Hi-tech Knitting Stops Mosquitoes

06/28/23 • 5 min

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Taiwan is a tropical country. Tropical countries are where the sun is the hottest. Southeast Asia is tropical too. 台灣跟東南亞都是熱帶地區。熱帶國家太陽又大又熱,還很潮濕。潮濕的天氣很悶。 Tropical countries are perfect for mosquitoes. Mosquitoes love wet places! They live on water. They love hot, humid weather too. It makes people sweat. Mosquitoes like sweaty people. They smell very tasty to mosquitoes! 熱帶國家是蚊子生活的完美環境。蚊子喜歡又熱又潮濕的天氣,這種天氣會讓人流汗,蚊子喜歡流汗的人,對牠們來說這是美味的氣味! Mosquitoes bite people all day. They drink lots of blood. Mosquitoes carry many diseases. People can get very sick from a mosquito bite. 蚊子整天叮人吸血,還會帶來傳染病,被蚊子咬到有可能會生重病! Scientists want to stop mosquitoes from making people sick. They made a new kind of fabric. Clothes are made of fabric. Mosquitoes can bite through most clothes. But they can't bite through this fabric! 科學家想要阻止蚊子傳染疾病。蚊子可以隔著大部分的衣服叮人,所以他們製造了一種特殊布料,讓蚊子沒有辦法叮! This new fabric is made with a hi-tech knitting machine. The machine knits the fabric very tightly! A mosquito's very thin mouth can't get through! 他們用高科技的紡織機做了這種非常細密的布料,讓蚊子細長的口器沒有辦法穿過去。 This new fabric is perfect for tropical countries. It's light and comfortable in hot weather. And it stops mosquito bites! Not as many people will get sick! Hooray for science! ________________________________ Vocabulary 科學家想出了好辦法對付愛吸血蚊子。 1) humid 潮濕的 Come over tonight for my barbecue. 今晚過來吃烤肉吧。 On a hot and humid day like this? 在這麼濕熱的天氣吃? Yeah, why not? 對啊,有何不可? 2) bite 叮咬 There'll be lots of mosquitos! 會有很多蚊子耶! I'm not afraid of them. 我不怕牠們。 Of course you're not. They never bite you! 你當然不怕,蚊子從不叮你! 3) tasty 美味的 You mean they'll bite you? 你是說牠們會咬你? Oh yeah, apparently I'm very tasty. 會,顯然我很好吃。 4) comfortable 舒服的 Okay, no barbecue. 好吧,不要烤肉了。 A light and comfortable dinner inside the house. 待在室內吃一頓清淡舒服的晚飯。 Hurray! 好耶! 你常被蚊子叮嗎? 來讀單字。 humid 潮濕的 bite 叮咬 tasty 美味的 comfortable 舒服的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is the weather in tropical countries? A: Sunny and cold B: Sunny and wet C: Cold and wet 2. What do mosquitoes drink? A: Water B: Blood C: Sweat 3. What are clothes made of? A: Plants B: Animals C: Fabric Answers 1. B 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

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American Students Visit Taiwan

In today's news, nine American high school students visited Taiwan! What did these students learn in one week? 有九個美國高中生來到台灣!他們在這一個禮拜中學到了什麼呢? One: Taiwan's cities like nature! A student saw a big tree at her hotel window. It was growing freely. 第一,台灣的城市喜歡大自然。學生從飯店窗戶看到外面自由生長的大樹。 She said this kind of tree is cut down in their city. She says Taiwan lets nature be. Their city has trees and trees and grass. But they're in parks, gardens, and along streets. 她說在他們的城市,樹都砍掉了,只有公園、花園,跟道路兩邊才有樹木。 Two: Taiwanese people do big things in small spaces! The students learned motorcycle repair shops and many other businesses don't need big spaces. 第二,台灣人在小小的空間裡做很多事!這些學生看到摩托車修理廠,還有很多小小的店家。 The students' city has a lot of space. So people use lots of space! 這些學生的家鄉有很大的空間,所以人們就使用很多空間。 Three: Taiwanese people are kind! They shared their homes and their daily lives. They talked with the students in Chinese. Everyone helped them. 第三,台灣人很友善!他們招待學生住進自己家,跟他們一起生活,還跟學生講中文。大家都會幫他們忙。 The students said Taiwan was very interesting. They learned about nature, spaces, and Taiwanese people. And they feel stronger speaking Chinese now! ________________________________ Vocabulary 小小的空間裡可以做很多事! 1) hotel 旅館 Now this is really a small room! 這真是個小房間。 It's a small hotel. 這是一家小旅館。 2) space 空間 Can I put my bag here? 我可以把行李箱放在這裡嗎? No, this is my personal space. 不行,這是我的個人空間。 Your personal space? 你的個人空間? It's one meter away from your bed! 這離你的床有一公尺呢! 3) a lot of 很多 I know, I just need a lot of space. 我知道,我就是需要很多空間。 Next time let's stay at a big hotel. 我們下次住大旅館。 4) share 分享 Or we can have two rooms. 或者我們可以要兩間房。 Then we don't need to share. 那樣就不用分享。 No, that would be too lonely. 不要,那太寂寞了。你今天學到哪些英文字? hotel 旅館 space 空間 a lot of 許多 share 分享 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How many American students came to Taiwan? A: 9 B: 19 C: 90 2. What made the students think Taiwan's cities like nature? A: Tall buildings B: Trees growing freely C: Parks 3. What did people do when a student made a mistake in Chinese? A: Got angry B: Helped the student C: Said it wasn't okay Answers 1. A 2. B 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

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Killer Frog Cancelled in North Carolina

Guys! Be careful... That's an African clawed frog! That thing's a killer! RUN!!! Phew! Those frogs are very scary! They eat any animal they can. ANY animal! 這是非洲爪蛙,牠們很恐怖,什麼動物都吃。 Listen to this scientist... Scientist: "I haven't found anything they won't eat... bugs and snails, tadpoles, other frogs, small fish... anything! Left alone... they would kill everything until you'd only find the clawed frog left. Then they'd begin eating each other." 科學家說,非洲爪蛙什麼都吃,包括昆蟲、蝸牛、蝌蚪、其他的青蛙、小魚等等。如果你把非洲爪蛙放在一起,牠們會把所有的動物殺光,然後開始吃同類! African clawed frogs have long, sharp claws.They use them to rip up other animals! 非洲爪蛙有又長又尖銳的爪子,可以撕開獵物的身體。 In just 4 months this killer frog can lay thousands of eggs. The eggs turn into tadpoles. Some tadpoles become frog food... 這種青蛙四個月之內就可以生下好幾千顆卵,這些卵會孵化成蝌蚪,再變成更多非洲爪蛙! These frogs smell very bad! They taste bad too.So no other animals eat them. 牠們又難聞又難吃,所以沒有動物會吃。 They're hard to catch. They're really fast swimmers.They can hold their breath for a loooong time. And they can swim backwards! 牠們游得很快,憋氣可以憋很久,還會倒退游,所以很難抓! North Carolina is a state in the USA. It thinks this frog is very, very scary. It's illegal to have an African clawed frog in North Carolina. 美國的北卡羅萊納州覺得這種青蛙太恐怖了,決定立法禁止人們養這種青蛙。 So if you live in North Carolina, or anywhere, stay away from African clawed frogs! ________________________________ Vocabulary 這種青蛙侵略性太強,已經成為禍害。 1) African 非洲的 Africa... I've only read about it in books. 非洲,我只在書本裡面讀過。 Yeah? There are many African countries worth a visit. 是嗎?有很多非洲國家值得一遊。 2) animal 動物 How many have you been to? 你去過幾個? Just three. 只有三個。 And I think I saw hundreds of animals. 我想我看到了好幾百個動物。 3) careful 小心的 That's amazing! 真驚人! Yeah, but you have to be very careful. 對,不過要很小心。 Wild animals can be dangerous. 野生動物會危險。 4) swimmer 游泳者 Did you know that tigers are good swimmers? 你可知老虎很會游泳? No, I didn't. 我不知。 They are. 真的。 A tiger once almost caught me in the river. 有一次一頭老虎差點在河裡抓到我。這些英文字你記住了嗎? African 非洲的 animal 動物 careful 小心的 swimmer 游泳者 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What will African clawed frogs eat? A: Eggs B: Swimmers C: Anything! 2.What do these frogs use their claws for? A: Ripping B: Breathing C: Tasting 3. How many eggs can these frogs lay? A: Hundreds B: Thousands C: Millions Answers 1. C 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn