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Swimming in the Seine River

Summer is here! It's the best time to swim! Where do most people swim? That's right! They go to swimming pools or beaches.
夏天來了!夏天最適合游泳，大家通常去游泳池或海邊游泳。

But some swimmers are going to a river. At the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games, athletes are going to swim in the Seine River!
有一些人也會去河邊游泳。這一次參加奧運跟帕奧的選手就要在塞納河游泳。

Paris is getting the Seine River ready for the athletes. People are cleaning it right now. What?! Well, for 100 years, it was too dirty for people to swim in. It was too dirty for a lot of fish too…
巴黎政府派人清理塞納河，好讓選手在河裡比賽。因為100年來，塞納河的水質太髒了，不適合游泳也不適合魚類生存。

Cleaning the river has taken lots of work and money. It cost almost forty-nine billion Taiwan dollars! A billion has nine zeroes!
清理塞納河花了很多人力，還有將近490億台幣的錢。

But now more fish swim in the river. And Olympic and Paralympic swimmers will swim in it for the first time. How cool is that?
現在塞納河裡的魚越來越多。之後奧運跟帕運的游泳選手也會首次在塞納河游泳。

Olympic marathon swimmers and triathlon swimmers will swim in the Seine in July and August. Paralympic triathlon swimmers will swim there in September.
奧運馬拉松游泳跟鐵人三項的選手七、八月會在塞納河比賽，帕運鐵人三項的選手會在九月比賽。

Get ready to watch great athletes swim in the Seine!

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Vocabulary
塞納河現在可以讓奧運選手在裡面游泳。

1. dirty 骯髒的
Someone is swimming in the river! 有人在河裡游泳!
Yew! Isn't it dirty? 不是很髒嗎?
All that rainwater washing into it? 所有雨水都流到河裡?
I guess so. 也許吧。

2. clean 清理
But the city is cleaning it up.不過市政府正在清理。
I do hope they do a good job. 真希望他們把事情做好。

3. best 最好的
A clean river where people can have a picnic by the riverside 一條乾淨的河，人們可以在河邊野餐
…and go swimming in it under the sun. 豔陽下去河裡游泳。
That would be the best place to be! 那會是最好的地方!

4. time 時間
Yeah, having a good time by the river, just like in the movies! 對啊，就跟電影裡面一樣，在河邊享受美好時光!

你喜歡游泳嗎? 來讀單字。
dirty骯髒的
clean清理
best最好的
time時間

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Quiz
1. Where is the Seine River?
a. Prague
b. Phuket
c. Paris

2. How much did it cost to clean the river?
a. Nine billion Taiwan dollars
b. Forty billion Taiwan dollars
c. Forty-nine billion Taiwan dollars

3. When will the Paralympic athletes swim in the river?
a. July
b. August
c. September

Answers:
1. c
2. c
3. c

Boy Works Hard to Make Money

Shredders cut paper into lots of very small pieces. Paper goes in and shredded paper comes out!
碎紙機會把紙切成很多小碎片，把紙張放進去，碎片就會出來。

In Japan, a man shredded some papers. He shredded an envelope. Then … oh, no! He remembered the envelope had a ?10,000 yen bill in it! That's about $2,000 Taiwan dollars…
日本有一位男子在用碎紙機的時候，不小心把裝了一張1萬日圓的信封放進碎紙機，1萬日圓大約等於兩千塊台幣。

The man told his son about the shredded bill. If the boy put the bill back together, it was his! But first, he had to find the pieces of the bill… There was lots of shredded paper!
男子告訴他兒子，如果他可以把鈔票拼回去，那張鈔票就是他的。但他要先找出那一張日幣的碎片。

It was very hard! Some pieces of the bill were the same color as other shredded paper!
這非常困難，因為鈔票碎片跟機器裡面的一些別的碎紙顏色一樣。

The boy had another ?10,000 yen bill. He matched the little pieces to the new bill. He didn't find all of the pieces. But he found most of them! It took him three weeks!
男孩拿出另一張1萬日圓的鈔票，用來比對碎片，雖然他沒有找到全部，但他花了三個星期找回了大部分。

He took the shredded bill to a bank. They looked at it carefully. Did they give him a new ?10,000 yen bill? Yes!!
他拿著拚回去的鈔票去銀行，銀行仔細檢查後，給了他一張新的鈔票。

Was $2,000 Taiwan dollars worth all that work? For this boy, yes, it was!
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Vocabulary
被碎紙機絞碎的鈔票，小男孩卻有辦法把它們拼回去。

1. piece 片、塊
I found an amazing puzzle! 我找到一個很棒的拼圖!
Oh no, how many pieces? 糟糕了，有幾片?
Three thousand! 三千片!

2. hard 困難的
That's a bit hard, don't you think? 那有點難，你不覺得嗎?
The last time you did a 2-thousand-piece one, 上次你拼兩千片的拼圖，it took you two months! 花了兩個月!

3. have to 必須
That's because one piece was missing. 那是因為有一片不見了。
I had to find it. 我得把它找出來。
Well, at least you found it. 至少你找到了。
Yeah.是的。

4. carefully 小心
This time I'll do it much more carefully.這回我會小心得多。
And spend another three months on it? 再花三個月嗎?
I hope not! 我希望不會。

請跟我念今天的單字。
piece片、塊
hard困難的
have to必須
carefully小心
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Quiz

1. What does a shredder do?
a. Finds paper
b. Cuts paper
c. Colors paper

2. How much money was in the envelope?
a. ?2000 yen
b. ?10,000 yen
c. ?3 yen

3. Who put the ?10,000 yen bill back together?
a. The man
b. The man's daughter
c. The man's son

Answers:
1. b
2. b
3. c

The Fish Taxi Accident

In Oregon, lots of salmon are NOT born in rivers. These baby fish are born in hatcheries. Workers help them grow. Young fish are safe there.
奧勒岡州有很多鮭魚不是在河裡出生，而是在魚卵孵化場。工作人員把牠們安全的養大。

When salmon are about a year and a half old, they leave their hatchery. They take a fish taxi!
到了一歲半，這些小魚就會搭計程車，離開孵化場。

Fish taxis are trucks with a big tank. Hatchery workers put salmon and water in the tank.
鮭魚計程車是裝載巨大魚缸的卡車，工作人員把魚缸裝滿水，把小魚放進去。

The truck drives the fish to a river. The salmon swim down the river to the ocean. There, they become big and strong.
卡車載小魚到河邊，放進河裡，讓牠們從河流游進大海，長成強壯的大魚。

One day, a truck was driving near a river. The tank had more than 100,000 salmon in it. The fish were going to a big river.
有一天，一輛裝了十萬條魚苗的卡車要開到河邊。

But the road was wet. The truck turned and ---oh, no! There was a bad accident!
結果路面濕滑，讓卡車轉彎時出了車禍!

The driver was okay! But the tank rolled down by the river. Water and many, many salmon came out of the tank!
還好駕駛沒事，但車上的水缸滾到了河邊！裡面的魚苗幾乎都流出來了。

Some did not live… But 77,000 salmon were very lucky! They fell into the river and swam away!
有的鮭魚沒有活下來，但還是有7萬7千隻的鮭魚很幸運地掉進河裡游走了。

Go, fish! Swim to the ocean!

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Vocabulary
鮭魚計程車出了車禍，讓它的乘客通通掉進了河裡。

1. fish 魚。
Let's get a pet. 我們養個寵物吧。
Good idea! A dog or a cat? 好主意，養狗還是養貓?
I think we should get some fish.我覺得應該養魚。
2. swim 游泳。
Fish? You can't cuddle a fish! 魚?你沒辦法跟魚抱抱。
But I enjoy watching them swim. 但是我喜歡看牠們游泳。It's so relaxing.讓人很放鬆。
3. water 水。
Okay, so how should we start? 好吧，該怎麼開始?
Buy a fish tank and put water in it. 買一個魚缸，放水進去。
4. lucky 幸運的。
Yeah, and I'll find two pairs of colorful fish.對，我去找兩對彩色的魚。
If we're lucky, we'll get baby fish! 我們幸運的話，還會有小貝比魚!
Do you like fish as pets? fish魚 swim游泳 water水 lucky幸運的

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Quiz

1. In Oregon, where do workers help fish grow?
a. The ocean
b. Hatcheries
c. Rivers
2. What is a "fish taxi"?
a. A boat
b. A truck
c. A car
3. When the accident happened, where did the salmon come out?
a. By a river
b. On the road
c. In a hatchery

Answers
1. b
2. b
3. a

The Kid Teacher

A young girl was inspired by her older brother and sister. They were doing very well in school. She became excited about doing well in school too!
有一個小女孩她的哥哥姊姊在學校成績優異，她受到啟發，也很希望在學校有所表現。

The girl became the youngest student at her university. Her classmates didn't know she was 13. She felt like a secret superhero! She studied hard to be a teacher. She finished university when she was 15!
她後來成為大學裡最年輕的學生，同學都沒有發現她才13歲，她覺得自己像個隱藏版的超級英雄。她很用功，希望以後當老師，15歲就從大學畢業。

But… she wanted to teach. She didn't want her parents to drive her to work. She wanted to drive. But she had to be 16 to get a driver's license.
她雖然想當老師，可是又不願意讓父母開車送她，只能等到16歲拿到駕照。

The girl got her driver's license and started teaching. At 16, she's the youngest teacher in the U.S.!
女孩拿到駕照後就開始教書，成為美國最年輕的老師。

She teaches Grade 3. She makes her classes fun! She asks her students to try new things. She tells them to think about what they can do, not what they can't do.
她教小學三年級的學生，她的課很好玩。她也鼓勵學生嘗試新的事物，告訴他們要想想，他們能做什麼，而不是不能做什麼。

Her students don't think she's a kid. They see her talking with other teachers. They see her driving.
她的學生不覺得她是個小孩，因為他們看到她跟其他老師聊天，也看到她開車。

This young teacher inspires her students. They try to do and be the best they can. Who inspires you?
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Vocabulary
這個女孩從讀書到當老師，都是最年輕的。

1. student 學生
I told my students a joke. 我跟學生講了一個笑話。
But they didn't laugh. 可是他們都沒笑。
What was the joke? 什麼笑話?
"How does the ocean say hello? It waves." 海洋如何說哈囉? 它揮揮手。

2. teach 教學
Maybe you need to teach the word "wave" first. 也許你得先教「海浪」這個字。
I think so, too. 我也覺得。

3. youngest 最年輕
But Annie, my youngest student, asked me to explain. 不過我的年紀最小的學生安妮，有要我解釋。
She's only 9. 她只有九歲。

4. class 班級
A 9-year-old in your grade-6 class? 九歲上你六年級的班?
Yeah, and she's doing very well. 對，而且她表現很好。

今天學到的單字你還記得嗎?
student學生
teach教學
youngest最年輕
class班級
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Quiz
1. Who inspired the girl?
a. Her older brother
b. Her best friend
c. A superhero

2. How old was the girl when she became a teacher?
a. Thirteen
b. Fifteen
c. Sixteen

3. What does the teacher tell her students to think about?
a. What they can do
b. What they can't do
c. How to have fun

Answers:
1. a
2. c
3. a

From Wild Goats to Pet Goats?

A small Italian island has about 100 people. It also has about 600 wild goats!
義大利的一座小島有差不多100位居民跟600多隻的野生山羊。
That's too many wild goats! They are a ‘biiiig’ problem. There isn't enough food for them! Now they go into people's gardens.* *They eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner there! Goodbye, beautiful flowers, fruits, and vegetables…
野生山羊真的太多了，島上沒有足夠的食物，牠們只好跑進居民的後院吃三餐，漂亮的花、蔬菜水果都沒了。
The mayor is asking for help! He wants people to take 500 goats from the island. Maybe these wild goats can become their pet goats!
市長希望大家可以幫助他把500隻山羊帶離這座島，或許這些山羊可以成為他們的寵物。
Getting a goat is easy.People email the mayor. They say they want a goat. The mayor says okay. Then they go and catch a goat!
要領養山羊很簡單，寄電子郵件給市長說想要一隻，市長同意就可以去抓山羊。
Wait a minute… The island is one tall mountain. It has no roads! It has no cars! It has many, MANY steps. Donkeys carry things up and down. And… goats are VERY good at running up and down mountains.
等等，這座島是一座高山，山上沒有路也沒有車，只有很多的階梯。驢子可以載物品上下樓梯，山羊也很會爬山。
The mayor gives people fifteen days to catch a wild goat.Why? Hmmm… Maybe getting a pet goat here isn't easy!
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Vocabulary
想要山羊當寵物，看起來困難重重。
1. breakfast 早餐
What’s for breakfast tomorrow? 明天早飯吃什麼?
Let’s see…Toast, milk and fruit.我想想，吐司、牛奶跟水果。
Sounds good. 聽起來不錯。
2. vegetable 蔬菜
And what’s for lunch? Just curious. 那中飯呢? 只是好奇。
Maybe some pasta with vegetables. 也許煮點麵條加蔬菜。
Vegetables from our garden? That’ll be great! 我們菜園裡的蔬菜嗎? 那很棒!
3. dinner 晚飯
I won’t be home for dinner, though. 不過我不會在家吃晚飯。
I’m going hiking on Xiangshan.我要去象山健行。
4. up and down 上上下下
What’s the fun of going up and down that hill? 爬上爬下那座山有什麼好玩的? The weather is so hot.天氣又這麼熱。
The night view is beautiful! 夜景很漂亮!
這些都是常用的單字。
breakfast早餐
vegetable蔬菜
dinner晚飯
up and down上上下下
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Quiz
1. How many wild goats are there on the island?
a. Fifty
b. One hundred
c. Six hundred
2. What do the wild goats eat?
a. Pet food
b. Vegetables
c. Seafood

3. What do you need to do first to get a goat from the island?
a. Feed the goat
b. Ride a donkey
c. Email the mayor

Answers:
1. c
2. b
3. c

Space Junk Zooms Over California

Do you look at the sky at night? Well, one night in California, people saw a big, bright light. It zoomed across the sky. Maybe it was a plane or a shooting star. But… it was falling to the Earth!
你會抬頭看晚上的天空嗎? 加州有一天晚上，民眾看到一道很亮的光，劃過天空。那可能是飛機或是流星。但是它卻掉到了地球上!

Later, scientists said it was a piece of a rocket. Pieces of broken or old rockets and satellites are space junk.
後來科學家說那是火箭的碎片。舊的火箭、衛星的碎片都是太空垃圾。

Millions of pieces of space junk zoom around the Earth. The pieces can zoom 28,000 kilometers an hour! They're a big problem! Space junk can hit satellites or spaceships.
數以百萬計的太空垃圾碎片繞著地球轉，它們移動的速度可以高達每一小時2萬8千公里，可能會打到衛星或太空船。

Sometimes space junk falls to the Earth. Scientists said the space junk falling over California was about 1,500 kilograms! But no one found it. Metal becomes very, very hot when it falls to the Earth. Maybe the space junk burned up!
科學家說掉在加州的太空垃圾重達1500公斤，但是沒有人找到。可能它掉落的時候，金屬過熱，整個燒掉了。

Scientists are finding ways to clean up space junk. They want to keep everyone safe from it.
科學家也在想辦法清理太空垃圾，保護大家安全。

Maybe you'll see a bright light zooming across the night sky too. Maybe it will be a plane or a shooting star. Or maybe it'll be space junk!

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Vocabulary
劃過夜空的亮光，可能是太空垃圾進入地球大氣層燃燒的火花。

1. junk 垃圾
Did you see that? 你看到了嗎?
I sure did! It's amazing, isn't it? 看到了，很精彩吧?
My guess is that it's space junk.我猜是太空垃圾。

2. piece 碎片
Why? 為什麼呢?
Because it seems to have many pieces. 因為似乎有很多片。
Maybe they are parts of a big rocket. 也許是一枚大火箭的零件。
That would be so cool! 那很酷呢!

3. fall 掉落
The pieces may fall on us. 可能會掉在我們頭上呢.
That would be big news! 那會是大新聞!

4. hit 打擊
You're not worried? 你不擔心?
Not at all. 一點也不。
I'm sure they won't hit me.肯定不會打到我。
Look, another one is coming! 你看，又來了一個!
Help! 救命啊!

Have you ever seen space junk?
junk垃圾
piece碎片
fall掉落
hit打擊

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Quiz
1. What was in the sky over California?
a. A piece of a rocket
b. A shooting star
c. A plane

2. What is space junk?
a. New spaceships
b. Pieces of satellites
c. Space travel snacks

3. Why is space junk a problem?
a. It's not healthy.
b. It's old.
c. It can hit satellites.

Answers:
1. a
2. b
3. c