
News For Kids
News For Kids brings you easy stories in English, with Chinese translations to help students and second language learners here in Taiwan!
Stories are written and recorded by ICRT correspondents, and uploaded every weekday morning.
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Aug 30, 2023 • 5min
Scientist Studies Hippie Monkeys for 40 Years
Scientist Studies Hippie Monkeys for 40 Years
Do you like animals? Cats? Dogs? How about… monkeys?
One scientist likes northern muriqui monkeys. She likes their cinnamon smell too! She likes to study these monkeys.
有一位科學家喜歡北絨毛蛛猴,也喜歡研究牠們。
Northern muriquis are the biggest monkeys in North and South America. They're about 150 centimeters tall. They're about 15 kilograms. Their tails are long and very strong. Their tails help them go from tree to tree.
這種猴子是美洲最大的猴子。身高150公分、體重15公斤。長長的尾巴讓牠們可以從一棵樹盪到另外一棵樹。
Most monkeys fight. But northern muriquis are very peaceful. They don't fight. They hug each other a lot! People call them "hippie monkeys".
這種猴子非常溫和。牠們不會吵架,會互相抱抱。
The scientist studies these muriquis. But she is trying to save them too. They're in very big danger! (SFX: sound of danger warning)
這位科學家也努力拯救牠們,因為牠們現在瀕臨絕種。
One million northern muriquis lived in forests a long time ago. But people cut down many trees. They wanted to make farms. The forests became smaller and smaller. There are only 1,000 northern muriquis now. People still cut down trees.
很久以前,森林裡有 100萬隻北絨毛蛛猴。但人類砍了很多樹,森林變得越來越小,現在只剩下1,000隻。
When forests are too small, there can be no northern muriquis. 森林變太小就會沒有牠們了。
The scientist has been helping the northern muriquis for 40 years now. She doesn't want to stop. There is a lot to do. Good luck!
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Vocabulary
美洲最大的猴子,因為棲息地縮小而面臨絕種。
1. small 小的,smaller 更小的
What a cute monkey! 好可愛的猴子!
Yeah, it's a cotton-top tamarin. 對啊,牠叫做棉頭絹猴。
They're so small! Even smaller than a cat. 牠們好小喔,比貓咪還小。
2. hug 擁抱
Don't you just want to hug them? 你不覺得很想抱抱牠們嗎?
No! I would never hug a monkey. 不,我一點也不想抱猴子。
3. fight 打架
Hey, look, they're about to fight! 你看,牠們快要打架了!
Wow, this should be interesting to watch. 哇,這應該很好看。
4. peaceful 和平的
I thought monkeys were peaceful animals. 我以為猴子是很和平的動物。Obviously these two are not. 顯然這兩隻不是。
我們來讀今天的單字。
smaller更小的
hug擁抱
fight打架
peaceful和平的
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Quiz
1. What do people call the northern muriquis?
a. Happy monkeys
b. Hoppy monkeys
c. Hippie monkeys
2. How many northern muriquis are there now?
a. One million
b. One thousand
c. One hundred fifty
3. What do the northern muriquis' tails help them to do?
a. go from tree to tree
b. hug each other
c. fight other monkeys
Answers:
1. c
2. b
3. a
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Aug 29, 2023 • 5min
Superhero Kids Are Saving the Earth
Superhero Kids Are Saving the Earth
The Earth needs a lot of help. Who can help? One man says kids can help the Earth! 有個人說小朋友可以幫助地球!
The man made a game for kids. The game helps them save the Earth! In this game, kids are superheroes. 他為小朋友設計了一個救地球的遊戲,在遊戲裡,他們都是超級英雄。
How do kids play the game? First, they make a superhero group. Superheroes are stronger together. 這個遊戲該怎麼玩呢? 首先小朋友們要組成超級英雄聯盟。
Then they look at their neighborhood. Can they help the Earth there? Are the parks dirty? Are there no trees or gardens? 他們找找看家裡附近有沒有可以幫助地球的,公園乾不乾淨,是不是沒有樹或花園。
The superheroes talk to people in their neighborhood. They learn a lot. Some people give them more help. 超級英雄們和鄰居聊過,他們學到很多,有一些鄰居還給他們很多幫助。
The superheroes have many ideas. They make a plan and then … the superheroes have fun! 孩子們有很多的想法。他們訂了一個計劃。
The superheroes make parks clean and green! They plant trees! They make neighborhood gardens! They have fun together and help save the Earth!
孩子們綠化了公園,也把它變乾淨! 他們玩得很開心還幫助了地球!
The Earth needs many superheroes. You and your friends can be superheroes too! Play the game together. 地球需要更多的超級英雄。你跟你的朋友也一起參加遊戲吧!
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Vocabulary
一個好玩的遊戲,讓兒童幫地球的忙。
1. dirty 髒的。
Wow, this beach is really dirty! 哇,這個海灘真是髒!
Yeah… It was not like this when I was little. 是啊,我小時候不是這樣的。
2. look at 看,注視。
Look at all these bottles and bags! 你看這些瓶子袋子。
Should we help clean this beach? 我們應該幫忙清理這個海灘嗎?
3. neighborhood 鄰近的區域。
No! What we should do is get everyone in this neighborhood to help out. 不,我們應該做的,是讓這個地方每個人都來幫忙清理。
That's too hard. 那太難了。
4. together 一起。
I know. But it's the only way. 我知道,不過這是唯一的辦法。And it can be fun when people do it together. 而且大家一起做,還會很好玩呢!
一起來讀今天的單字。
dirty髒的 look at注視 neighborhood鄰近的區域 together一起
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Quiz
1. What did one man make to help save the Earth?
a. a park
b. a game
c. a lot of money
2. Why do the kids make a superhero group?
a. to clean parks
b. to plant trees
c. to be stronger together
3. Where do the superheroes help the Earth?
a. the supermarket
b. their neighborhood
c. their friends' homes
Answers:
1. b
2. c
3. b
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Jun 29, 2023 • 5min
Killer Frog Cancelled in North Carolina
Guys! Be careful… That's an African clawed frog! That thing's a killer! RUN!!!
Phew! Those frogs are very scary! They eat any animal they can. ANY animal!
這是非洲爪蛙,牠們很恐怖,什麼動物都吃。
Listen to this scientist…
Scientist: "I haven't found anything they won't eat… bugs and snails, tadpoles, other frogs, small fish… anything! Left alone… they would kill everything until you'd only find the clawed frog left. Then they'd begin eating each other."
科學家說,非洲爪蛙什麼都吃,包括昆蟲、蝸牛、蝌蚪、其他的青蛙、小魚等等。如果你把非洲爪蛙放在一起,牠們會把所有的動物殺光,然後開始吃同類!
African clawed frogs have long, sharp claws.They use them to rip up other animals!
非洲爪蛙有又長又尖銳的爪子,可以撕開獵物的身體。
In just 4 months this killer frog can lay thousands of eggs. The eggs turn into tadpoles. Some tadpoles become frog food…
這種青蛙四個月之內就可以生下好幾千顆卵,這些卵會孵化成蝌蚪,再變成更多非洲爪蛙!
These frogs smell very bad! They taste bad too.So no other animals eat them.
牠們又難聞又難吃,所以沒有動物會吃。
They're hard to catch. They're really fast swimmers.They can hold their breath for a loooong time. And they can swim backwards!
牠們游得很快,憋氣可以憋很久,還會倒退游,所以很難抓!
North Carolina is a state in the USA. It thinks this frog is very, very scary. It's illegal to have an African clawed frog in North Carolina.
美國的北卡羅萊納州覺得這種青蛙太恐怖了,決定立法禁止人們養這種青蛙。
So if you live in North Carolina, or anywhere, stay away from African clawed frogs!
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Vocabulary
這種青蛙侵略性太強,已經成為禍害。
1) African 非洲的
Africa… I've only read about it in books. 非洲,我只在書本裡面讀過。
Yeah? There are many African countries worth a visit. 是嗎?有很多非洲國家值得一遊。
2) animal 動物
How many have you been to? 你去過幾個?
Just three. 只有三個。
And I think I saw hundreds of animals. 我想我看到了好幾百個動物。
3) careful 小心的
That's amazing! 真驚人!
Yeah, but you have to be very careful. 對,不過要很小心。
Wild animals can be dangerous. 野生動物會危險。
4) swimmer 游泳者
Did you know that tigers are good swimmers? 你可知老虎很會游泳?
No, I didn't. 我不知。
They are. 真的。
A tiger once almost caught me in the river. 有一次一頭老虎差點在河裡抓到我。
這些英文字你記住了嗎?
African 非洲的
animal 動物
careful 小心的
swimmer 游泳者
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Quiz
1. What will African clawed frogs eat?
A: Eggs
B: Swimmers
C: Anything!
2.What do these frogs use their claws for?
A: Ripping
B: Breathing
C: Tasting
3. How many eggs can these frogs lay?
A: Hundreds
B: Thousands
C: Millions
Answers
1. C
2. A
3. B
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Jun 28, 2023 • 5min
Hi-tech Knitting Stops Mosquitoes
Taiwan is a tropical country. Tropical countries are where the sun is the hottest. Southeast Asia is tropical too.
台灣跟東南亞都是熱帶地區。熱帶國家太陽又大又熱,還很潮濕。潮濕的天氣很悶。
Tropical countries are perfect for mosquitoes. Mosquitoes love wet places! They live on water. They love hot, humid weather too. It makes people sweat. Mosquitoes like sweaty people. They smell very tasty to mosquitoes!
熱帶國家是蚊子生活的完美環境。蚊子喜歡又熱又潮濕的天氣,這種天氣會讓人流汗,蚊子喜歡流汗的人,對牠們來說這是美味的氣味!
Mosquitoes bite people all day. They drink lots of blood. Mosquitoes carry many diseases. People can get very sick from a mosquito bite.
蚊子整天叮人吸血,還會帶來傳染病,被蚊子咬到有可能會生重病!
Scientists want to stop mosquitoes from making people sick. They made a new kind of fabric. Clothes are made of fabric. Mosquitoes can bite through most clothes. But they can't bite through this fabric!
科學家想要阻止蚊子傳染疾病。蚊子可以隔著大部分的衣服叮人,所以他們製造了一種特殊布料,讓蚊子沒有辦法叮!
This new fabric is made with a hi-tech knitting machine. The machine knits the fabric very tightly! A mosquito's very thin mouth can't get through!
他們用高科技的紡織機做了這種非常細密的布料,讓蚊子細長的口器沒有辦法穿過去。
This new fabric is perfect for tropical countries. It's light and comfortable in hot weather. And it stops mosquito bites! Not as many people will get sick! Hooray for science!
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Vocabulary
科學家想出了好辦法對付愛吸血蚊子。
1) humid 潮濕的
Come over tonight for my barbecue. 今晚過來吃烤肉吧。
On a hot and humid day like this? 在這麼濕熱的天氣吃?
Yeah, why not? 對啊,有何不可?
2) bite 叮咬
There'll be lots of mosquitos! 會有很多蚊子耶!
I'm not afraid of them. 我不怕牠們。
Of course you're not. They never bite you! 你當然不怕,蚊子從不叮你!
3) tasty 美味的
You mean they'll bite you? 你是說牠們會咬你?
Oh yeah, apparently I'm very tasty. 會,顯然我很好吃。
4) comfortable 舒服的
Okay, no barbecue. 好吧,不要烤肉了。
A light and comfortable dinner inside the house. 待在室內吃一頓清淡舒服的晚飯。
Hurray! 好耶!
你常被蚊子叮嗎? 來讀單字。
humid 潮濕的
bite 叮咬
tasty 美味的
comfortable 舒服的
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Quiz
1. What is the weather in tropical countries?
A: Sunny and cold
B: Sunny and wet
C: Cold and wet
2. What do mosquitoes drink?
A: Water
B: Blood
C: Sweat
3. What are clothes made of?
A: Plants
B: Animals
C: Fabric
Answers
1. B
2. B
3. C
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Jun 27, 2023 • 5min
American Students Visit Taiwan
In today's news, nine American high school students visited Taiwan! What did these students learn in one week?
有九個美國高中生來到台灣!他們在這一個禮拜中學到了什麼呢?
One: Taiwan's cities like nature! A student saw a big tree at her hotel window. It was growing freely.
第一,台灣的城市喜歡大自然。學生從飯店窗戶看到外面自由生長的大樹。
She said this kind of tree is cut down in their city. She says Taiwan lets nature be. Their city has trees and trees and grass. But they're in parks, gardens, and along streets.
她說在他們的城市,樹都砍掉了,只有公園、花園,跟道路兩邊才有樹木。
Two: Taiwanese people do big things in small spaces! The students learned motorcycle repair shops and many other businesses don't need big spaces.
第二,台灣人在小小的空間裡做很多事!這些學生看到摩托車修理廠,還有很多小小的店家。
The students' city has a lot of space. So people use lots of space!
這些學生的家鄉有很大的空間,所以人們就使用很多空間。
Three: Taiwanese people are kind! They shared their homes and their daily lives. They talked with the students in Chinese. Everyone helped them.
第三,台灣人很友善!他們招待學生住進自己家,跟他們一起生活,還跟學生講中文。大家都會幫他們忙。
The students said Taiwan was very interesting. They learned about nature, spaces, and Taiwanese people. And they feel stronger speaking Chinese now!
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Vocabulary
小小的空間裡可以做很多事!
1) hotel 旅館
Now this is really a small room! 這真是個小房間。
It's a small hotel. 這是一家小旅館。
2) space 空間
Can I put my bag here? 我可以把行李箱放在這裡嗎?
No, this is my personal space. 不行,這是我的個人空間。
Your personal space? 你的個人空間?
It's one meter away from your bed! 這離你的床有一公尺呢!
3) a lot of 很多
I know, I just need a lot of space. 我知道,我就是需要很多空間。
Next time let's stay at a big hotel. 我們下次住大旅館。
4) share 分享
Or we can have two rooms. 或者我們可以要兩間房。
Then we don't need to share. 那樣就不用分享。
No, that would be too lonely. 不要,那太寂寞了。
你今天學到哪些英文字?
hotel 旅館
space 空間
a lot of 許多
share 分享
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Quiz
1. How many American students came to Taiwan?
A: 9
B: 19
C: 90
2. What made the students think Taiwan's cities like nature?
A: Tall buildings
B: Trees growing freely
C: Parks
3. What did people do when a student made a mistake in Chinese?
A: Got angry
B: Helped the student
C: Said it wasn't okay
Answers
1. A
2. B
3. B
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Jun 26, 2023 • 5min
Scientists Drill Into the Earth for Answers
Do you know where volcano lava comes from?
你知道火山的岩漿從哪裡來嗎?
It comes from the earth's mantle. The mantle is the earth's middle layer. It has lots of very hot rock.
岩漿在地函裡面。地函在地殼底下,是地球的中間層,裡面有很多滾燙的岩石。
What's in this mantle rock? What can we learn from it? Scientists say we can learn more about volcanoes and earthquakes. We can learn more about how life started on earth and many other things too!
這些岩石裡面有甚麼呢?我們又可以從這些岩石學到甚麼?科學家說,我們可以更了解火山跟地震,還有生命的起源!
But mantle rock is deep in the earth. It is not easy to get. Scientists first tried 62 years ago!
但是地函很深,這些石頭不容易取得,科學家 62 年前就試過了!
Mantle rock is closest to the ocean floor. So scientists are working on a ship. They have a big drill.
離地函岩石層最近的地方是海床,於是科學家在船上工作,他們有一台巨大鑽頭!
The drill is making a very deep hole.
The drill takes the rock from the hole. Now scientists have one kilometer of mantle rock!
這個鑽頭鑽了一個很深很深的洞,把裡面的石頭取出來,現在科學家有超過一公里這麼多的地函岩石層!
This is great news for scientists everywhere.
It's the deepest mantle rock we have!
And every day, the drill goes deeper and gets more mantle rock!
這是目前能夠拿到的,地球最深處的岩石!而且這個鑽頭每一天都在繼續往下鑽!
We can learn more about the earth and life from this mantle rock. The earth's mantle has a lot to teach us! Keep drilling!
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Vocabulary
科學家從海床鑽洞,把地殼下面的岩石取出來研究。
1) deep 很深的
The earth seems to keep a lot of secrets. 地球好像藏著很多秘密。
That's deep. 很深奧呢。
No, I mean it.不,我是說真的。
2) volcano 火山
We see volcanoes erupt. 我們看到火山爆發。
But we don't really know why. 卻並不懂為什麼。
Yeah, and we never know when earthquakes will happen. 對啊,而且我們完全不知道什麼時候會地震。
3) learn 學習
Exactly. 正是這樣。
Luckily, scientists are learning new things every day. 幸運的是,科學家每天都在學新東西。
4) easy 容易的
But there are no easy answers. 但是沒有簡單的答案。
Maybe your questions are too hard! 也許你的問題太難了!
來一起讀讀單字吧!
deep 很深的
volcano 火山
learn 學習
easy 容易的
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Quiz
1. What does a drill make?
A: Fire
B: Rock
C: Holes
2. What is mantle rock closest to?
A: Mountains
B: The moon
C: The ocean floor
3. What can we learn more about from mantle rocks?
A: Ships
B: Big drills
C: The earth
Answers
1. C
2. C
3. C
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Jun 25, 2023 • 5min
Girl Fights Plastic on Food
Hi, everyone! Today's news is about a 10-year-old girl. Her name is Maya. Maya wants to help the world. She wants less plastic pollution in the world.
今天我們要來講一個十歲的小女孩 Maya 的故事。Maya 希望可以減少地球上的塑膠汙染。
How is Maya helping the world? She is in a group. The group helps the environment. It wants stores to stop using plastic stickers. The plastic stickers are on fruits and vegetables.
Maya 要怎麼幫忙呢?她加入了一個環境保護團體,這個團體希望店家可以停止使用貼在蔬菜和水果上的塑膠貼紙。
Why do stores use these stickers? The stickers make it easy to find the price of a fruit or vegetable. Then customers can pay the right price. The stickers are small. But stores have lots and lots of fruits and vegetables! So the stickers make a lot of plastic pollution. Maya doesn't want stores to use plastic stickers. But stores don't want to stop using them.
這些貼紙讓客人可以找到蔬果的價格。雖然貼紙很小,但蔬菜水果那麼多!這些貼紙會造成塑膠污染,Maya 希望這些店家可以停止使用,但是店家不願意。
Can stores use paper stickers? Paper is better for the environment. But plastic is stronger. So stores like plastic stickers.
店家可以改用紙貼紙嗎?紙對環境比較好,但是塑膠比較堅固耐用。
Maya wants everyone to know about these plastic stickers. She wants everyone to know these small stickers make a lot of plastic pollution. Then maybe stores will stop using plastic stickers.
Maya is great! She's 10. And she's trying to help the world!
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Vocabulary
減少塑膠汙染,可以從很小的地方開始。
1. customer 顧客
How's your first day of work at 7-11? 你第一天在Seven工作如何?
Well, a customer came up to me. 有一個顧客來找我。
2. help 幫忙
And? 然後呢?
She said she wanted half a sandwich. 她說她要半個三明治。
So what did you say? 所以你怎麼說?
I said I couldn't help her.我說我幫不上忙。
3.girl 女孩
The girl came back later. 這個女孩後來又回來。
This time she asked another worker. 這次她問了另外一個店員。
For half a sandwich? 要買半個三明治?
Yeah. 是的。
4. want 要
He asked her, "Do you want the left or the right half?" 他問,你要左半邊還是右半邊?
She just left. 她就走了。
今天的單字很簡單。
customer 顧客
help 幫忙
girl 女孩
want 要
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Quiz
1. What does Maya's group help?
A: Stores
B: Plastic stickers
C: The environment
2. What is true about the plastic stickers?
A: They're big
B: They're paper
C: They're small
3. Why do stores like the plastic stickers?
A: They're strong
B: They're colorful
C: They're pretty
Answers
1. C
2. C
3. A
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Jun 20, 2023 • 5min
Music Festival Pays for Classes for Kids
Summer's here! That means… it's music festival time! Music festivals are big events. Lots of musicians sing and play music.
夏天是音樂節的時候!很多歌手會在音樂節唱歌表演。
Are you a music fan? You can have lots of fun at a music festival! There are pop festivals, hip-hop festivals, jazz festivals, rock festivals, classical music festivals, folk festivals, blues festivals, reggae festivals…
音樂節有好多種,流行音樂、嘻哈、爵士樂、搖滾、古典音樂、民謠、藍調、雷鬼音樂節等等…
There's a very special music festival this summer. It's called Ossyfest. Ossyfest is in Oswaldtwistle, a town in the UK. This year's festival will have forty musicians. The musicians play for free. But people pay to go to Ossyfest…
英國一個小鎮 Oswaldtwistle 舉辦了特別的音樂節,叫做 Ossyfest。今年有 40 個音樂家會表演。他們免費表演,但是觀眾要付費。
Where does the money from Ossyfest go? All the money pays for music classes for local kids! Last year, Ossyfest paid for music classes for 400 kids! Ossyfest saved their parents thousands of dollars.
這些錢去哪裡呢?都幫當地的孩子付了音樂課的學費,去年有 400 位小朋友免費上音樂課,幫爸爸媽媽省了好多錢!
Ossyfest and its musicians hope these local kids will make their own songs. Maybe the kids will play at Ossyfest someday!
Ossyfest 的音樂家希望這些孩子以後也可以自己創作音樂,說不定還可以回來 Ossyfest 表演!
Today is Make Music Day. Ossyfest's musicians make music because they hope kids will make music someday.
So how about making some music yourself? Maybe you'll play at a music festival someday too!
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Vocabulary
英國小鎮這個音樂節,門票收入讓兒童學音樂。
1. music 音樂
I've never been to a music festival. 我從來沒有去過音樂節。
Really? That's too bad. 真的喔,真可惜。
It's a lot of fun.它很好玩的。
2. musician 音樂家
What's it like? 它是什麼樣子?
A music festival? 音樂節嗎?
Lots of musicians would sing on different stages. 很多音樂家在不同的舞台上唱歌。
You can choose the one you like. 你可以選喜歡的。
3. pay 付錢
How much do I have to pay? 我需要付多少錢?
It depends. 不一定。
From about 500 to thousands of NT. 從五百塊左右到好幾千台幣。
4. someday 有一天
I want to go to a festival someday. 我有一天也要去音樂節。
Yeah, you should. 你是該去。
Do you like music?
music 音樂
musician 音樂家
pay 付費
someday 有一天
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Quiz
1. Where in the UK is Ossyfest?
A: Fizzel Wizzel
B: Oswaldtwistle
C: Lethal Bizzle
2. How many music classes did Ossyfest pay for last year?
A: 40
B: 400
C: 440
3. What day is today?
A: Make Music Day
B: Christmas Day
C: Monday
Answers
1. B
2. B
3. A
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Jun 19, 2023 • 5min
Big Dogs Save Little Penguins
Australia has some very cool animals. It has the world's smallest penguins! They're called little penguins. They're 35 centimeters tall!
澳洲有世界上最小的企鵝,叫做小企鵝,牠只有 35 公分高!
Foxes were eating the little penguins. So they moved to small islands near Australia. The water around the islands kept the foxes away.
狐狸會獵捕小企鵝,後來小企鵝遷移到澳洲附近的小島,狐狸過不來。
One island had 600 little penguins. But foxes found a way to the island! The foxes ate and ate the little penguins. Then there were only 10 little penguins left.
原本島上有 600 隻小企鵝,結果狐狸找到方法登陸,吃掉了好多小企鵝,後來島上只剩下 10 隻小企鵝了。
Local people worried about saving these little penguins. Then a local farmer had an idea…
His farm has thousands of chickens. The farmer's dogs keep his chickens safe from foxes. The dogs are big. They have a very deep bark. They bark to keep the foxes away. But the dogs are kind to the chickens. So the farmer wanted his dogs to keep the little penguins safe too!
當地居民想要拯救小企鵝。有一個農夫養了好幾千隻雞,也養了狗來保護牠們。要是狐狸靠近,狗會狂吠,把狐狸嚇走。這位農夫希望狗狗也可以保護小企鵝的安全!
The farmer's idea worked! The dogs kept the foxes away. The dogs are kind to the penguins too. And there are more little penguins every year.
結果成功了!狗狗嚇走了狐狸,現在島上的小企鵝越來越多了。
Now the island has hundreds of little penguins. Thanks to the farmer's great idea, big dogs are saving little penguins!
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Vocabulary
友善的狗既保護養雞場,也保護小企鵝。
1. keep away 離遠一點
Is that your dog? 那是你的狗嗎?
Keep it away from me! 讓牠離我遠點!
Sorry, but Buddy doesn't bite. Don't worry. 抱歉,不過巴弟不會咬人,別擔心。
2. safe 安全的
No, I don't feel safe when it barks like that. 牠那樣叫我覺得不安全。
There, you're safe now. 好了,你現在安全了。
3. big 大的
Why do you keep such a big dog? 你為什麼養那麼大的狗?
Buddy is not that big。巴弟沒有那麼大。
And he's cool.而且牠很酷。
4. island 島嶼
He can swim fast. 牠可以游泳游很快。
We sometimes swim to that island together. 我們有時候一起游到那個小島。
Wow, that's far away! 哇,很遠呢!
我們來讀單字。
keep away 離遠一點
safe 安全的
big 大的
island 島嶼
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Quiz
1. What was eating the little penguins?
A: Farmers
B: Local people
C: Foxes
2. What do the dogs do to keep the penguins safe?
A: Bite
B: Bark
C: Eat
3. What does the farm have?
A: An idea
B: Chickens
C: Little penguins
Answers
1. C
2. B
3. B
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Jun 18, 2023 • 5min
Pair Makes Tropical Fruit Farm With One Tree
Mmm… I love wax apples. It’s my favorite fruit.
I want wax apple trees in my garden. Then I can pick wax apples when I want them. I can eat them all the time!
我好愛吃蓮霧!好希望能夠在我的花園種一顆蓮霧樹,讓我想吃就可以摘。
Farmers in Taiwan grow a lot of wax apples. We can get them at fruit stands and supermarkets here. But sometimes we can’t get wax apples in other countries.
在台灣買到蓮霧很容易,不過在其他國家就不一定了。
A husband and wife from Taiwan live in the USA. He wanted to eat wax apples there. But he didn’t find any. Then someone gave him a wax apple tree. The pair made a tropical fruit farm… with that one tree!
有一對住在美國的台灣夫妻,老公想要吃蓮霧,但是在美國找不到。後來有人給了他們一棵蓮霧樹,這對夫妻就用一棵樹,種出了一整座熱帶水果園!
“Uncle Happy Farmer” and his wife made the farm 40 years ago. Now their farm has more than 40 kinds of tropical fruits and vegetables. His wife grows the fruit trees. Uncle Happy Farmer grows the vegetables.
「快樂農夫叔叔」跟他的老婆四十年前建了這座農場,現在農場裡面已經有四十多種蔬果。老婆種水果,老公種蔬菜。
A chicken helps them! Her name is Lucy. Her poop is good for the trees.
還有一隻雞 Lucy 會幫忙!牠的便便對樹木很好。
Maybe I can make a fruit farm too. And maybe I can get a chicken to help me! Then I’ll have all the wax apples I can eat!
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Vocabulary
快樂農夫叔叔農場有各種蔬菜水果。
1. fruit stand 水果攤
Don’t you just love fruit stands? 你會不會很喜歡水果攤?
They are so pretty to look at. 它們真好看。
2. farm 農場
You’re right. 你說得對。
Red apples, yellow bananas and green guavas. 紅蘋果,黃香蕉,綠芭樂。
My cousin owns a fruit farm in Taitung. 我表哥在台東有一個水果農場。
3. pick 採摘
We sometimes go there to pick the fruit. 我們有時候會去那裏採果子。
How nice! 真好!
Yeah, it’s wonderful! 對啊,是很棒。
4. chicken 雞
He raises chickens, too. 他也養雞。
So you would have chicken soup after the hard work. 所以你們辛苦工作之後就喝雞湯。
No! He never wanted to kill the chickens. 沒有,他從來不肯殺雞。
你最喜歡什麼水果呢?
fruit stand 水果攤
farm 農場
pick 採摘
chicken 雞
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Quiz
1. What is the husband known as?
A: Mr. Joy Planter
B: Uncle Happy Farmer
C: Grandpa Fun Rancher
2. Where do the husband and wife live?
A: The USA
B: Taiwan
C: Malaysia
3. What did the pair start their fruit farm with?
A: Wax apple seeds
B: A wax apple tree
C: Tropical vegetables
Answers
1. B
2. A
3. B
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