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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! ________________________________ 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 ________________________________ 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 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

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! ________________________________ 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 ________________________________ 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 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

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! ________________________________ 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 ________________________________ 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 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

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