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From Cow Poop to Clear Water

In India, many communities need to clean their dirty water. It's not easy. Many cleaning systems use chemicals and energy. They need workers.
印度有很多人需要淨化髒水，這個工作可不容易。汙水處理系統需要化學物質跟電力，也需要人手。

A man wanted to make a new system. But he didn't want his system to use chemicals, energy, or workers.
有一名男子想要研發新的系統，但是他不希望用到化學物質、能源跟人力。

The man had an idea. A cow's stomach has four parts. Each part has a special job. His system has four parts. Each part has a special job.
他想到讓系統跟牛的胃一樣，有四個部分而且每一個部分都有特殊功能。

Cow poop is in part one. Yes, smelly cow poop! This is smart. Brown water goes in. The poop's bacteria clean the water. Next, in part two, other bacteria clean it.
第一個部分要用到牛的糞便，因為裡面的細菌可以淨化水質。第二部分有其他的細菌來處理。

Then in part three, sand and small stones clean it. Last, in part four, plants clean the water! And clear water comes out!
第三部分需要沙子跟石頭，最後一個部分用植物來淨化水質，於是清水就出來了!

The man's cleaning system works! People can use this water for plants and toilets. More than three hundred communities use this system now. It has cleaned two billion liters of water. That's a lot of water!
他成功了!淨化出來的水可以澆花或當作馬桶水。目前有超過300個社群團體用這個系統，一共清了20億公升的水。

The man's system is easy, and it's good for the Earth. Now many communities can clean their dirty water!

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Vocabulary
這個淨化水質的系統，大大節省人力和電力。

1. bacteria 細菌
My God! I'm so tired! 天哪，我累死了!
Oh, there's cool spring water here,這裡有很涼的泉水。
Hey, you can't drink that! 你不可以喝泉水!
There are lots of bacteria in the water.水裡有很多細菌。

2. clear 清澈的
Really? But it looks so clear.真的嗎?可是它看起來很清澈。
No, you have to boil it first. 不，你一定要先煮沸。

3. idea 主意
But I can't do that now! 但是我現在沒辦法煮啊!
I know. I have an idea. 我知道，我有個主意。

4. need 需要
I'll tell those climbers we need water. 我去告訴那些登山客我們需要水。
What if they ignore you? 要是他們不理你呢?
They won't. I'll beg. 不會的。我會哀求。

來跟我一起讀單字。
bacteria細菌
clear清澈的
idea主意
need需要

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Quiz
1. What needs to be cleaned?
a. Air
b. Water
c. Bacteria
2. What animal stomach gave the man the idea for his cleaning system?
a. Cow
b. Horse
c. Sheep
3. What does the man's cleaning system use?
a. Energy
b. Chemicals
c. Plants

Answers:
1. b
2. a
3. c

Protecting the Moon from Garbage

Over fifty years ago, the USA sent a rocket to the moon. An astronaut got out and walked! Whoa! How exciting! But after that, not many rockets went there.
五十多年前，美國發射火箭登陸月球，太空人還在月球上漫步。但是在這之後，登上月球的火箭沒那麼多。
Now many countries and companies want to go to the moon. They want to do many things. The USA wants to build houses on the moon!
很多國家跟公司現在都想要登陸月球，美國甚至想要在月球上蓋房子。
Some people are worried. Why? Well, soon, many people will go to the moon. Maybe they will take bad things there. And people make garbage too, right? Then they leave it.
有一些人擔心之後太多人登陸月球，會帶有害的東西過去，還會留下垃圾。
Look at the Earth. We have lots of garbage everywhere. We have garbage on the land and in the ocean. Yuck! We have garbage in space too!
看看現在的地球，我們在陸地上或是海洋中製造了大批垃圾，就連太空裡也有太空垃圾。
A space lawyer says countries need to make a law together. This law can protect the moon. People won’t be able to take bad things to the moon. People will be more careful about making and leaving garbage there too.
有一位太空律師說要一起制定法律來保護月球，這樣人們去月球旅行就必須小心，不會攜帶有害物質，也不會留下垃圾。
The space lawyer wants to protect the moon from garbage. The moon doesn't have much garbage now. It’s a great time to make this new law!
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Vocabulary
人類汙染地球，現在有人擔心也會污染月球。
1. exciting 讓人興奮的
We’re going to land on the moon again! 我們又要登陸月球了!
I can’t see why you find it exciting. 我不懂你為什麼那麼興奮。
People did it ages ago! 人類好久以前就去過了!
2. build 建造
This time it’s different. 這次不一樣。
They’re going to build houses up there. 他們要在上面蓋房子。
Just like in the movies! 就跟電影裡一樣!
3. astronaut 太空人。
Houses for whom? 替誰蓋房子?
For the astronauts, of course. 當然是替太空人啦。
Why would astronauts want to live on the moon? 太空人為什麼要住在月球上?
4. protect 保護
To protect us from alien attacks? 好來保護我們不受外星人攻擊?
You watch too many movies, Paz! 你看太多電影啦!
Will you go to the moon someday? 來一起讀單字。
exciting讓人興奮的
build建造
astronaut太空人
protect保護
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Quiz
1. When was the first time someone walked on the moon?
a. Last week
b. 10 years ago
c. Over fifty years ago
2. Who wants to go to the moon now?
a. Many countries
b. The lawyer
c. Some worried people
3. What does the lawyer want to protect the moon from?
a. Houses
b. Garbage
c. Laws
Answers:
1. c
2. a
3. b

Spider Webs with DNA

Ahhh! What's that little monster with eight legs? Oh, it's a spider!
Spiders can help scientists. They make spider webs. Spider webs are sticky! That’s how they trap flies, mosquitoes, and… DNA!
蜘蛛可以助科學家一臂之力，蜘蛛網很黏，抓得住蒼蠅、蚊子還有…基因!
Maybe you know "DNA" from the K-pop song by BTS. All living things have DNA. It's the code that makes living things look and work in one way.
你大概有聽過DNA這首歌，生物都有DNA，它決定生物的模樣跟行為。
Getting DNA is important for learning about living things. Getting it from cats, dogs, and zoo animals is easy. But getting it from wild animals is hard!
要研究生物，取得它的DNA很重要。從貓狗或動物園裡的動物身上取得很容易，但是野生動物就有困難。
Hmmmm… spider webs are everywhere. And wild animals walk by spider webs! Their DNA may be on them. How?
野外到處都是蜘蛛網，野生動物經過，牠們的DNA遺傳密碼可能會黏在上面。
Well, DNA from the animals' skin, hair, or breath goes into the air. When the wind blows, sticky spider webs may trap it. Also, if animals touch spider webs, they may leave their DNA.
動物的皮膚、毛髮跟牠們呼出的氣體，都可能隨著風黏到蜘蛛網上，動物碰到蜘蛛網也會留下基因的資訊。
Scientists find and take spider webs. Then they study the trapped DNA.
科學家尋找蜘蛛網，並且研究黏在上面的生物分子。
With spider webs, scientists can get wild animals' DNA. It helps us learn more about these animals. The more we know about animals, the more we can understand them!
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Vocabulary
蜘蛛網能夠協助科學家研究各種生物的遺傳基因。
1. spider 蜘蛛
Yikes, a spider web! 蜘蛛網!
I hate spiders! 我討厭蜘蛛!
Spiders are good. 蜘蛛很好啊。
They eat mosquitoes.牠們吃蚊子。
I don’t care what they eat.我不在乎牠們吃什麼。
2. sticky 黏黏的
Why are you so afraid of them? 你為什麼那麼怕蜘蛛?
Because spider webs are sticky. 因為蜘蛛網黏黏的。
And they are just ugly.而且牠們就是好醜。
3. trap 抓住
But look at these scientists' work. 但是你看看這些科學家的工作。
Isn't it amazing? 不是很了不起嗎?
Studying the skin trapped by the webs? 研究被蜘蛛網黏住的皮膚嗎?
It’s gross! 很恐怖!
4. scientist 科學家
You could never be a scientist. 你永遠當不成科學家。
No, and I don’t want to be. 沒錯，我也不想當。
你怕不怕蜘蛛?
spider蜘蛛
sticky黏黏的
trap抓住
scientist科學家
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Quiz
1. Why can spider webs trap things?
a. They're sticky.
b. They're important.
c. They're easy.
2. What is DNA?
a. Baseball
b. Code
c. Monsters
3. What do scientists want from spider webs?
a. Wild animals
b. Wild animals' DNA
c. Spiders' DNA
Answers:
1. a
2. b
3. b

Microplastics Are Everywhere

Plastic makes our lives easy. We use plastic bottles for drinks and plastic bags for food. When we’re done with them, we throw them away!
塑膠製品像是塑膠瓶、塑膠袋讓我們的生活更便利。通常使用之後就把它扔掉。
Lots of plastic trash goes into the ocean. After some years, it breaks down into microplastics. Microplastics are very small. How small? They're smaller than 5 millimeters.
很多塑膠垃圾流入海裡。幾年後，就會被分解成塑膠微粒，微粒有多小呢? 小於5毫米。
Fish and other animals eat and drink microplastics. Sometimes microplastics are in our food and water. Microplastics can be everywhere!
塑膠微粒無所不在。魚類跟其他的海洋生物會把塑膠微粒吃下肚。還會出現在我們的食物跟水中。
Microplastics can be everywhere because we use too much plastic. This isn’t good. Some scientists think microplastics can make us sick!
我們用了太多塑膠製品，科學家擔心塑膠微粒會讓人生病!
Microplastics are a big problem. But we can fix it together! How? We can use less plastic. We can use reusable water bottles and bags. We can recycle. We can put plastic trash into the bins for plastic!
塑膠微粒是個大問題，但是我們可以一起來解決。我們可以減少使用塑膠，改用環保杯跟環保袋，也可以做塑膠回收。
We can also stop plastic from going into the ocean. We can pick up trash on a beach. Then the plastic in the trash won’t become microplastics!
清理海灘上的垃圾，也會阻止塑膠流進大海，它們就不會變成塑膠微粒。
We can do these small things to make a big change. Let’s stop more microplastics from being in the ocean!
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Vocabulary
海洋中的塑膠會分解成微小粒子，跑進食物鏈裡面。
• done 完成
Are you done drinking? 你喝完了嗎?
Yeah. You want some water, too? 對啊，你也要喝點水嗎?
No, I just want your bottle. 不，我只要你的瓶子。
• recycle 回收
Hey, you threw it away! 你把它扔掉了!
No, I’m just having it recycled. 沒有，我只是回收它。
By tossing it in the trash? 扔進垃圾裡回收?
• trash 垃圾
That’s not a trash bin. 那不是垃圾桶。
It’s a bag for empty bottles. 是放空瓶子的袋子。
But I may get thirsty later on.可是我等一下也許會口渴。
• change 改變
You should bring your own water bottle.你應該自己帶水。
So you want to fix the Earth’s problems now? 所以你現在要解決地球的問題啦?
Just to make a small change. 只是做一點小小改變。
這些單字很常用。
done完成
recycle回收
trash垃圾
change改變
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Quiz
• Where does lots of plastic trash go into?
• The ocean
• Space
• Forests
• How small are microplastics?
• 5 milligrams
• 5 milliliters
• 5 millimeters
• How can we help fix the microplastics problem?
• Recycle plastic
• Use plastic bags
• Throw away plastic
Answers:
• a
• c
• a

A Garbage Warning System for Taiwan's Beaches

Yuck! Nobody likes garbage on the beach. Where does it come from?
沒有人喜歡海灘上的垃圾，這些垃圾到底從哪裡來的呢?

Some garbage comes from people at the beach. They drink soda. Then they leave the cans on the beach. Or they eat a bag of chips. Then they leave the bag.
有一些垃圾是去海灘玩的人留下來的。他們喝完汽水、吃完洋芋片，就隨手丟在海灘上。

Lots of the garbage comes from the ocean. Waves push garbage from other places onto the beach.
很多海洋垃圾也會被海浪推到海灘上。

Environmental groups try to help the Earth in some way. Some environmental groups in Taiwan clean up beaches. But sometimes these beaches have lots of ocean garbage a few days later!
環保團體都在想辦法如何幫助地球。台灣有一些環保團體會淨灘。但是淨灘後又會出現很多垃圾。

Soon, a warning system can help environmental groups here. It uses cameras to watch ocean garbage. It will warn environmental groups about where and when ocean garbage will come to beaches. When it's coming, the groups can wait for the garbage and then clean it up.
不久後會有一個系統可以協助環保團體。它用攝影機觀察海洋垃圾，提醒他們海洋垃圾沖上海灘的時間跟地點，就可以去把垃圾清理乾淨。

The system uses three colors. Green means no garbage is near the beach. Yellow means some garbage is nearby. Red means garbage is at the beach!
系統用三種顏色示警。綠色是指沒有垃圾靠近海灘，黃色代表附近有垃圾，紅色是垃圾已經沖上海灘了!

This warning system helps people help the Earth. That's something to be happy about today. It's Earth Day!

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Vocabulary
海灘垃圾有多種來源，環保人士希望更有系統的清除垃圾。

1. clean up 清理
Will you take out the garbage tonight? 你今晚會去倒垃圾吧?
Me? Isn't it your turn? 我? 不是輪到你了嗎?
Well, I'm the one who cleaned up the kitchen.這個嘛，是我把廚房清理乾淨的。

2. come from 來自
But most of the garbage came from you and your friends! 但是大部分垃圾是你跟你的朋友製造的。
You ate lots of things here last night.你們昨晚在這裡吃了一堆東西。

3. leave 留下
That's why I cleaned it up.那是為什麼我有清理。
Please, don't leave the garbage to me. 拜託不要把垃圾留給我。

4. when 當
Okay. But next time when you have a party, invite me! 好吧，但是下次當你辦派對，要邀請我!
It's a deal. 就這麼說定了。

請注意，要讀單字了。
clean up清理
come from來自
leave留下
when當

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Quiz
1. What will the warning system do?
a. Stop garbage
b. Watch garbage
c. Push garbage

2. What will the warning system use?
a. Cameras
b. Boats
c. Bags
3. What does green mean in the warning system?
a. Lots of garbage
b. Some garbage
c. No garbage

Answers:
1. b
2. a
3. c

Gambian Photographer Works for Her Dreams
**Narrator: **One, two, three, say cheese! Do you like taking photos? You can take photos of people, places, food … anything you want! People who take photos are photographers.
你喜歡拍照嗎?不論是人、物或地方都可以拍，專業拍照的人叫做攝影師。
A young photographer loves taking photos of soccer games. She’s from the Gambia.* *Her dream is to be a sports photographer for the Gambia.
一位甘比亞的年輕攝影師很喜歡拍足球比賽。她的夢想是成為甘比亞的運動攝影師。
One day, she got a big chance. There was a men's soccer competition in another country. Teams from many African countries were playing. The Gambian team wanted her to work at the competition. For a short time, she was a sports photographer for the Gambia!
有一天，她的機會來了。有一場男子足球賽在另一個國家舉行，非洲有很多隊伍會參賽。甘比亞球隊請她當隨隊攝影師。
A few women photographers and many men photographers were there too. But she was easy to see.
Photographer: I need my light pink headscarf and all of my brightest clothes.
**Narrator: **場邊有很多男性攝影師，也有一些女性攝影師，但是她穿鮮豔的衣服，綁粉紅色頭巾，很容易就看到她。
She worked hard. She took amazing photos. Everyone loved them!
她努力工作，拍出很多精彩的照片，大家都很喜歡。
Now she has a bigger dream. She wants to go to the world's biggest soccer competition! She wants to be the Gambia's sports photographer there!
她現在有更大的夢想，她希望可以到全世界規模最大的足球比賽，為甘比亞球隊當攝影師。
This young photographer works hard to make her dreams come true. If you work hard, you can make your dreams come true too!
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Vocabulary
這位甘比亞女孩，夢想總有一天會實現。
1. come true 實現
What’s your dream, Paz? 你的夢想是什麼?
Opening up a bakery! 開一家麵包店!
Wow, that sounds great! 聽起來真棒!
When do you think it will come true? 你覺得什麼時候會實現?
2. hard 辛苦地
Maybe in five years.也許五年之內。
You’ll have to work hard. 你得努力工作。
Yeah, I’ll need to get up early every day. 是啊，我需要每天早起。
3. bright 鮮豔的
But you’ll make bright, beautiful and delicious cakes.但是你會做鮮艷漂亮又好吃的蛋糕。
I’ll make nice and soft bread too.我還會做柔軟的麵包。
4. biggest 最大的
My biggest dream is to have my own big room. 我最大的夢想是有自己的大房間。
With books, plants, and a big globe! 裡面有書，植物跟一個大地球儀。
What’s your dream, everyone?
come true實現
hard辛苦地
bright鮮豔的
biggest最大的
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Quiz
1. What does the young photographer like taking photos of?
a. Food
b. Clothes
c. Soccer
2. Where is the Gambia?
a. Africa
b. Asia
c. Europe
3. What does the photographer wear that makes her easy to see?
a. Green shoes
b. A pink headscarf
c. A yellow hat
Answers:
1. c
2. a
3. b