News For Kids

Phew! It’s very dry! Are we in a desert? I need water… A desert is a place without water. It gets very little rain. It’s hard to find plants in a desert. Plants need water to grow. 沙漠裡面很少下雨，水很少，也沒有甚麼植物。 Good soil needs plants. Without plant roots, the soil can’t hold water. The soil gets hard and dry. No plants can grow. The place becomes a desert. 少了植物的根，土壤很難留住水分，很快就會變乾、變硬。最後這片土地就會變成沙漠。 Iraq has two big deserts. This country has long, hot, and dry summers. Now the earth is getting hotter. And Iraq is getting less water from rain and rivers. More places there are becoming desert. 伊拉克有兩個大沙漠。伊拉克的夏天又長又熱，現在因為全球暖化，伊拉克的水越來越少，更多地方變成了沙漠。 People want good soil again. So some people planted trees. Then more people planted trees! Now Iraq wants to plant 5 million trees! 伊拉克希望改善土壤品質，決定開始種樹。他們決心要種五百萬顆樹！ The tree roots will help the soil hold water. Then more plants can grow. Their roots will help the soil. Then more plants can grow. Their roots will help the soil. Then more… 樹根可以幫助土壤留住水分，這樣就可以種更多植物，留住更多水分，變成一個正向循環！ The earth needs our help! Can you plant a tree today? ________________________________ Vocabulary 伊拉克希望多種樹，把沙漠變成綠洲。 1. grow 種植 I’m trying to grow roses, but it’s a lot of work.我正在種玫瑰，但是它需要做好多事。 Roses? You can’t even grow cucumbers! 玫瑰? 你甚至不會種小黃瓜！ 2. soil 泥土 That’s why I’m using the soil for roses. 這是為什麼我用這些泥土來種玫瑰。 3. root 根部 But roses have deep roots. 但是玫瑰的根很深。 Your pots are not big enough. 你的花盆不夠大。 Since when did you know so much about roses? 你什麼時候開始這麼懂玫瑰？ 4. more 更多 I read about it. 我有看書。 But I learned more from my mom. 但是我從我媽媽那裏學到更多。 She plants roses every year. 她每年都種玫瑰。 你有種過任何植物嗎？一起來讀今天的單字。 grow 種植 soil 泥土 root 根部 more 更多 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is a desert? A: A place without water B: A plant C: Good soil 2. What can grow when tree roots help the soil hold water? A: Strong winds B: No plants C: More plants 3. How many trees do they plan to plant in Iraq? A: 5 B: A million C: 5 million Answers 1. A 2. C 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Guys! There's a butterfly on my nose! *giggle* It tickles! *sneeze* Aa… aa… AAA-CHOO! How many kinds of butterflies are there? Scientists say there are more than 19,000 kinds! Butterflies have lots of beautiful colors. 科學家說，世界上的蝴蝶種類超過一萬九千種！蝴蝶有各種繽紛的色彩。 Where did the first butterfly come from? Scientists wanted to know. They went back 100 million years. That's back to dinosaur times… 科學家想知道，世界上第一隻蝴蝶出現在甚麼時候？他們一路找回到一億年前，也就是恐龍的時代。 Many kinds of animals were not living yet. There were no dogs. There were no cats. And there were no butterflies. But there were lots and lots of moths. 那時候沒有狗狗、沒有貓咪，也沒有蝴蝶。不過有很多很多蛾。 Moths and butterflies are in the same family. But they are very different. Butterflies have lots of bright colors: yellow, blue, green, and more. Most moths do not. That's because moths fly at night. Many are black, brown, or gray. These dark colors help them keep safe. 蛾跟蝴蝶是親戚，但牠們其實大不相同。蝴蝶有很多鮮豔顏色，蛾沒有，這是因為蛾是夜行性的，暗沉的顏色比較安全。 Scientists think a moth didn't like the dark 100 million years ago. It liked the light! It wanted to fly in the bright sunlight! Flying in the sun made the moth's dark colors brighter. Now scientists think that's where the first butterfly came from! 科學家認為一億年前，有一隻蛾不喜歡晚上，牠喜歡光亮的地方！在陽光下飛讓這隻蛾的顏色變亮了，科學家認為這就是第一隻蝴蝶的起源！ A dark moth gave the world beautiful bright butterflies, thanks to the sun! ________________________________ Vocabulary 一億年前的陽光，讓蛾類開始演化成蝴蝶。 1. bright 光亮的 Wow, look at these paintings! 哇，你看這些畫。 The colors are so bright and beautiful! 顏色好鮮明，真好看！ 2. sunlight 陽光 Yeah, it's like they come alive under the sunlight. 對啊，在陽光下好像變成活的。 How many butterflies are there in this painting? 這幅畫裡有幾隻蝴蝶？ 3. dark 黑暗的 I guess at least one hundred. 我猜至少一百隻。 It would look good on a dark wall. 掛在黑暗的牆上可能不錯。 4. night 夜晚 The dark wall of our house? 我們家那面黑暗牆壁嗎？ Are you thinking of buying it? 你想買這幅畫？ Maybe. It would look even better at night. 也許。它晚上看起來可能更好。 來讀讀單字。 bright 光亮的 sunlight 陽光 dark 黑暗的 night 夜晚 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How many kinds of butterflies are there? A: 19 B: 1,000 C: 19,000 2. Which animals have lots of beautiful, bright colors? A: Moths B: Butterflies C: Dinosaurs 3. Why do most moths have dark colors? A: To keep safe B: To fly C: To look cool Answers 1. C 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

That tastes sooooo good! But one glass is all I want. A 58-year-old man from Iran likes soda a lot. He drinks three large bottles of soda every day! 我喜歡汽水，不過喝一小杯就夠了。但是在伊朗，有一個 58 歲的男子很愛喝汽水。他每天喝三大罐汽水！ How much does the man like soda? He likes it so much, he doesn't eat food! He only drinks soda. He says that's all he needs. 他有多愛喝汽水呢？他喜歡到只喝汽水不吃飯！ The man stopped eating food in 2006. 這個男子從 2006 年之後就沒有吃過飯了。 He woke up one night with a very strange feeling in his mouth. He went to many doctors. Why did he have that strange feeling? The doctors did not know. 他某一天半夜起床，覺得嘴巴裡面有一種怪怪的感覺，看了好多醫生都沒有用。 Going to the doctors did not help the man. And looking at food made him feel sick. So he stopped eating. That was 17 years ago! 他去看醫生也沒有什麼幫助，他只要看到食物就全身不舒服，於是停止吃飯，那是 17 年前的事了。 The man says soda gives him energy. He does not feel hungry. His family does not eat in front of him now. They know looking at food makes him feel sick. 這個男子說，汽水讓他有精神，不覺得餓，他的家人現在也不在他面前吃飯了，他們知道看著食物會讓他感到噁心。 It's not a good idea to stop eating food! Most doctors say we should eat three meals a day. That's breakfast, lunch, and dinner. 但是不吃飯對身體不好，醫生建議一天應該要吃三餐。 Just soda? And no food? For 17 years?! No, thanks… Uh-oh, now I'm hungry! ________________________________ Vocabulary 有人沒辦法吃東西，只能喝汽水維生。 1. drink 喝 Why do we have to eat and drink every day? 我們為什麼每天都得吃吃喝喝？ Because we like to stay alive? 因為我們想要活著？ 2. sick 生病的 No. 不對。 So what's your answer? 那你的答案是什麼？ We need food because we don't want to be sick. 我們需要食物因為我們不想要生病。 3. strange 奇怪的 That's a strange thing to say. 這是很奇怪的說法。 I mean it. 真的啊。 4. doctor 醫生 I tried to stop eating for 2 days. 我試著兩天不吃飯。 I had to see a doctor. 就得去看醫生。 Then why did you do it? 那你為什麼不吃？ I just wanted to see how it felt. 我只是想看看是什麼感覺。 你每天吃三餐嗎? 來一起讀單字。 drink 喝 sick 生病的 strange 奇怪的 doctor 醫生 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where is the 58-year-old man from? A: Pakistan B: Iran C: Iraq 2. When did the man stop eating food? A: 2006 B: 2007 C: 2017 3. How many meals should we eat every day? A: 1 B: 2 C: 3 Answers 1. B 2. A 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The mail's here! A lot of important mail comes to your house. Like birthday cards, or report cards from your school. Report cards show how you're doing at school. They show all of your grades. ALL of them! The good ones and the bad. 信箱裡有各種郵件，包括成績單。它上面有你所有好的壞的成績，寄到你家信箱。 A high school student in Taiwan was getting good grades at school. Until her boyfriend broke her heart. Then her grades got very, very bad… 台灣有一個高中生原本成績很好，但在一次失戀後，她的成績跌到谷底。 Her mother was waiting at home for the report card. She was going to be very angry! The student wanted to hide her report card from her mother. She didn't want anyone to know. So she hired… a detective! 她媽媽在家裡等成績單，但是高中生想要把成績單藏起來，所以雇用了一個偵探！ Detectives can do things in secret, without anyone knowing. But they cost a lot of money! The student paid the detective. The detective hid the report card. 學生給了偵探很多錢，請他幫忙把成績單藏起來，他也照辦了。 But then, the story got in the news! Her mother saw her bad grades in the paper! 結果這件事情上了新聞，她的媽媽也在新聞上看到了她的成績！ The student lost lots of money. And she failed to hide her bad grades! Don't do what she did! It's better to tell the truth and study hard. ________________________________ Vocabulary 這名高中生不想讓爸媽看成績單，於是用了很特別的辦法。 1. hide 隱藏 Have you ever tried to hide your report card? 你有試過把成績單藏起來嗎？ That would be useless. 沒有用。 Why? 為什麼？ Because we have to get our parents to sign it. 因為我們得讓爸媽簽名。 2. grade 分數 And return it to your teacher? 然後要還給你的老師？ Right. 對。 Even when you get bad grades? 就算成績很爛也要？ Especially when we get bad grades. 尤其是成績很爛時更要。 3. angry 生氣的 So your mom would get angry with you? 所以你媽媽會對你生氣？ No, not really. 不會。 But she would be worried. 但是她會擔心。 4. hire 雇用 She would also hire a tutor for me. 她也會幫我雇一個家教。 你會擔心成績單不好看嗎? 來讀單字。 hide 隱藏 grade 分數 angry 生氣的 hire 雇用 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Who sends report cards in the mail? A: Your family B: A detective C: Your school 2. What kind of grades are shown on a report card? A: Bad grades B: Good grades C: All grades 3. How much do detectives cost? A: Not much B: Nothing C: A lot Answers 1. C 2. C 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi there! Today's news is about a vending machine. Vending means selling. So a vending machine is a 'selling machine'. "Vending" 的意思就是賣。今天的新聞跟自動販賣機有關。 You put money in the vending machine. You push the number of the thing you want to buy. Then it drops down. You can buy candy, chips, or drinks from vending machines. You can buy other things too. 你只要投錢，按按鈕選你要的商品，它就會掉下來。你可以在販賣機買到糖果、洋芋片、飲料，還有很多其他的東西。 There is a special vending machine in Tainan. It doesn't sell candy, chips, or drinks. It just sells one thing: eggs! People love to see this egg vending machine. They love to take pictures of it. 台南有一台特別的販賣機，只賣一種東西，那就是雞蛋！這台販賣機吸引了很多人來參觀跟拍照。 How much are the eggs? One egg is 25 NT. That's a lot of money! 裡面一顆雞蛋要賣 25 塊錢，好貴！ Do eggs break in the vending machine? No, they don't break. That's good. No one wants to buy a broken egg. But some eggs get stuck. They don't come out of the vending machine. That's because the eggs are different sizes. But this can be fixed. 販賣機裡面的雞蛋不會破掉，但因為雞蛋的大小不同，有可能會卡在機器裡面，不過這個問題很好處理。 Do you want to buy eggs from a vending machine? I think I'll save my money and go to a supermarket! ________________________________ Vocabulary 自動販賣機的商品五花八門，甚至還有雞蛋。 1. candy 糖果 A vending machine? Wow, I'm saved! 自動販賣機? 哇，我得救了！ There are only candy bars and chips here. 這裡只有糖果棒跟洋芋片。 2. how much 多少 Are you sure you want to eat this? 你確定你要吃這些？ Let me see how much they cost first. 我先來看看它們要多少錢。 3. machine 機器 Hmmmm, everything costs 30 NT in the machine. 這個機器裡面每樣東西都要30塊。 That's more money than at the supermarket. 這比超市裡面賣的要貴。 4. buy 買 So do you still want to buy them? 所以你還是要買嗎？ Yeah, I'm too hungry to wait. 要買，我太餓了，不能等。 今天的單字你記住了幾個？ candy 糖果 how much 多少 machine 機器 buy 買 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is a vending machine? A: A washing machine B: A selling machine C: A computer 2. How many dollars is one egg? A: 5 B: 15 C: 25 3. Why do some eggs get stuck? A: They're different sizes B: They're too heavy C: They break Answers 1. B 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I'm at an arcade! They have lots of driving games! But they make me carsick. 我人在遊樂場，這裡有好多賽車遊戲，但我會暈車。 Look! Over there! They have fighting games! Ugh… they're too scary for me! 還有槍戰遊戲，但我覺得有一點恐怖。 I know! I'm going over there to the claw machines! Do you know what a claw machine is? Taiwan has lots! A claw machine looks like a big glass box. There's always a prize in it! The prize can be a toy, candy, or sometimes something expensive! Players can win a cell phone from some claw machines! 我要去玩夾娃娃機。它像個大玻璃櫃，獎品有玩具、糖果，還可能有很貴的東西，像是手機！ To win a prize, a player picks it up with a claw. The claw is a metal robot hand. Picking up the prize sounds easy doesn't it? But it's very hard! 你需要控制金屬爪子去夾獎品，聽起來很簡單，其實很不容易。 A boy played a claw machine. But he didn't win. What did he do then? He climbed inside it. He wanted to take the prize! But then the boy got stuck in the claw machine! 有一個男孩夾不到獎品，就爬進娃娃機裡面，結果卡在裡面出不來！ Some people got him out safely. But now he cannot play that claw machine for one whole year! 後來大家把他安全救出來，但是他一整年不能再玩夾娃娃機了。 Hmm… I want a prize too. But I won't climb inside! I'll play the right way… wish me luck! ________________________________ Vocabulary 夾不到獎品的小男孩，乾脆爬進夾娃娃機的玻璃櫃裡。 1. prize 獎品 Wait, I want to play this one. 等一下，我要玩這個。 You're such a child, Paz. 你真是個小孩。 Look at all these prizes. 你看這些獎品。 They are so much fun! 都很好玩呢。 2. toy 玩具 They are just cheap toys. 它們都只是些便宜玩具。 You're not still playing with toys, are you? 你沒有在玩玩具了吧？ 3. pick up 撿起來 I am. And I like cheap toys. 我有，我喜歡便宜玩具。 Now I have to pick up this car. 現在我一定要夾這個汽車。 4. over there 在那裏 Oh no! Why is it so hard? 糟糕，怎麼這麼難？ Come on. Let me buy you ice cream at the store over there. 來吧，我請你到那邊店裡吃冰淇淋。 你喜歡玩夾娃娃機嗎？ prize 獎品 toy 玩具 pick up 撿起來 over there 在那裏 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What does a claw machine look like? A: A driving game B: Some candy C: A big glass box 2. What is always inside a claw machine? A: A boy B: A prize C: An arcade 3. When can the boy play the claw machine again? A: One week B: One month C: One year Answers 1. C 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I love the beach! Let's swim! Wait! What's all that brown stuff? It smells like bad eggs! 我喜歡海邊，我們去游泳吧！等一下，海灘上那個咖啡色的東西是甚麼？它聞起來好像臭掉的雞蛋。 That brown stuff is seaweed. Seaweed grows in the ocean. Ocean waves push it to the beach. 原來是海帶。海帶生長在海裡，被海浪推到沙灘上。 Some beaches have a lot of smelly seaweed! People don't want to go to those beaches. 有的海灘會有很多臭臭的海帶，讓人根本不想去。 What can we do with this seaweed? Well, we can make houses! 這些海帶可以拿來做什麼呢？可以用來蓋房子！ A gardener in Mexico is making houses from seaweed. His company cleans the seaweed from the beach. He mixes the seaweed with other materials.He makes the blocks. He dries them under Mexico's hot sun. Then the gardener builds houses with the blocks. He makes a little money by selling some of the houses. He gave 14 houses to people in need. 墨西哥的一個園丁用海帶來建造房屋。他的公司清理海灘上的海帶，然後把海帶混合其他的材料，製造成磚塊，用這些磚塊來蓋房子，賣掉這些房子可以賺一點錢。他也曾經把十四棟房子送給需要的人。 Are the seaweed blocks safe? Researchers say they are good for 120 years. 這些海帶磚安全嗎？研究人員說它們還可以維持一百二十年。 Lots of seaweed on beaches is a problem. Making houses from this seaweed is a great idea! ________________________________ Vocabulary 海帶可以用來當作房屋的建材，沒有想到吧？ 1. make 做 Let's have some sushi tonight. 我們今晚來吃壽司。 I'll make them myself. 我自己來做。 Good. Then I'll make seaweed pork rib soup. 好啊，那我做個海帶排骨湯。 2. smelly 有臭味 Why is sushi so delicious? 為什麼壽司這麼好吃？ Because I'm a good cook? 因為我是很棒的廚師？ Of course. But I sometimes find sushi a little smelly. 當然啦，不過我有時候覺得它有點臭。 3. egg 蛋 But it's just rice and some fish. 但它只是米飯加一點魚。 And some eggs. 還有一些蛋。 4. mix with 混合 You like eggs, right? 你喜歡蛋，對吧？ Yeah, especially when they're mixed with onions. 對，特別是它混搭洋蔥的時候。 請注意，來一起讀單字。 make 做 smelly 有臭味 egg 蛋 mix with 混和 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where does the gardener live? A: America B: Canada C: Mexico 2. What's bad about seaweed on the beach? A: It's clean B: It's smelly C: It looks good 3. How many years are the seaweed blocks good? A: 20 B: 120 C: 220 Answers 1. C 2. B 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hello from sunny Greece! I'm here on vacation. Today is World Oceans Day, so I'm relaxing at the beach! 今天是世界海洋日，而我正在希臘的海邊逍遙！ The beaches in this country are great. The sand is soft and the sea is beautiful! For me, swimming at the beach is easy. I can just stand up and walk into the sea! 只要站起來，走進海裡，就可以游泳。 But how about people who can't move easily? Sand makes walking hard for them. And some people can't walk. They use wheelchairs. But wheels don't work well on sand… 但是對於有行動障礙的人，沙子很不好走，輪椅在沙灘上也難行動。 Greece has the answer: special ramps to the sea! Greece is putting these ramps on 287 beaches! The ramps are free and easy to use. People press a button. The ramp carries them into the water. Then they can swim! 希臘想出了辦法! 他們在 287 座海灘搭建了坡道，只要坐上坡道的椅子，按一下按鈕，椅子往下到海邊，就可以游泳了！ What happens when they get tired? No problem! The ramp carries them from the sea to the beach! Now people who can't move easily can go in and out of the water! 玩累了怎麼辦呢？很簡單，爬上坡道的椅子，電動椅會把他們送回岸上。這樣行動不便的人也可以盡情玩水了！ These special ramps make swimming in the sea easy for everyone. Great job, Greece! ________________________________ Vocabulary 希臘的海灘坡道，讓身體有障礙的人也能享受海泳的樂趣。 1. sand 沙子 It feels so good to walk on sand barefoot. 打光腳走在沙灘上真舒服。 Such cool and soft sand! 這麼涼快柔軟的沙子！ 2. relax 放鬆 We should come here every weekend. 我們應該每個周末都來。 It'll make me more relaxed. 會讓我放鬆得多。 3. hard 困難的 You don't have a hard life, Nancy. 你的生活並不難啊。 Oh, but I do. 很難的。 I have to get up every day. 我得每天起床。 And feed three cats and one dog. 餵三隻貓和一隻狗。 4. vacation 假期 Don't tell me you need a vacation. 別跟我說你需要度假。 That's what I was about to say! 我正要說呢！ 今天的單字你記住了幾個？ sand 沙子 relax 放鬆 hard 困難的 vacation 假期 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What special day is today? A: World Problem Day B: World Open Day C: World Oceans Day 2. How many beaches in Greece will have these ramps? A: 287 B: 200 C: 87 3. What does it cost to use the special ramp? A: They're free B: €1 euro C: $1 dollar Answers 1. C 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Some people like to exercise on their own. Maybe they like jogging, or going to the gym. Some people like to play team sports, like baseball or basketball. They play with their friends on a team. There's a fun new team sport! It's reading! 有一些人喜歡自己去運動，像是慢跑或去健身房。有一些人喜歡團隊運動，像是棒球或籃球。但現在有一種新的團隊運動，就是閱讀！ At some schools, students can make teams. The teams read 10 books to get ready for a game. They talk about the books. Who are the writers? What are the names of the books? What are the books about? Who are the people in the books? Students study the books. Then the teams are ready. 學生可以組隊，一起閱讀十本書。然後討論作者、書名、書的內容、角色等等。 The teams play against other teams at their school. The winners play against teams from other schools. One team played against another school's team. Their families, friends, and other students were watching. The teams answered 20 questions. But there was no winner yet! 校內比賽的贏家會跟其他的學校比賽，家人朋友都來看比賽！但是回答了 20 題，贏家還沒有出爐。 The teams answered eight more questions. They gave good answers again and again! Which team was going to win the game? 比賽隊伍又回答了 8 題，通通答對了，到底最後會獎落誰家？ Then… there was a winner! Reading on a team and playing against other teams is fun! Could reading be a sport in Taiwan? ________________________________ Vocabulary 閱讀這種靜態活動，也可以當成團隊運動項目來比賽呢。 1. gym 健身房 Heading out for the gym? 去健身房嗎？ Right, I really need to work out. 對，我真的需要運動。 I've been lazy for two weeks. 我已經偷懶兩個星期。 2. jog 慢跑 Gym is boring. 健身房很無聊。 You can try some outdoor sports. 你可以試試看戶外運動。 Like jogging or biking? 像是跑步或是騎車嗎？ No, thank you. 不，謝了。 3. exercise 運動 I'd rather exercise indoors. 我寧願在室內運動。 It's no fun when you're alone.自己一個人不好玩。 4. talk about 說到 You can talk about things when you jog with someone. 你跟別人一起跑可以聊天。 No, I don't want to wait for others. 不，我不想等別人。 Let's read the vocabulary. gym 健身房 jog 慢跑 exercise 運動 talk about 說到 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Which of these is not a team sport? A: Basketball B: Jogging C: Baseball 2. How do students get ready to read as a sport? A: Throw books B: Study books C: Kick books 3. How many books did the teams have to read? A: 8 B: 20 C: 10 Answers 1. B 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Ugh… I'm tired of walking. Why did I want to walk home? My legs are very tired. How many kilometers can you walk? One kilometer? Five kilometers? Ten kilometers? 走路回家好累人，我的腳好酸。你們可以連續走幾公里呢？一公里、五公里、還是十公里呢？ How about more than two hundred fifty kilometers? That's a very long walk. But somebody did it. Oh wait! Not somebody… some dog did it. His name is Nanuq. 如果要走兩百五十公里呢？有一隻狗狗做到了！牠叫做 Nanuq。 Nanuq went out with some other dogs one day. The other dogs came back. But he didn't come back. His family could not find him. They were very worried. Was Nanuq okay? Nanuq 有一天跟一群狗狗出去玩，但是其他的狗狗都回來了，Nanuq 卻沒有回來。牠的主人找不到牠，非常擔心。 Nanuq was gone for more than a month! Then his family found him. Nanuq was in a place across the sea! The place was two hundred fifty kilometers away! How did Nanuq walk across that many kilometers of seawater? 牠失蹤了一個多月，結果在海的另一邊被找到了。牠走了兩百五十公里！牠是怎麼越過大海的呢？ Nanuq and his family live in a very, very cold place. The sea is icy. Nanuq's family thinks he walked on sea ice. Nanuq was very lucky. He was okay! And he was home! Nanuq 跟牠的主人住在很冷的地方，海面都結冰了。Nanuq 的家人認為牠是走在冰上面過去的。Nanuq 非常地幸運，牠現在終於回家了！ No one knows how Nanuq crossed two hundred fifty kilometers of seawater! What do you think? ________________________________ Vocabulary 一隻牧羊犬是如何越過白令海峽? 牠的主人很好奇。 1. tired of 厭倦 I'm looking forward to winter. 我很期待冬天。 I'm tired of summer. 我厭倦夏天了。 Too bad. 糟糕了。 Summer is just beginning. 夏天才剛開始呢。 2. gone 離開，消失 I wish it was already gone. 我希望它已經走了。 Why do you hate summer so much? 你為什麼那麼討厭夏天? It's too hot. I miss the cold days. 太熱了。我想念冷天氣。 3. cold 冷的 Winter in Taipei is too cold for me. 台北的冬天對我來說太冷了。 In Canada, it's icy everywhere in winter. 加拿大的冬天，到處都結冰。 4. worried 擔心的 People would be worried about too much snow. 大家會擔心雪太多了。 Are you tired of summer? tired of 厭倦 gone 離開，消失 cold 冷的 worried 擔心的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where does this story take place? A: A very hot place B: A very dry place C: A very cold place 2. What is Nanuq? A: A cat B: A dog C: A bird 3. What does Nanuq's family think he walked across? A: Fire B: Air C: Ice Answers 1. C 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn