 I guess birds are too noisy. 我猜是鳥太吵鬧了。 2. clothes 衣服 When I was little, my mom loved to have birds at home. 我小時候我媽媽喜歡在家裡養鳥。 On cold days, she even put little clothes on them! 天氣冷時她甚至幫鳥穿上小衣服。 3. children 兒童 And we the children were responsible for feeding the birds.我們這些小孩負責餵鳥。 Did they sing? 牠們會唱歌嗎? Oh, yes, their sounds were sweet. 會啊，牠們的歌聲很好聽。 They made my family very happy. 讓我的家人很開心。 來一起讀一遍今天的單字。 fewer and fewer越來越少 clothes衣服 children兒童 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. What are more and more people taking to shrines? a. Their kids b. Their pets c. Their mommies and their daddies 2. Where can people take their pets on Shichi-Go-San? a. The Family Shrine b. The Dog-Cat Shrine c. The Pet Shrine 3. Which pet can wear special clothes on Shichi-Go-San? a. A six-year-old dog b. A seven-year-old cat c. An eight-year-old rabbit Answers: 1. b 2. b 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Museum to Give Back Important Headdress Indigenous people are the first to live in a place. Taiwan has many Indigenous groups: Amis people, Paiwan people, Atayal people, and others. 原住民指的是最開始定居在一個地方的族群。台灣有很多原住民族，像是阿美族、排灣族、泰雅族等等。 Indigenous groups live all over the world. They have sacred traditions and beliefs. These are very, very important things the groups do and think. 世界各地都有原住民。他們有神聖的傳統跟信仰，這對他們做事情或是思考的方式非常重要。 They have sacred things. Some are headdresses. These are beautiful head coverings. They have important meanings. 他們有神聖的東西，例如頭飾，也就是戴在頭上的美麗裝飾，這些都有重要的意義。 The Siksika Nation is an Indigenous group in Canada. About one hundred thirty years ago, a man from the UK took a sacred headdress from them. Then he took it back to the UK. It was in a museum there for more than one hundred years. 西格西卡人是加拿大原住民。130年前，一名英國男子拿走族人的頭飾，帶回英國，收藏在博物館裡超過100年。 The Siksika headdress has eagle and hawk feathers. It has buffalo horns and porcupine quills. Long ago, an important woman wore it to important religious events. 這個頭飾有老鷹羽毛、水牛角跟豪豬的刺。很久以前，只有身分重要的女性才能穿戴去宗教場合。 Now the Siksika Nation wants it back! 現在西格西卡人想把它拿回來。 The museum is sorry they had the headdress. They know it's very important. They’re giving it back to the Siksika Nation next year. 博物館覺得很抱歉擁有這個頭飾，他們明白它的重要性，也會在明年歸還給西格西卡人。 Museums everywhere have sacred things. Let's hope these sacred things go home to their people! Vocabulary 英國的博物館對這個原住民族群很抱歉，準備歸還多年前取得的頭飾。 1. tradition 傳統 Do Taiwanese women wear a white gown…台灣女子穿不穿白色禮服… when they get married? 結婚時嗎? Yeah, they do. It’s a tradition.穿啊，那是傳統。 2. wear 穿著 People here love the color red, too. 這兒的人也喜歡紅色。 They do.是沒錯。 Brides often wear red dresses at the wedding feast.新娘經常在喜宴上穿紅色洋裝。 3. long ago 很久以前。 Long ago my grandma told me red meant celebration. 很久以前阿嬤告訴我紅色表示慶祝。 That’s right. 對。 4. hope 希望 Everybody hopes to get red envelopes on New Year’s Day. 每個人都希望新年拿紅包。 I certainly hope so! 我當然這麼希望。 請來一起讀單字。 tradition傳統 wear穿著 long ago很久以前 hope希望 Quiz 1. Where is the Siksika Nation? a. The UK b. Canada c. Taiwan 2. What things are on the Siksika Nation’s headdress? a. Buffalo horns b. Eagle quills c. Porcupine feathers 3. When is the museum giving back the headdress? a. This year b. Next year c. In one hundred years Answers: 1. b 2. a 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

This Planet Has Clouds Made of Sand Scientists study planets, stars, and more in space. Space is cool. It has many surprises! 科學家研究太空中的行星跟恆星，還有其他很多現象。外太空總是帶給我們各種驚喜。 WASP-107b is a planet. It’s much bigger than Earth. It's much hotter. It's about 500 degrees!* *It's close to its sun, so one year is six days! 行星WASP-107b比地球大很多，也比地球熱。它距離它的太陽很近，所以它一年只有6天。 WASP-107b is strange*. *Winds blow 36,000 kilometers per hour.And the planet is very light and fluffy! Some scientists call it a "cotton candy" planet. 這顆行星很奇怪。它又輕又蓬鬆，風速還高達6000公里，科學家把它叫做「棉花糖行星」。 WASP-107b’s clouds are very strange. They're made of… sand?!?Scientists think the rocks in the sand are very small. They're smaller than the rocks in Earth’s sand. 它的雲層也很奇怪，是由細沙組成。科學家認為沙子中的顆粒非常小，比地球的沙粒小很多。 These sand clouds make sand rain! The sand goes down to the planet. It turns into a gas. The gas goes up to the clouds. Water does the same on Earth. 這些沙雲會下沙雨! 落到行星的表面就會變成氣體，這些氣體又會上升變成雲，就像地球的水一樣。 How do scientists know about these sand clouds? A special space telescope showed them. It's helping scientists find out more about space. 科學家透過韋伯太空望遠鏡觀察到這些沙雲。這種望遠鏡幫助科學家更了解太空。 Clouds rain sand onto a cotton candy planet. What a surprise! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 這個太陽系外的行星，非常特別。 1. cotton candy 棉花糖 Hey, look, there’s a cotton candy stand! 你看，那裏有賣棉花糖的攤子。 Cotton candy! 棉花糖! I haven’t had it for years. 我好多年沒吃了。 I loved it when I was little.我小時候好喜歡。 2. cloud 雲朵 Yeah, it’s so fluffy it’s like eating clouds. 對啊，它好鬆軟，吃起來像在吃雲朵。We’d like 2 cotton candies. 我們要兩支棉花糖。 Sure, that’s 60 NT. 好，共六十塊。 3. made of 做成 What is this made of, do you think? 你覺得這是什麼做的呢? Sugar, of course. 當然就是糖囉。 Just sugar? 只有糖嗎? 4. water 水 Why? You think there’s something else? 為什麼? 你覺得還有別的嗎? I think there’s water. 我覺得還有水。 Do you like cotton candy? 來跟我一起讀單字。 cotton candy棉花糖 cloud雲朵 made of做成 water水 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. Which is true about WASP-107b? a. It’s smaller than Earth b. It’s colder than Earth. c. It’s bigger than Earth. 2. How many degrees is it on WASP-107b? a. About 15 b. About 50 c. About 500 3. What kind of rain comes from WASP-107b’s clouds? a. Sand b. Water c. Fire Answers: 1. c 2. c 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Sleeping Seal Stops Woman from Working What's that sound? Oh, there's a seal in the water! What a cute animal! 原來是有一隻海豹在水裡，牠好可愛! Seals swim in the ocean to find fish to eat. They don't have arms or feet. They have flippers. They use their front flippers to come onto land to rest. 海豹在海裡游泳尋找魚類。牠們沒有手跟腳，但是有鰭。牠們用前鰭爬上岸休息。 Amber lives near a beach in Australia. One morning, a loud noise woke her up. Was someone taking her car? Amber住在澳洲海邊附近，有一天早上，很大的噪音把她吵醒，是有人要偷走她的車子嗎? Amber went to a window. She looked outside. A big seal was sleeping next to her car! Amber到窗邊往外看，一頭很大的海豹睡在她的車子旁邊。 Amber knew about this seal. The people in her town call him Neil. They see Neil on beaches. But this was the first time Neil visited someone's house! Amber認得這頭海豹，這附近的人都叫這隻海豹Neil。他們在海灘上看過牠，但是這是第一次看到Neil造訪別人家。 Amber had to go to work. But Neil was too close to her car. There was no way to move him. Neil weighs six hundred kilograms! So Amber waited for Neil to wake up and move. She called her boss. Amber得去上班，但是Neil太靠近她的車子。牠重達600公斤，根本沒有辦法移動牠。Amber 要等到Neil睡醒之後才能離開，她只好打電話給老闆。 Amber's boss laughed about the sleeping seal. Amber sent pictures to show her story was real. A sleeping seal named Neil stopped Amber from going to work. What a cute story! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 一頭海豹擋住了車子，讓Amber沒辦法開車上班。 1. cute 可愛的 A litter of kittens are under my car! 我的車子底下有一窩小貓! Wow, they are so cute! 哇，好可愛! That's not the point! 那不是重點。 How can I drive now? 現在我怎麼開車? 2. eat 吃 Don't drive! You'll hurt them. 不要開，你會傷害牠們。 So how do I get to work? 那我怎麼上班? You can give them something to eat. 你可以給牠們一點吃的。 3. fish 魚 Using food to lure them out? 用食物吸引牠們出來? Good idea! I have a can of fish at home.好主意。我家裡有魚罐頭。 4. car 汽車 There you are. Nice kittens. 好了，好乖的小貓。 Now you can move your car. 現在你可以移車了。 Yeah, I certainly don't want to be a cat killer. 是啊，我可不想當貓咪殺手。 今天的單字很好記。 cute可愛的 eat吃 fish魚 car汽車 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. What do seals do on land? a. Eat fish b. Rest c. Laugh 2. How many kilograms does this seal weigh? a. Two hundred b. Six hundred c. One thousand 3. What is this seal's name? a. Nelly b. Ned c. Neil Answers: 1. b 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

12-Year-Old Engineer Finds Fires Faster Engineering is about inventing things. Thanks to engineers, we have all kinds of inventions: trains, computers, ovens, radios, light bulbs…! 工程這種專業跟發明有關。多虧有工程師，我們才有火車、電腦、烤箱、廣播、燈泡! There's a contest in the USA. It's for middle school students who love science, technology, engineering, and math. 美國有一個競賽，讓喜歡科學、科技、工程和數學的學生參加。 This year's winner is Shanya Gill. She's a 12-year-old engineer! Shanya won 25,000 US dollars. That's about 800,000 Taiwan dollars! 今年的冠軍是Shanya Gill，她是一位年僅12歲的工程師! Shanya贏得2萬5美金，相當於80萬台幣。 A restaurant by Shanya's house had a big fire. Nobody was hurt. But it gave Shanya a great idea… Shanya家附近的餐廳之前發生火災。沒有人受傷，但是這給了Shanya一個靈感。 Most fire alarms find smoke in the air. Then these smoke alarms make a very loud sound. People know there's danger after a fire starts. 大多的煙霧警報器偵測到煙才會發出聲音。人們要等到火燒起來後才知道有危險。 Shanya's fire alarm has a special camera. The camera sees heat. People know there's danger before a fire starts. Shanya的警報器則是找出熱源。它有個特別的攝影機。攝影機拍到熱源就會在火燒起來之前警告大家。 Shanya says her fire alarm is faster, cheaper, and better than smoke alarms. And she's making it better! Shanya說她的火災警報器更快、更便宜、也比煙霧警報好，而且她還在繼續改善它。 Shanya's invention can save lives, houses, and more. Bravo, Engineer Shanya! ________________________________________ Vocabulary 12歲的女孩，發明了可以拯救性命的預防火災裝置。 1. invent 發明 I wish a robot could do grocery shopping for me.我希望有機器人幫我買菜。 It's already been invented. 那已經發明了。 It's called "delivery service".叫做「外送」。 2. restaurant 餐廳 I wish the robot could cook for me. 我希望機器人替我煮飯。 For that you can call a restaurant. 你可以打電話給餐廳叫菜。 3. why 為什麼 I also wish I had talking glasses. 我也希望有會講話的眼鏡。 Now why do you want your glasses to talk? 為什麼你要眼鏡講話呢? To tell me where they are.好告訴我它在哪裡。 4. alarm 警報 Your glasses are right there by the alarm clock. 你的眼鏡就在鬧鐘旁邊。 What would I do without you? 沒有你我怎麼辦? 這些單字每天都用得到。 invent發明 restaurant餐廳 why為什麼 alarm警報 ________________________________________ Quiz 1. What is engineering about? a. Winning b. Inventing c. Saving trees 2. How many US dollars did Shanya win? a. 12,000 b. 25,000 c. 800,000 3. What do most fire alarms find? a. Heat b. Smoke c. Sounds Answers: 1. b 2. b 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Man Will Ride Bike Across the South Pole What is the loneliest place in the world? It's somewhere very few people live. Maybe it’s Antarctica! That’s the cold, snowy place around the South Pole. 這世界上最寂寞的地方在哪裡呢? 應該是南極洲，那裡很冷、而且滿地都是雪。 Omar Di Felice wants to ride his bike all the way across Antarctica. He tried to do this last year. But he stopped after one week.* *He felt too lonely. His family needed him too. Omar Di Felice 想騎著單車跨越南極洲。他去年試過一次，但一個星期後就放棄了。他當時覺得太孤單寂寞，他的家人也需要他。 Now Omar wants to try again. He will start at one side. He will cross the South Pole. Then he will finish at the other side. He will ride two thousand kilometers! Omar 現在想再試一次。他要從南極洲的一端騎車2000公里到另一邊。 Omar has a special bike.It's called a fatbike. It has wide tires. Omar can ride on snow and ice with this bike. He can carry his tent, clothes, and food on this bike. Omar有一個特別的單車，叫做粗輪自行車。這種腳踏車有很寬的輪胎，可以騎在冰雪地面，也可以搭載帳篷、衣服跟食物。 Riding a bike across Antarctica will not be easy. It will be very cold and very windy. The bike will be heavy.But Omar wants to do this. 騎單車橫越南極洲可不容易，又冷又颳著風。單車也很笨重，但是Omar還是要這麼做。 Omar will be the first to ride a bike all the way across Antarctica. He knows he will be lonely. But this time, he’s ready! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 在南極洲騎單車雖然困難重重，Omar仍然決定再接再厲。 1. snowy 下雪的 It snowed on Datunshan last night! 昨天晚上大屯山下雪了! Oh my God! We must go up there! 天哪，我們一定得趕去! Now? It could still be snowy and cold. 現在? 可能還在下雪，並且很冷。 2. ride 騎 No worries. 不擔心。 See the sun? The snow has stopped. 看到太陽了嗎? 雪已經停了。 We can even ride my motorbike up there. 我們甚至可以騎摩托車上去。 3. across 橫越 It’ll be faster than driving a car. 會比開車快。 You can count me out. 別把我算進去了。 I don’t want to ride a motorbike across the mountain.我可不想騎摩托車橫越山區。 4. lonely 寂寞孤單的 Come on, Jane! 好啦，珍! I would feel too lonely without you. 沒有你我會覺得很寂寞。 Have you ever seen snow? Let’s read these words. snowy下雪的 ride騎 across橫越 lonely寂寞孤單的 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. Where will Omar ride his bike? a. Australia b. Antarctica c. Alaska 2. How many kilometers will Omar ride? a. 1,000 b. 2,000 c. 3,000 3. What kind of bike will Omar use? a. A fatbike b. A fast bike c. An electric bike Answers: 1. b 2. b 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Who are the Beatles? They're a band from the UK. Many people think the Beatles are the best band in the world! 你知道披頭四嗎? 那是一個英國樂團。很多人覺得披頭四是世界上最棒的樂團。 The Beatles had four people: John, Paul, George, and Ringo. But they stopped being a band in nineteen seventy. Sadly, John died ten years later… 披頭四有四位成員，約翰、保羅、喬治跟林哥，他們在1970就解散了。十年後約翰不幸地去世。 But now the Beatles have a new song. What? How can they have a new song? Well, John wrote a song many years ago. It's called "Now and Then". He recorded it on a cassette tape. 但現在披頭四要發行一首新歌 「這時候那時候」。他們怎麼會有新歌呢? 原來約翰很多年前寫了這首歌，並且錄在卡帶上。 But the recording was very bad. John's voice was hard to hear. 但是錄音品質很糟糕，聽不清楚約翰的聲音。 After John died, Paul, George, and Ringo took this old song and made it better. But it needed more work. Then George died… 約翰死後，保羅、喬治跟林哥拿到這首老歌，提升了它的品質，但還需要修改。喬治後來也過世了。 This year, the Beatles made John's voice easy to hear. How did they do that? They used AI. 今年他們用AI人工智慧，讓約翰的聲音更清楚地呈現。 All four Beatles worked on this song. Paul and Ringo finished it. "Now and Then" is on the radio a lot now. Many people like the song. Many think "Now and Then" is a sad song. But they also think it's a beautiful song. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 所有披頭四的成員先後都參與了這首歌的製作，人工智慧也幫了忙。 1. best 最好的 July Sky is coming to town! 七月的天空要來這兒! July Sky? What's that? 七月的天空? 那是什麼? You've never heard of them? 你沒聽過他們嗎? I think they're the best band in Taiwan. 我認為他們是台灣最好的樂團。 2. how 如何 How do you know they're coming? 你怎麼知道他們要來? My friend told me. 我朋友告訴我的。 He works in a record company.他在一家唱片公司工作。 3. hard 困難的 Can he get tickets for you? 他可以幫你弄到票嗎? He said it'll be hard. 他說有困難。 Do you want to go to their show? 你想去看他們表演? 4. song 歌曲 Sure, I'd like to hear their songs. 當然，我想去聽他們的歌。 You like joining in on the fun, don't you? 你滿喜歡湊熱鬧的嘛。 來跟我一起讀單字。 best最好的 how如何 hard困難的 song歌曲 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. What country are the Beatles from? a. The UK b. Canada c. The USA 2. What is the name of the new Beatles song? a. "Here and There" b. "Today and Yesterday" c. "Now and Then" 3. How many of the Beatles worked on this song? a. Four b. Three c. Two Answers: 1. a 2. c 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Man With No Arms Can Shoot Bow ** ** Can you shoot a bow? It’s easy. Put the arrow on the string of the bow. Pull the string. Where do you want the arrow to go? That's your target. Point at your target. Let go of the string. Watch the arrow fly! 你會射箭嗎? 很簡單，把箭放在弓弦上，然後拉弓。你希望弓箭往哪裡射呢? 瞄準你的目標，然後放箭。 Shooting a bow for sport is fun! But do we need arms to do it? 射箭運動很好玩! 但我們需要手臂才能射箭嗎? Ask Matt Stutzman. He was born with no arms. He shoots a bow. 問問看Matt Stutzman，他天生沒有手臂，但他會射箭。 How does Matt do this? He holds his bow with his foot. He pulls the string with his chin. 他怎麼做到的呢? 他用腳拿弓，用下巴拉弓。 Matt can hit any target. He shoots very well. He won a silver medal for the USA at the Paralympics. This big competition is for athletes with disabilities. Matt很會射箭，他代表美國在帕運會拿下銀牌。帕運會是為身障運動員舉辦的比賽。 Matt wants everyone to know he can do anything. His disability doesn’t stop him. Matt wants to win a gold medal at next year's Paralympics. Matt希望每一個人都知道身體的缺陷無法限制他，他可以做任何事。他希望能在明年帕運會上贏得金牌。 This Sunday is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Let's learn about Matt and other people with disabilities. Let's learn what they can do! 這個禮拜天是國際身心障礙者日。我們可以從Matt跟其他的身心障礙者身上學習他們可以做到的事。 Matt uses what he has… and he hits his target! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vocabulary 用腳也可以射箭，真是了不起的本領! 1. shoot 射擊 Check this out, Nancy. 你看，南西。 I’m going to shoot the bullseye this time. 我這次要射中紅心。 Sure, just like last time when you hit the teacher’s hat. 當然，就跟你上次射中老師的帽子一樣。 2. point 指著 I wasn’t pointing at her hat! 我並沒有瞄準她的帽子! Oh no, I can’t believe I missed it! 我不敢相信我沒射中! 3. target 箭靶 You still hit the target. 你還是射中箭靶啦。 But not the center. 但是不是中心。 4. let go of 放手 I think I let go of the arrow too late. 我覺得我放箭的時間太晚了。 No worries. You’ll get better. 別擔心，你會進步的。 Now let me give it a try.現在讓我來試試。 你有看過奧運的射箭比賽嗎? shoot射擊 point指出 target箭靶 let go of放手 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quiz 1. What is the place where you want your arrow to go? a. Target b. String c. Bow 2. What does Matt hold his bow with? a. His chin b. His foot c. His mouth 3. What does Matt want to win next year? a. A silver medal b. A gold medal c. Lots of money Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Cat Records World’s Loudest Purr Sometimes when I’m happy, I like to whistle! 我開心的時候，喜歡吹口哨。 Dogs make many different sounds when they’re happy. They pant, bark, or grunt. 狗狗開心的時候會發出不同的聲音。牠們會叫、會喘氣、會發出嗚嗚聲。 Cats purr when they’re happy. But they purr at other times too. Some cats purr when they’re hungry! 貓咪不只是在開心的時候才發出呼嚕聲，有一些貓肚子餓的時候也會。 Kittens purr when they’re a few days old. Then their mom knows they’re okay. Some cats purr when they’re in pain. Purring makes them feel better! 小貓出生沒有幾天就會發出呼嚕聲，貓媽媽就會知道牠們的狀況是好的。有一些貓感到痛的時候也是會發出呼嚕聲，這樣會讓牠們感覺舒服一點。 Bella is a 14-year-old cat in the UK. She lives with the Spink family. Bella’s purrs are very, very loud! Mr. Spink says Bella's purrs are too loud all the time. She's louder than the TV! 英國有一隻14歲的貓Bella，牠的呼嚕聲非常大。主人Spink先生說，牠的聲音有時候比電視還大聲。 The Spinks thought Bella had the loudest purr in the world. They wanted to measure her purr. How loud was it? Someone came to their house with a machine. The machine measured how loud Bella purred. Spink一家覺得Bella的呼嚕聲是全世界最響亮的，他們想要測量牠的聲音，所以請人帶著機器來家裡。 The Spinks were right! Bella has the loudest purr of all living cats. Her purr measures at almost 55 decibels. That’s the same as a boiling kettle! Bella的呼嚕聲接近55分貝，跟水煮開的時候一樣大聲。的確是所有貓咪當中最大聲的。 Bella is a happy cat with the loudest purr of all. What a "purrrrrr-fect" puss! Vocabulary 英國這隻貓呼嚕聲超級大，牠的主人覺得很有趣。 1. loud大聲的、 louder 更大聲 Hey, Kitty, Kitty, I know you’re hungry. 貓咪貓咪，我知道你餓了。 Does she often make loud sounds like that? 她常常叫那麼大聲嗎? Yeah, and that’s not loud. 對，而且那不算大聲。 Really? 真的喔? She can make much louder sounds. 她可以叫得大聲得多。 2. family 家人、家庭 My family doesn’t like it. 我的家人不喜歡。 But I find it fun. 不過我覺得滿好玩的。 3. house 房屋 How much do you understand your cat? 你有多了解你的貓? I can tell if she’s in pain.我可以知道她是不是哪裡痛。 She’ll make faces.她會有表情。 And she likes to walk around the whole house. 而且她喜歡在家裡到處走。 Do you like cats? Let’s read today’s vocabulary. loud大聲的 louder更大聲 family家人、家庭 house房屋 Quiz 1. Why do some cats purr when they’re in pain? a. To feel better b. To feel worse c. To feel warm 2. What family does Bella live with? a. The Swinks b. The Spinks c. The Shinks 3. Which sound measures at almost 55 decibels? a. A whistling man b. A boiling kettle c. A panting dog Answers: 1. a. 2. b 3. b -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Moving Stairs for Mountain Views Walking for thirty minutes every day is good for you. It can help you be strong and healthy. It’s cheap too. All you need are comfortable shoes. Then you can walk anywhere! 每天走30分鐘有益身心健康。而且你只需要一雙舒適的鞋子，就可以到處走走! Many people like walking a long way on mountains, in forests, and other natural places. This is called "hiking". Taiwan has many beautiful hiking trails. Many of them go up mountains. 很多人喜歡爬山，也會在森林或是其他自然景點走路。這叫做健行，台灣有很多健行步道，大多都通往山上。 But hiking is harder than walking. Some people can’t hike. So they can't see beautiful mountain views. 但是健行比走路困難，無法健行就看不到美麗的山景。 Tianyu Mountain in China is beautiful. But it’s very hard to hike. Hikers hike three mountains to get there! 中國的天嶼山很漂亮，但是它非常難爬。登山客需要翻越三座山才能到達。 A tour company put long escalators on Tianyu Mountain. These moving stairs take people up the mountain. People stand on them and enjoy the view! These escalators are great for older people, families, and people with disabilities. 有一家旅遊公司在天嶼山蓋了一座電動手扶梯，可以直接載人到山上。人們可以搭手扶梯享受美景，對老人、兒童跟身障人士很有幫助。 But some people don’t like them. They say the escalators are ugly. They say enjoying the mountain is not only about the views. It’s also about moving your body and feeling healthy. 但是也有人不喜歡，他們覺得這個手扶梯很難看。還說爬山不只是享受美景，還包括運動，讓人身體健康。 Escalators on mountains are good for some visitors, but bad for others! Vocabulary 到野外健行，除了賞景，也是讓身體強健。 1. feel 感覺 I can’t sleep well these days.我這幾天都睡不好。 I feel tired all the time.我總是覺得累。 2. enjoy 喜歡 Maybe it’s because you watch too much TV? 也許你看太多電視了? But I enjoy watching TV! 可是我很喜歡看電視! Well, come hiking with me in the mountains in Keelung Saturday. 好吧，星期六跟我去走基隆的山。 3. mountain 山 Is it a high mountain? 是高山嗎? No, but it does take some climbing. 不是，但確實需要爬山。 I don’t like climbing. 我不喜歡爬山。 It’ll help you sleep better.會讓你睡得比較好。 4. view 景觀 And the view is beautiful! 而且景觀很棒! Do we get to see the ocean? 看得到大海嗎? The ocean and vast grasslands. 大海，還有大片綠草。 今天的單字你記住了幾個? feel感覺 enjoy喜歡 mountain山 view景觀 Quiz 1. What is “hiking"? a. Walking every day b. Walking a long way c. Walking in Taiwan 2. Where is Tianyu Mountain? a. Chad b. Chile c. China 3. What are “escalators"? a. Comfortable shoes b. Mountains c. Moving stairs Answers: 1. b 2. c 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn