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Hi, everyone! I want to tell you about a really cool type of energy. You guys know about clean energy from the sun and wind, right? But do you know about energy from algae? 你有聽說過藻類也可以發電嗎？ Algae are those green things you see in water sometimes. You can find them in all kinds of water, like lakes and the ocean. 你常常可以在湖面上或是海面上看到綠色的藻類。 It is kind of yucky if you swim in algae, it's so slimy! But, algae can also be used to make clean energy. 藻類黏糊糊的，在裡面游泳很噁心。不過它們可以提供乾淨的能源！ Algae are plants. All plants use photosynthesis. 藻類是植物，會行光合作用。 Plants use photosynthesis to make energy, which helps them grow. Now people are using this energy to make electricity. Wow! It's like a battery that keeps making power! 植物經由光合作用產生能量，幫助生長。現在人們可以用這種能量來發電！ The scientists have used this algae battery for more than a year. And it's still making enough energy to power a small computer! 科學家用藻類發電已經一年多了，電力足夠供應一台小電腦。 This is so exciting! Why? Well, algae doesn't cost anything, you can get it almost everywhere! 而且藻類到處都有！ We use a lot of energy every day. This algae battery can help us a lot. It can help make the world a cleaner place! ________________________________ Vocabulary 用藻類來發電，有點兒不可思議吧？ 1. energy 能源 I'm so tired today, no energy whatsoever. 我今天好累，完全沒有勁兒。 You need a little time to recharge. 你需要一點時間充電。 Let me get you some chocolate ice cream. 我去給你弄點巧克力冰淇淋。 2. use 使用 So we're using ice cream as energy? 所以我們現在用冰淇淋當作能源？ Why not? It's the best one we can use right now. 為什麼不？它是我們現在能用的最佳能源。 3. cost 花費 And it doesn't cost much. 而且它花不了多少錢。 No, it only costs 200 NT. 對，只花了兩百塊。 4. battery 電池 My cell phone's battery is dead. 我的手機電池完蛋了。 That's not fun. 那不好玩。 This store should have the battery you need. 這家店應該有你需要的電池。 這些單字常常用到，我們來讀一遍。 energy 能源 use 使用 cost 花費 battery 電池 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where can you find algae? A: Only in lakes B: Only in oceans C: In all kinds of water 2. What did scientists use algae to do? A: Build a small computer B: Give power to a small computer C: Clean the ocean 3. Why is energy from algae like energy from the wind and sun? A: They are all clean energy B: They are all easy to use C: They all use photosynthesis Answers 1. C 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

GASP! That was so fun! I love snorkeling! Have you been snorkeling? 你會浮潛嗎？ Snorkeling is when you swim around on the surface of the ocean, and you look at things under the water. 浮潛就是在海面上游泳，看海裡的景觀。 There are so many interesting things to see in the ocean! Such as fish, turtles, jellyfish, coral, and sometimes even sharks! 海裡面有魚、海龜、水母、珊瑚，有時候還有鯊魚！ But the ocean is in trouble. There is too much pollution, and this is hurting the oceans. It is hurting the sea animals too. We need to protect the ocean. 但是現在海洋有太多污染，會傷害海洋跟海洋生物。我們要保護海洋。 One way that Australia is protecting the ocean is by making two marine parks. A marine park is a "sea park", so it is like a park in the ocean! 澳洲為了保護海洋，蓋了兩座海洋公園。 And these parks are very, very big. They are seven hundred and forty-four thousand square kilometers large! Do you know how big that is? That is the size of about twenty Taiwans! 它們有74萬4千平方公里，大概有20個台灣大！ These parks are protected. That means there are rules that help make sure the water stays clean, and the animals stay safe. 海洋公園有規定保持海水乾淨，也保護動物的安全。 This is important, because if we don't protect the animals, one day they might be gone forever. 如果我們不保護動物，牠們有一天會消失。 So remember to protect the environment, and keep garbage out of the oceans! ________________________________ Vocabulary 澳洲的海洋公園,是指受到保護的海洋區域。 1. swim 游泳 Swimming is the best thing to do in summer. 夏天最棒的事就是游泳。 I agree. Especially if you can swim in the ocean. 我同意，尤其假如你能在海裡游泳的話。 2. under the water 在水下 It's so nice to be under the water. 在水底下真好！ Yeah, sometimes you get to see fish too. 是啊,有的時候還可以看到魚。 3. size 尺寸 The size of this swimming pool is amazing! 這個游泳池的尺寸真驚人！ I think it's an Olympic-size pool. 我想這是個奧運大小的游泳池。 4. forever 永遠 Kate is moving to the U.K. 凱特要搬去英國了。 I know. She'll be gone forever. 我知道,她會永遠離開了。 Forever? So she's not coming back? 永遠嗎？所以她不回來了？ Nope. 不了。 Would you like to visit a marine park? Let's read today's vocabulary. swim 游泳 under the water 在水下 size 尺寸 forever 永遠 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What country created marine parks in this story? A: Australia B: Taiwan C: USA 2. How big is the total size of the marine parks? A: About the size of 20 Pacific Oceans B: About the size of 20 Taiwans C: The size of Australia 3. What is a marine park? A: A park in the forest B: A park in the sky C: A park in the ocean Answers 1. A 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Uh oh, there's a bee! No need to be afraid though, if you don't bother a bee, they will not usually sting you. 有蜜蜂！但不用怕，只要你不要惹蜜蜂，牠就不會叮你。 I like bees, they help the environment. They do this by helping more flowers and plants grow. 蜜蜂對環境很好，牠們會幫助花草生長。 This helps people because we need more flowers and plants to grow, so we have more vegetables to eat. 這樣我們才有更多蔬菜可以吃。 Some people are afraid of bees, because they are afraid the bee will sting them. 有一些人很害怕蜜蜂，因為他們覺得蜜蜂會叮人。 There is a kind of bee that does not sting. They are called "stingless bees." 有一種蜜蜂叫做「無刺蜜蜂」，不會叮人。 These bees live in Peru. Peru is a country in South America. Some people in Peru use these bees for food. They also use these bees to make money, by selling their honey. 這種蜜蜂住在南美洲的祕魯。有些祕魯人會吃蜜蜂，也會賣蜂蜜賺錢。 And they can do all of this without worrying about getting stung! Scientists are learning a lot about these bees in Peru… like how the honey these bees make is different from honey made by other bees around the world. 科學家在研究這種蜜蜂的蜂蜜，跟一般的蜂蜜有什麼差別。 They are also learning that the people in Peru use honey as medicine to treat many different problems. They use it to treat things like colds, cuts, burns, and other illnesses. 他們發現，這些人把蜂蜜當做藥，治療感冒、刮傷、燙傷等等。 I can't believe honey can do all of those things! Bees really are amazing. ________________________________ Vocabulary 秘魯這些不會叮人的蜜蜂,讓科學家很著迷。 1. honey 蜂蜜 Would you like some honey in your juice? 你的果汁要不要加一點蜂蜜？ Good idea! I love honey. 好主意！我很喜歡蜂蜜。 2. a kind of 一種 What kind of food is honey? 蜂蜜是一種什麼食物？ It's a healthy food. 它是一種健康食品。 But it's still a kind of sugar. 但它仍然是一種糖。 Right. 對。 3. bother 打擾 This mosquito keeps bothering me! 這隻蚊子一直煩我！ Kill it and it will bother you no more. 把牠打死,就再也不會吵你了。 There, I got it. 打到了！ 4. plant 植物 We could grow some plants in the living room. 我們可以在客廳裡種一些植物。 Yeah, plants like tomatoes? 可以啊，像蕃茄一類的植物？ No, no vegetables. 不行，不要蔬菜。 Have you ever been stung by bees? It hurts! 來一起讀單字。 honey 蜂蜜 a kind of 一種 bother 打擾 plant 植物 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What kind of animal is mentioned in this story? A: Ants B: Flies C: Bees 2. What is special about this animal in Peru? A: They don't sting B: They don't sing C: They don't fly 3. What do people in Peru use honey for? A: Food and medicine B: To power their cars C: To wash their hair Answers 1. C 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

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