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Elephants are very big! What does a big animal need a lot of every day? Food! Elephants need a lot of food. But, in some places in Africa, elephants come into villages to find food. This is a problem because a big hungry elephant can smash things and take all the farmers' food. People can get hurt when elephants come looking for food and elephants can get hurt too… 非洲有一些地方的大象，會跑進村莊裡找東西吃。這是一個大問題，而且人類也可能受傷。 Can they build a fence? Hmm… no… elephants are too big and too strong. But… you can use bees! Yes! Really! Bees! Elephants are afraid of bees! The bees sting them in the mouth or even inside the trunk. Ouch! So elephants try to stay far away from bees. 因為蜜蜂會叮大象的嘴巴，甚至跑進牠的長鼻子。所以大象很怕蜜蜂。 One day the people had an idea. Get boxes full of bees and hang them on a fence. Maybe that can stop the elephants from coming into the village. And… it worked! The elephants hear the sound of buzzing bees and they run away! 有一天，村民把蜂窩掛在村莊外的欄杆上，結果大象聽到蜜蜂的聲音，就趕快跑了。 Bees are very small, but they can stop elephants! Cool, huh? ____________________________________________________________ Vocabulary 大象怕蜜蜂，因為生氣的蜜蜂會螫咬大象。 1. Stay away 保持距離。 Let's stay away from those bees. 我們跟那些蜜蜂保持距離。 Yeah, I'm very afraid of bees, too. 對，我也很怕蜜蜂。 2. Run away 跑開。 Can I stay at your house tonight? 我今晚可以住你家嗎？ Why? Are you running away from home? 為什麼？你要逃家嗎？ No, I'm running away from school. 不是，我是要逃學。 3. Work 有用。 It won't work. 沒有用的。 Your teacher will find you. 你的老師會找到你的。 It will work. Just don't tell anyone I'm at your house. 有用，你只要別告訴任何人我在你家。 4. Food 食物。 I'll get some food since you're coming. 既然你要來，我會買一些吃的。 You don't need to buy a lot of food. 你不需要買很多食物。 I don't eat much. 我吃得不多。 常常讀單字可以幫助你記憶。 stay away 保持距離 run away 跑開 work 有用 food 食物 _________________________________________________________ Quiz 1. Why do elephants come into some villages in Africa? A: They want to say 'hello.' B: They are looking for other elephants C: They want to find food 2. Why are elephants afraid of bees? A: They don't like that buzzing sound B: The bees take the elephants' food C: The bees sting them…sometimes in their trunks! 3. How did people stop elephants from coming into villages? A: They made a fence with boxes of bees on it B: They screamed really loudly C: They put up a sign saying, "No Elephants!" Answers 1. C 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

What is the most interesting piece of art you have ever seen? 你看過最有趣的藝術品是甚麼呢？ The Mona Lisa? A sculpture by Ju Ming? What about… nothing? A museum in Denmark is not happy with an artist named Jenns Haaning because of what he did. 丹麥有一個博物館對藝術家Haaning很不高興。 Actually, they're unhappy with him because of what he didn't do. 對他不開心不是因為他做了什麼，而是因為他甚麼都沒做。 The museum paid Jenns Haaning eighty-three-thousand U.S. dollars to make art. That is a lot of money! That is over two million NT dollars! 博物館付給他超過兩百萬台幣！ The museum wanted him to use this money to make something. Then they wanted to show this art at their gallery. 他們希望他用這筆錢創作藝術品，然後放在他們的博物館展示。 But when the museum looked at the canvases he sent back… they were blank! 但是這個藝術家交回去的兩張畫布，都是空白的！ The artist didn't draw, or paint, or create anything! 他什麼都沒有做！ He said the blank canvases are his art. Now the museum wants their money back, of course. 博物館當然希望把錢拿回來。 But… it doesn't look like Jenns Haaning is going to give it back! ________________________________ Vocabulary 這位丹麥藝術家，也許認為空白的畫布本身就是藝術吧。 1. Art 藝術。 I'm planning to study art in Paris next year. 我打算明年去巴黎學藝術。 Wow, you plan to study painting? 哇，你打算學油畫嗎？ Body painting. Body painting is a very interesting art form. 人體彩繪是很有趣的藝術形式。 2. Artist 藝術家。 I didn't know you're an artist, Ryan. 我不知道你是藝術家呢。 I'm not an artist yet. 我還不是藝術家。 I hope I can be one in the future. 我希望將來是。 3. Draw 畫。 I'm not good at drawing pictures. 我不大會畫圖。 Well, faces are hard to draw. 人臉很難畫。 Try flowers or trees next time. 你下次試試看畫花草樹木。 4. Museum 博物館。 Museums are not fun. 博物館不好玩。 This museum is great. It's about dinosaurs. 這個博物館很棒，它講恐龍。 我們一起來讀單字。 art 藝術 artist 藝術家 draw 畫 museum 博物館 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where does this story take place? a. Switzerland b. Denmark c. The U.S. 2. How much money did the museum give the artist? a. 83,000 U.S. dollars b. 83,000 NT c. 83,000 kroner 3. What did the artist do? a. He made nothing b. He painted two big pictures c. He bought art Answers 1. B 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Polly want a cracker? Have you ever heard of a talking parrot? 你聽過鸚鵡說話嗎？ Of course you have. Parrots are famous for being able to speak. Parrots know how to copy the way humans talk. 鸚鵡會學人類說話。 But have you ever heard of a talking duck? 但是你聽過鴨子說話嗎？ According to experts, there's a kind of duck that can make sounds like people, too. This kind of duck is called a musk duck. Musk ducks are from Australia. 科學家說澳洲有一種鴨子也會學人類講話。 Musk ducks are special, because if they spend enough time around people, they learn the way people sound. After they learn these sounds, they can make similar noises. They sound like they are repeating the words that people say! 這些鴨子跟著人類久了，就熟悉了人講話的聲音，會發出相同的聲音。 Musk ducks can copy the sound of other things, too. They copy the sounds of other animals, and even noises. There is even a recording of one musk duck copying the sound of a car door closing. 牠們也可以模仿別的動物或是東西發出來的聲音，甚至連關車門的聲音也會。 That's pretty impressive! 不簡單吧？ Are you good at copying sounds like a musk duck? 你有辦法模仿別人或是別種動物的聲音嗎？ I think that is very difficult! I don't think I could make the sound of a closing car door with my voice! Nope… I can't. Do you know of any other animals that sound like people? ________________________________ Vocabulary 鴨子跟鸚鵡一樣會學人類講話，這實在很有趣。 1. Learn 學習。 I'm learning to speak like a chimpanzee. 我在學黑猩猩講話。 Why do you want to learn that? 為什麼你要學那個？ I may need it someday. 也許有一天我要用到。 2. Copy 模仿，複製。 Can you copy a duck's sound? 你能模仿鴨子的聲音嗎？ No, but I can copy my dog's barking. 不行，但是我可以模仿我的狗狗叫聲。 3. Sound 聲音。 Some birds can make beautiful sounds. 有的鳥會發出很好聽的聲音。 I know. I like the sounds of Taiwan hua-mei. 我知道，我喜歡台灣畫眉的叫聲。 4. Duck 鴨子。 Look at those baby ducks crossing the street! 你看那些小鴨子過馬路！ Oh, so cute ! 真可愛。 They are all following their mom. 牠們都緊緊跟著媽媽。 That's what baby ducks do. 小鴨子都是那樣。 Today's words are fun! learn 學習 copy 模仿，複製 sound 聲音 duck 鴨子 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What kind of animal is mentioned in this story? a. Ducks b. Dogs c. Deer 2. Where is this animal from? a. Taiwan b. Australia c. The U.S. 3. What is the name of this animal? a. Musk duck b. Devil dog c. Deranged deer Answers 1. A 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Do you like looking up at the sky at night? You might see the moon and pretty stars all the way out in space! 晚上看天空很美吧。 It's not just beautiful to look at though, there's a lot to learn from space. People who study space are called astronomers. 研究太空科學的人叫天文學家。 Usually it takes many years of school to become an astronomer. But one little 8-year-old girl in Brazil could become the world's youngest astronomer! 巴西一個八歲女孩，可能會成為世界最年輕的天文學家。 The girl's name is Nicole. And she has been interested in space since she was about two years old! For Nicole's fourth birthday, she even asked her parents for a telescope! 妮可兩歲開始就對太空非常有興趣，四歲的時候她就想要一具天文望遠鏡！ If you look into a telescope you can see a long way away, all the way into space! 天文望遠鏡可以看得很遠，看到太空的深處。 While looking into space, Nicole has already found 18 asteroids. If they are confirmed to be real asteroids, Nicole will become the world's youngest astronomer! People who discover asteroids, can also give them names! Nicole says she'll name the asteroids she finds after Brazilian scientists and her family! 妮可到現在已經找到18顆，要是那些真的是小行星，妮可就會成為世界上最年輕的天文學家，還可以替那些小行星取名字。 Well done, Nicole! Keep doing what you love! ________________________________ Vocabulary 喜歡研究太空的妮可，已經找到許多小行星。 1. Space 太空。 People now can live in space. 人們現在可以住在太空中。 Yeah, like on the International Space Station. 對啊，可以住在國際太空站上面。 2. Telescope 天文望遠鏡。 With a telescope, you can see the spots on the moon. 你用天文望遠鏡可以看到月球上的斑點。 I would love to see them. 很想看呢！ 3. Astronomer 天文學家。 I wanted to be an astronomer when I was little. 我小時候想要當天文學家。 An astronomer? That sounds so serious. 天文學家？聽起來好嚴肅！ 4. Young 年輕的，youngest 最年輕的。 The youngest student in my class is 7. 我班上最小的學生是七歲。 That's too young! 太年輕了！ 今天的字比較長。 space 太空 telescope 天文望遠鏡 astronomer 天文學家 young 年輕的 youngest 最年輕的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where is the little girl in the story from? a. Brazil b. Mexico c. France 2. What might she soon become? a. The world's youngest astronomer b. The world's tallest doctor c. The world's oldest farmer 3. What can you use to help you see far into space? a. A mirror b. A rolled up piece of paper c. A telescope Answers 1: a 2: a 3: c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Have you ever burned ghost money? You know what ghost money is, right? This kind of money is not real money. It is fake. 紙錢不是真的錢。It is money you burn for people who are no longer alive. People believe that if you put ghost money in fire, dead people can use it. 人們燒紙錢是給過世的親人用的。That's pretty cool! But you don't want to accidentally burn things you don't want to burn! For example, you don't want to burn real money along with the fake ghost money! 但是要小心，不要把真的錢也給燒了！ Well, that's what happened to some people in Taiwan. They were burning a lot of ghost money. But they accidentally burned some real money too! They burned two hundred thousand NT dollars-worth of real money! 他們燒掉了二十萬台幣的真錢！ That is a lot of money. When they found out about their mistake, they tried to take out the real money, but a lot of it burned up already. 他們發現錯誤的時候有試著把鈔票撈出來。但很多已經燒光了！ So sad! It is important to be very careful when putting things into fire. Because once it is all burned up, it's gone! 想救也救不回來。 So if you're burning ghost money, make sure to put the right things in the fire! You don't want to burn real money like these people did! ________________________________ Vocabulary 紙錢跟真正的錢混在一起，會容易出錯。 1) Ghost 鬼魂。 Did you watch that movie about ghosts? 你看了那部鬼片了嗎？ No, I don't like scary movies. 沒有，我不喜歡恐怖片。 So you're afraid of ghosts? 所以你怕鬼？ No, I'm more afraid of people. 不會，我比較怕人。 2) Real 真正的。 Because ghosts are not real? 因為鬼不是真的？ Right, ghosts are not real, but people are. 對，鬼不是真的，人卻是真的。 3) Burn 燃燒。 Do you smell that? Something is burning! 你有沒有聞到？有東西燒起來了！ I think somebody is burning paper money. 我想有人在燒紙錢。 4) Mistake 錯誤。 Oh no, I made a mistake! 糟了，我搞錯了！ The tickets are for tomorrow! 這個票是明天的。 Well, let's go home. 那我們回家吧。 Okay, let's review the words. ghost 鬼魂 real 真正的 burn 燃燒 mistake 錯誤 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is this story about? a. Burning ghost money b. Burning clothes c. Burning bread 2. Who is the ghost money for? a. People who are no longer alive b. Animals c. Aliens 3. How much real money was accidentally burned in this story? a. NT$200 b. NT$2,000 c. NT$200,000 Answers 1. A 2. A 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

It is already fall, and the summer is over, but that doesn't mean you can't still pretend! The Tamsui Fisherman's Wharf Station in northern Taiwan, is decorated like it's still summer! 雖然現在是秋天，淡水漁人碼頭車站仍然被裝飾得像夏天。 The entire place is decorated so visitors feel like they're at the beach! There are fun things to look at and take pictures with. There are ice cream shops, shower rooms, and swimming equipment stores! All of these things are fake, of course. 整個車站都讓人覺得像在海邊，有冰淇淋店，泳衣店跟淋浴間。當然, 這些東西都是假的。 But do you know what is real there? Popsicles! 冰棒！ You can get popsicles at the station. There are four flavors, so you can try them all to see which one is your favorite. 有四種口味，看看你最喜歡哪一個。 The station is on the Danhai light rail transit line. So if you live in New Taipei or Taipei City, you can easily ride that line all the way to the station to see all these fun things. 這個車站就在淡海輕軌旁，要是你住在大台北地區，可以很容易地來這裡玩。 Don't worry if you can't visit the station right away. These decorations will be there all through December. 這些裝飾會維持到年底。So you can pretend that it is still summer for the rest of this year! ________________________________ Vocabulary 如果你想念夏天，可以去淡水輕軌漁人碼頭車站逛逛。 1. Summer 夏季。 Do you miss summer, Ryan? 你想念夏天嗎，萊恩？ Not really. Summer in Taipei is too hot. 不會，台北的夏天太熱了。 2. Fake 假的。 This fake puppy is amazing! 這隻假小狗太驚人了！ I know, and it's ice cream. 我知道，而它卻是冰淇淋。 How can anybody really eat it? 怎麼會有人真的吃它？ Well, it's fake so I'm going to eat it. 它是假的，所以我要吃了。 3. Run out 快用完。 I'm running out of money. 我的錢快花光了。 Don't look at me. I don't have enough for two. 別看我。我的錢也不夠兩個人。 4. Station 車站。 Please meet me at Tainan Station tomorrow. 請你明天跟我在台南車站見面吧。 Where at the station? 在車站哪裡？ Inside. 在裡面。 Please read the words with me. summer 夏天 fake 假的 run out 快用完 station 車站 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What station is mentioned in this story? a. Beitou Station b. Tamsui Fisherman's Wharf Station c. Zhongxiao-Fuxing Station 2. What does the station look like right now? a. Like you're at the beach b. Like you're in the mountains c. It looks the same as always 3. How many popsicle flavors are there? a. Four b. One c. Ten Answers 1. B 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Would you like to be a member of a royal family? For example, would you like to be a king or queen? 你想當國王, 還是皇后嗎？ What if it meant you could not be with the person you loved? Well, there was a princess in Japan who did not want to be a princess anymore. Princess Mako was a real princess in the Japanese royal family. 真子公主本來是日本王室一位真正的公主。 She married a man who is not a part of the royal family, 她跟平民男子結婚了。 But this is a big problem in Japan. This is because in Japan, princesses are not allowed to marry people who are not royal. 在日本, 公主不可以嫁給非皇家的人。 Princess Mako decided to give up being a princess, so she could marry the man that she wants. "give up" 就是放棄的意思，她決定不當公主了！這樣她才能嫁給她愛的人。 After marrying a non-royal, she is no longer a part of the royal family. 從她嫁給平民之後，她不再是王室的成員。 A lot of people think that if Princess Mako loves somebody outside the royal family, she should be allowed to marry them. A lot of people think it is very brave of Princess Mako to give up being a princess. 很多人認為她這樣做很勇敢。 What do you think? 你認為呢？ Do you think you would give up being royalty for love? ________________________________ Vocabulary 很多日本人關心真子公主的婚事。 1. Princess 公主。 Princess Mako finally got married last week. 真子公主上星期終於結婚了。 So she's not a princess now? 所以她現在不是公主了？ Right. 對的。 2. Marry 結婚。 I asked Katie to marry me yesterday. 我昨天向凱蒂求婚。 Wow, that's great! What did she say? 太棒了，她怎麼說？ She said she's marrying Kevin. 她說她要嫁給凱文。 Oh, no! 糟糕了。 3. Japan 日本，Japanese 日本人，日語。 Do you speak Japanese, Ryan? 你會講日語嗎，萊恩？ No, and I've never been to Japan. 不會，我也沒有去過日本。 4. Royal family 王室。 Both Britain and Japan have a royal family. 英國和日本都有王室。 Yes, and so does Denmark. 對，而且丹麥也有。 我們來讀一遍單字。 princess 公主 marry 結婚 Japan 日本 Japanese 日語，日本人 royal family 王室 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where is the princess from in this story? a. Taiwan b. England c. Japan 2. What has the princess done? a. Stopped being a princess b. Became the queen c. Married a prince 3. What is the princess' name? a. Mako b. Mika c. Maiko Answers 1. C 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Oh, hi kids! I'm just eating some vegetables. Vegetables are plants. Fruits are plants, too. We eat lots of plants. Do you know what other things we can do with plants? Make things! We can make houses with trees, for example. First, you cut the trees down. Then you can make a house. 蔬菜水果都是植物。植物可以吃也可以用來製造東西，很多房子就是木頭做的。 There is an American company that uses plants to make face masks. 一家美國的公司開始用植物來做口罩。 That is great! Do you know why? Well, because of COVID-19, there are a lot of face masks these days. When people throw them away, it makes a lot of garbage. 使用過的口罩被丟掉造成很大量的垃圾。 Have you ever seen face masks on a sidewalk? Yes, I really hate that, too! Face masks are usually made from a type of plastic. Plastic takes a very long time to disappear from the environment. So all those face masks are a big problem. They take up space in landfills. "Take up" means "uses." 這些垃圾占用了很大的空間。 But one company named G95 makes masks from plants. These masks fully disappear from the environment in 90 days after they are thrown away! When people have used the masks, they can mail them back to the company. G95 then recycles the old masks! That is so great! 這家公司用植物做成的口罩，丟掉90天之後就分解不見了。要是你把用過的口罩寄回去，這家公司還會把它回收利用。 ________________________________ Vocabulary 用植物做成的口罩，可以自行分解。 1. Disappear 消失。 My pretty face masks have disappeared! 我的漂亮口罩不見了！ Face masks don't just disappear. 口罩不會就這樣消失。 Here, they are in the garbage can. 在這裡，在垃圾桶裡。 2. Throw away 扔掉。 But I didn't throw them away. 可是我沒有把它們扔掉啊。 I think they fell off from the desk. 我想是從桌上掉下去的。 3. Environment 環境。 This is a really nice environment. 這是個很好的環境。 There are so many trees around. 周圍有好多樹。 Yeah, I hope we can live here. 是啊，真希望我們可以住在這裡。 4. Company 公司。 The biggest company in the world is an American company. 世界最大的公司是一家美國公司。 Is it McDonald's? 是麥當勞嗎？ No. 不是。 今天學了哪些字，還記得嗎？ disappear 消失不見 throw away 扔掉 environment 環境 company 公司 ________________________________ Quiz Q1: What is this story about? A: Making masks from plants B: Using wood to make houses C: Growing different kinds of plants Q2: What are most face masks made from? A: From plants B: From wood C: From plastic Q3: What is G95? A: A mask B: A company C: A plant Answers 1. A 2. C 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Woahh! Oh, that's right! It's almost Halloween! Will you dress up for Halloween? 萬聖節快到了!你那天會換裝嗎？ Maybe become a witch or a vampire? 要變成巫婆還是吸血鬼？ Or what about the monster from one of my favorite scary stories, Frankenstein! 還是科學怪人？！ Frankenstein is a story about a crazy scientist who wanted to create life. He made a big green man from… ewww… other body parts… An arm here… A leg there… He put the body together… and somehow… brought the monster to life! 科學怪人的故事是在講一位瘋狂的科學家，做出了一個怪物， 還給他生命！ Lots of people like to dress up as Frankenstein's monster on Halloween! And did you know? The story of Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley over 200 years ago! Mary Shelley寫的科學怪人已經有200多年歷史。 Recently, one of the first Frankenstein books ever printed sold for over 32,000,000 Taiwan Dollars! 其中一個最早出現的版本，最近被賣了超過3千2百萬台幣！ Woah! That's a world record for a printed work by a woman! Wow! What a price for an old book! It's a great story though, check it out… if you dare! ________________________________ Vocabulary 科學怪人的故事舉世聞名，所以它的最初版本很值錢。 1. Monster 怪物。 Why do people like monster movies? 為什麼人們喜歡怪物電影？ You mean like "Jurassic Park?" 你是說像侏儸紀公園嗎？ That's dinosaurs. That's not a monster movie. 那是講恐龍。它不是怪物電影。 2. Story 故事。 Have you read the story about Frankenstein's monster? 你讀過科學怪人的故事嗎？ No. But I know many stories about monsters. 沒有，不過我知道很多怪物的故事。 3. Crazy 瘋狂的。 Amy is planning to climb Jade Mountain on her own. 艾咪準備一個人去爬玉山。 That's crazy! 那太瘋狂了！ She can't go alone! 她不能一個人去。 4. Dress up as 打扮成。 So you are dressing up as a… giraffe? 所以你要打扮成長頸鹿？ No, silly. I'm dressing up as a horse! 別傻了，我要打扮成一匹馬。 這些單字你記住了嗎？ monster 怪物 story 故事 crazy 瘋狂的 dress up as 打扮成 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What special day is talked about in the story? a. Christmas b. Halloween c. New Year's Eve 2. What is the story of Frankenstein about? a. A friendly dog b. A vampire c. A scientist who made a monster 3. How long ago was Frankenstein first written? a. 10 years ago b. 55 years ago c. Over 200 years ago Answers 1: b 2: c 3: c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Did you know some police officers in Pakistan use rollerblades! These police officers learn how to rollerblade so they can chase and catch people who break the law. 有一些巴基斯坦的警察穿直排輪去追犯人。 Some cities in Pakistan are super, super crowded. The traffic is super bad! The police say they can't use a police car… and they can't use a police motorcycle. The roads are too crowded! So, they use rollerblades! 這是因為巴基斯坦的城市過於擁擠，街道塞滿車輛，警察不能開車或是騎摩托車。 In Taiwan, sometimes you can see police officers riding horses. But usually, the police in Taiwan ride on scooters or drive police cars. 在台灣，有時候你會看到騎馬的警察，但大部分的警察是開警車或騎摩托車。 But the cities in Pakistan are different. The roads are crowded with people and cars, and buses and motorcycles… it's so busy, sometimes everyone gets stuck and can't move! That's why the police there are using rollerblades. 但是在巴基斯坦的大都市，道路太擁擠，有時候根本動不了，這是為什麼警察穿直排輪的原因。 Have you ever tried rollerblading? It's not easy! You need to practice for a long time. With rollerblades, you can ride on the sidewalk or the road… The rollerblade police in Pakistan don't have to worry about traffic… they can just roll on their rollerblades and catch people who break the law! What a good idea! ________________________________ Vocabulary 警察穿著直排輪鞋在街上飛跑，還真想看看呢！ 1. Crowded 擁擠的。 This road is so crowded! 這條路好擠喔！ It happens every time before a long holiday. 每次放長假之前都會這樣。 2. Traffic 交通。 There's just too much traffic. 車子太多了。 I hate it when we have to worry about traffic before taking a vacation. 我真討厭度假之前得先擔心交通問題。 I know. 我懂。 3. Catch 抓到。 Did the police catch the man? 警察抓到那個人了嗎？ I don't think so. 我想沒有。 But they did catch his friend. 不過他們確實抓到了他的朋友。 4. Chase 追逐。 Should we chase away that cat? 我們應該把那隻貓趕走嗎？ Why? It's not doing anything to us. 為什麼？牠沒有對我們做什麼啊。 今天的單字很常用，我們來讀一遍。 crowded 擁擠的 traffic 交通 catch 抓到 chase 追逐 ________________________________ Quiz 1. Where do some police officers use rollerblades? A: India B: China C: Pakistan 2. Why do these police officers use rollerblades? A: Because they need more exercise B: Because they don't have police cars C: Because the roads are too crowded 3. What do police in Taiwan use? A: Cars, scooters… and sometimes, horses! B: Birds, bicycles, and trucks C: They hop on one foot Answers 1: C 2: C 3: A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn