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Hi there! Today is the International Day of Charity. 今天是國際慈善日！ Charity is when people do things to help the causes they care about. Maybe you want to look after sick people, or help stop global warming, or help save animals… Good causes around the world need all kinds of charity. Some people need help making money, to pay for things that help people. This is called "fundraising". Fundraising 就是募款，有一些人會募款幫助其他的人。 Last month there was a big charity fundraising event in the USA, called the "Chicago Ducky Derby"! 上個月，美國有一個大型募款活動。 Anyone who wanted to take part had to pay for a toy duck first. 參加比賽的人都要買一隻玩具鴨。 75,005 toy ducks were thrown into the river, and they made lots of money for charity! 七萬五千零五隻玩具鴨子下水比賽，募到好多錢！ They were raising money for a charity called the 'Special Olympics', which helps people with learning difficulties take part in sports. 這個活動是為特殊奧林匹克募款，幫助有學習障礙的人也可以參加運動會。 It's a great charity, because it helps people get active, feel good, and make lots of new friends! Would you like to help a charity too? Think about some causes that you care about, and have a look online. Charities always need help, and helping others makes you feel really great too! 你也可以上網找找慈善機構，幫助別人的感覺真的很棒！ ________________________________ Vocabulary 慈善機構很依賴捐款來幫助需要的人。 1. take part 參加 I want to take part in this race. 我要參加這個比賽。 What? A race of ducks? 什麼啊，鴨子比賽？ Yeah, I pay for the ducks. 對啊，我替鴨子付錢。 2. pay 付錢 So you don't run. 所以你不跑。 You pay for the ducks to run. 你給錢讓鴨子跑。 No, the ducks swim. 不是跑，鴨子游泳。 3. charity 慈善 They swim for charity. 牠們為了做善事而游泳。 What kind of charity? 哪一種善事？ A charity for protecting animals.是保護動物慈善團體。 4. raise money 募款 You raise money for animals by making ducks swim? 你們讓鴨子游泳來替動物募款？ Yeah, sort of. 算是吧。 They are good swimmers, you know. 牠們很會游泳呢。 一起來讀單字。 take part 參加 pay 付錢 charity 慈善 raise money 募款 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What holiday is today? A: Halloween B: New Year's Day C: The International Day of Charity 2. How many ducks were racing in the Chicago Ducky Derby? A: 5 B: 75,000 C: 75,005 3. What were all the ducks racing on? A: A road B: A river C: A giant's foot Answers 1. C 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hey there! Today, We're at an auction house! 我們今天在拍賣會場！ Auction houses are a bit like shopping malls… people go to them to buy things. Say you want to buy a new hat. In an auction house, they only have one very special hat, and lots of people want to buy it! 如果你想要買帽子，在拍賣會只會有一頂特別的，而且大家都搶著要！ The auction house has to decide who gets to buy it. They do this by asking everyone how much money they would like to spend. This is called "bidding". Whoever bids the most money gets the hat! 大家會競標，願意付最多錢的人就可以買到。 Now, let's say you don't want a hat. Instead you want… a dinosaur skeleton! You can't get that at the mall! 但如果你想買恐龍化石，大賣場就不會有了！ Well, a famous auction house in New York just sold a dinosaur skeleton for LOTS of money: nearly 6 million dollars! 紐約的一個拍賣會上，一個恐龍化石賣了將近六百萬元！ This type of dinosaur is called a Gorgosaurus. They think it is nearly 77 million years old! 這頭恐龍叫做蛇髮女怪龍，有七千七百萬年的歷史！ It's special, because all the other Gorgosaurus skeletons we have found are in museums, so people can study them and keep them safe. This is the first one ever to be sold to just one person! 這種恐龍化石是第一次賣給一般人！ Do you think it's better for a dinosaur skeleton to be in a museum, for lots of people to enjoy? Or do you think it would be fun to have one in your house just for you? 你覺得化石在博物館比較好，還是放在自己家收藏？ What would you do with it?! ________________________________ Vocabulary 你會想出高價買恐龍化石嗎？ 1. buy 買 Let's go to the shopping mall on Saturday. 我們星期六去購物中心吧。 What do you want to buy? 你想買什麼？ I'd like to check out something. 我想去找些東西。 2. spend 花錢 Don't spend too much money on toys. 別花太多錢在玩具上。 Hats aren't toys. 帽子不是玩具。 I don't think they sell hats there. 我想那裏不賣帽子。 3. sell 賣 Sure they do. 當然有賣。 They sell all kinds of hats at the mall. 購物中心有賣各種帽子。 Yeah, I forgot there is a hat store. 對，我忘了有一家帽子店。 4. museum 博物館 But the hats you like belong in a museum. 不過你喜歡的帽子屬於博物館。 That's not true. 才不會呢。 Museums don't have my taste. 博物館沒有我的品味。 今天的單字簡單而常用。 buy 買 spend 花錢 sell 賣 museum 博物館 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How do you buy things at an auction house? A: By bidding the least money B: By bidding the most money C: By baking a cake 2. What was a Gorgosaurus? A: A dinosaur B: A bowl of soup C: A big fat cat 3. How old do they think this Gorgosaurus skeleton is? A: 7 hundred years old B: 17 thousand years old C: 77 million years old Answers 1. B 2. A 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hi, students! Do you play sports like basketball? Or maybe you like to play baseball… tennis… or bowling! 你喜歡打籃球、棒球、網球，或保齡球嗎？ If you do like to play sports, I have good news for you! Playing sports makes people tougher. It also makes them try harder. And it makes them braver. 運動可以讓人更堅強、更勇敢！ How do I know that? Well, some scientists at an American university told us. First, they asked people about themselves. They asked them some questions to see if they are hard workers. They also asked them if they are brave and if they easily give up. 美國科學家問了一些人覺得自己有多用功、有多勇敢、多不容易放棄。 Then, the scientists looked at the answers to see which people were tough. After that, they asked them if they play sports. They found that people who play sports are tougher than those who don't play sports. 他們發現有在運動的人比沒有運動的人還更堅強。 Some people think sports aren't important. But, now you know they are! Sure, sports help you to be healthy. But they also help you to be tougher and braver. And they make you more hard-working. If you play sports, you won't give up easily. All of that is important in life. 運動不只讓你更健康，也讓你更勇敢、認真，這些在生活中都很重要。 So, I think sports could help you be more successful in life, too! ________________________________ Vocabulary 運動，特別是比賽型的運動，好處多多！ 1. work hard 努力工作 It's late. 很晚了。 I know, but I have to get this done. 我知道，但是我一定要把這個做完。 You work too hard. 你太用力工作了。 2. give up 放棄 No, I just don't want to give up. 不是，我只是不想放棄。 But you've got to know when to stop. 但是你得知道什麼時候要叫停。 3. brave 勇敢的，braver 更勇敢 Playing basketball makes me braver. 打籃球讓我更勇敢。 How so? 為什麼呢？ I can push and shove other people. 我可以推擠別人。 That's not being brave! 那不是勇敢！ 4. ask 詢問 Where are we now? 我們現在在哪裡？ I have no idea. 我不知道。 Let's ask that woman. 我們來問問那位女士。 So what kind of sports do you like? 來讀讀單字。 brave 勇敢的 braver 更勇敢 work hard 努力工作 give up 放棄 ask 詢問 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is this story about? A: The hardest sport to play B: How sports make people tough C: Why people like to play sports 2. Where did the scientists work? A: A German restaurant B: An American university C: A Nigerian cafe 3. What does give up mean? A: To quit B: To be generous C: To work harder Answers 1. B 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

What's that sound? Oh, it's my robot vacuum cleaner! It got stuck! Okay, that's better. Robots can do so many things! They can vacuum floors and help build cars! 機器人可以幫忙掃地，也可以製造汽車。 But, can you imagine a robot so small, that it can walk on the edge of a 10 NT coin? Well, scientists now have one! It's called a "micro-robot." 科學家做了一個迷你機器人，可以在十元硬幣的邊邊上走路！ "Micro" means super, super small. Scientists have made a micro robot that looks like a crab. And, it is so small, it can walk on the edge of a coin! 這個迷你機器人有一點像螃蟹。 This micro robot crab is the smallest walking robot ever made! It's almost too hard to see with your eyes. You have to look really closely! 它是史上最小的機器人，甚至很難用肉眼看見！ Why did they make this super, super mini robot? Tiny robots can do things people can't, like go into your body and help doctors fix something that's too small for the doctors to reach. 迷你機器人可以進入人的身體，幫醫生治療病人。 Micro-robots could soon be saving lives! Or, a micro robot could help astronauts. It could crawl inside a tiny part of a spaceship engine and help fix something. 它也可以幫太空人進引擎裡面修太空船。 The next time you have a coin in your hand, imagine a tiny crab robot crawling on the edge. Amazing, right? Scientists say one day, micro robots will be so small, you won't be able to see them without a microscope! 未來的機器人會小到要用顯微鏡才看得到！ Wow! That means one day we could have robots inside of almost anything! ________________________________ Vocabulary 機器人小到要用顯微鏡才能看見，很神奇吧? 1. vacuum cleaner 吸塵器 Your vacuum cleaner can run by itself! 你的吸塵器可以自己跑。 Of course. I don't need to do anything. 當然。我什麼都不用做。 I want to get one for my house! 我家也要買一台。 2. look like 看起來像 Does my hair look like a pineapple? 我的頭髮像不像鳳梨？ It looks more like a bird. 更像一隻鳥。 No wonder I feel like flying. 難怪我覺得想飛。 3. fix 修理 Can you fix this mini robot? 你會修這個迷你機器人嗎？ No, it's too small! 不會，它太小了。 4. coin 硬幣 I have too many coins in my pocket. 我口袋裡太多硬幣了。 Give them to me. 都給我吧。 I don't mind. 我不介意。 Let's read these words together. vacuum cleaner 吸塵器 look like 看起來像 fix 修理 coin 硬幣 ________________________________ Quiz 1.What do we call super small robots? A: Whale robots B: Master robots C: Micro robots 2. What does this robot look like? A: A giraffe B: A crab C: A fish 3. What could micro robots soon be saving? A: Lives B: Money C: Time Answers 1. C 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Woof! It is so hot today! I need some water… Ahh! That's better… You know, the world is getting hotter and hotter every year. And it's important for all of us to stay healthy and drink lots of water. 地球越來越熱，我們要保持健康，也要多喝水！ It's getting hotter because of something called "climate change". "Climate" means weather. The weather is changing because of all the pollution people have been making for many, many years. Climate 就是氣候，人類製造太多汙染造成氣候變遷。 There are lots of kinds of pollution, and all of them are very bad. One kind is "plastic waste". 其中一種汙染是塑膠垃圾。 If someone buys a bottle of water, drinks it, and throws it in the trash, that plastic is now waste. BUT, if someone uses that bottle again, it is no longer waste! And the plastic won't pollute our planet. 假如有人買瓶裝水，喝完之後亂丟就是一種浪費，但如果能重複利用，它就不是垃圾了！ And, guess what?! Taiwan has a free mobile app, to help you find over 8000 spots to refill your water bottles! 台灣現在有一款免費的App，能帶你找到八千多個裝水的地方！ Folks in Taiwan used to leave tea pots filled with water outside for thirsty passers-by to drink, so that everyone could be safe in the heat. 奉茶是從前大家會在路邊放水壺，讓路過的人喝水解渴。 Which is why the app is called 【奉茶行動】. In English this means "Tea Service". The app has already saved more than 450,000 plastic bottles! 這個叫做奉茶行動的App，已經省下四十五萬個寶特瓶！ With everyone working together, we can all help to stop climate change. ________________________________ Vocabulary 想減少塑膠汙染，最簡單的辦法就是自己帶水壺。 1. water 水 It's so hot! I need water. 好熱喔，我需要喝水。 But I didn't bring any. 可是我沒帶水。 Here, you can eat this. 來，你吃這個吧。 Watermelon? 吃西瓜喔？ Yeah, it should work. 沒錯，這應該有用。 2. drink 喝 I can drink a whole bottle of this. 這我可以喝一整瓶。 Drink as much as you like. 你要喝多少都可以。 We have more. 我們還有。 3. bottle 瓶子 You can save 5 NT if you bring your own bottle. 要是你自己帶水瓶，可以省五塊錢。 Good! I always have a bottle in my bag. 真好，我的袋子裡永遠有個瓶子。 4. pollute 汙染 We really need to stop polluting the ocean. 我們真的需要停止汙染海洋。 So I shouldn't throw my bad sandwich into the sea? 所以我不該把難吃的三明治扔進海裡？ 一起來讀單字。 water 水 drink 喝 bottle 瓶子 pollute 汙染 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What should you do to stay healthy in the heat? A: Run up a big mountain B: Drink lots of water C: Fall asleep in the sunshine 2. What is it called when pollution changes the weather? A: Tea service B: Climate change C: Dave 3. How many plastic bottles has this app saved so far? A: More than 450,000 B: Less than 450,000 C: Exactly 450,000 Answers 1. B 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Today, I want to tell you about a place where you can hear a lot of bees buzzing. Over a million bees! 有一個地方可以讓你一直聽蜜蜂的嗡嗡聲，有超過一百萬隻蜜蜂！ A man in Italy made a special house. This man is a beekeeper. His special house has a big beehive. 有一個義大利的養蜂人蓋了一間特別的房子，裡面有個大蜂窩。 The hive has more than a million bees in it. People can pay money to stay in the house he made. 蜂窩裡面有一百萬多隻蜜蜂，人們還可以付費住在裡面。 Why would people do that? Do they want to get stung? Don't worry. The bees can't get into the room, but people can safely watch them buzz above their heads! 別擔心，你不會被蜜蜂叮，因為牠們進不來你的房間，但你可以看牠們在頭上飛來飛去。 The beekeeper wants to let people know how important bees are. They help flowers and give us honey. He thinks it's important for people to like bees and treat them nicely. 這個養蜂人想讓大家知道蜜蜂有多重要。蜜蜂會幫花授粉，也會給我們蜂蜜，要好好地對牠們。 Would you stay in a house with a million bees? They say the sound of bees is soothing. It helps you to sleep better. 你會想在一個有一百多萬隻蜜蜂的地方住嗎？有人說蜜蜂的聲音讓人感到很平靜，可以讓你好好地睡覺。 I think I would be too afraid to get any sleep! But I still think bees are great. ________________________________ Vocabulary 蜜蜂房屋，拉近人類和這種小昆蟲的距離。 1. buzz 嗡嗡聲 This buzzing sound is so noisy! 這個嗡嗡聲好吵！ Well, we're in a bee house. 我們住在蜜蜂屋裡啊。 Buzzing is what bees do. 蜜蜂就是會嗡嗡嗡。 2. house 房屋 Tell me again why we're in a bee house. 再說一次為什麼我們住蜜蜂房子。 You said you want to stay in a special place. 你自己說你要住很特別的地方。 3. special 特別的 I guess this is as special as it can get. 這真是最特別的地方了。 Cheer up! You can make friends with a million bees. 高興一點，你可以跟百萬隻蜜蜂做朋友。 4. million 百萬 Give me a million NT and I can build a much better house. 給我一百萬，我可以蓋更好的房子。 You can't build anything with one million NT. 一百萬什麼也蓋不了。 Have some honey during your summer vacation! 我們來讀單字。 buzz 嗡嗡聲 house 房屋 special 特別的 million 百萬 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How do bees help the environment? A: They help flowers and give us honey B: They recycle old plastic bottles C: They help save polar bears 2. What is the man's job? A: He builds houses B: He takes care of bees C: He is a hotel manager 3. Why did the man build the special house? A: To teach people about bees B: To make people scared of bees C: To help people to sleep better Answers 1. A 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Today, I want to tell you about a cool thing scientists have done. They grew plants in moon dust, on Earth! 科學家在地球上，用月球的土種植物！ They used dust that was taken from the moon many years ago. 他們用的是很久以前帶回來的土。 It took the scientists 11 years to get the moon dust! That's a long time. But they only got a very small amount, just a few teaspoons. 科學家花了十一年才拿到幾茶匙的土！ That's because there's not much moon dust on Earth, which makes it really precious. 因為地球上這種土不多，所以很珍貴。 The scientists didn't know if plants could grow in moon dust. Moon dust is very different from soil on Earth. It doesn't have many nutrients, which plants need to grow big and strong. 科學家不確定月球的土能不能種植物，因為它跟地球的土不一樣，裡面的養分不多。 But the plants still grew! 結果植物還是長大了！ This is really exciting! Why? Well, some day, people may live on the moon. They will need food to eat. This shows that people can grow plants in moon dust. 這代表如果我們移民月球，也可以種植物！ Would you like to live on the moon someday? Maybe you could have a garden full of flowers outside your moon house! All thanks to moon dust. ________________________________ Vocabulary 月球土也可以種植物，讓人類對月亮又多了幾分想像。 1. dust 灰塵 I wonder what plants scientists grew in moon dust. 我想知道科學家在月球土裡種什麼。 It's a kind of vegetable. 是一種蔬菜。 2. soil 泥土 Wow, so people can really grow food on the moon! 哇，所以人類真的可以在月球上種糧食！ I guess so. But soil on the moon is not as rich. 我想是。不過月球上的泥土沒有那麼多養分。 3. grow 生長，種植 Plants would grow more slowly. 植物會長得比較慢。 Okay, so we can't grow watermelon. 對，所以沒辦法種大西瓜。 Probably not. 可能不行。 4. precious 珍貴的 What's your most precious memories of summer vacation? 你最珍貴的暑假回憶是什麼？ Traveling to Kenting Park with my children. 跟我的小孩去墾丁公園旅行。 我們來讀一遍。 dust 灰塵 soil 泥土 grow 生長，種植 precious 珍貴的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where did the scientists grow the plants? A: On Earth B: On the moon C: In a rocket 2. Why couldn't the scientists use much moon dust? A: They lost some of the moon dust B: The moon dust is so old C: There is not much moon dust on Earth 3. Why did scientists want to grow plants in moon dust? A: They taste better than plants on Earth B: People may live on the moon one day C: Plants grown in moon dust grow better Answers 1. A 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

I'm exhausted! Running is very tiring. I can't run longer than ten minutes. I get too tired. 跑步好累！我只能跑十分鐘左右。 I don't know how people run marathons! A marathon is a kind of long-distance race where the runners have to run about forty-two kilometers to finish the race. 馬拉松通常要跑42公里。 That is a lot of running. But do you know what's really impressive? Running one hundred and four marathons… in one hundred and four days! 那你覺得什麼會令人覺得很厲害呢？那就是連續104天，跑104場馬拉松！ A woman named Jacky Hunt-Broersma did that. She ran one hundred and four marathons in one hundred and four days. And she did it with only one leg! 這位跑者叫做 Jacky Hunt-Broersma，是一位女士，而且她只有一條腿！ Jacky only has one leg because she had cancer, so doctors had to remove one leg. 她因為癌症需要截肢。 But obviously, this did not slow her down! 但她沒有被打敗！ She decided she was still going to run, so she did. And she beat the world record for most marathons run in a row! 她打破了連續跑最多馬拉松的世界紀錄！ So even though Jacky only had one leg, she was still able to run, and she ran more marathons in a row than any other person in the world. I guess I shouldn't complain about running for just ten minutes. Okay, I can do this, I'm going to run some more! See ya! ________________________________ Vocabulary 單腿女跑者，連續104天跑了104場馬拉松，一天一場。 1. race 比賽 The 10-kilometer race is starting. 十公里賽跑開始了。 I can't believe there are so many people. 真不相信有這麼多人。 Are you kidding? People pay for a race like this! 開玩笑，人們還付錢來參賽呢。 2. run 跑 Running isn't fun. 跑步不好玩。 It's so tiring! 讓人好累！ You feel good after a good run. 痛快地跑一跑感覺很好。 And you stay fit. 還可以維持健康。 3. leg 腿 That one-legged runner won again! 那個一條腿的跑者又贏了！ She actually has two legs. 她其實有兩條腿。 4. woman 女士 Who's that beautiful woman? 那位美女是誰？ She's my mom. 是我媽媽。 Oh wow! 哇！ I know. I wish I looked like her. 我知道。真希望我像她。 Do you like running? 來讀讀單字。 race 比賽 run 跑步 leg 腿 woman 女士 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How many marathons did Jacky run? A: Four marathons B: 14 marathons C: 104 marathons 2. In how many days did she accomplish this? A: Four days B: 14 days C: 104 days 3. How many legs does Jacky have? A: Two B: One C: None Answers 1. C 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Does your mommy or daddy snore when they sleep? No? Well, some people snore really loudly. 有一些人打呼的聲音非常大。 Last winter, a family in California heard some strange noises. 去年加州有一戶人家聽到怪聲音。 Later, they asked their neighbors. "Have you heard any strange sounds? It's a deep rumbling sound. It kind of sounds like snoring." 他們跑去問鄰居：「你們有聽到類似打呼的聲音嗎？」 But the neighbors said, "No, we haven't heard anything. It's probably nothing. People sometimes think they hear things, but it's just the wind or something. Don't worry about it." 但是鄰居說：「沒聽到。可能只是風聲吧，別擔心！」 Then one day the family noticed something under their house. Bears! Yep! A bear family was sleeping under their house! 這家人後來發現有熊睡在他們的房子下面。 Many kinds of bears sleep in the winter. These bears saw a home with some space underneath. 很多種熊都會冬眠。剛好這些熊也找到一個好睡覺的地方。 The people called a special team that knows how to take care of bears. The special bear team helped lead the bears to the forest and away from people. 這家人請來專家，把熊帶進森林，遠離人群。 So maybe the noise was snoring! -Not from people; from bears! 所以他們之前聽到的，可能是熊的打呼聲！ ________________________________ Vocabulary 自家房屋的底下住著熊，恐怕睡不安穩。 1) snore 打鼾，sleep 睡覺 Do you snore, Paz? 你會打鼾嗎？ I hope I don't. 我希望不會。 But I'm not sure. 但是我不確定。 Do you? 你呢？ I do. I snore like a bear. 我會。我打呼聲像一頭熊。 Oh my, we can't sleep in the same room then. 那我們不能睡同一間房。 I also talk in my sleep. 我睡覺時也會講夢話。 2) space 空間 Hmmm, this space is too small. 這個空間太小。 It can only take about 20 people. 只夠容納約莫20個人。 And we need a space for 50. 而我們需要可以容納50個人的空間。 3) strange 奇怪的 Today's clouds look strange. 今天的雲看起來很奇怪。 Yeah, the color is so red. 對，顏色太紅了。 Could the forest be on fire? 可能是森林起火了嗎？ I hope it's not a forest fire! Let's read the words. snore 打鼾 sleep 睡覺 space 空間 strange 奇怪的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What do many bears do in the winter? A: Drink hot soup B: Wear warm clothes C: Sleep 2. What did the family think the noise was? A: Screaming B: Snoring C: Singing 3. What did the neighbors say the noise was? A: "It's nothing. Maybe it's just the wind." B: "That sounds like a train." C: "Maybe it's a baby or a cat." Answers 1. C 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Ew! What is that smell? 那是什麼臭味？ There is something rotten in my refrigerator. I must have left some food in there for too long. Now the food has gone bad. Gross. 食物在冰箱放太久都腐敗了，好噁心。 Have you ever left food out for too long? It's pretty disgusting, isn't it? Well, have you ever left food out for years? 食物放太久會腐壞，你是否曾經把食物放在外面好幾年呢？ Something like that happened to a couple named Rob and Grace in the United States. They were redecorating their home when they found something interesting in the wall. Worker: "What is that?!" It was a few bags of fast food! 美國一對夫妻整修房子的時候，在牆壁裡面發現一包速食！ It was probably left there by construction workers when the house was built. Which means the food was about sixty years old! Ewwwww! 有可能是在蓋房子的時候，工人留下來，放了60年！ However, Rob said there were fries in the meal, and the fries were "still perfectly crispy". He also said that it didn't smell at all. 不過裡面的薯條還脆脆的，也沒有發臭。 There weren't any mice or other animals that tried to eat it either. 也沒有老鼠或是其它的動物吃過。 Isn't that crazy? Greasy fast food lasts a really long time. I wonder what they put in it?! ________________________________ Vocabulary 封在牆壁裡面六十年的速食，似乎還保存得不錯呢！ 1. wall 牆壁 Someone left food inside a wall. 有人把食物留在牆壁裡面。 That's not good. 這可不妙。 And the food didn't go bad after years! 好多年之後它都沒有變壞！ I guess there's no air in the wall. 我猜是牆壁裡沒有空氣。 2. fast 快速的 Are you a fast walker, Paz? 你走得很快嗎，派絲？ I am. Why? 我是啊，為什麼呢？ Because we need to move fast! The bus is coming. 因為我們得動作快！公車要來了。 3. smell 聞，氣味 There's a strong smell of garbage here. 這裡有好重的垃圾味。 I don't smell anything. 我什麼都沒聞到。 4. year 年歲 Our teacher is 22 years old. 我們的老師22歲。 That's very young! 好年輕！ Almost 30 years younger than me. 比我幾乎小30歲。 Would you read these words with me? wall 牆壁 fast 快速的 smell 聞，氣味 year 年歲 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What did the couple find in their wall? A: Fast food B: Buried treasure C: A frog 2. How long was the food there? A: About 6 years B: About 60 years C: About 66 years 3. What did Rob say about the food? A: The burger was still juicy B: The Coke was still fresh C: The fries were still crispy Answers 1. A 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn