2022.05.17

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 文字稿//The Blind Girl Who Makes Cartoons

 Hey there! Have you ever wondered how to make a cartoon?
你知道卡通要怎麼做呢？

First you need an idea for a story …卡通要先有個點子

Next you need to draw your cartoon, which takes a loooong time!
接著開始畫畫，非常花時間。

And then you need to add some sounds, like this: ….

And then you need some music, like this: ….

And THEN you need to make the whole thing move!
還要加上聲音，最後讓畫面動起來。

Wow! That is a lot of work!

Now, imagine doing all of that without being able to see anything!
你能想像在看不見的情況下做卡通嗎？

Well, there's a girl in Northern Ireland who can do that!

11 year-old Elodie has been blind ever since she was born, but that doesn't
stop her from making great cartoons!
北愛爾蘭有個 11 歲女孩 Elodie 天生就看不見，但是她能製作卡通片！

Elodie loves computers.

She has a special computer that speaks to her while she draws.

It tells her what she is drawing, so she knows what her pictures look like
without having to see them!
Elodie 有一台特別的電腦，會告訴她畫了什麼，所以就算看不到，她也可以畫畫。

Her first cartoon was of a ball bouncing up and down.

Since then she has made lots of cartoons!
她的第一部卡通作品是一顆上下彈跳的球。從這個作品之後，他還做了更多卡通片。

What an amazing girl! I want to make a cartoon now, just like Elodie! I hope
you make one too!
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Vocabulary

一個雙眼全盲的小女孩，卻能畫出卡通影片。

1. draw 畫圖。 Do you enjoy drawing? 你喜歡畫畫嗎?

Not really. I'm not good at drawing. 不算喜歡，我畫得不好。

Me either, but I like doing it.我也是，不過我喜歡畫。

2. move 移動。 It's very hard to draw moving things. 移動的東西很難畫。

You mean like people dancing? 你是說像跳舞的人嗎?

Yeah, I don't know how to drawthem. 對，我不知道怎麼畫。

3. music 音樂。 I've heard this music before. 我聽過這個音樂。

Of course youhave. 你當然聽過。 It's the music from the 007 movies. 這是 007 電影音樂。

4. sound 聲音。 What's that strange sound? 那是什麼奇怪聲音?

What sound? I didn't hear anything. 什麼聲音? 我都沒聽到。

Do you know how cartoons are made? 我們來讀單字。

Draw 畫畫 move 移動
music 音樂 sound 聲音
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Quiz

1. What is the first thing you need when making a cartoon?
A: A hot dog
B: Lots of money
C: An idea for a story

2. Why does Elodie find it hard to make cartoons?
A: She is very busy
B: She is scared of pencils
C: She is blind

3. What was Elodie's first cartoon about?
A: A cat chasing a mouse
B: A ball bouncing up and down
C: A fat dinosaur called Lawrence wearing yellow boots and a pink hat who
loves eating blueberry ice-cream