發布於 2021-03-04
 

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Taiwan's Electric Trains

I'm going to Taitung tomorrow. I'm so excited!

Taitung is on the east side of Taiwan, we call that the "East Coast."
我好期待明天要去台東！它在台灣的「東海岸」。

I'm going to take a train from Kaohsiung to Taitung!

And guess what?

The train ride from Kaohsiung to Taitung takes less than 2 hours now!
現在從高雄搭火車到台東，不用兩個小時。

It's faster now because it uses electricity.

And now all of the trains in Taiwan use electricity!
台灣現在所有的火車都電氣化，也更快了。

The old trains used a kind of gasoline... like a car. They are slower and
there is pollution!

The new electric trains are quiet, faster and there is no pollution!
現在的火車改用電，比較安靜、比較快更快而且不會有污染！

There are about 1,100 kilometers of rail lines in Taiwan…

They make a big circle around us! 鐵路繞台灣一圈，大約有 1100 公里長， so it
took a long time, more than 20 years, to make all of Taiwan's rail lines
electric, but now it's finished. 花超過 20 年，把鐵路全都電氣化！

Taking an electric train is faster and quieter and there's no pollution.

And, I can get to Taitung tomorrow in just under 2 hours! That's really fast!

The east coast of Taiwan is really beautiful!

Looking out of the train window, I'm going to see mountains and then... the
ocean!

I can't wait to take the electric train to Taitung!
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Vocabulary

現在台灣的火車，都使用電力。

1. Train 火車。 I'm going to Matsu next week. 我下星期要去馬祖。 So you'll take
the train? 所以你要搭火車去嗎? No, silly. There's no train going to Matsu.
別傻了，沒有火車到馬祖。

2. Electric 電的。 This is an electric piggy bank. 這是個用電的撲滿。 Wow, so
fancy! 哇，真豪華。 But why does it need electricity? 但是它為什麼需要電?
Because it talks.因為它會講話。 It will tell you how much money you've put in.
它會告訴你，你存了多少錢。

3. Hour 小時。 It takes five hours to travel to Taipei.
去台北需要五個鐘頭。 Five hours?! That's too long! 五個鐘頭?! 太久了!

4. Fast 很快。 Kevin is a fast runner. 凱文跑很快。 He can join our running
club. 他可以加入我們的跑步社團。 I run fast, too. 我也跑得很快。 Can I join?
我可以加入嗎?

我們一起來讀單字.

train 火車 electric 電的 hour 小時 fast 很快
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Quiz

1. Where is the person in the story going?
A: Taipei
B: Taitung
C: Taichung

2. Why are trains in Taiwan faster now?
A: They use monkey-power
B: They use gasoline...like a car
C: They use electric power

3. What do we call the east side of Taiwan?
A: The west coast
B: The north coast
C: The east coast







Answers
1: B 2: C 3: C