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Do you know what a "milestone" is? In Chinese, it's 【里程碑】. There are many kinds of milestones. When you become 18 years old, that's a milestone. When you get your first job, that's a milestone. And, if you get married or have a baby, those are milestones, too. 18歲成年、第一份工作、或是結婚生小孩，每一個都是一種里程碑。 Today, I want to talk about a different kind of milestone. This one is about plastic. The milestone is about cleaning up a lot of plastic in the ocean. 現在，有一個清理海洋塑膠垃圾的里程碑！ First, I need to tell you about something called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a really big pile of plastic floating in the ocean. Most of that plastic is in very small pieces. It can hurt fish and other animals in the ocean. 太平洋垃圾島是一堆在海上飄的垃圾推起來的，這些垃圾會害魚跟其他的動物受傷。 Some people are trying very hard to clean up the plastic from the ocean. One of these people is a man named Boyan Slat. He made a special type of machine to clean up plastic from the ocean. 一個叫做 Boyan Slat 做了一台清理塑膠的機器。 This year, his machine hit a milestone. It cleaned up 220,000 pounds of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. That's almost the same weight as a blue whale, the biggest animal on earth! 今年這台機器達到了一個里程碑，清了好多垃圾，重量幾乎跟一頭藍鯨一樣重！ Wow! Congratulations! ________________________________ Vocabulary 環保人士清除了大量海洋垃圾，達成新的里程碑。 1. get married 結婚 Tom says he's getting married when he's 21. 湯姆說他要21歲時結婚。 But he's only 10 now! 但是他現在才十歲！ 2. try 努力 Well, he says he'll try hard to save money. 他說他要努力存錢。 How much has he saved? 他存了多少了？ About one hundred NT. 大約一百塊吧。 He has to try harder. 他得再努力一點。 3. milestone 里程碑 I think for him, 1,000 NT would be a milestone. 我想對他來說，一千塊就是個里程碑。 That shouldn't be too hard. 那應該沒那麼困難。 4. job 工作 Maybe he can get a job. 也許他可以找個工作。 He's too young to have a real job. 他太小了，不能真的去工作。 He can water my plants. 他可以幫我的植物澆水。 These are very useful words. get married 結婚 try 努力 milestone 里程碑 job 工作 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is a milestone? A: An important day B: A heavy rock C: A kind of shoe 2. What is 'The Great Pacific Garbage Patch'? A: A small pile of floating trash B: A breed of dog C: A big pile of floating trash 3. What did Boyan Slat do? A: Made a machine to clean the ocean B: Named 'The Great Pacific Garbage Patch' C: Weighed a Blue Whale Answers 1. A 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hey, students! Let's talk about art. There are paintings, and drawings… There is sculpting… Even photography can be art! 畫畫、雕刻、攝影，都可以變成藝術！ Almost anything can be art, even a vegetable! 就連蔬菜也是可以！ In New Zealand, a man named Matthew Griffin made art with a pickle! 有一個紐西蘭藝術家，用酸黃瓜做藝術品！ He put a pickle on the ceiling of an art gallery in New Zealand. It's a little dirty because it has sauce from a hamburger on it. The sauce makes the pickle stay on the ceiling. 他用漢堡的醬料，把一片漢堡裡用的酸黃瓜黏在美術館的天花板上。 People can buy this art. It costs 187,000 NT dollars. What? I can't believe it… 187,000 NT dollars for a dirty pickle! 竟然要賣十八萬七千元新台幣！ Do you think anyone will buy it? Well, a few years ago someone taped a banana to a wall. That was art too, and someone paid more than $3 million NT dollars for it! 之前還有人把香蕉黏在牆壁上，賣了三百萬元台幣！ I should do something like that. Maybe I can put a carrot on a wall! I will only charge $30 million NT for it. Would you like to buy my carrot? 下一次我也要把紅蘿蔔黏在牆壁上！我只賣… 三千萬台幣好了！ Well, I'm going to the store right now to buy some more fruit and vegetables! I love art! ________________________________ Vocabulary 每個人對藝術作品的看法都不同，很難說出它的價值。 1. painting 畫 Wow, you did this painting yourself? 哇，你自己畫的這幅畫嗎？ Yeah, I'm an artist, you know. 是啊，你要知道我是藝術家。 2. hamburger 漢堡 You call this… hamburger art? 你把這個漢堡叫做藝術？ What's wrong? 有什麼不對？ You don't like hamburgers? 你不喜歡漢堡？ Not when it's on the wall. 它在牆上的時候我不喜歡。 3. buy 買 I'm selling it for 10,000 NT. 我要出價一萬元把它賣掉。 Are you kidding? Nobody will buy it. 你開玩笑嗎? 沒有人要買的。 4. someone 有人 You're quite wrong. 你錯了。 Someone has asked about it. 已經有人來問了。 It must be your mother. 一定是你媽媽。 Let's read the vocabulary. painting 畫 hamburger 漢堡 buy 買 someone 有人 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where can people see this pickle art? A: France B: New Zealand C: The USA 2. How did the pickle stick to the ceiling? A: With tape B: With a hammer and nail C: With sauce 3. How much did someone pay for the banana art? A: More than 30 million NT B: More than 13 million NT C: More than 3 million NT Answers 1. B 2. C 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hey students! Do you know what's cool? Flying cars! They can drive on roads like regular cars. But they have wings that let them fly in the air, too! 飛天汽車很酷吧！這台車在陸地跟一般的車子一樣，但它也有翅膀，可以讓它飛起來！ Today, I want to talk about a company called Samson. Samson wants to make a flying car called the Switchblade. When the car flies, the wings swing out from under the car. They fold back when it is on the road, so the wings are hidden. 有一家叫做Samson的公司做了一台叫飛天車，名字叫做「彈簧刀」。它的翅膀可以折疊收起來。 The Switchblade has just three wheels, not four. But it can go really fast, like a sports car. On land, it can travel 200 kilometers an hour. In the air, it can go even faster… 305 kilometers an hour! 他只有三個輪子，但是可以跟跑車一樣快！在陸地上可以跑到時速200公里，飛起來可以達到時速305公里。 The Switchblade also comes with a parachute. If the motor stops in the air, the parachute will come out. Then the car can just float down to the ground. 這一台車還有降落傘，如果車子突然壞了也可以安全降落。 It would be great to have a flying car! I would no longer get stuck in traffic jams. 有了飛天車，我就不會塞到車了！ But it would be expensive, more than $4 million NT! 但是它要四百萬台幣，好貴！ I don't think I can pay for that. I guess I'll just have to keep taking the MRT. ________________________________ Vocabulary 如果汽車都可以飛上天，還需要飛機嗎？ 1. wing 翅膀 My God! That's not a plane in the air. 天哪，那架在空中的不是飛機。 It's a car! 是汽車！ And it has two wings! 它並且還有兩隻翅膀！ 2. fold 折疊 It's folding back the wings now. 它現在把翅膀收起來了。 How amazing! 真驚人！ Wings that can come out and fold back. 翅膀可以打開，收起來。 3. ground 地面 Now it's touching the ground. 現在它碰到地面了。 Let's go take a look. 我們過去瞧瞧。 Hey, I can't run so fast! 我沒辦法跑那麼快！ 4. wheel 車輪 See, it's only got 3 wheels. 你看，它只有三個輪子。 Yeah, one wheel under the nose, and 2 in the back. 對，一個在鼻子下面，兩個在後面。 It really looks like a toy! 真像個玩具呢！ 你想搭乘飛天汽車嗎？一起來讀單字。 wing 翅膀 fold 摺疊 ground 地面 wheel 車輪 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where are the wings of the Switchblade hidden? A: On top of the car B: On the sides of the car C: Under the car 2. How fast can the Switchblade travel on land? A: 305 kilometers an hour B: 400 kilometers an hour C: 200 kilometers an hour 3. How many wheels will the Switchblade have? A: 2 B: 3 C: 4 Answers 1. C 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hey students, do you know what animal this is? 這是什麼動物呢？ Did you guess a pigeon? 你們猜到的是鴿子嗎？猜對了！ You see them a lot in parks. Some people like to feed them. Pigeons are okay on the ground. But the trouble with pigeons is that they fly. And when they fly… That's right, they poo! And sometimes that poo lands on people's heads. Yuck! 很噁心！鴿子邊飛邊大便，有時候會掉在人的頭上。 In San Francisco, pigeons poo a lot on people. That's why, in San Francisco, they decided to do something about it. They got a man to bring his hawk! The man and his hawk go to a subway station in San Francisco three days a week. 在舊金山，有一個人每一個禮拜有三天，會帶他的老鷹去地鐵站。 Pigeons are afraid of hawks. They think hawks will eat them. So, when they see a hawk, they get scared and fly away! 鴿子怕老鷹，就會飛走！ The hawk's name is Pac-Man. His owner gives Pac-Man lots of food and treats, so Pac-Man doesn't eat the pigeons, he just scares them away. 這隻老鷹叫 Pac-Man，牠的主人給牠很多食物，所以牠不會吃鴿子。 Because of that, he isn't hungry, so he doesn't need to eat the pigeons. But he still scares them away. Which is much better! Nobody likes to get pigeon poo on their head! ________________________________ Vocabulary 放出老鷹來嚇走鴿子，這究竟是不是個好主意？ 1. scare away 嚇走 Look, a hawk is coming this way. 你看，一隻老鷹飛過來了。 Uh oh, it's going to scare away the pigeons! 糟糕，牠會把鴿子嚇走！ I'm scared of hawks, too. 我也怕老鷹呢。 2. afraid of 害怕 Why are you so afraid of hawks? 你為什麼這麼怕老鷹？ Are you kidding? Hawks are hunters. 開什麼玩笑，老鷹會打獵。 3. fly away 飛走 Don't worry. It's flying away now. 別擔心，牠飛走了。 So are all the pigeons. 鴿子也都飛走了。 I hope they fly back. 我希望牠們再飛回來。 4. on the ground 在地上 I don't like so much pigeon poop on the ground. 我不喜歡這麼多鴿糞在地上。 Me either. 我也不喜歡。 These are useful phrases. scare away 嚇走 afraid of 害怕 fly away 飛走 on the ground 在地上 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Why did the subway system hire the man with a hawk? A: To keep people safe from pigeon poo B: To make people laugh C: To get more people to ride the subway 2. What does the hawk do? A: It eats pigeons B: It scares pigeons C: It eats food so pigeons can't get it 3. Why does the man feed the hawk lots of food and treats? A: So it works harder B: So it doesn't bite the man C: So it doesn't eat pigeons Answers 1. A 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you kids like to sing? Some people can sing well. Others sing like this. For bad singers, there is now help! A company in Japan made a special device. This device can help people sing better. 日本的公司做了一個裝置，讓人唱歌更好聽。 It's small and you put it in your mouth. It looks like that thing parents give babies to suck on, to stop them from crying. 它要放在嘴巴裡面，有一點像奶嘴。 People who want to sing better use this device for three minutes every day. They just put it in their mouth and do other things for three minutes. 只要每天放在嘴巴裡三分鐘就可以了。 How does it work? Well, the top of your mouth has a hard part and a soft part. Try this: put your tongue at the top of your mouth. At the front, there is a hard part. At the back, there is a soft part. 怎麼做到的呢？我們的嘴巴上面有一個硬硬的跟一個軟軟的地方。 The soft part of your mouth naturally goes up when you sing or yawn. This device pushes the soft part of your mouth up. 唱歌或是打哈欠時，軟軟的那塊會往上跑。這個裝置會幫你把它推上去。 What do you think? Would you order one of these to help you sing better? If you do, your friends might thank you when you sing at a KTV! "Ow! My ears!" ________________________________ Vocabulary 想要做個好歌手，現在有秘密武器喔！ 1. sing 唱歌 Would you sing for me, Trevor? 你可以為我唱歌嗎？ No no, I'm a bad singer. 不，我唱得不好。 My friends always complain when I begin to sing. 我一開口唱歌我的朋友總是抱怨。 2. better 比較好的 Have you thought about singing better? 你有沒有想過要唱好一點？ Yeah, I have. But nothing seems to work. 有啊，可是好像沒什麼用。 3. device 小設備 Here, this device should help you sing better. 來，這個小設備可以讓你進步一點。 Wow, this is really helpful! 哇，真的有幫助耶！ 4. japan 日本 Where did you get it? 你從哪裡弄來的？ I think it's from Japan. 我想它來自日本。 Japanese people must love singing. 日本人一定很愛唱歌。 你喜歡唱歌嗎？先來讀讀單字吧。 sing 唱歌 better 比較好的 device 小設備 Japan 日本 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Which is true about the device? A: It was made by a company in Japan B: It is made of gold C: It tastes like strawberries 2. How long should people use the special device? A: 3 minutes a day B: 13 minutes a week C: 30 minutes a month 3. What does the device do? A: It makes the mouth wider B: It lifts the top of the mouth C: It pushes people's tongues up Answers 1. A 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I'm in Pingtung today! It's sunny and… Wow! What is that? It's a Green Iguana! 是一隻綠鬣蜥耶！ Wow! It's huge! It looks like a little dinosaur! Listen, I like iguanas, but they are not supposed to live in Taiwan. These kinds of iguanas live in South America, and it's never a good idea to take animals to a place where they don't come from. 綠鬣蜥是南美洲的動物，不應該帶進來台灣。 These iguanas in Taiwan are invaders! 牠們是入侵者！ It's true! Someone probably brought baby iguanas to Taiwan to be pets, but then the iguanas grew up and became super big lizards! 一開始應該有人把牠當寵物養，但是牠長大以後變成太大隻了！ Some owners said "Aiyah! This iguana is huge! It's scary!" So they let them go out into the wild. 然後牠的主人有可能覺得「怎麼這麼大！好可怕！」，就把牠丟到野外。 The iguanas like Pingtung because it's hot and sunny. But the iguanas are bad for the environment in Pingtung. They are hungry eaters! 但是綠鬣蜥對環境很不好。 The farmers won't be able to make money if iguanas keep eating their fruit and veggies. 牠們會吃農夫種的蔬菜跟水果！這樣農夫都賺不到錢。 So, now in Pingtung, people are trying to catch these invaders and take them out of Taiwan. Sorry, iguanas. You're cool, but you don't belong in Taiwan. ________________________________ Vocabulary 綠鬣蜥是外來物種，對本土農業造成很大的損害。 1. live 居住 Where do iguanas usually live? 綠鬣蜥平常住在哪裡？ They usually live in South America. 牠們通常住在南美洲。 But some of them live in Pingtung now. 但是有些現在住在屏東。 2. invader 入侵者 Scientists say they are invaders. 科學家說牠們是入侵者。 That means they shouldn't be here. 那表示說牠們不應該來這裡。 No, they shouldn't. 是不應該。 3. eat 吃 They eat too much stuff. 牠們吃太多東西了。 Yeah, like what? 是嗎？比如說什麼？ Like a lot of leafy veggies. 比如說大量的葉菜。 4. bad idea 糟糕的主意 So it's really a bad idea to set the iguanas free. 所以把這些蜥蜴放生是個壞主意。 Very bad. 很壞。 一起來讀讀單字。 live 居住 invader 入侵者 eat 吃 bad idea 糟糕的主意 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Why are iguanas "invaders"? A: Because Taiwan is not their home B: Because iguanas like fighting C: Because of the weather in Pingtung 2. Why is it bad to bring animals to a place they don't belong? A: Because the animals will miss their mommy B: Because these animals can hurt the environment C: Because they look like little dinosaurs 3. Where do iguanas come from? A: China B: India C: South America Answers 1. A 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We use our ears to hear many things, like music, animals, and of course, talking. But many people cannot hear. So how do they talk with other people? 耳朵聽不見的人，要怎麼跟別人溝通呢？ One way is with sign language. People can use their hands to talk! For example, they can touch their mouth to say thank you. They can wave their hand to say goodbye. This is called "sign language". 其中一種方法是用手語！譬如說，用手碰嘴巴代表謝謝，揮手可以代表再見。 In fact, today is International Day of Sign Languages! 今天是國際手語日！ You can try it too. Put your hands on your heart. Do you know what this means? This means "love". 把你的手放在心上，意思就是「愛」。 Another way people can hear is with a hearing aid. This is a machine people put in their ears to help them hear. Many people use one. 另一種方法是用助聽器。 Now there is even a doll with a hearing aid! This doll was made to show kids that it is okay to use a hearing aid. 現在有一個戴助聽器的娃娃，讓孩子們知道戴助聽器是很正常的。 Today is International Day of Sign Languages, so let's remember that people don't all talk or hear in the same way. Some use sign language, some use a hearing aid, but we all love to talk and be heard. ________________________________ Vocabulary 手語主要運用手和手指的動作，以及臉部表情來幫助人們了解。 1. mouth 嘴巴 Why are you touching your mouth like that? 為什麼你那樣碰你的嘴？ This means thank you. 這表示謝謝你。 2. language 語言 So you're learning sign language? 所以你在學手語？ Yeah, my mom is losing her hearing. 對，我媽媽的聽力快不行了。 We're all learning sign language now. 我們現在都在學。 3. ear 耳朵 It's easy and fun. 很容易的，也很好玩。 See, just put your hand behind your ear… 你看，把手放在耳朵後面… And it means "listen." 意思是「注意聽」。 4. wave 揮舞 You're right. 你說對了！ And if I wave like this… 假如我這樣揮手… It means you want me to leave. Good-bye. 意思是你要我離開。拜拜。 你有學過手語嗎？ Let's read today's vocabulary. mouth 嘴巴 language 語言 ear 耳朵 wave 揮舞 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What day is today? A: Christmas Day B: Valentine's Day C: International Sign Language Day 2. How do people use sign language? A: They use their feet B: They use their hands C: They use their voice 3. What is special about the new doll? A: It is a robot B: It can speak English C: It has a hearing aid Answers 1. C 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Today is World Car Free Day! It's a time when some people stop driving their cars for a whole day. 今天是世界無車日！ Cars make a lot of pollution. There are lots of other ways to stop cars from making so much pollution. Like in California… they want to stop selling gas cars by 2035. 汽車製造了很多污染。美國加州想從2035年以後不賣燃油車了。 California won't stop selling all cars. They will just stop selling cars that use gas, which make lots of pollution. They will still sell cars that use electricity, of course. 不是所有車都不賣了，他們還會賣電動車。 Other states in America also want to ban the sale of gas cars. This means the air in these places will be cleaner. 美國有一些地方也想要不賣燃油車，這樣空氣會比較乾淨。 And now, Taiwan says it wants to ban the sale of gas cars too! Wow! That's great. Taiwan won't stop selling them as soon as California, though. Taiwan plans to stop selling gas cars by 2040. That's five years later than California. 現在台灣也想要這樣做，不過會從2040年開始，比加州慢五年。 Try walking home today, or taking the MRT! Have a happy and healthy World Car Free Day everybody! ________________________________ Vocabulary 把汽車改成使用電力而不用汽油，空氣會乾淨很多。 1. sell 賣 Do they sell electric bikes here? 他們這裡有賣電動腳踏車嗎？ I think so. 我想有吧。 They're also selling cute little bikes for children. 他們也賣小孩用的可愛小腳踏車。 2. stop 停止 People really should stop driving gas cars. 大家真的應該停止駕駛用汽油的車。 I'm driving a scooter. 我是用摩托車。 An electric one? 是電動的嗎？ Oh, yes. 是的。 3. drive 駕駛 Do you enjoy driving? 你喜歡開車嗎？ I do. 喜歡。 I feel free when driving. 我開車的時候覺得很自由。 4. ban 禁止 In Saudi Arabia, they ban women from driving. 沙烏地阿拉伯禁止女性開車。 Not anymore. 現在不會了。 The ban is over. 禁令結束了。 這些單字簡短好用。 sell 賣 stop 停止 drive 駕駛 ban 禁止 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What happens on World Car Free Day? A: Some people stop selling cars B: Some people stop buying cars C: Some people stop driving cars 2. Where do they want to stop selling gas cars? A: California B: France C: India 3. When do they want to stop selling gas cars? A: By next August B: By 2035 C: By 2040 Answers 1. C 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you like walking in the forest? It's so peaceful. Today, I'm going to tell you about a very special forest. It's special because it is really old. It is so old that it is ancient. 有一個很特別的森林，超級古老！ But that is not the only reason the forest is special. It's special because it is at the bottom of a sinkhole. 他特別的是，在一個天坑底部被發現！"Sinkhole" 就是天坑。 A sinkhole is a big hole in the ground. This big hole happens when the ground is weak. The ground quickly falls down. This hole is called a sinkhole. 如果土地很脆弱，地面就會塌下去，變成天坑。 People found a sinkhole in China with an ancient forest in it. They had to climb down hundreds of meters. Once they got to the bottom of the sinkhole, they found the forest. 中國有一群人在一個天坑底部找到這一座古老的森林。他們爬了好幾百公尺才到達底部。 It was hard for them to go through the forest because there were so many plants and trees there. Some trees were 40 meters tall! Forty meters… that's really tall. 在這個森林裡，有一些樹有四十公尺高！ Experts think they may find some animals in that forest that have never been discovered before. 專家說，有可能在這個森林裡會找到從來沒被發現過的動物。 Wow! Nature is so cool! ________________________________ Vocabulary 地面有天坑，天坑底下有森林，世界真奇妙！ 1. hole 坑洞 Hey, there's a big hole in the road! 嘿，路上有個大洞！ Let me drive around it. 我來開車繞過去。 2. climb down 往下爬 It reminds me of a deep sinkhole in China. 這讓我想起中國很深的天坑。 How deep? 有多深？ Very deep. People have to climb down to the bottom. 很深，人們必須爬下去才能到它的底部。 3. bottom 底部 What's at the bottom? 底部有什麼呢？ Trees. A lot of trees. 有樹，很多很多棵樹。 Trees? That's not fun. 樹？那不好玩。 4. ancient 古老的 They should find an ancient kingdom there. 應該在那裏找到古老的王國。 You read too many novels. 你看太多小說啦。 你想看看這個天坑嗎? 先來讀單字。 hole 坑洞 climb down 往下爬 bottom 底部 ancient 古老的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where did people find the forest? A: They dug a hole deep in the ground B: They went hiking in the mountains C: They climbed down into a hole 2. What does ancient mean? A: Really interesting B: Very old C: Quite difficult to find 3. How tall are the trees in the sinkhole? A: 4 meters B: 14 meters C: 40 meters Answers 1. C 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hey students! Let me ask you a question. Have you ever heard of a poisonous bird? 你們有聽過有毒的鳥嗎？ It's a small orange and black bird. It lives in a country called Papua New Guinea. 這種鳥小小的，有黑色跟橘色的毛，住在一個叫做巴布亞紐幾內亞的國家。 Papua New Guinea is on a big island, near Australia. But it's still much bigger than Taiwan. There's an interesting story about how the bird was discovered. A scientist was trying to catch another kind of bird. He put nets in trees to catch the bird. But he got the poisonous orange and black bird instead. 這一隻鳥是怎麼被發現的呢？科學家本來要抓另外一種鳥，結果抓到這一隻有毒的鳥。 How did he know the bird was poisonous? He tried to get the bird out of the net. When he did that, it bit and scratched his fingers. Ouch! 當他要把這一隻鳥從網子抓出來時，他被咬又被抓傷。 Then, the scientist put his fingers to his mouth to lick his hand-the same hand that he had just grab the bird with. Later, his mouth burned and felt numb. That's how he found out the bird was poisonous. 科學家把受了傷的手放進嘴巴舔，結果嘴巴變得麻麻燙燙的。 Luckily, the bird wasn't very poisonous, so he wasn't hurt badly. 幸好這隻鳥沒有很毒，他才沒有怎樣。 Remember, if you go to Papua New Guinea, don't touch that orange and black bird! ________________________________ Vocabulary 我們知道有毒蛇毒蜘蛛，比較不認識有毒的鳥類。 1. island 島嶼 Can you name 3 island countries? 你能說出三個島嶼國家嗎？ Sure. Iceland, Singapore and Cuba. 當然。冰島，新加坡跟古巴。 Very good! 很棒喔！ 2. poisonous 有毒的 Does Iceland have poisonous frogs? 冰島有毒青蛙嗎？ I don't think so. 我想沒有。It's too cold there! 那裏太冷了！ You're right again! 你又答對了！ 3. catch 捕捉 Do you know how to catch snakes? 你知道怎麼抓蛇嗎？ No no, I don't even want to know. 不知道，我甚至不想知道。 I can catch mosquitos. 我會抓蚊子。 4. net 網子 I enjoy catching them in the mosquito net. 我喜歡在蚊帳裡抓蚊子。 That's too easy for you! 太容易了吧！ That's why I like it. 那是為什麼我喜歡。 來讀讀單字。 island 島嶼 poisonous 有毒的 catch 捕捉 net 網子 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where was the poisonous bird caught? A: In a nest B: In a tree C: In the mountains 2. In which country was the poisonous bird found? A: Taiwan B: Papua New Guinea C: Canada 3. How did the scientist know the bird was poisonous? A: It bit his fingers B: It bit his mouth C: It licked his hand Answers 1. B 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn