1.The "Mite-iest" Cheese in the World
Do you know what people say about stinky tofu? The worse it smells, the
better it tastes!
大家都說臭豆腐越臭越好吃。
In Europe, people say the same about cheese. They have lots of cheeses over
there. What's the weirdest one? Mite cheese.
歐洲人也說起司越臭越好吃，他們有各種起司，最奇怪的是?起司。
No, no, no! It's not MICE cheese! It's MITE cheese! Mites are very small
spiders. They make cheese using their poop!
Mite?很像小的蜘蛛，牠們的排泄物可以用來做起司。
Mr. P?schel was a biology teacher. Now he farms mites. He has lots of dark,
cool, moist boxes. They're full of millions of mites! He needs them to make
mite cheese.
P?schel先生以前是生物老師。他現在養?，把牠們養在潮濕陰暗的箱子來做起司。
Mr. P?schel puts soft cheese into the boxes. Then the hungry mites get to
work! They climb all over it! Eating and pooping, pooping and eating. Eat.
Poop. Eat. Poop. Eat. Poop. They're making mite cheese!
P?schel先生把軟質乳酪放進箱子裡，?會爬到起司上，邊吃邊排泄。
Mr. P?schel waits for the mite cheese to get hard. Then he takes it out of
the boxes. He's very careful. These mites eat fingernails too!
等到起司變硬了，就可以從箱子裡拿出來。他很小心，這些?也會吃指甲。
His mite cheese is ready to eat. Some say it's tasty. Others want to try it.
Spider poop cheese? No, thanks or yes, please?
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Vocabulary
?起司的做法真特別，有點兒異想天開。
1. smell 聞起來
What's that you're eating? 你在吃什麼呢?
Seafood soup. 海鮮湯。
It smells very strong.聞起來味道很重。
Yeah, I added fish sauce.對，我加了魚露。
2. taste 嚐起來
This actually tastes really good. 它其實很好吃。
You made it yourself? 你自己做的?
Right, I learned it from a Thai teacher. 對，我從一個泰國老師學來的。
3. lots of 很多的
I know fish sauce is used in lots of Thai dishes.我知道很多泰國菜都用魚露。
Come, have some. 來吧，吃一點。
Wow! Delicious! 哇，真好吃!
I knew you'd like it.我就知道你會喜歡。
4. full of 充滿的
This soup is full of flavor! 這個湯味道濃郁。
Yeah, it's better than other kinds of soup. 它比別的湯都好。
Because it's easy to make.因為它很容易做。
Do you like cheese or Thai food? 來複習一遍單字。
smell聞起來
taste嚐起來
lots of很多的
full of充滿的
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Quiz
1. What kind of cheese is made from spider poop?
a. Mite cheese
b. Mice cheese
c. My cheese
2. What does Mr. P?schel keep in dark, cool, moist boxes?
a. Stinky tofu
b. Millions of mice
c. Millions of mites
3. What eats fingernails?
a. Mites
b. Cows
c. Mr. P?schel
Answers:
1. a
2. c
3. a
2.Every Day Is a Radio Day
Long ago, people had no cellphones. There was no social media. There was no
Internet! In Taiwan, there were no TV stations!
很久以前，人們沒有手機、網路跟社交媒體。那時候，台灣也沒有電視台。
How did news travel to people far away? There was radio then. And there's
radio now!
那要怎麼讓在很遠地方的人知道新聞呢？當時就是用收音機，現在也是！
Radio is free! It's on every day, 24 hours a day. Radio stations broadcast
news, talk shows, music, stories, and more.
廣播不僅免費而且每天24小時都有。廣播電台播送新聞、談話節目、音樂、故事等等。
We hear voices and sounds on the radio. We imagine how people, places, and
things look or what people are doing. That's why radio is called the "theater
of the mind."
我們聽收音機，想像人、事、物的畫面或者人們在做什麼。
Radio broadcasts big news because radios are reliable. No Internet? No
electricity? No problem! Radios can still work! In emergencies, we hear about
what's happening and learn what to do.
即使缺電、沒有網路，廣播還是可以運作，所以利用它播送重大新聞。緊急的時候，我們還是可以知道發生了什麼事以及該如何應對。
Radio brings us all kinds of music. Listening to many songs lets us find out
what we like. Some songs become part of our memories!
我們也可以從收音機聽到各種音樂，找到自己喜歡的歌曲。有一些歌曲還會成為我們的回憶！
World Radio Day was this month. But every day is a radio day! Radio
broadcasts all the news. Radio gives music to our daily lives. Radio is for
all of us!
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Vocabulary
廣播曾經是生活重要的一部份。
1. music 音樂
What's that music? 那是什麼音樂?
"A Summer Place," from the 1970s.〈夏日地方〉，1970年代的。
It's very nice. 很好聽。
Yeah, we used to listen to music on the radio.對，我們以前都從收音機聽音樂。
2. song 歌曲
Not vinyl records? 不是黑膠唱片?
Those came later.那些以後才出現。
Radio was the thing for Western pop songs. 收音機才有西洋流行歌曲。
3. talk show 談話節目
Were there talk shows? 有談話節目嗎?
No, but there were radio dramas of ghost stories. 沒有，不過有鬼故事話劇。
4. every day 每天
I was glued to my radio every day. 我每天都黏著我的收音機。
For the ghost stories? 聽鬼故事?
For those and more.聽那些跟其他的。
Have you ever listened to music on the radio?
Music音樂
song歌曲
talk show談話節目
every day每天
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Quiz
1. What do radio stations broadcast?
a. Internet
b. News
c. Places
2. How much does it cost to listen to the radio?
a. It's free!
b. Four dollars
c. Twenty dollars
3. What is radio called?
a. Words in our minds
b. Songs in the wind
c. Theater of the mind
Answers:
1. b
2. a
3. c
3.What Killed the Dinosaurs?
Once upon a time, there were big dinosaurs living on Earth. Why did they go
away?
很久以前，恐龍還活在地球上，那牠們為什麼消失了呢?
Some people say a very big space rock hit the Earth in Mexico. The "kaboom"
was so big that it hit all the dinosaurs. Did this happen?
據說是一顆超大的隕石墜落在墨西哥，讓所有的恐龍滅亡。真的是這樣嗎?
Some smart scientists have another idea. They say the dinosaurs are gone
because of volcanoes in India.
也有科學家覺得恐龍是因為印度的火山爆發而絕種。
Volcanoes are special mountains. They have holes on top! Volcanoes rumble and
grumble. And they shoot out fire!
火山會隆隆作響，還會噴出火焰。
At the time of the dinosaurs, volcanoes shot out lots of fire and smoke. This
happened for a very long time. This made the air very smelly.
當時有一段時間火山噴出大量火焰跟濃煙，讓空氣品質惡化。
After many years, the volcanoes changed the weather. The world got very cold.
These scientists think this is why the dinosaurs are gone.
多年之後，火山爆發導致氣候變得很冷，科學家覺得這才是恐龍絕種的原因。
So, what made the dinosaurs go? Was it the volcanoes, the big space rock...
or both? Scientists are not sure now, but their ideas are very interesting!
究竟是什麼原因讓恐龍消失呢? 是火山，是隕石，還是兩個都有?
科學家還不確定，但是他們的想法很有趣！
Today, scientists look for rocks and dinosaur bones in the ground. This helps
them learn more about what happened to the dinosaurs!
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Vocabulary
有一個理論說火山爆發導致氣候改變，恐龍也因此滅絕。
1. shoot 噴發
Can you imagine Datun Mountain erupting one day? 你能想像有一天大屯山爆發嗎?
And shooting out fire and ash? 然後噴出火焰和灰塵?
That would be so cool! 那好酷喔!
No, it wouldn't. 才不呢。
2. because 因為
Our weather may change because the ash would block the
sun.我們的天氣可能改變，因為火山灰會遮住太陽。
3. for a long time 長時間
But Datun Mountain has slept for a very long time. 但是大屯山已經沉睡很久了。
With volcanoes, you never know. 火山是說不準的。
4. scientist 科學家
I'm not worried. We have good scientists. 我不擔心，我們有很好的科學家。
Yeah, let's hope they don't fall asleep.對啊，希望他們不會睡著。
請跟我讀今天的單字。
shoot噴發
because因為
for a long time長時間
scientist科學家
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Quiz
1. Where did the big space rock hit the Earth?
a. Canada
b. Mexico
c. India
2. What shoots out of volcanoes?
a. Cold air
b. Holes
c. Fire
3. What do scientists look for to learn about dinosaurs?
a. Rocks and bones
b. Rumbles and grumbles
c. Cold smelly air
Answers:
1. b
2. c
3. a
4.Customers Think Woman is a Robot
Do you like to pretend? Some kids pretend to be cowboys or cowgirls riding
horses. Others pretend to drive fast cars. Some kids pretend to be robots.
有的小朋友喜歡裝成牛仔騎馬或是假裝開快車，有的也會裝成機器人。
Many people like robots in restaurants. People like to tell these robots what
they want to eat. Robots are cool!
很多人喜歡餐廳裡的機器人，覺得它們很酷，也喜歡跟它們點餐。
In China, Ms. Qin pretends to be a robot. This woman owns a restaurant. She
pretends there.
在中國，有一位秦小姐在她的火鍋店裡裝作是個機器人。
Ms. Qin takes customers to their tables. She walks with many small moves. She
moves and stops, moves and stops.
秦小姐幫客人帶位時，她用許多小小的移動來走路，移動，停，移動，停。
Ms. Qin doesn't look happy or sad. Her face and her eyes don't move. Many new
customers think she's a robot!
她的臉跟眼睛一動也不動，看不出她是開心還是難過，很多新客人覺得她是一個機器人。
News reporters heard about Ms. Qin. They went to her restaurant. They asked
her questions. They found out she wasn't a robot!
記者到她的火鍋店採訪，才發現她根本不是機器人。
Ms. Qin likes to pretend to be a robot. Why? It's because she likes to dance.
She's a good dancer, so she can move well.
那秦小姐為什麼喜歡扮成機器人呢?因為她喜歡跳舞，也是一位厲害的舞者。
Now many people know Ms. Qin is not a robot. But they like to watch her
pretend to be a robot!
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Vocabulary
假裝成機器人，這還真需要一點本領。
1. kid 小孩
If you could pretend to be someone else, who would you like to be?
要是你可以假裝成別人，你想假裝成誰呢?
George Clooney's wife? 喬治克隆尼的太太?
No, be serious. 認真一點。
Okay, the kid in Wonka.電影《旺卡》裡的小孩。
2. walk 走路
So I could walk through the chocolate factory. 我就可以走過巧克力工廠。
That sounds magical! 聽起來很夢幻。
3. drive 駕駛
I'd like to drive a spacecraft. 我想要駕駛太空船。
You don't drive.不是駕駛太空船。
You fly a spacecraft. 你開太空船。
4. dancer 跳舞者
I thought you'd like to be a dancer.我以為你想當跳舞的人。
I don't need to pretend. 我不需要假裝。
I'm already a dancer. 我已經是舞者。
Let's read the words.
kid小孩
walk走路
drive駕駛
dancer跳舞者
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Quiz
1. What is Ms. Qin?
a. A restaurant owner
b. A robot owner
c. A reporter
2. What does Ms. Qin like to do?
a. Drive fast cars
b. Ride horses
c. Dance
3. What does Ms. Qin pretend to be?
a. A woman
b. A customer
c. A robot
Answers:
1. a
2. c
3. c