ICRT Lunchbox --- Smart Cities (智慧城市)

Smart Cities 發佈於 2019-12-23 @ http://bit.ly/350yCHx

Narrator: Hey! I have a question for you! Do you live in a city? Or in the countryside?

Around the world, a little over half of all people live in cities.
In Taiwan, though, it's over 78 percent! 78%的台灣人住在市區!

Because some cities have so many people living in them, they need lots of
things to keep the city running smoothly. They need lots of homes, space,
energy, water and transport. As more and more people move to cities, in the
future cities could look quite different.

What do you think cities of the future will look like? …..
Do you think there'll be flying cars and hoverboards? 會有飛天車跟漂浮滑板嗎?
Or robot dogs? 機器狗? Lasers and jetpacks? 還是噴射背包?

Maybe some day, but for now, what some places are doing is trying to make
cities smarter. These are called Smart cities. 把城市智能化就是智慧城市。

Smart cities use technology to do a lot of things.

Smart cities help people become more eco-friendly. This means making sure
people are being good to the environment. They do this by making sure energy
isn't wasted, and that garbage is thrown away properly.
不浪費資源，垃圾也被回收。
Everything is also more convenient in these cities, and places are easier to get to. 交通也方便很多。

Singapore does smart things like grow plants indoors ... vertically!
That means plants grow upwards! 在室內種菜，是垂直的方式喔！

In Barcelona, which is in Spain, people throw trash into special bins.
Then the trash is sucked through underground pipes to be taken away!
垃圾會被吸到地下處理！Pretty cool, right?

And of course, we have Smart Cities in Taiwan too!
In fact, Taipei City has been listed as the 7th "smartest" city in the world! 台北是全球第七名！
Not bad!

Would you like to live in a smart city?
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ICRT Lunchbox --- Cookies in Space (餅乾在太空中)

Cookies in Space 發佈於 2019-12-13 @ http://bit.ly/2LPs2Np

Narrator: Have you ever thought about what it would be like in space?
你有沒有想過在外太空會是甚麼樣的感覺?
I'm sure it would be really exciting!
But … then again, I guess there'd also be boring parts too,
可能很刺激，但也有可能很無聊。

You should probably bring something to do for fun. What would you bring?
A book? Your favorite music, or game? What about snacks? What about ...
chocolate-chip cookies?! Mmmm … That's right! 帶巧克力豆餅乾！應該不錯吧!
Well, astronauts won't be bringing cookies to space, they'll be baking cookies in space!
Astronauts have blasted off a rocket ship, and they brought ingredients and a special oven to the International Space Station!
餅乾的材料、還有烤箱已經送到太空站!
(SFX: Radio effect) One small step for cookies, one giant leap for cookie kind. (SFX: Radio effect)

The astronauts want to find out how high temperatures and zero gravity
affects baking, and the taste and texture of the cookies.
在外太空做餅乾會好吃嗎？
But, believe it or not, baking cookies in space is actually a dangerous mission!
That's because crumbs fall out when you eat cookies. And since there's no gravity in space,
the crumbs fly around and could get stuck in the equipment!
餅乾屑屑卡在設備裡，就完蛋了。

So they need to make the cookies crumb-free!
You never know, chocolate chip cookies might taste even better in space!
(SFX: Radio effect) Houston, we have a cookie. (SFX: Radio effect)
I hope their plan works, and I hope they bring back some super tasty space cookies for us too!
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Google Santa Tracker --- 一起來追蹤聖誕老人吧~

https://santatracker.google.com/village.html

Let's track Santa~ 大家一起來追蹤聖誕老人吧~

一年一度的聖誕節又快到了，現在聖誕老人正四處忙碌著。大家可以一起來看看聖誕老人縣在在哪呢?

這個網站可以說是相當豐富有趣，裡面有許多跟聖誕節相關的東西可以學習，除了英語以外也可以學習到Coding等，也有很多有趣的小遊戲。大家可以上去看看喔。

Merry Christmas~~ 😊🎅🎄

$ 這個網站也有中文版的喔 ↓
https://santatracker.google.com/intl/zh-tw/village.html

ICRT Lunchbox --- Too Early for Christmas (太早過聖誕了)

Too Early for Christmas 發佈於 2019-12-19 @ http://bit.ly/2EsZSDN

Narrator: Hey, you hear that? It's almost Christmas! Christmas Day falls on December 25th.
Do you celebrate Christmas? 你們有慶祝聖誕節嗎? I do.
And I like to get started early. I put up my Christmas decorations weeks ago! 很早就佈置好了!
In many countries, people put Christmas decorations put on the outside of their homes.
It looks so beautiful. People hang up Christmas lights,
of course, they also put up many other types of decorations. 會準備很多不一樣的裝飾。

They put up snowmen, for example. These are not made of snow.
They are plastic. 不是用雪做的雪人而是塑膠，!
People fill them with air (sfx: sound of air filling a balloon) so they become big.
You can also see plastic Santa Clauses and reindeer, too.
I really like to walk around and see Christmas decorations on people's houses.

Usually, Americans put up decorations a few weeks before Christmas.
Then, they take them down in early January. But this year, the news reported that some people in the U.S. got in trouble for their Christmas decorations!

Were their decorations were too ugly? 是應為他們的布置品太醜嗎？.
No …Was it because they put too many decorations up? 是準備太多嗎?
No …It was because they put their Christmas decorations up too early. 是太早佈置了!

They put their decorations up November 1st.
Some people thought that was too early and complained about it.
The complainers said the decorations should be taken down, and put up again closer to Christmas.
先拿下來，等聖誕節到了，再放回去!

What do you think? Do you think November 1st is too early to put up Christmas decorations?
Should those people have taken down their decorations, then put them up later again?
That sounds crazy to me.
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ICRT Lunbox -- Banqiao Christmasland (新北聖誕城 @ 板橋)

Banqiao Christmasland 發佈於 2019-12-12 @ http://bit.ly/2PxgYH7

Isn't the month of December wonderful? It's my favorite month of the year. 我最喜歡十二月了。
Do you want to know why? Because I feel so festive during December!
Festive means being cheerful and in the mood for celebration.
12月很有節慶的感覺!

I feel festive, because in my family, we spend the entire month getting ready for Christmas.
Christmas falls on December 25 every year.
We put up decorations and sing Christmas songs. 我們會佈置家裡、也會唱聖誕歌。

We also buy presents!　也買禮物!

As you can tell, I like getting into the Christmas spirit!

New Taipei City is also getting into the Christmas spirit this year.
The city has a place called Christmasland that people can visit! 弄了一個新北耶誕城!

This year's Christmasland is all about lights.
There are laser light shows for people to watch.
And this year's light shows are the biggest they've ever been!
It should be quite a sight to see! 應該會很壯觀！

Some of the bridges around New Taipei City Hall will also be decorated with many, many lights.
市政府附近的喬也是會有很多燈.

There won't just be lights though.
There will also be a teacup ride and a merry-go-round for people to ride too!

A lot of different activities are also taking place there, like parties for kids and concerts for everyone to enjoy.　會有小孩的派對、也會有大人的音樂會。

Don't worry if you can't get to New Taipei City right away though,
Christmasland will be there all month through January 1, so you still have plenty of time to go see it.

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ICRT Lunchbox --- First Human Home in Africa (最早的人類起源於非洲)

First Human Home in Africa 發佈於 2019-12-10 @ http://bit.ly/2EdqOHu

Narrator: Have you ever thought about where you came from?
你從哪裡來的，你知道嗎? No, I don't mean your home. And I'm not talking about
your parents. No, not grandma and grandpa... or their parents…. Or their parents either!

I'm talking about the very first people, like us, ever on Earth!
我是問人類從哪裡來!

The first ones ever appeared on earth about 200,000 years ago!
人是20萬年前出現的!
Woah! That's a long time, huh? But actually the earth has been around for much, much, much longer than that.

The earth began about 4.6 BILLION years ago! 地球已經46億歲了!
So actually, when you think about it, we haven't been around that long.

In fact, we came after plants, trees, fish, lizards, dinosaurs, giraffes, birds, cats, apes and many more!
魚,鳥,貓, 牠們都比我們老.
Humans are kind of like the new kid on earth.

But where did humans like us first call home? 人類最早出現在哪裡?
For a long time, researchers believed humans first appeared in Africa. 是從非洲來的.

But now, some people think they know exactly which part of Africa …
by a huge lake in a country called Botswana.
在非洲波札納，一個超大的湖附近。

Some believe this lake was so big you could fit seven and a half Taiwans in it! Wooo!
這個湖有7.5個台灣大!

Thousands of years later, maybe because the lake dried up or because humans were looking for food, or maybe because they were just bored, people moved away. They spread out through Africa and then on to the rest of the world too.

Have you ever thought about what it was like to live thousands and thousands of years ago?

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ICRT Lunch Box -Don't Watch Screens Too Much! (別看太多螢幕)

Don't Watch Screens Too Much! 發佈於 2019-12-06 @ http://bit.ly/33RGniJ

Narrator: Hi! I want to ask you a few questions. Do you have a smartphone?

Many people have smartphones. You can do a lot of things with a smartphone.

用手機可以做很多事情。 
Of course, you can call people with it. But you can also do lots of other things. 
You can use the Internet. You can send emails with a smartphone. 
And you can play games. Yeah!

Here's another question. Do you do homework on a computer? 你寫功課會用到電腦嗎? 
You can also use the Internet with a computer. And you can play games. Yeah!.

Do you have a TV? 那你們有電視嗎? 
Maybe you have a TV, a smartphone, and a computer. 
What do all of these have in common? 這些有甚麼共同點呢？
They all have screens. That means you probably spend a lot of time watching screens.

Eye doctors are worried about this. 
They think people spend too much time watching screens - 
smartphone screens, computer screens, and TV screens.

眼科醫生認為一直看螢幕真的是不好的。
This is really bad for your eyes. It can cause problems. 
Watching screens too much can make your eyes feel dry, for example.

Most people in Taiwan spend about 11 hours a day watching screens.

台灣人每天花十一個小時看螢幕! 
That's a lot of time! No wonder doctors are worried.. 難怪眼科醫生這麼擔心．

Eye doctors say you should help your eyes more. 
They say you should watch a screen for only 30 minutes at a time. 
每次只能看30分鐘。
Then, you should rest your eyes for 10 minutes. 
Also, they say people should go outside more. 
Don't watch your smartphones so much. 
Don't play video games so much. 
And don't watch TV so much.

Your eyes are important. Don't hurt them by watching screens all the time.

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如何加入班級

How to check your avatar's situation in Pagamo

How to practice with Pagamo

ICRT Lunch Box ---Living past 100(活超過100歲)

Living past 100 發佈於 2019-12-04 @ http://bit.ly/2s4PLSY

Narrator: Ah… There's a story in my newspaper here from India… It's says there is man who is… 123 years old!

What? …123! Seriously?

This man in India has a passport that says he is 123 years old. When people saw his passport they were very, very surprised.

If it is true, this man from India could be the oldest person in the world.

他可能是世界上最老的人!

The oldest person who has been officially been recorded was a woman who lived in France. 

She lived to be 122 years old.

Right now, the top three oldest people in the world that we know about are 116, 115 and 114 years-old. 真的很老!

Maybe the Indian man's passport is correct … and he really is the "oldest person in the world" … or maybe not. But you know what? People are living longer and longer. 人活得越來越久 ...

Hey! Who knows? You could live for 120 or even 130 years! It's not impossible. 活到120歲以上……不是不可能喔。

But if people are living longer, that means we should take better care of our bodies. 我們要好好照顧身體!

The very old man in India says he does yoga exercises every day and only eats healthy food.

Hmm… interesting. If I want to live a nice long life, maybe I should also eat healthy food and remember to exercise. And also try yoga!

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Pagamo 如何選擇版本及科目

How to start Pagamo

ICRT Lanchbox --- Pet-Friendly Buses(寵物-友善公車)

Pet-Friendly Buses 發佈於 2019-11-29 @ http://bit.ly/34CHZOx

Narrator: Hey, everybody! I'm in New Taipei City now.
I'm waiting for the bus. Oh, here comes one right now.

This is a special bus. 這台公車很特別。
It has a picture of a dog on the front.
This kind of bus is called a pet-friendly bus.
That means you can bring your dog or cat on the bus.
你可以帶寵物一起坐公車。

I'm going to get on the bus now. ………
Wow, this is cool! I see lots of people with dogs……..
There are even a few cats on the bus, too.

In October, New Taipei City started to have more pet-friendly buses.
 People don't need to pay extra money to bring their pets on the bus.
你帶寵物上公車不需要多付錢喔！

And you don't need to put your pet in a cage.
But all the dogs and cats must be on a leash.
You can't take them off the leash on the bus.
記得要給寵物綁鍊子。

There's something else that is very important, too.
If your pet goes to the bathroom, you must clean up the mess.
So, bring some plastic bags to pick up your dog or cat's poop.
If your pet goes pee-pee, you also have to clean that up too.
記得寵物在車上便便，主人要清乾淨！

These pet-friendly buses are great! They are just for dogs and cats, though.
只狗跟貓可以上車喔！
Don't bring a snake on the bus!.
Don't bring any monkeys or elephants, either!

Well, this is my stop. I have to get off the bus. 要下車了.
Talk to you guys later.

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ICRT Lunch Box-Microplastics are in everything(塑膠微粒在所有東西上)

Microplastics are in everything Posted on 2019-11-26  @ http://bit.ly/2Y4bW7p

Narrator: I wish stores wouldn't wrap everything I buy in so much plastic. I already brought a bag with me! I don't need another one, especially not a plastic one.

There is too much plastic in everything we use. 世界上有太多塑膠了。
Plastic is everywhere. It's in our toys, our wrappers, our clothes, in the ocean, and even in our food! 
連食物裡面都有塑膠!
But how did plastic get into the things we eat?
This plastic in our food comes from all the plastic things that people use everyday. 
When these things are thrown away, the plastic parts break apart, sometimes into very, very small pieces.

Sometimes the pieces become so tiny that they aren't large enough for people to see with just their eyes. 小到我們的眼睛都看不到。

They are so small we need a microscope to see them! 需要用顯微?才看的到!
These plastic parts are called microplastics. "Micro" means very, very small.
These microplastics sometimes end up in nature and in the ocean, 
and it is eaten by animals and people.

It's very bad for animals when they eat too much plastic. 
It hurts their bodies, and it eventually kills them.

Scientists aren't sure what microplastics will do to people though. But they think microplastics are probably not very good for our health.

吃塑膠應該對身體不太好。
Eating plastic hurts animals, so it probably hurts us too!
Scientists say it's important to avoid using plastic where you can,

我們應該不要使用塑膠了。

Then there will be less plastic thrown away and broken down into microplastics in our environment, oceans … and in our food!

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