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Oh no! I can't find my notebook. Where is it? 我找不到我的筆記本。 I wrote down so many good ideas in that notebook! I hope somebody finds it and returns it to me. Some of the ideas I wrote down could change the world! Like Charles Darwin did! 我希望有人找到後可以還給我，裡面有很多的點子，可以像達爾文一樣改變世界！ Do you know who Charles Darwin is? Darwin was a very famous scientist who was known for figuring out a lot of things about animals and other living things. 查爾斯‧達爾文是一個著名的科學家，對許多動植物有深入研究。 Even though he lived a long time ago, a lot of his ideas are still important today. 他的很多想法到今天都還很重要。 He wrote down a lot of his ideas in notebooks. These notebooks were kept in a library in England, until one day, they were stolen! 他的想法都寫在筆記本裡面，被保存在英國的圖書館，但是有一天被偷走了！ But guess what? Twenty-two years later, the notebooks were returned! Somebody put them in a pink bag and left them outside the library's office. 二十二年之後，有人把筆記本放在一個粉紅色的袋子裡面，還給圖書館。 The books are now being kept at the library … in a much safer place, of course, in case someone tries to steal them again. 筆記本現在被保存在圖書館裡面更安全的地方。 But it is still a mystery who took them, and who gave them back. 但是我們仍然不知道是誰拿走的，也不知道是誰還給他們的。 I guess we will never know! ________________________________ Vocabulary 達爾文手寫的筆記本十分珍貴，被偷走多年之後重新出現。 1. notebook 筆記本 Can I borrow your math notebook? 可以借我你的數學筆記本嗎？ Why? Didn't you take notes? 為什麼？你沒有抄筆記嗎? I did. But I missed two classes. 我有，但是有兩堂課我沒上。 2. return 歸還 Did you return my notebook? 我的筆記本你還了嗎？ Not yet. I'll give it back tonight. 還沒有，今晚還給你。 3. steal 偷竊 Oh no, I can't find my hat. 糟糕，找不到我的帽子。 It must be stolen. 一定被偷了。 Who wants to steal an old and ugly hat? 誰要偷一頂又舊又醜的帽子？ You never know. 那可不一定。 4. safe 安全的。 There should be a safe place for hats. 應該有放帽子的安全地方。 Like… on your head? 比如說，你頭上嗎？ Have you ever heard of Charles Darwin? Let's read the words. notebook 筆記本 return 歸還 steal 偷竊 safe 安全的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Who was Charles Darwin? A: A famous scientist B: A friend of the storyteller's C: A thief 2. What was stolen from the library? A: History books B: Library cards C: Darwin's notebooks 3. When was the stolen thing returned? A: 22 years later B: It was never returned C: 2 years later Answers 1. A 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Humans are a kind of ape. 人類是猩猩的一種。 Can you think of some other apes? Chimpanzees, orangutans, and my favorite, gorillas! 其他猩猩還有黑猩猩、紅毛猩猩、跟大猩猩！ Gorillas in the wild usually only live for about 40 years. But the world's oldest gorilla just had a birthday. 野生大猩猩只能活40年左右。但是世界上最老的猩猩才剛過生日！ Fatou the gorilla lives in a zoo in Germany and she is now the world's oldest gorilla. Fatou the gorilla is 65 years old! 名叫 Fatou 的母猩猩今年65歲了！她住在德國的動物園裡面。 Happy birthday, Fatou! Fatou ate a cake for her birthday. The cake was made of rice, vegetables, and berries! The zookeepers in Germany said Fatou loved the cake! 她的生日蛋糕是用米、蔬菜，跟莓果做的，她很喜歡！ Gorillas are the biggest kind of ape. But there are not very many left in the wild! 大猩猩是體型最大的猩猩，不過現在數量不多了。 Big apes like gorillas need a lot of space and a lot of food. But people are cutting down too many trees in the rainforest in Africa. That's the gorillas' home. No trees, no space, no food… no gorillas! 人類砍伐雨林中的樹木，破壞大猩猩的家，這樣牠們可能會絕種！ It's not too late to save the gorillas. We need to stop cutting down trees in the rainforest! ________________________________ Vocabulary 大猩猩可以活到六十幾歲，但是牠們的數量越來越少。 1) in the wild 在野外 Let's go camping next week. 我們下星期去露營吧。 What? Living in the wild? 什麼，住在野外？ No, I can't do it. I'm a city girl. 我不行。我是都市女郎。 2) rainforest 雨林 It's not in the rainforest or anything like that. 又不是在雨林裡面或是類似的地方。 And you like wild animals! 而且你喜歡野生動物啊！ I only want to see them on TV. 我只想在電視上看牠們。 3) birthday cake 生日蛋糕 What's a tiger's birthday cake made of? 老虎的生日蛋糕要用什麼做？ Let me think. Beef and pork? 我想想，牛肉和豬肉嗎？ Maybe we can put in an apple too. 也許可以放一個蘋果進去。 4) food 食物 Apples are good food, but tigers may not like them. 蘋果是好食物，但是老虎可能不喜歡。 Okay, let's read today's words. in the wild 在野外 rainforest 雨林 birthday cake 生日蛋糕 food 食物 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How old is the world's oldest gorilla? A: 25 years old B: 600 years old C: 65 years old 2. Where does the oldest gorilla live? A: At a zoo in Germany B: At a zoo in Malaysia C: At a zoo in South Africa 3. How can people help save wild gorillas? A: Stop cutting down trees in the rainforest B: Stop eating candy C: Stop doing your homework Answers 1. C 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I have a funny question for you: Have you ever heard a cow burp? 你有聽過牛打嗝嗎？ Yes, cows burp. They burp a lot! A cow burp probably sounds like this… Oh, wait. That's a moo. Here's a burp… Maybe you've heard a cow burp. But have you ever seen a picture of a burp? 你可能聽過牛的打嗝，但是你有看過牛打出來的嗝的照片嗎？ Yes, you can take a picture of a burp. But, you need a special camera. Scientists in America used a special camera to take pictures of cow burps. The camera was in space! 美國科學家用外太空的相機，拍到牛打出來的嗝。 Why did the scientists take pictures of cow burps from space? 為什麼要拍這種照片呢？ When cows burp, they make a gas. This gas is called methane. 因為當牛打嗝的時候，會產生一種氣體，名叫甲烷。 Too much methane makes the world hotter. So, too much methane is not good for the world. 太多甲烷會造成全球暖化。 The scientists want to find out where the methane is. They can see where the methane is in the pictures from the satellite. This can help them understand how much methane there is in the world. 科學家用人造衛星拍照，可以看出來什麼地方有很多甲烷。 What does a picture of cow burps look like? In the pictures from space, they look blue. That's right! A cow burp looks blue in a photo! 所以牛打嗝長什麼樣子呢？在照片中，這些嗝是藍色的！ What about farts? I wonder what a fart looks like? 我很好奇放屁會是什麼樣子？ ________________________________ Vocabulary 牛打嗝放屁的氣體都有甲烷，而這種氣體是全球暖化的重要原因。 1. burp 打嗝 Cows burp, and we burp too. 牛打嗝，我們也打嗝。 So we also make methane. 所以我們也製造甲烷。 We make more CO2. 我們製造比較多的二氧化碳。 It's another kind of gas. 它是另外一種氣體。 2. take picture 拍照 Would you take a picture of me? 幫我拍一張照片好嗎？ Of you eating watermelon? 拍你吃西瓜喔？ Yeah, I want to post the picture on my Facebook. 對，我要把照片po在臉書上。 3. photo 照片 What's so special about the photo? 這張照片有什麼特別？ It can cool people down. 可以讓人覺得涼快一點。 4. camera 照相機 My camera takes 4 photos in one second. 我的相機每秒拍四張照片。 That's an amazing camera! 真驚人的相機！ 你經常拍照嗎? 來讀讀單字。 burp 打嗝 take picture 照相 photo 照片 camera 相機 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where were the special cameras? A: On farms B: In space C: In America 2. Why are cow burps bad for the world? A: They make a bad smell. B: They hurt other animals. C: They make the world hotter. 3. What color is a cow burp? A: Blue B: Brown C: Purple Answers 1. B 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hey students! Have you ever been to Qingjin Farm? It's in Nantou County. 你們去過南投清境農場嗎？ It's a great place to see sheep. You can watch the sheep run. And you can watch the sheep getting sheared. 在那裡你可以看到很多綿羊，也可以看剪羊毛秀。 Do you know what the hair of sheep is called? No, it's not called hair. It isn't called fur, either. It's called fleece. Sheep have a lot of fleece. Fleece 就是羊毛。 Today, I want to talk about a special sheep named Shrekapo in New Zealand. New Zealand has a lot of sheep. Shrekapo had a lot of fleece. I mean really a lot. Most sheep have about five kilograms of fleece. But Shrekapo had almost 20 kilograms of fleece! 一般的綿羊大概有五公斤的羊毛。但在紐西蘭，有一隻叫做 Shrekapo 的綿羊有快二十公斤的羊毛！ Why did that sheep have so much fleece? It's because it ran away from a farm. It was missing for a few years. That means no one sheared that sheep for three years! That's why it had nearly 20 kilograms of fleece. 為什麼牠有這麼多羊毛？因為牠失蹤了好幾年，沒有人幫牠剪羊毛。 Shrekapo had so much fleece it couldn't see. Its fleece was covering its eyes. 牠的羊毛多到都擋住牠的眼睛了。 They found Shrekapo near a lake in New Zealand in April. Then, they sheared the animal. I think Shrekapo feels a lot better now. And he can see now, too! ________________________________ Vocabulary 迷途3年的綿羊 剪下來的羊毛多達20公斤。 1) kilogram 公斤 Losing 20 kilograms is a lot for a sheep. 失掉20公斤 對一頭羊來說很多呢。 Yeah, a sheep usually weighs just 45 kilograms. 一頭綿羊通常只有45公斤重。 2) hair 毛髮 Imagine having 20 kilograms of hair. 想像一下擁有重20公斤的頭髮。 The hair must be very long! 那頭髮一定很長！ I prefer short hair. 我比較喜歡短頭髮。 3) cover 遮住 Why are you covering your eye? 你為什麼遮住一隻眼睛？ Because I was hit by a ball. 因為我被球打到。 It hurts a lot. 很痛呢！ 4) better 比較好 Are you feeling better now? 你現在覺得好些了嗎？ I am. Much better. 好多了。 Luckily my left eye works just fine. 幸運的是我的左眼很管用. 今天的單字你背起來了嗎？ kilogram 公斤 hair 毛髮 cover 遮住 better 比較好 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Why was Shrekapo a special sheep? A: It was such a fat sheep B: It had so much fleece C: It had fur, not fleece 2. What problem did Shrekapo have? A: It couldn't walk B: It couldn't hear C: It couldn't see 3. How much fleece do most sheep have? A: About 2 kilograms B: About 5 kilograms C: About 20 kilograms Answers 1. B 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Here are a few questions for you: What grows outside in the forest, but is not a plant? What is alive, but is not an animal? What is not an animal, and not a plant, but you can eat them? 什麼東西是長在森林裡面，卻不是植物？有生命，卻不是動物？但是卻可以吃？ The answer is mushrooms! Mushrooms are part of a special family of living things… not animals and not plants. 蕈菇類是一種特別的生物，不是動物也不是植物。 And, scientists say mushrooms can "talk" with electricity. 科學家說它們用電來講話！ Mushrooms look small, but underground there is a huge mushroom world, and they are talking to each other. It's almost like they have a mushroom internet! 蕈菇小小的，但是在它們的地底下卻有一個大型的菇菇世界在交談，就像個菇類的網路！ Mushrooms use electricity to talk. And, scientists now think they might have their own language. 科學家認為菇類很有可能有自己的語言。 Scientists think they've discovered at least 50 electric messages that are mushroom words! 他們發現了至少50種電訊。 They think one electric message is a word that means "danger!" and another means "there is food nearby!" 有一些訊號的意思是「危險」，有一些是「附近有食物」。 This is really cool, but it's a little hard for people to understand, because we use sounds to make words, but they use electricity! 我們很難理解，因為我們用聲音來溝通，而蕈菇用電來發出訊號。 Scientists are going to keep studying mushrooms and keep discovering amazing things about them and how they talk. Who knows? One day, we might be able to talk to mushrooms! ________________________________ Vocabulary 蕈菇的菌絲錯綜複雜，還能用微弱的電力來傳遞訊息。 1) underground 地下的 What animals live underground? 什麼動物住在地下？ I do. I live in the basement. 是我。我住在地下室。 I wouldn't count you as an animal. 你不算動物。 2) language 語言 Animals use a lot of body language. 動物用很多身體語言。 I know. 我知道。 My dog bares his teeth when angry. 我的狗生氣時會露出牙齒。 3) word 字 So he uses his teeth like we use words. 所以他用牙齒就像我們用文字。 I guess so. 大概是吧。 And the word means "angry". 而那個字的意思是生氣。 4) message 訊息 That's a clear message. 那是很清楚的訊息。 It is. My dog can send many other messages too. 是啊。我的狗也可以傳遞很多別的訊息。 Okay, let's read the words. underground 地下的 language 語言 word 字 message 訊息 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is not an animal or a plant, but is alive? A: Pizza B: Mushrooms C: Computers 2. How do mushrooms talk? A: By screaming really loudly B: They use electric messages C: They use cell phones 3. What do scientists think they found? A: They think they found a mushroom language B: They think they found some jelly beans C: They think they found a dancing dog Answers 1. B 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi students! Do you know what a flamingo is? 你們知道 Flamingo 是什麼嗎？Flamingo 就是紅鶴。 Flamingoes are cool birds. They are pink, and they have really long legs. They sound like this. That sounds like a goose or a duck. But those are flamingoes. 紅鶴是粉紅色的，有長長的腿，叫聲像鵝或鴨子。 Today, I want to talk about one flamingo. This flamingo's name is Pink Floyd. About 17 years ago, Pink Floyd was living in a zoo in America. But Pink Floyd and another flamingo didn't want to stay in a zoo. So, they escaped. 17年以前，有一隻叫做 Pink Floyd 的紅鶴跟牠的夥伴逃出了動物園！ The zoo thinks Pink Floyd was about three years old when it escaped in 2005. So, today, that flamingo is about 20 years old. 牠逃跑的時候大約三歲，所以現在大概有二十歲了。 Nobody knew where Pink Floyd went. But, recently, somebody saw it in Texas, which is a state in the US. Wow! They finally found Pink Floyd, 17 years after it escaped. 不過最近有人在美國德州發現了 Pink Floyd。 Does this mean Pink Floyd is going back to the zoo? No. The zoo says Pink Floyd can be free. They are not going to try to catch the bird. The zoo people think they might hurt Pink Floyd if they try to catch it. 動物園決定不要把牠帶回去，讓牠自由。他們擔心如果嘗試抓牠會害牠受傷。 Pink Floyd, I hope you have a happy life! Enjoy your freedom in Texas! ________________________________ Vocabulary 紅鶴飛向自由十七年，讓動物學家驚嘆。 1. free 自由的 This flamingo has been free for a long time. 這隻紅鶴自由了好長一段時間！ Yeah, and I'm happy that he will stay free. 對啊，我很高興牠會一直保持自由。 2. sound like 聽起來像 What does a duck's call sound like? 鴨子叫聽起來像什麼？ It sounds like this, quack quack. 聽起來就像這樣，嘎嘎。 3. about 大約 I have about 300 NT dollars. 我有差不多三百塊。 How much do you have? 你有多少錢？ I have about 1,000. 大概一千塊。 4. escape 逃離 Why do animals want to escape from the zoo? 動物為什麼要從動物園逃走？ Why not? 為什麼不呢？ Who wants to live in a cage? 有誰想住在籠子裡？ I know some do. 我知道有些動物會想。 Okay, these are fun words to learn. free 自由的 sound like 聽起來像 about 大約 escape 逃離 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where did Pink Floyd live 17 years ago? A: In a zoo B: In a park C: In someone's home 2. What is true about a flamingo? A: It is a big duck B: It can only live a few years C: It has long legs 3. What will happen to Pink Floyd? A: It will go back to a zoo B: It will be free C: It will escape from a zoo Answers 1. A 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I want to ask you a fun question. What would you do if you won the lottery? I mean a really big, big lottery. No, more money than that. Yes, lots and lots and lots of money. 如果你中大樂透，你會想做什麼？ Would you buy a really cool sports car? Or maybe an airplane? Or a big house with a big swimming pool? 你會買跑車嗎？買飛機、或是有游泳池的大房子？ Or would you use the money to help save our planet. That's what one man from France did. 有一個法國人決定捐錢來幫助拯救地球。 He won nearly $220 million U.S. dollars in a lottery. Wow, 220 million?! Then he decided to give almost all of that money away! He wants to use the money to help protect forests and plant trees, especially in France. 他中了兩億兩千萬美元的樂透，決定把大部分捐出去保護森林，栽種樹木。 The French guy is worried about the Earth. He knows the world has a lot of environmental problems, like pollution and climate change. He thinks planting trees and protecting forests can really help the world. 這個法國人覺得地球有很多問題，比如說空氣汙染還有氣候變遷，他相信種樹跟保護森林會大有幫助。 So, I guess he's not going to buy an airplane. Or a cool sports car. What a great guy! ________________________________ Vocabulary 這個突然發大財的法國人，決定要做大事。 1. win 贏得 I can't imagine winning 2 million NT. 我不能想像贏兩百萬。 I once won 200 NT. 我有一次贏了兩百塊。 I just put it in my pocket. 我就只把它放進口袋裡。 2. million 百萬 If I win 20 million, maybe I'll buy something. 如果我贏了兩千萬，也許會買些什麼。 Yeah, like what? 是嗎，比如說什麼？ Like a burger store. 比如買一家漢堡店。 3. give away 送出去 You like hamburgers that much? 你那麼喜歡漢堡喔？ I do. But I want to give away some burgers too. 對，但是我也要送一些漢堡給人。 4. buy 購買 What else will you buy? 你還會買什麼？ A trip to Iceland. 去冰島旅行。 I'd like to see the volcanoes there. 我想看看那兒的火山。 What will you buy if you have lots of money? 來讀一讀單字。 win 贏得 million 百萬 give away 送出去 buy 購買 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How much money did the man win? A: Almost $2 million dollars B: Almost $20 million dollars C: Almost $220 million dollars 2. What did the man do with the money? A: He bought an airplane B: He bought a sports car C: He gave it away 3. Where does the man live? A: In the United States B: In France C: In Spain Answers 1. C 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Are you afraid of snakes? I think a snake is a cool animal… but I don't really want to get close to one! 我覺得蛇很酷，但是我可不想靠近牠！ And I definitely don't want to be on a train with a snake! 更不希望在火車上碰到蛇！ But that's what happened to some people on a train here in Taiwan! 但是在台灣就發生這種事！ Someone looked up and said, "Hey! What's that? Is it a snake?" Then some other people looked too. They said, "Yes, it is!! It's a snake! Quick! Call for help! There's a snake on the train!" The train conductor called the fire department and stopped the train in Yilan. He told everyone "Quick! Get off the train! The firefighters are coming to catch the snake." 列車長打電話給消防隊，並且在宜蘭停車。他請大家下車，讓消防員抓蛇。 The firefighters came into the train and caught the snake. It was a boa constrictor. A boa constrictor is not a poisonous snake… but that kind of snake doesn't live in Taiwan. 牠是一條紅尾蚺，雖然沒有毒，但牠不是台灣本地的蛇。 The firefighters said they think it was someone's pet! 消防隊員認為是某人飼養的寵物！ They think the pet snake got away, climbed up to the place above the seats… and hid behind the bags. 牠跑出來之後，爬到座位上面的地方，而且躲在包包後面。 If I was the one who saw the snake, I'm sure I would have screamed… "AAAHH!! Snake!! On the train! And it doesn't have a ticket!" 我如果看到蛇，應該也會尖叫。 I'm happy no people or animals were hurt… but if the snake was a pet, its owner should be more careful. Nobody wants to ride a train with a snake! ________________________________ Vocabulary 有人帶寵物蛇搭火車，卻讓牠跑了出來。 1) train 火車 Should we take the train or bus? 我們應該坐火車還是巴士？ Train is better. 火車比較好。 I can walk around on a train. 我可以在火車上走來走去。 2) fire department 消防隊 I think we're totally lost. 我覺得我們完全迷路了。 Let me call the fire department. 我來打電話給消防隊。 No, you need to call the police. 不對，你得打給警察。 3) firefighter 救火員 Firefighters catch snakes. 救火員抓蛇。 I think they save people too. 我想他們也救人。 4) catch 捕捉 They do. 他們是會救人。 But they often catch snakes or bees. 不過他們經常抓蛇或是蜜蜂。 Bees? They don't catch bees. 蜜蜂？他們不會捉蜜蜂。 They just remove the beehive. 他們只是把蜂巢摘掉。 These are useful words to learn. train 火車 fire department 消防隊 firefighter 消防員 catch 捕捉 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What kind of snake was on the train? A: A green snake B: A cobra C: A boa constrictor 2. What did the conductor do? A: Called the firefighters and stopped the train B: Called for some pizza and ice cream C: Called the zoo and asked them what to do 3. What did the firefighters say? A: They said they think the snake was someone's pet B: They said, "That's not a snake! That's a cat!" C: They said, "Call someone else! We're afraid of snakes." Answers 1. C 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Yes! The Dragon Boat Festival is here! I like this holiday. 端午節要到囉！ I like to eat sticky rice dumplings, and it's fun to watch people racing in those long boats with a dragon at the front. 我很喜歡吃粽子，也喜歡看划龍舟比賽。 Sometimes they have a drum on the boat and everyone rows to the sound of the drum… dum, dum, dum… 有時候船上會有鼓，大家會跟著打鼓的節奏划船。 Did you know that the Dragon Boat Festival and dragon boat racing are getting popular all over the world? It's true! There are dragon boat races in 68 countries! 划龍舟比賽越來越受歡迎，現在68個國家都有比賽！ People saw the dragon boat races in Taiwan and they said "That looks like fun! We want to have dragon boat races, too!" Last year, dragon boat races in Taiwan were canceled because of COVID, and this year, we still have problems with COVID! Aiyah! 去年划龍舟比賽因為疫情停辦了，結果今年還是有疫情。 Some doctors say Covid will stop being such a big problem in Taiwan after a few more months. I hope they are right. 希望他們是對的。 This year, we should still be careful during the Dragon Boat Festival. It's probably not a good idea to go to places with a lot of people. And we should remember to wear a mask and wash our hands, before we eat those yummy sticky rice dumplings. 要記得戴口罩，吃粽子前也要洗手喔！ ________________________________ Vocabulary 端午節最重要的活動莫過於划龍舟，吃粽子了。 1) race 比賽 Let's go watch the dragon boat race tomorrow. 我們明天去看龍舟賽吧。 That sounds exciting! Where will it be? 聽起來很棒！在哪裡？ On Keelung River. 基隆河上。 We can watch it at the Riverside Park. 我們可以在河濱公園看。 2) boat 船 I love those long boats. 我很喜歡那些長船。 Yeah, they look like they're gliding on water. 它們看起來像在水面上滑行。 3) problem 問題 But there's a problem with my plan. 不過我的計畫有個問題。 What problem? 什麼問題？ It will rain tomorrow. 明天會下雨。 You don't know that for sure. 這你不能確定。 4) drum 鼓 Did you hear that? 你聽到了嗎？ You mean the sounds of a drum? 你是說鼓聲嗎？ Right, it's coming closer now. 對，越來越近了。 Please read the words with me. race 比賽 boat 船 problem 問題 drum 鼓 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What do people eat at the Dragon Boat Festival? A: Popcorn B: Fried rice C: Sticky rice dumplings 2. How many countries have dragon boat races now? A: 62 B: 680 C: 68 3. Why did Taiwan cancel dragon boat races in 2021? A: People didn't want to race B: It was raining C: Because of COVID-19 Answers 1. C 2. C 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Can you throw a baseball really far? I can't. 打棒球的時候，你可以把球投得很遠嗎？我不行。 But, when I spin my arm around and around and then throw a baseball, the ball flies farther. 如果我先旋轉我的手臂，再把球丟出去，球會飛得比較遠。 Spinning around and around gives the ball more energy. This is called "momentum". 這叫做【動力】。 When something has a lot of momentum, it can be thrown really far! NASA is the American space agency. They want to try using lots of momentum to send rockets to space using no fuel! 現在美國太空總署想要用同樣的原理來發射火箭進入太空！ A machine with an "arm" will hold the rocket and start spinning. It will keep spinning and spinning and spinning, until it gets up to 5,000 kilometers per hour! Then… whoosh! The arm of the machine will let go! And the rocket will fly straight up from the earth. It will fly up into the sky and all the way into space! 太空總署的發射器有一隻機器手臂，會旋轉火箭，直到它的時速高達五千公里。手臂鬆開之後，火箭就會一飛沖天，一路飛進太空。 It's a really cool idea because it doesn't need any fuel. So it saves money and it doesn't cause any pollution. 這不需要用到燃料，很省錢也不會汙染環境。 ________________________________ Vocabulary 用甩球的方式把火箭甩進太空，真是神奇！ 1. rocket 火箭 How does a spaceship go into space? 太空船是怎麼進太空的？ The rocket pushes it into space. 火箭把它推進太空。 2. throw 扔 Come on, throw the ball to me. 來把球扔給我。 That's too high! 太高了！ Sorry about that. I'll throw better this time. 真抱歉，這次我會投好一點。 3. machine 機器 Name a machine that changed the world. 你說一個改變世界的機器。 An elevator? 升降機如何？ Yeah, without it we wouldn't have tall buildings. 對，沒有它我們就沒有高樓。 4. arm 手臂 That man has robot arms. 那個人有機器手臂。 Wow, he must be very strong! 哇，那他一定很強壯！ And he can get pizza right from the oven. 他也可以直接從烤箱裡拿披薩。 Let's read the words together. rocket 火箭 throw 扔 machine 機器 arm 手臂 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How will this new rocket get into space? A: By spinning really fast on earth and then shooting up into the sky B: By using a new, super big engine C: By going underwater and then shooting up in the sky 2. How fast will the machine "arm" spin before letting the rocket go? A: 5,000 kilometers per hour B: 50 kilometers per hour C: 450,000 kilometers per hour 3. What does spinning really fast do? A: It gives things more energy B: It makes you happy C: It makes things go slower Answers 1. A 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn